Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-26
A Good Republican Platform.

The platform adopted by the OHIO he
publ licans at their convention TINS week
embodies sound Republican doctrines well
EXPRESSED. 1t avoids all empty rhetoric
and obscurity; is not unduly expanded
does not commit the party to any nall
baked issues, and utters no uncertain
sound on cardinal Republican doctrine
Our own State Conventions are not always
happy-often, indeed, very ill-adyised III
the string of incongruous, i'll digested reso-
lutions which they impose upon the party.
We recommend our platform-makers 10
study this Ohio platform and teose usually
put forth by the Massachusetts kepuii-
cans. The result of little intelligent
application in this direction can hardly
fail to work radical improvement in the
style, quality and substance OF the Penn
sylyania Republican platform.
The Ohio Republicans take their stand
on the Mckinley bill fairly and squarely-
They challenge the Democrats to direct
issue on that unequivocal Republican
measure, the Misrepresentation OF when
was made to injure the party last year oe-
fore its great merits were known. Ihe
Ohio contest this year is thus made one OF
national Importance by the frank presenta-
ton of the Mckinley bill as an issue IN a
fairly representative Republican State
The significance of the response next Nov
ember to this challenge cannot be mis-
taken anywhere. The Ohio Republicans
show the courage and reality Of their con-
victions by their willingness to put them
to the supreme test in language and under
conditions that can cloud the issue to no
one.
On the vital issue of honest elections the
Ohio Republicans speak out in CLARION
tones: eve demand, and will continue TO
demand until finally and absolutely secur-
ed, the free exercise by every citizen OF the
supreme and sovereign right to cast one
ballot in honest elections and have 1t
honestly counted" There is no symptom
of weak concession in this. Pennsylvania
Republicans may feel some embarrassment
because Of the attitude and vote of one OF
their Senators on this crucial issue. As
long as the Republican vote is suppressed
or fraudulently overcome in single State
in the Union, the Republicans of other
States, if they can do no more, can at least
record their indignant protest. When the
Republican party can pass by with indiiter-
ence or silence a great national wrong like
that of the fraudulent elections IN the
South it will be time for it to assume some
other name than the historical synonym
for human rights which it still has the right
to bear, even though its efforts to right
that wrong have thus far proved resultless.
The other planks in the Ohio platform as
far as they deal with national affairs ex-
press the Republican position with brevity,
precision and force. 1t is as admirably
suited to the candidate selected to lead the
party as he is suited to it, for they both
represent the Republicanism of President
Harrison's Administration and of the Fifty
first Congress. The election will offer
fair tes. of the hold which that Republican
ism has upon the people, and for that
reason the eyes of the whole country will
be turned toward Ohio in its coming i'm
portant State canvass.-PhiPa Press.