Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-05-18

Of 1888, as just set forth by the national
Republican leagues. 1t is a. follows
We the representatives. " the Republican
League Clubs Of the tuited States in national
convention assembled rea1iirm our devotion to
the principles ut the Rel ubican party a. enun-
lated by the national Republican convention in
We point with pride TO the passage Of \ gen
eral law for the safety Of life and limb OF rail
way employees upon the recommendation of
President Harrison. by Republican Congress,
ana IN conformity with the expressed pledge Of
tie national Republican convention.
We declare that in hearty sympathy
with every legislative enactment which viii pro
mote the Interests Of the wage earners and tend
to equallze the conditions and harmonic the
relations between labor and capital always r..
gsrdiug the moral and material welfare Of th,.
great body Of the people as the primary object
To We attained aud recommend as one OF tht.
most effective means To this end, the establish
lhent OF a system Of arbitration for the adjust
capital.
We declare cor faith in genuine secret ballot
Laws, fortified by efficient acts for the suppres-
sion Of corrupt practices in elections
We demand the enforcement OF existing laws
by the duly constituted officers OF the law, and
demand the abolition Of the sy-tem of private.
and armed forces, represented by the Pinkerton
and like detective agencies.
We demand the suppression Of all public
gambling, whether in food products OF by means
of lottery tickets.
We heartily urge an amendment to the con
stltutlOn, making the President ineligible to q
second successive term. We recommend to the
favorable consideration of the Republican clubs
81 the nited states, a. matter of education,
the question OF granting Ia the women of the
state and nation the right to vote at all elections
on the same terms and conditions male
citizens.
The foreign policy Of Benjamin Harrison and
James q. Blaine deserves and receives the com
mendatlon Of all Americans who believe in pre-
serving the rights and dignity Of the United
states, ana IN extending the scope of its inllu-
ence- in accordance with that policy, we re
a a our ueterln!nation 10 encourage the en-
forcement Of the Monroe doctrine" not only as
1t applied 70 North and South America, but also
TO those islands in the Atlantic or Pacific which
are, or may become, necessary TO the protection
OF our coast line and our trade. When the Ameri-
can flag covers American interests and American
honor il must never be lowered
hereas, the Democratic party FIR the first
time IN thlrty-two years, has succeeded to mower
IN both the executive and legislative departments
OF the government we now direct attention TO
me me iact mat II should either give the people
falr trlal Of the policies advocated in its national
platform, or admit that il gained supremacy by
gross misrepresentation and hypocrisy.
Now, observe that social ethics are as
prominent in this platform as political
ethics in the platform of 1898. On the
great questions of labor and Of the eQuit-
able division of the products Of industry
against which monopolies and trusts are
successfully lighting. the Republicans of
the country stand for the future rather
than for the past. Against Pinkertonism
the platform is pronounced, while the
stand taken for social equity IS embodied
in the platform of Cancellation and arbi-
tration in disputes between capitalistic
leaders and workers, is very significant,
apt and welcome. The Republican party
is now as instinctiveiy for social and in
dustrial evolution as it was for political
equity-the former is the natural climax
of the latter. Eight years ago Mr.. Blaine's
keen discernment pointed out the future
economic path of Republicanism when he
cited the status of southern labor as the
standing menace of American social prog
ress and called the attention OF the
American people to the fact that Bour-
bonism in industry now seeks to nullify
Rspublicanism in politics. Clearly enough,
the present financial distress is due to that
form Of economic feudalism, which pre-
cipitated last weeks crisis. 1t was the