The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-11
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Adopted by the State Convention,
Held At Missoula, on
May 8.
Protection. Reciprocity. Chinese
Exclusion, and Liberal PEN
eions Approved.
Sanders, Power and Carter Arc Compli-
4mented-Fres silver. Harrison and
Blaine, Especially Blaine.

Tho following is the full te1t Of the plat
vsntion hold At Missoula, May O.:
Resolved, That We. the republicans OF
Montana, in convention assembled, hereby
proclaim anaw our devotion to tho great
principles and historic policies OF the re-
publican party and units with our co-par-
.tisans in all parts Of the union in sub
hitting them with unshaken confidence to
tbs calm Judgment of an intelligent and
patriotic people.
Resolved. That wo reitsrate our advocacy
of the republican doctrine Of protection for
our home industries against unequal and
injurious foreign competition and as pre-
serving American interests for the products
of American labor; and that We recognize
in the Mckinley bill the most consistent
and benehcial embodiment of that great
principle that has ever Rracsd the statute
books Of the United 6tntes,
Resolved, That We regard the policy of
reciprocity as provided by tho legislation
of . republican congress and developed by
the diplomacy Of the present administra-
ton AZ the gracious and helpful handmade
en- Of the principles Of protection, and
while protection establishes and maintains
American industrics, reciprocity makes
peaceful conquest Of new fields. increases
our foreign trade with non-competing ma
lions, thus reducing the cost OF living and
At ths same tins enlarging the markets for
the surplus products OF our farms. mines
and factories.
Resolved, That tho vicious attempts of
the democratic party in congress to under
mine the republican policy of protection to
American industries by the insidious and
dishonest method Of attacking the system
through those industries that are not nu-
merioally strong at the polls, or in congress,
action Of the democratic majority
in passing the free wool bill,
and demand that the existing duty
on that product be preserved without re-
d%uction; that We will never cease to resist
that would result from such legislation as
should deny protection to the wool growing
interest Of the union and at the same time
retain high duties on wooden goods. and
that we condemn the action Of Representa-
tive W. W. Dixon in voting in favor of
that repeal.
Resolved, That We view with indignation
and alarm the efforts of democrats in con
eress to admit free OF duty the lead ores of
Mexico. a measure that would expose the
labor Of Montana to composition with that
OF Q country whore wages scarcely exceed
80 cents a day. and bring ruin and disaster
upon that great mining Industry which ia
30 large a factor in afordlng employment
to w~orkingmen. in the creation Of wealth
and in promoting the prosperity Of our
state.
Resolved, That ~ demand vigorous
measures of legislation that shall %etfectu-
ally and forever exclude Chinese lahorers
from American soil.
Resolved, That, while inviting the worthy
poor and oppressed OF other lands to our
shores, We favor the enactment Of laws that
will protect our country and people against
the influx of the vicious, diseased and GRIM
inal classes of foreign nations and the i'm
portation of laborers undet contract TO JONI
pete with our own citizens; and that we
recommend such a revision of our immi-
grafton and naturalization laws as shall
tend to elevate the standard of American
c~itizenship.
ever mindful of the services beyond and
above the possibility OF just requital, ron
dered by the heroic men who fought tho
battles of the republic. favor liberal PEN
sions to the veterans Of the army and navy
of the union and . generous provision for
their widows and orphans.
Resolved, That every consideration of
Justice and expedience demands that the
SURVEYS Of the unsurveved lands upon the
public domain be pushed forward with the
greatest possible activity. n that We
condemn tho contemplate parsimony Of
the democrats in the house who are pro-
Eosing to appropriate for the public sur
veys in the entire west a sum less than ia
impsratively needed in the state Of Mon
tana alone.
Railroad company constructed It's Inns from
Lake Superior to the Pacific coast in the
full knowledge that. by the express terms
Of its grant, mineral lands were excluded
from its magnificent endowment and re-
served to those who should explore and de-
velop them: hat VIC demand that the CON
tract between the government and this COL
poration be executed in its letter and spirit;
that congress- shall adopt efficient measures
by classification or otherwise to secure to
the people Of Montana and her sister
states theis right to the mineral lands upon
the public domain, and i'll view of the emi-
nsnce of the danger to our just claims,
such action shall be had at the earliest pos
bible day.
Resolved, That We approve Of the dill
WILDER r.. Sanders and Hon. Thomas G.
Power, our senators in congress, in repre-
eenting the interests Of their constitute nts
and promoting tha welfare of Montana by
just and needful measures of legislation
and administration. -
OSC ANOAs AAhe VIZ hoSoSA4AS WAN kA"bAN 1
tude the promptness. vigor and justice that
have characterized the administration of
the general land office under the able di-
rection of onr esteemed fellow citizen,
Thomas II. Carter.
Resolved, That the democratic party, by
its completely in frauds upon the ballot
box. by lts continued suppression of one
half of the lawful vote in the southern
states, BY its scandalous gerrymandering in
tho erection of congressional districts. and
by the impudent folonies with which it Sc
sured a majority of the legislators of New
York, stands arraipnsd before the bnr of
public opinion rs I'm organized conspiracy
against q fair and pure ballot and of the
vital principles of = representative form of
government.
Resolved. That we recognize with pride
and proclaim without fear of contradiction
that the republicans of the Rocky noun
tains hays suffered no suspicion OF patti-
saaship in any policy that bears the faint
of q sacrifice of national honor or II repndi-
alton OF individual liability; that they have
stood for many years a solid phalanx in re-
siHtanCa to those who seek to Creala a our