The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-05-18
W. w. TRACEY.
THE PLATFORM.

THE PLATFORM.
The platform as reported was as fol.
lows:
I'VE, the representatives Of the republican
league clubs of the United States in nationa;
| convention assembled, reafirin devotion to
the principles Of the republican party as enunci.
ated at the national republican convention in
1892 We point with pride to the passage of a
general law for the safety of life and limb
OF railroad employees, upon recommendation OF
President Harrison, by republican congress-
and in conformity with the expressed pledge of
the national republican convention We declare
that we are in hearty sympathy with every leg.
islative enactment which will promote the in
terests of the wage-earners and tend to eQualize
conditions and harmonic the relations be-
tween labor and capital, always regarding
the moral and material welfare of the
great body of the people as the primary
object to be attained, and recommend as one OF
the most efficient mea1s to attain this end the
establishment Of a system of arbitration for
the adjustment of differences arising between
labor and capital.
1--WE declare our faith in genuine secret ballot
laws fortified bv efficient acts for the suppress
sion of corrupt practices in elections. We de.
mand the enforcement of existing laws by the
duly instituted officers OF the law. and demand
the abolition of the System OF private armed
forces represented by the PiEkerton and like
detective agencies.
1--WE demands the suppression of all public
gambling, whether in food products or
by means of lottery tickets. We heartily
urge an amendment to the constitution
making the president ineligible to second
successive term. We recommend 10 tie
favorable consideration of the republican 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 cleo
on no tcrn and
male ci liens
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 the scope
OF its influence. In accordance with that
policy we reaf1rm our determination to en-
courage the reinforcement OF the Monroe doc.
trine, not only as it applies to North and
South America, but also to those islands in the
Atlantic and Pacific which are or may become
necessary to the protection OF our coast line
and our trade When the American flag covers
American interests and American honor it
must never be lowered
The platform Vas adopted, section by
section, together with the following:
wv HEREAs, The democratic party r the
1rst time in thrty.two years has succr eded
to power both executive and leg sittive
departments of the government, we now
direct attention TO the fact thati should either
give The people a fair trial of the poc.,s advo-
Gated in it's national platform or adm that it
gained supremacy by gross Misrepresentation
and hypocrisy"
RESOLUTIONS.
The following supplementary resolu-
tons were reported favornhlv from the
committee on resolutions and adopted:
"Since the last national assemblage Of repub-
licans the patriotic citizens throughout the Land
have met an irreparable loss in the deaths of r.
B. Hayes and James Is. Blaine.
"Resolved, That committee of nine be ap-
pointed by the president to investigate and re-
port annually the condition Of the republican
party in The southern states. That the republic
an party is the party of the people and the pur
poses of its creation were the destruction OF
slavery and the greatest possible expansion of
human liberty within the land 1t knows no sect
of creed. Therefore the exclusion of any person
from any republican club or organization on &C.
count OF his rel gious belief merits the severest
condemnation of this league.
The league then adjourned to meet in
Denver next May.