, 1890-08-28
THE PLATFORM IN FULL.
A Sweeping Arral.nment OF the Re
publican party.


In the afternoon the committee on
platform and resolutions reported as
follows: The democratic party o.
Idaho in convention assembled, return
their grateful thanks TO the members Of
the democratic party of the Fi(ty-iirst
congress for preserving the unity OF
Idaho and inaugurating the measure
which has resulted in the admission
OF our commonwealth into the United
States. We regret that IN consequence OF
the opposition Of the republican party,
in the case of our sister territories of
New Mexico and Arizona, admission was
denied solely on the ground that they
are democratic territories. This action
of the republican party, in furtherancc
of its fixed purpose to pollute its control
of the national government, we denounce
as denial of right and justice to those
territories, purely for the purpose of the
violation OF the express pledge made to
the country In its last national platform,
that the republican party would do all
in its power to facilitate the admission
of New Mexico and Arizona into the
Union.
We hereby renew our pledges to the po-
litical principles set forth in the nation
al democratic. platform of 1888. We believe
in equal rights to oil and exclu siye priv
ileges to none. We are opposed to
all taxation, direct orindirect, except for
the purpose of deiraying the Legitimate
expenses of the government, econom.
ically administered. We demand
that the present laws shall be
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unjust discrimination in favor of the
rich and against the poor. We favor a
tariff bearing heaviest on articles of lux.
ury and lightest ON articles of necessity,
We denounce the Mckinley tariff bill,
now pending in congress, ms an aggrava.
tion of existing evils and we deny that
1t is either just or right to compel the
farmers, miners or other laboring me n
of Idaho to pay tribute to the manu-.
facturers of the East. We deplore the
Impoverished condition of our agricult-
ural interests, which Is the result oi
long continued, excessive and unneces.
sary taxation, and we favor the repeal
of the customs duties on raw material
entering into the manufacture OF farm
machinery. household utensils and al
the accessories of life.
We tender our gratitude to the demo
Gratis in congress for their almost uuan
imous vote in both houses fol
the free and unlimited coinage
of silver. and congratulate the peo
pie of our state that there is OH,
great political organization in the coun
try committed by its votes in congres!
to a measure so essential to the prosper.
ity Of Idaho, and we condemn the arbi-
trary and despotic course Of Speakc,
Reed in strangling in the house the bill
tor the free coinage of silver as passed by
the senate. The silver bill as enacted
by the republican congress Is n com
promise in the interest of Wall street
clothes the secretary of the treasury
with the power to refuse to purchase bull
ion on the pretext that the bullion |,
not offered at the market price, and ena
blcs him to bear the silver market by
refusing to purchase except at his dis
cretion and Mt such prices as he may de
termine. We denounce the provision
of tho bill allowing parties to stipulat,
} against the payment Ia silver certiti
Gates, thus setting one standard of val
Tie for the creditor and another for tn,
debtor. one for the poor man and an
other for the rich man. We denounc,
that provision of the bill which sub
stantially stops the coinage oi the sll
yer dollar after one year, and We ear
pestiy demand tho free and unlimited
coinage of silver, the leading product o
the mines of Idaho, and that 1t be mad,
a legal tender for all debts, public ant
private.
We recognize the association of leat
with silver and that our silver and leat
industries are of such great importanc,
as to demand that our lead Interests
shall be protected. SO as to obviate thu
danger OF our miners having to com
pete with the servile labor of Mexic,
o1d the sRsa. sRs Of aa Ss Ss di%sn dspart
, ment that no discrlm ination shall b.
made In foreign lead ores.
We renew our faith in the success o
this great country, plead for the encour
agement Of labor and urge upon the re
publican party, both state and national
! the speedy enactment of all Legislation
necessary to encourage and protect tn
laborlng classes Of the people. We favo
the eigbt-hour system of labor
We demand that the legislature shall
mako immediate provision carrying in I,
effect section Q, article ID, of the consti
tuition of Idaho, so that Pinkerton de
tectives nnd other hired assAssins shal
never be used as a posse eomitatus Il
murder the innocent and unotiendin
under the pretcnce of guarding corporate
property or suppressing riots.
We Insist that the laws which prohibi
the immigration Of q servile class, will
no intention Of acquiring citizenship, I,
compete with American labor, an,
bringing with them and retaining habit
and customs repugnant to our civiliza
, ton shall be rigidly enforced, We layo
the enactment and strict enforcement o
stringent legislation excluding Chimes
from the state of Idaho. We oppose tn
employ ment of Chinese by corporation
and demand such legislation as will pre-