The Washington bee., 1892-02-20

Crane, VIM Crawford, Z. VI. HeW.
lett aud Daniel StillyaTd.
The following report was submit
! ted by the chairman of the com.
] mittee on resolutions, and adopted
, by the convention:
The Republicans of the District
of Columbia. assembled 10y tbelI
delegates in popular convention,
. pause on the threshold of their
proceedings to thank Almighty
; God for the preservation of our
lives, for the general prosperity that
surrounds us, aud for the long and
prOtracted peace that our country
has enjoyed with all DatiOns of the
earth. and with no visible mark
of His dlspleasure upon us
we are embOldened TO continue to
rely upon His omnipOteDt power to
guide through the unknown future
our deliberations both in church
and State.
And with no desire to treSpass
upon your time We can not upon
this most auSpiciOus occasion re-
fraIn from asking you individually
and collectively to recall with Us
through the telescope of re6e3tIOD,
the lives aud services of departed
worth, i'm mortal champions of lib
erty and oppressed humanity, and
upon the tablets of our memory let
us inscribe afresh the names of
Garrison, Greely, Sumner, Wilson,
Lundy, Smith, Wade, Lucretta
Mott, Giddens, Chase, Lovely,
Stevens, Lincoln, John Brown,
Wendell Phillips, and a host of
others who have been called from
labor to reward, aud thus cover
with wreaths of imperishable re
membrance and gratitude the |
names OF those whose distinguished |
talents, private virtues, and purity |
of character have shed glory not |
only upon the republican party but
the entire country, and in cOnnec-
tlOE with these to whom we are In-
debted for this freedom We now
edjDy we have another blnd of he
rOes who have also b, Ell sum nOned
to cross the narrow isthmus that
connects life with eteniry, and if
it were possible for Us now to enter
the city of the dead, where the sac
red ashes of these ST. eping heroes
rest, we would behold the once
glltteriOg uniforms worn by toe
llluStrOus Grant, the nigh y Sher
man, the iudonitable soldier and
statesman, John A. Logan, aud the
faVOrlte Child of victory, Philip H.
Sheridan, whose names shall live
In time and eternity, aud even now
seem inscribed on the blue arch of
heaven III letters of fire, while his
tory has no grdnder pages on the
scroll of fame.
We reaffiIm our uhsWervinr
- i s-'' 49, GO. IN r't - nS uo-
7otlOn TO tue Constitution of our >
common country, notwithstanding r
he fact that We are. contrary to =
is broad provisions, taxed without =
epreSentatinD and UoEprna1 with =
out our consent. We feel cOufiClen,
that the spirit and Intention of the
trainers OF that great instrument
VIII yet be fully carried out. That
we are now Inspedrably included
IN the phrase. We, the people of
the United States, do Ordain and
oSta OllSh this Constitution for the
United States of America. And
We point with loyal aud patriotic
pride 20 the fact that when the
DiStrlc. OF Columbia was called on
to help provide for the common de.
tense during our late fratricidaI
war, she not only filed her uuDto
win the boys in blue, but furnished
Io3 per Cent. more, in fact she fnr
nlSned 30 per cent. more in pronor
ton to population than did manv
or our great States who have ever
enJ Iyed the elective franchise.
We again earnestly renew our
fealty to the national rennhIican
party and It's progressive princiuIes
OF protection to American indns
trles and reciprocity with our sister
republics, and feeling confident
that We will soOn be eDdOweI with |
fuIl citizenship as a part and parcel
OF this proud nation, We rest Our
cause IN the hands of our delegates
now TO be elected to represent the
District of Columbia at the national
II publican convention to Convene
at minneapolis, Num-, June z
1892. -
heS0tUed, That we, til Republicans Of
NE District Of Columbia, renew our t..,Itr
to the X pu 'lic IN party and Die lye our
energies aud undivided SUPPORT To spoi,r'.
the eI' ction of the candldat = for prs;
dent and Vic Pr sirIpLt tIat NAV he
nominated at Mime apolis n,xt Jn,e
whether SUCH nominations NAV be i'm ac-
cor,ia1c" with our pr Fences Ir NOT
heS0tred, That we iudorse the admins
ration OF Prtsid.nt Harrison as one of
lie aoltst ills country has ever had. it,
''lcy bellg ciaracteriz d by sound '
'Catesm InShip, great prG.lencp, rare sa- ,
Sachy, and business energy such as mn.t =
;hiIleng the admiration Of all 600 I nui
,ens, Irrespective Of putty, in prof Of
Which 1t is only necessary 10 n1int to g.
at iISfdctOry settlementO Of the Cuili.n ,IifJ; 4
"a ~, and the suppression OF the colnssaI
['uu "i tile century, the drmOrHlziny
~ 10 terry, which, in spite of its
non y anu qualifications, ex ending
nSf 70 L.. & /