Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-05-18
YOUNG REPUBLICANS.
Platform Adopted at the Louisville

COnVention'
LOUISVILLE, May 10. On the second
days session of the National League Of
Repu blican Clubs, the first ballot for
president of the league resulted as fol;
lows: M. ii. Dc Young. California, 400
w. w. Tracey, Illinois, 902; General
". II. Hastings of Pennsylvania, Alb.
Tracey's election was made unanimous.
The new president, upon being intro
duced by General GARRISON, made a
neat speech of appreciation and assumed
the gavel. The following platform was
adopted:
We, the representatives Of the republi-
can league clubs of the United States, in
national assemblage. affirm devotion to the
principles of the republican party as enun-
ciated by the national republican conven-
ton of 1892. We point with pride to the
passage of general law for the safety OF
life and limb of railroad employees upon
recommendation of President Harrison by
q republican congress and in conformity
with the expressed pledge Of the national
republican convention.
We declare that we are in hearty sympa-
thy with every legislative enactment which
will promote the interest OF the wage earn.
ers and tend to establish conditions AMI
harmonic the relations between labor and
capital and recommend the establishment
of a system of arbitration for the adjust
mcnt of differences arising between labor
and capital
We declare our faith in genuine secret
ballot laws fortified by efficient acts for the
suppression of corrupt practices in cleo
tions.
We demand the enforcement of existing
l.. 1, Al Ill taI tbs.
law and demand the abolition of the system
of private armed forces represented by the
Pinkertons and like detective agencies.
We demand the suppression OF all public
gambling. whether in food products or by
means of lottery tickets.
We heartily urge an amendment to tho
constitution making the president inelligi-
BILE to a successive term
We recommend to the favorable consid-
Grafton of the republican clubs of the
United States as matter of education the
question of granting to the women of the
states and nation the right to vote at all
elections on the same terms and conditions
as male citizens.
The foreign policy of Benjamin 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 tho
scope OF its influence. In accordance With
that policy, we affirm our determination to
encourage the enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine. When the Americans flag covers
American interests and American honor,
it must never be lowered.
Whereas, Tho democratic party for the
first time In thirty two years, has succeeded
to power in both the executive deDartments
Of the government, we now direct atten.
ton TO the fact that it should either give
the people a fair trial of the policies advo-
Gated in its last national platform or adj
init that it gained its supremacy by gross
misrepresentation and hypocricy.
All the resolutions except those re-
lating to the presidency, gambling AMI
women suffrage were adopted by ac-
clamation, the others by majority
vote. Then the platform was adopted
as a whole.
At the afternoon session the election
of the secretary and treasurer was left
to the executive committee. The con-
vention then adjourned to meet next
wear ut Denver