The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-23
JAMES s. CLARKSON
Elected President of the Republic
can Clubs League.
THE ADMINISTRATION ENDORSED
Protection the Policy, With the Force Bill in
the DiStanee-The immigration
Resolution Expunged.

CINCINNATI, April 22.-The League of
Republican clubs convention was late in
converting and many delegates were not in
the hall when the president called 1t to
order. A big box of American tin plate,
forwarded by Congressman Niedringhaus,
of st. Louis, was placed on the stage and a
lively scramble for the possession of bril-
liant souvenirs followed The secretary
read a number of letters received. The
reading was punctuated with frequent ap-
plause When letter was announced
from the President of the United States,
th3 delegates cheered again and again and
finally they rose en- masse, waving hand
kerchiefs and papers, and cheering until
the hall reverberated with the enthusiastic
outburst. The President regretted his
inability to be present. The conventions
OF the Republican party and the legislation
OF the last Congress very clearly de-
fined and very courageously presented
the issues on which the next contest must
be Waged. 'To these conveD tons declara-
lions gave my assent and deep conviction
TO the important legislation of the last Con-
gress my earnest support. If the people
| of the United States will now give the
!
and enlargement of our domestic indus
| tries and the extension of our foreign trade
| by reciprocal arrangements are not incon-
slstent with protective policy, and the
revival of our merchant marine by methods
that all nations use, Is our settled policy,
we will speedily, [ am sure, realize a mar
Vicious development and renewed pros
| perity."
| OHon. j. S. Clarkson, of Iowa, wrote: ''The
party at largo looks to this convention to-
day with eager interest to set up standard
OF victory for 1892. 1t will be faithfully rep
resenJatiye. IUfear that band of am
bilious people regard it as merely
as convention Of statesmen of
commerce and money, but they are
also statesmen of humanity. These ques-
tlons are lying nearer the heart of the Am
erlcan people oday than the price of tin
cup, or whether the color of the money Of
| the realm be yellow or white. Greater
questions are those OF human liberty, the
protection OF the weak in their rights, the
insurance under the constitution of a re-
publican form of government to the several
states now Withoutit, and as absolute Sc
curiJy and peace to the poorest citizens and
citizen en- the Hudson. The Republican
party still has that and mighty things
to do. AS long as the democracy
lives and resists the full Interpretation and
concession of the rights of all men, repub-
licanism must 1--we and call its work unfin-
ished. Unsettled questions have no pity
for the repose of nations, and neither the
betraying cowardice of the Senate, more
careful of commerce than of human rights,
nor the stranger apathy of the .pew hold
ing religion which coyets the negro for
heaven but is dumb to his wrongs in poll
tics, in life can finally prevail nor long
delay their full and righteous settlement
There are great questions for the Re-
publican party to settle in national affairs
and domestic concerns. The question of
labor and larger reward to labor through
the encouragement and promotion OF prac-
tical systems of cooperation and profit
sharing, is one peculiarly to incite the am
bition of the Republican party-the great
est and most faithful friend American labor
has had.
Revision of the banking system is some
thing that some political party is going to
do very soon and the Republican party,
best OF all, can settle it and best protect
national honor and commercial safety in
doing it. Just repression of the power of
corporations and syndicated wealth, and
particularly some wise law to prevent or
curb the menacing evils to the common
good rapidly growing out OF the abuses of
public corporations for private bene.
mt is neeeed. The new and dan
gerous system by which money
is not only syndicated but made immortal
in its life in bulk and profit, is another
great question, and no party has the heart,
brain, and conscience to settle it as
wisely and justly as the Republican
party. Money should have it's rights, but
money has too many rights when aggregate
and specializing wealth in one city can de-
press all values in the country, and when
one rich man can smite all the banks of the
lo,,1 tryit 4, l.,
to care for the business interests and finan-
cial credit of their communities 1t the SOL
emn duty of the Republican party to enact
Just laws to stop all trespass of wealth on
the rights of the people. The problems
to be settled for the future are such as to
engage the ambition of all good men, and
especially all young men, to whom particu-
larry the Republican party. just now enter
ing upon its second generation of life. must
now commit its fortune.'
The committee on resolutions, through
Judge Webster, of Nebraska, presented its
report. The resolutions honor the memory
OF General Sherman, Admiral Porter and
Secretary Window; endorse the course of
Speaker Reed; favor protection and reci-
procity; declare emphatically for a free
ballot aud lair count; remember the
claims OF the soldiers and declare the aim
of the league to be the dissemination of the
party as fashioned by the teachings of it's
greatest leaders. The following clauses are
IN full: I'VE endorse the wlse statesman
ike, courageous and patriotic course of the
administration of President Harrison. It's
conduct of both domestic and foreign af
fairs has been SUCH as to command the
thorough respect and hearty admiration of
every true citizen. Its attitude in dealing
with alien residents and giving to them the
protection accorded to American citizens.
and no more, is just and should commend
itself to the civilized world
I'VE oppose any attempt to debese the
currency and coin of the country, but in
sist upon such legitimate increase of our
circulating medium and such maintenance
OF the double standard as will fairly satisfy
the increasing necessities of trade and COM
merce. Loyal and intelligent Republicans
will not seek to destroy vested interests.
nor to cripple any legitimate enterprise, but
they demand the best thought on such leg
lslation as Will protect the people from the
exactlons of the usurer, from the oppres-
lions of monopolies, or from the extortion
ate demands of public carriers
Recent events have made more appar-
ent than ever the necessity for exercising
the sovereign right inherent in our nation
as in all others, to use discrimination in
the admission of foreigners as residents in
this country. We therefore recommend
such changes in outlaws as will effectuallv
prohibit the immigration of paupers and
criminals and of people so alien from us in
their ideas and habits of thought that they
cannot be assimilated In the badly polite.
eve recognize the Republican press of
the country as great and Indispensable
force in the advocacy and promoting of Re-
publican principles and commend to every
believer in republicanism the DUTY of
lending his influence and efforts to the ex-
tension of the benefits of this potent
agency"
The first breeze was felt when Wiscon-
sin delegate, whose accent told he was of