San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-20
National Republican Platform.
poPTEO AT THE MINNEAPOLIS
CONVENTION, JUNE 10, 1892.

The REPRESENTATIVES, VI bhS NNPNS"A~"HS ~
the United States, assembled in general con-
vention on the shores of the Mississippi river
the everlasting bond of an indestructible re-
public, whose most glorious chapter OF MS
tory is the record of the Repuolcan party,
congratulate their countryHen on the males
tic march of the nation under the banner III
scribed with the princl piles OF our platform OF
1888, indicated by victory AT the polIs anu
prosperity in our fields, workshops ana mines
and MAKE the following declaration OF prln-
cigles: .ho .reriosn doctrine of pro.
lection. We call attention TO It's CROWN
abroad. We maintain that the prosperous
condition of our country is largely due - the
wise revenue legisl alton OF the Repupncan
We believe that all articles which cannot
he produced in the United States, except lux
uries, should be admitted free OF duty, ana
that on all imports coming into competiuon
with the products OF American LABOR thele
should be levied duties equal to the difference
between wages abroad and at nome. we
assert that the prices az manutacI req ar
ticles of general consumption nave zen re-
duced under the operations OF the tarln OF
We denounce the efforts of the democratic
majority of the house of representatives TO
DESTROY our tariff laws by piecemeal, as man
ifested by their attacks upon wool, lead and
lead ores, the chief products of number or
states, and we ask the people for their 1udg-
we point to the success of the republican
policy OF reciprocity, under which our export
trade has vastly increased, and new enlarged
markets have been opened FOR the prOducts
OF our farms and workshops.
We remind the people OF the utter opposl,
ton of the democratic party TO this practical
business measure, ana elain thaI, eHe .oSeTt
laws will eventually give US control OF the
trade OF the world, ,,.,
The American people from traultl0n anu
interest favor bimetallism, and the Repub,
lican party demands the use of both gold ana
silver as standard money, with such restrlc-
tions and under such provisions, TO be deter
mined by legislation, as will secure the main
teuance Of the parity of values OF the two
metals, so that the purchasing and debt
paying power of the dollar, whether or
silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times
equal. The interests of the producers of the
country, its farmers and its workingmen,
demand that every dollar, paper or coin, is
sued by the government shall be as good as
any other. ,-.,-
We commend the wise and patriotic steps
already taken by the government to secure
an international conference TO adopt such
measures as will insure parity OF value be-
tween gold and silver for use as money
throughout the world.
We demand that every citizen OF The United
States shall be allowed to cast one free and
unrestricted ballot in all public elections, and
that such ballot shall De counted ana returned
as cast; thai such laws shall be enacted ana
enforced as will secure to every CITIZEN, oe ne
rich or poor, native or foreign born, white or
black his sovereign Iignt guaranteed by the
constitution.
The free and honest ballot, the just and
equal representation of all the people, as
well as their just and equal protection under
the laws, are the founoht OF our republican
institutions, and the party will ne lax lts
efforts until the integrity of the ballot and
the purity of elections shall be fully guaran-
teed and protected in every state
SOUTHERN oUTRAGEs.
We denounce the continued imhuman out
RACES perpetrated upon American citizens
for political reasons in certain southern states
of the Union.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
We favor the extension OF our foreign
commerce, the restoration of our mercantile
marine by home built ships and the creation
OF a navy for the protection of our national
interests and the honor OF our nag; the MAIN
tenance of the most friendly relations with
all foreign powers, entangling alliances with
none, and the protection OF the rights of our
fishermen.
doctrine and believe in the achievement OF
the manifest destiny of the republic In It's
broadcast sense.
we favor the enactment of more stringent
laws and regulations for the restriction OF
criminal, pauper ana contract immigration.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We favor efficient legislation by congress to
protect the life and limb of employees of
transportation companies engagedln carrying
on interstate commerce, and recommend
legislation by the respective states that Will
protect employees engaged In state COM
merce, in mining and manufacturing.
The Republican party has always been the
champion of the oppressed and recognizes
the dignity of manhood, irrespective OF faith,
color or nationality. IL sympathizes with the
cause of home rule in Ireland, and protests
against the persecution of the Jews in Russia.
The ultimate reliance of free opular gov
eminent lie the intelligence OF the people and
the maintenance OF freedom among men. We
therefore declare anew our devotion to iber-
~ of thought and conscience. of speech and
press, and approve all agencies and IL stru-
mentalities which contribute to the eduoa-
ton of the children OF the land; but while in
eisting upon the fullest measure of reli 1ious
EbertY,we are opposed to any union OF church
and state.
WeIeaffirm our opposition, declared in the
republican platform Of 1888, to all cOmbina-
tions of capital, organized in trusts or other
wise, to control arbitrarily the condition OF
trade among our citizens.
We heartily indorse the action already taken
upon this subject. and ask for such further
legislation as may be required TO remedy any
defects in existing laws, and to render their
enforcement more complete and effective.
We approve the policy of extending to the
owns, villages and rural communities, the
advantages of the free delivery service, now
enjoyed bS the larger cities of the country,
and reatfirm the declaration contained in the
platform of lsSS, pledgiDg the reduction OF
letter Hostage to cent, at the earliest pos
sible moment consistent with the mainten'
ance of the pOstoffice department and the
highest class of postal service.
CIVIL SERVICE.
We commend the spirit and evidence of re,
form in the civil service, and the wise and
consistent enforcement by the Republ
party of the laws regulating the same.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
The construction of the Nicaragua canal IL
of the highest Importance to the American
people, both as measure of national defense
and to build up and maintain American com
merce, and it should be controlled by the
United States government.
TERRITORIES,
We favor the admission of the remaining
territories at the earliest practicable date
having due regard to the interests of the PEG
pie of the territories and of the United States
All the federal officers appointed for the terri
tories should be selected from bona tide resi-
dents thereof, ana the right of self-gOVern