Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-06-16
wHERE REPUBLICANS STAND.
The Platform of Principles Adopted by
the Convention.

the committee on resolutions, asked the
convention for unanimous consent to read
the resolutions as reportsd by the COM
nittee. There being no objections the
reading OF the resolutions was proceeded
with.
The following is the platform:
The representatives OF the Republicans of the
United States. assembled in general convention
on the shores Of the Mississippi river. the ever
lasting bond OF an indestructible republic,
whose most glorious chapter of history is tho
record OF the Republican party. congratulate
their countryinen OH the majestic march of the
nation under the banners inscribed with the
principles Of our platform of 1888. INDICATED
by victory at the polls and prosperity in our
fields, workshops and mines. and make the fol-
lowing declaration OF principles:
We reattirm the American doctrine of protec-
lion. We call attention to its growth abroad.
we maintain that the prosperous condition OF
our country is largely Que to the wise revenue
legislation Of the Republican congress.
We believe that all articles which cannot be
produced in the United States except luxuries,
should be admitted free of duty, and that on all
imports coming into competition with the
products of American labor there should be
levied duties equal to the difference between
wages abroad and at home. We assert that the
prices Of manufactured art ic!es of general con-
sumption have been reduced under the opera
lions OF the tariff act of 1890.
majority OF the house of representatives to de-
stroy our tariff laws by piecemeal, as mani
tested by their attacks upon wool. lead and
lead ores, the chief products OF number Of
states, and we ask the people for their iudg-
ment thereon. .r...s
We point to the success of the Republican
policy OF reciprocity, under which our export
trade has vastly increased. and new and en-
larged markets have been opened for the prod
uctS OF our farms and work shops
We remind the people OF the bitter opposition
ness measure, and claim that, executed by a Re-
publican administration, present laws will
eventually give US control OF the trade OF the
world.
The American people from tradition and in
terest favor bimetallism, and the Republican
as standard money, with such restrictions and
under such provisions, to be determined by leg
isation, as will secure the maintenance Of the
that the purchasing and debt paying power
| of the dollar. whether OF silver gold or
paper, shall be at all times equal. The in
terests at the producers OF the country, its
farmers and its WOrklngmen, demand that
every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the
government shall be as good as any other
We commend the wise and patriotic
steps already taken by our governm ent to
secure an international conference to adopt
such measures as will insure a parity of
value between gold and silver for use as
| M oneV throughout the world.
We demand that every citizen of the United
States shall be allowed to cast one free and I'M
restricted ballot i'll all public elections, and that
such ballot shall be counted and returned as
| cast; that such laws shall be enacted and
| forced as will secure to every citizen, be he rich
| or poor, native or foreign born white or black,
his sovereign right guaranteed by the constitu-
ton.
| The free and honest ballot the just and equal
representation Of all the people. we'll tneir
just and equal protection under the laws are
the foundation OF our republican institutions,
and the party will never relax it's efforts until
IF fhn oy,1t no Of
lions shall be fully guaranteed and protected IN
every state.
SOUTHERN ouTRAGEs
We denounce the continued inhuman outrages
| perpetrated upon American citizens Tor pOlit-
! zeal reasons in certain Southern states OF the
| Union
FOREIGN RELATIONS. ..
| We favor the extension OF our foreign COM
MERGE. 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 hag the maintenance of tho
most friendly relations with all foreign powers,
entanging alliances with none, and the pro-
lection of the rights OF our fishermen.
We reaffirra our approval OF the Monroe doc
| trine, and believe the achievement of the
manifest destiny OF the republic in its broadcast
| sense.
We favor the enactment fn Of more stringent
| criminal, pauper and contract immigration.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We favor efficient legislation by congress to
| protect the life and limb of employees of trans
| portaton companies engaged in carrying on in.
| terstate commerce, and recommend legislation
by the respective states that will protect en-
ployess engaged in state commerce, in mining and
manufacturing.
The Republican party has always been the
| champion OF the oppressed and recognizes the
or nationality. 1t sympathizes with the cause
OF home rule in Ireland. and protests against
| the persecution OF the Jews in Russia:
The ultimate reliance OF free popular govern
ment is the intelligence OF the people and the
maintenance OF freedom among men. We
therefore declare anew our devotion to liberty
| of thought and conscience. of speech and press,
| and approve all agencies and instrumentalities
which contribute to the education of the chill
fullest measure of reeious libertv we are on.
posed to any union OF church and state.
Wereafirm our:oppostion, declared IN the Re-
publican platform OF 1888, to all combinations
OF capital. organized in trusts or otherwise, to
control arbitrarily the condition of trade among
our citizens.
We heartily endorse the action already taken
upon this subject, and ask for ouch further egis-
l Ia as may be required to remedy any defects
! more complete and effective.
| We approve the, policy OF extending to the
/ towns. villages and rural communities, the ad-
| vantages of the free delivery service now en-
joyed by the larger cities Of the country and re-
| affirm the declarat ion contained in the platform
/ OF 1888. pledgng the reduction of letter postage
! to cent, at the earliest possible moment con-
| sistent with the maintenance of the postofhce
! department and the highest class of postal serv-
| ice.
I CIVIL SERVICE.
We commend the spirit and evidence Of re-
| form in the civil service and the wise and con-
sistent enforcement by the Republican party OF
| the laws regulating he same.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
The construction OF the Nicaragua canal is OF
| the highest Importance to the American people,
both rs II measure OF national defense. and to
4 build up and maintain American commerce. and
| it should be controlled by the United States
! government.
4 TERRITORIES
We favor the admission of the remaining ter.
/ ritories at the earliest practicable date, having
due regard to the interests OF the people OF the
/ territories and of the United States. All thu
1 federal officers appointed for the territories
/ should be selected from bona fde residents
thereof and the right of sefgoverument should
L be accorded as far practica BILE.
~ ARID LANDS
We favor the cession subject to the home
/ stead laws. OF the arid public lands to the states
and terrlt cries i'll which they lie, under such CON-
| gressional restrictions as to disposition, re-
clamation and occupancy by settlers as will So
| cure the miximum benefits to the people.
| THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
The Worlds Columbian exposition Is a great
| national undertaking, and congress should
promptly enact such reasonable legislation IN
/ aid thereof a. will insure thereto. and the at
tainmenu OF results commensurate with tho
dignity and progress OF the nation.