Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-27
REPUBLICAN, LEAGUE RES
OLUTiONS.

W., oilC representatives. VI VlC
Republican clubs of the United
States in national convention as
sembled, reaffirm our devotion to
the principles of the Republican
party as enunciated by the Nat
ional Convention in 1892.
We point with pride to the
passage of a general law for the
! safety of life and limb of railway
employees upon the recommen-
dation OF President Harrison, by
a Republican Congress and in
conformity with the express
pledge of the National Republi-
can Convention.
We declare that we are hearth
ly in sympathy with every legis-
lative act which will promote the
interest of the wage-earners, and
tends to equalize conditions and
harmonic the relations between
labor and capital, always regard
ing the moral and material well
fare of the great body of the peo-
pie as the primary object to be
attained, and recommended as
one of the most effective means
to attain this end the establish
ment of a system of arbitration
for the adjustment of differences
arising between labor and capt.
tai.
We declare our faith in genu-
inc secret ballot laws fortified by
efficient acts for the suppression
of corrupt practices in elections.
We demand the enforcement
of existing laws by the duly con-
stituted officers of the law, and
demand the abolition of the sys-
tenn of private armed forces rep
resented by the Pinkerton and
like agencies.
We demand the suppression
of all public gambling, whether
in food products or by means of
lottery tickets.
We heartily urge the amend
ment to the Constitution making
the President ineligible to a sec
ond term.
We recommend to the ia
vorable consideration of the Re-
publican clubs of the United
States, as a matter of education
the question of granting to the
women of the State and nation
the right to vote at all elections
on the same terms and conditions
as male citizens.
The foreign policy Of Benja-
min Harrison and James G.
Blaine deserves and receives the
commentator of all Americans
who believe in preserving the
rights and dignity of the United
States and in extending the scope
of its influence. In accordance
with that policy, we reaffirm our
determination to encourage the
enforcement of the Monroe doc
trine; not only as it applies to
North and South America, but
also to those islands in the At
lantic and Pacific which are or
may become necessary to the
protection of our coast line and
our trade. When the American
flag covers American interest
and American honor it must new
er be lowered.
Whereas, The Democratic
party for the first time in thirty
two years has succeeded to pow
er, in both the Executive and
the legislative departments of
the Government, we now direct
attention to the fact that it should
give the people a fair trial of the
policy advocated in it's national
platform or admit that it gained
supremacy by gross misrepresen-
tation and hypocricy.
"The Republican party is the
party of the people, and the pur-
pose of it's creation was the de-
struction If slavery and the
greatestpossible expansion of hu-
man liberty within the law. 1t
knows no sect or creed, there
fore the exclusion of any person
from any Republican club organ
iZation on account of his relig-
ious belief, merits the severest
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