, 1892-10-04

dell; Mud Bay, Swan solbeck; South Bay, J.
Rogers; MeLane, E. NJ. French; Gull Harbor, J.
F. Hitchburn; West Olympia, A. Myers.
REPUBLICAN STATE PzATFORm.
The republican party of the state OF
Washington, in state convention assem-
bled, does hereby publish and declare the
following platform of principles:
Flrst-We express an unhesitating ac-
ceptance of an adherence to the principles
of the platform adopted at Minneapolis by
the republican national convention of 1892
and commend a careful study of the same
to every voter and taxpayer in the land.
SecOnd-We pledge our hearty support
OF the nominees of the republican national
convention, Benjamin Harrison and
Whitelaw Reid.
Third-We heartily endorse the wise and
statesmanllke administration of Governor
e. P. Ferry.
Fourth-We favor the reconciliation OF
silver upon recognized parity with gold
and its restoration to the dignified place il
has occupied for forty centuries as money
Fifth-We recognize the importance tC
our people of the improvement of our riy
ers and harbOTs, and we especially com
mend as worthy OF the attention of con
gress the Columbia river, the harbors o.
our Pacific coast and of Pugat Sound anC
of the ship canal connecting Puget SounC
with Lake Washington; we condemn the
action of the democratic house of repre-
| sentatives in refusing an appropriation fol
the opening of the Columbia river and the
| Lake Washington ship canal, and we mos
heartily approve the course Of Senators AL
len and Squire. and of Representative Viii
son III their advocacy of those measures
we are heartily in favor of the speedy open
ing to settlement of the Puyallup and Othe
] fe
| Sixth-We call for the allotment of land
in seYeralty to the wards of the govern
ment, and the throwing open thereafter o
! the Indian reservations i'll this state to th,
American farmer and producer. We de
mand general and special appropriation
! by the general government for the speedy
survey of all unsurveVed public lands il
this state, in order that the thousands o
| settlers upon them be afforded an oppor
| tunity to perfect their titles and be pro
tected in their efforts to develop our grea
| agricultural resources, and that the stat.
authorities may be able to select and secur,
| the hundreds OF thousands of acres granted
to the state by the general government.
SeYenth-We demand such legislation il
congress as will enable the state to selec
| from the unsurveyed public lands of the
! United States, without delay, the lands
| granted it on its admission into the union
! Eighth--We favor the immediate settle
ment of the title to the so called lieu land:
| in Washington, that the many settler,
thereon shall be enabled to promptly Sc
| cure titles to their homes. We demand
that our delegation in congress shall use
| their best endeavOrs to secure this end.
! N1nth-We demand a prompt settlement
of all harbor lines, tidelands, and othel
! questions in which large portion of oul
state is so vitality interested, and promis,
all needed legislation to promote the iIri
! N7anNH NH.-w. r.Ea - H..
| use of water for irrigation so that the
greatest good may be done to the Creates
/ number.
Tenth-Believing that the present roaC
/ laws have been found unsuited to the need,
of the people of this state, we are in fayo
of the enactment of such laws as will en-
able the people TO construct and MAINTAIN
a system of roads adequate to the needs o
! our growing communities.
| EleVenth-We believe that the better
ment of the condition of our industria
and producing classes should be the hrs
care of this state, and promise such legis
latiOn as will insure reasonable reduction
in charges made by those engaged in trans
! porting passengers or freight, whenever
such rates are proven to be excessive ol
exorbitant.
Twelfth-We believe in restraining all
encroachments Of any person or class Of
citizens upon the rights of others, and de
nOunce the Introduction of imported mer
cenaries as seditiOus. We assert heabllity
of the state to deal with all local disturb
ances, and promise prompt exercise oi
the executive power whenever necessary
for the enforcement of the law, or the pro.
lection Of life and property.
Thlrteenth-We are in favor of a law
making eight hours days labor on all
public works.
Fourteenth-We believe that public off.
GERS should be held to a strict accounta.
bility for all official acts, that there should
be the utmost energy and wise economy
in the conduct of all governmental affairs
and that the burden of taxation on ou1
people should be alieniated as far as com.
patible with the necessities of economical
government and the proper enforcement OF
the law
Fifteenth-We maintain that a per
petuity of representative form of govern
ment depends upon the intelligence of the
people, and for this reason no efforts
should be relaxed and no expense spared
to increase the efficiency of our common
school system by which our children are
prepared for their duties as citizens.
Sixteenth-W favor the passage of the
bill known as the anti-option bill or any
other measure having for its object the
prevention of gambling in farm products.
MISUNDERSTANDING that the Nicar-
aqua canal would be of inestimable value
to the agricultural, commercial, manufact-
uring and mining interests of Washington,
we demand that our delegation in congress
shall use all honorable means to secure its
speedy completion"
Believing in the principles above enun-
ciated, and pledging itself to the accom-
plishment of those purposes, the republi-
can party confidently appeals to the voters
Of the state of Washington for their rati.
fication and endorsement of all its nomi-
nees for Office, national, state and county.