Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-22
STATE REPUBLICAN PLAT.
FORM

me ioilowing Is the platform adopted. The
republican party Of Oregon, in convention as.
| sembled, proud OF its record and past history
its devotion to the principles Of human liberty
and human rights, It's great and imperishable
names which lend lustre and glory to the
American nation at home and abroad among
the nations Of the earth and as an assurance
Of its continued fidelity to the great principies
| for which It has contended in the past in state
ana national affairs, does hereby make and af-
hrm the following declaration Of principles:
/ First-That we favor an honest. efficient and
I economical administration of every depart.
| ment OF the government, both state and ma.
| tional
second-Tbat we regard the free school sys.
/ tenn Of our State as the special care and pride
I OF the republican party, to be cherished as one
OF the bulwarks OF the liberties of the people.
/ Third-That, whereas, the republican party
has always contended for pure electoral sys.
/ TEN, in pursuance Of this policy, we favor the
adoption Of the Australian ballot system. and
| we pledge the republican party to enact such
law at the next session Of the legislature
substantially upon the lines and of The char.
acter of the act as drafted by the ballot reform
league OF oregon.
Fourth-That the republicans Of Oregon
send greetings and congratulations to their
brethren of Maine for having furnished
Thomas b. Reed, an honSst and courageous
statesman, who, as speaker Of the house of re-
piresentatives, has secured for the people the
right OF the majority to govern. and we de
nounce the hctiol by which democratic mem
bers OF congress attempt to jus, ,ify the teChnic-
al defeat of the will OF the people and the ma
jority Of their own body by refusing to vote
though i'll fact present and in duty bound to
do So
FiAh-That we rejoice in the fact that in the
last presidential election the American pc, pie
voted to sustain and uphold the republican
doctrine of proctection which the democratic
party proposed to destroy, and we are in favor
Of the continuance, of the system of protection
which has developed the manufacturing
and agricultural interests Of our country and
protected American 1ah,ripu MOI fr,yt 10,
grading competition with the pauperized and
poverty-stiicken labor of the old world, and to
this end we endorse the provisions known as
the Mckinley tariff bill now pending before
congress, and on behalf of the wool-growers,
and other industries Of the Pacific Northwest
we urge upon our representatives in congress
to do all in their power to secure the early pas.
sage OF said bill.
SiNth-That recognizing the fact that the
United states is the greatest silver-producing
country in the world and that both gold and
silver were equally the money of the constitu-
ton from the beginning of the republic until
the hostile legislation against silver which uu.
duly contracted the circulating medium of the
country, and recognizing that the great inter
ests of the people demand more money for use
i'll the channels of trade and commerce there
fore we declare ourselves i'll favor of the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver, and denounce
any attempt to discriminate against silver as
unwise and unjust
Seventh-That the gratitude of the nation to
the defenders OF the Union cannot be measur-
ed by laws, that the legislation of congress
should conform to the pledges made by loyal
people, and be so enlarged and extended as to
provide against the possibility that any man
who honorably wore the federal uniform shall
become an inmate of an alms-house, or de
pendent upon private charity.
Eighth-rhat we are i'll favor of a fair and
equal distribution of taxation, and we believe
that all property exempt by law should contrib
ute its due proportion in payment to the legi-
innate expenses ofthe legislature; that we are
in favor OF the adoption OF such amendment to
our assessment laws as will secure the equal
and Just assessment and taxation of all pro
perty at its true value.
Ninth-That we demand the forfeiture by
congress of the land grant of the Northern Pa
cihc railroad from Wallula to Portland
Tenth-That we are in favor of the passage
through congress of the bill providing for a
boat railway at the Dalles of the Columbia riv-
er, which has been passed i'll the senate by the
efforts of Senator Mitchell and Dolph; that we
believe it to be the most practicable plan TOR
the relief oft producers and for the vast ter
ritory OF country tributary to the great Column
bia river
Eleventh-That we favor the enactment of
law i'll the interest Of the wage-earning classes
in factories and mines, workshops and public
work, hiking eight hours as days work, and
we denounce the convict contract labor system
as unjust to the honest labor of our state, and
believe that all laws recognizing such system
should be repealed; that we are opposed to the
further immigration of Chinese laborers to the
and effective measures for carrying into opera
ton the enactments of congress excluding the
Chinese laborers from American soil.
Twelfth-rhat we reiterate our approval of
the policy of liberal appropriations for internal
improvements, especially for rivers and har-
bors that we favor the continuation Of the pol
icy of using the public money tor the
public welfare, believing that the i'm.
provement OF our waterways will result
in n material reduction of the rates of trans
portatou, that we hold all corporations strictly
responsible TO their liabilities under the law,
and recognize the right Of the legislature to
enact all reasonable limitations on corporate
power.
Thirteenth-That we favor legislative enact
meht by which there may be elected or APP
pointed a state inspector of weights and
measures; also we favor amendments to mu-
nicipal charters which shall require the ap-
pointment of building and sanitary inspectors
i'll cities OF ten thousand or more inhabitants
Fourteenth-That we are i'll favor of an early
survey Of the unsuveyed public lands of the
state III order that the same may be claimed
and occupied and titles speedily procured by
bona fide settlers under the laws OF the United
States. We demand liberal appropriations by
10 secure that end.
Fliteenth-That while disClaiming the right
TO interfere with the administration of the in
ternal affairs of foreign nations, we sincerely
approve the efforts of Irish and English states
men to secure by peaceful methods the Amer
lean principle of home rule Of Ireland
Sixteenth-That we denounce all trusts and
tnHt nave iOr tnciT object the
of the market value of the neces-
saries Of life, and that we are in favor of laws
restraining and abolishing the same.
Seventeenth-That we congratulate the
country upon the success and prosperity that
have marked the first year of President Har-
rsons administration; that we rejoice in the
restoration of dignity ,vigor and statesmanship
i'll the conduct OF foreign affairs which have
settled grave complications upon basis which
secures every American right and which by
friendly advances and hospitality have streng-
thened the bonds Of sympathy and interest
continent, paving the way to policy of peace
of extended commerce and ainity among all
the nations of the new world; that we com.
mend the present national administration for
applying the surplus funds TO the payment Of
bearing bonds as contTasted with
the democratic policy Of lending the surplus
to banks which retained their bonds and coll
lected interest thereon while using the people
money which should have been applied 10 the
payment Of said bonds