The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-09-21
Republican Convention
at Saratoga.
Splendid Platform Form
ulated.
The Democrats Scathed in Un'
measured Terms for Blunders
ard Failures.

SARATOGA, Sept. 1S.-The state re-
publican convention called to nOml-
nate a full state ticket, was raped to
order here today at 1910 p. m. Hon.
Lemuel Ely Quigg, of New York city,
was made temporary chairman. Tem-
porary Chairman Quigg, in his ad-
dress, arraigned the democratic party
for the passage of the new tariff law,
and denounced the machine democra-
cy of New York city. He said the
outlook for the republican party in the
coming election was encouraging. The
convention at 1: :35 took recess until
| 30.
The convention reassembled at $50
D. m. Hon. Warner Miller was made
permanent chairman. Congressman
Payne, chairman of the committee Oh
resolutions. presented the platform,
| which extends greetings to the repub-
licans of Pennsylvania, Oregon, Rhode
| Island, Vermont and Maine. ''for
| their prompt and just Judgment of an
| incompetent democratic adminiStra-
| tion.' National affairs are referred
| to as follows: 1.-The democratic pres
| ident of the United States and the
democratic chairman of the ways and
means committee of the house of rep
resentatives have announced that a
war against the protected industries
of the country has but just begun and
it is to be prosecuted to the bitter end.
On behalf of the wage Garner, the aS-
riculturist, the business man. and of
every sacred interest in the empire
state of the Union. The republican
party of the state of New York in
convention assembled accepts this
challenge and pledges itself to defend
her against all assault on the rights
of the workingman and his employer.
both wantonly invaded by reckless
demagOgues."
| Then follows an arraignment of the
democratic administration, declaring
Its most important achievement thus
| far has been fifty characterized by the
chief executive as one of perfidy and
dishonor. 1t has rewarded the largest
contributors to it's campaign fund by
the best of foreign missions; denounc-
ing trusts, it permitted one of them
to formulate it's tariff bill; promising
continuance of the vigorous foreign
policy established by the lamented
Jas. G. Blaine, it substitutes 'a policy
of infamy," in which Hawaii was
freely offered up; denouncing the
Sherman act as cowardly make
shift, it was enabled to repeal the
silver purchasing clause of the act
only by the help of republican SEN
| atCrS arraigning protection as 4
fraud upon labor, it passed a mongrel
protective measure so tainted with
scandal that it barely escaped the
veto of a democratic president; advo-
eating free raw materials, and eX-
tension of our foreign trade, it de-
stroyed all profitable reciprocity adj
vancements made by President Harri-
son: pleGging itself to the payment of
'just and liberal pensions" it treats
union soldiers as if the G. A. II. badgs
was a badge of beggary and brigand-
age; pledging retrenchment, it OK
ceeded the last republican congress
by $27, 100000 in the face of decreas-
ing revenues and after it had added
$5O.0OO.00O to the public debt; while
pretending to be in favor of individ
ual freedom, it fastened to enact an
odious income tax force bill, empow-
ering deputy collectors to enter the
homes of citizens and compel them by
threats of official summons and heavy
penalties to disclose their private af-
fairs. eve denounce the Northern
democratic congressman for permit
ting Southern members to protect the
chief products of their section. while
removing or largely reducing the pro,
tectlyc duties on the products OF the
North
I'VE favor All honest dollar and op
pose any effort. whether by removal
of tax OH state bank issues. or the
free coinage of silver. to lower our
currency standard and we favor an
international agreement which shall
result in the use of both gold and sill
yer as circulating mediums"
| Tho vnfa for ynvornnr stood. Morton
532 IL; Fassett, 50; WoOdford. 40;
ButIerfield. %; Russell, 20; Bliss. ID
and Askell, 1.
The nomination of Morton was then
made unanimous, each opposing can
didate making short speeches, pledg-
ing him their support.
Judge Saxton was nominated 70,
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