The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-09-19
Resolutions Adopted by the Carbon Count
Republicans.

Resolutions Adopted by the Carbon County
Republicans.
We, the representatives of the Repub-
lican party of Carbon county, being a
part of the great Republican party of
the State and nation, glorying in its
achievements and victories and regret
ting its occasional defeats, deem it
proper at this time to announce and
re-affirm our belief in and adherence
to the principles on which the party
was founded and which have support
ed it full generation, and by means
of which it has achieved for mankind
the greatest deeds of any age in the
historic world; therefore be it
Resolved, 1st. That we are proud to
proclaim our steadfast admiration for
the honest able and unimpeachable in
tegrity of the administration of Presi-
dent Harrison, which has been consist
ent and steadfast in filing all the
pledges of the party at Chicago in 1888,
and we are proud to be connected with
an administration as pure as his.
>. That we fully endorse the action
of the last Congress in the passage of
the Mckinley Tariff bill, which has and
will continue to exalt the American
workingman above all the other toilers
of the world, and will advance the ma
tions Of the earth.
3. We believe in sound currency
of sufficient volume to meet the needs
of business, and favor the coinage of
the silver dollar shall be interchanged
with dollar of gold or paper money
and we earnestly protest against the
attempt to make the United States the
dumping ground of the silver of Mexi-
co and other countries, regardless of the
value of the metal and it effects upon
the financial offairs of our country.
, 4. That we proudly point to that
honored son of Pennsylvania, now g
; citizen of the state of Maine, James
} G. Blaine, as the leading statesman Of
the world. We are proud of his achieve
monts as secretary of state, notably hi,
successful negotiations Of the reoipro
city treaties and his brilliant manage
s ment of our intercourse with foreign
+ nations. His course leads onward anC
: upward.
Y 3. That we endorse the platform o
:, the late Republican state convention
+ as wise and honest. We are IN favo
n of an honest vote and fair count an
fair return of the same, so that tn
/. will OF the people may prevail at al
r times; we ar. in favor of this not onl
t, in Pennsylvania, but throughout tn
e entire natiOa.
h G. That we demand of the authori
IS ties that thoy punish all wrong doer
D. let them be who they may, and we fu
re ther demand that the courts shall pul
ish all that rob people, and spare not.
Il. Z. That we commend the candidat,
ar on our state ticket to all voters as hol
Is est and capable men; men who ha,
~ been found in the balance and n,
&C found wanting; men who have stood
he their country in time of need.
Id 8. Thai We are in favor of an &c
nomical administration of the affai
of the nation, state and county; al
en- We condemn every needless expenC
ne ture of the peoples money.
ew o. That We endorse the ticket ma
ew here to-day and pledge it our unit
IT. support until election closes in Novel
IN ber; we commend the spirit that bi
no by-gones to be left to the past and I'll
its bids all honestly to support the ticl
ect to the end that that we may put G,
of bon county into line with the Reput