Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1894-08-31

the country at large in exchange for
whatever advantage was accorded
foreign nations and their commercial
interests.
4. RepublicanlSm had its birth as
movement to emancipate America
from the curse of slave labor, and its
profound concern ever since has been
ard is now the promotion of whatever
would guarantee to labor it's due share
in the product to which it has cOntri-
buted, as well as to guarantee TO cap
ital such inducements as would in
Spire its investors with confidence.
We deplOre the occurrence of any con-
tlicts between labor and capital. We
denounce the agitation of demagogues
| designed to intensity and foment
these conflicts, and most earnestly
disapprOve the use Of private armed
forces to settle them. We believe
that an appeal to the law and it's Off
GERS is amply sufficient to protect
property and preserve the peace, and
a reference to legally created or
| amicably chosen boards of arbitration
the best method Of adjusting all dis
agreements out of which these con-
tlicts haqe arisen.
5. Feeling that American citizen
ship should be protected against the
importation of pauper and criminal
classes from abroad, we favor such
modification of our immigration laws
as will more fully effect such protec-
tion.
6. We favor the use of both silver
and gold as money at ratio of l6 to /,
Contining the coinage of silver to the
American product, at the net cost Of
the actual expense of coinage, and we
| demand that silver as well as gold
shall be legal tender for the pay
ment of all debts, both public and
private; and we pledge the congress
Sional nominees of this convention to
support the principles herein con-
tained.
7. The abnormal development of
the idea of corporation for capital has
resulted in modern times in immense
aggregations of money in certain
classes of private enterprise, incorpor-
ations of cOrporations-and we there
fore declare ourselves in favor of such
legislation as will thWart the danger
Gus power of trusts and combines, and
prevent so far as possible the aggres-
sions of these tremendous accumula-
tions of capital.
s. We consider it the duty of every
patriotic citizen to foster, patroniZe
and encourage the home interests Of
our young state-agriculture, mining,
manufacturing and commercial-and
it is the duty of the state government
to throw around them such laws as
will insure fair and reasonable protec-
tlOn. The transportation companies
and these interests are so interlocked
that we demand of our legislature
that the railway commission shall be
dignitied with sufficient authority to
properly protect such interests against
- unjust discrimination by such trans
portation companies.
8. An overwhelming majority of
the old soldiers Of the union know
upon which party to depend for due
recognition OF their patriotic sacrifice
and valorous service in crushing re-
bellion, and the republicans of South
Dakota only need assure them of the
same justice and liberality in their
behalf that has been declared hereto
fore, and which has been so indus.
!, triously promoted by South Dakota's
representatives Of that party in con-
: gress.
10. We congratulate South Dakota
/ upon the admira bic manner in which
, the present administration has con
Quoted the affairs of state, maintain
ing the public credit at all times, and
conducting the affairs Of the common
} wealth at the expense per capita
amounting to only about one-half that
Of states surrounded by conditions
similar to ours.
IL. Feeling assured that the princi-
piles of the republican party afford the
best possible basis of government, we
cordially invite all good citizens to
rally to the support thereof, guaran-
teeing to them that it is our purpose
to promote every interest which is
calculated to secure the greatest good
to the greatest number, and also to
oppose whatever may be detrimental
: to the best interests of the people of
= this st ata a nd tha nation as n whole