Warren sheaf., 1890-09-25
REPUBLICAN MANIFESTO
ISSUED BY THE STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEES. ='-i

WY the Fs~pls SAoul4 support The
r~rty Whose Past Record II So Worthy.
and Whose Future IL 50 Promising.
Issues of tho Campaign in Minnesota.
Chsseman Joel P. Heatwols and Sec
retars Tams Bixby, of the Republican
state central committee, have just issued
a manifesto to the voters Of the State of
Ainnesota, giving a concise statement
Of the issues of the campaign, the prin-
cipaes involved, and the reasons for vot~
ing the Republican ticket. The address
an full is given belsw:
The people of Minnesota once more
'hnd themselves in the throes of poit-
ical campaign. Once more thay are
called upon to desermins by the peaceful
:arbitrament of the ballot what the
policy of this great state shall be fer the
next two years. In this, a. in every
electoral contest, we are confronted by
certain existing problems of vitsl i'm
portsnce to tins public wesl-preblems
which can fn6 their true solution only
through the test of practical experience.
The Republican state central committee
desires, therefore, to call the attention
Of the voters to certain indisputable
facts, which may aid them in solving
these problems for their own beet inter
este, and for ths woll being Of taas poopls
st largo.
First-Ths Republican party, born .
il was out sf the agonies Of . long
suffering people, trsmpled upos by the
most corrupt and villsinous oIigarchy
that ever csrssd republic, has now
moro than thirty yesrs Of history behind
it. That history - rsplets with wrongs
Hshted, justice established. hones fur.
nished to the homeless, end TIE horizoa
Of liberty made bright and clear By
removing thesofrom the cloud Of humsn
boadass. When drst called into exist.
encs il found labor deSrsdeA and dis
hoaored through the malisn indpenos of
slavery il the south. II alsD found labor
unprotected and struggling in ruinous
coaapetitioa With the psuper labor Of
European nations; Il found the govern
neos bankrupt, with neither credit nor
money; it found = narrow and selfish
land policy which practically prohibited
the growth and development Of Western
states and territories; it found the curse
OF intemperance rioting unchecked and
unrestrained throughout the Land. From
the date of the 0rganization Of this great
marty the course Of tho nation has been
steadily onward and upward. Aassilod!
- it has been by the enemies of pragress
and reform, and by every other reac-
tonary influenza. it has kept the pole
star Of national progress constantly in
Wow, and every step taken has been
steadily and surely forward toward the
clear sunlight of q happier and better
civilization.
Second-Ths founders Of this match
less political organization fought and
conquered the enemies Of the Union in
the War of the Rebellion; they restored
the credit of the nation to point he-
yond ell precedent, aad made . United
States promise to pay good in every part
OF the civilized world; they commenced
tho work Of recOnstrueting on q firmer.
broader and deeper bazis tho temple of
civil liberty. But to-day we are CON
fronted with new problems The Amer
icsn temple Of civil liberty viii not be
complete until we haye firmly astab-
lished and provided for the permanent
maintenance of tho eternal prin-
ciple Of right and justice be-
between the warning elements Of capi-
tai and labor; until trusts and monopo-
lies have been destroyed or are regu-
lated in the interests OF all the people, and
until every American citizen, without
respect to color or condition, is pro.
tected in the exercise OF every right
guaranteed him by the constitution Of
the United States.