The record-union., 1894-06-21


the Chinese Minister, to abrogate the
same.
PROTECTION TO THE FARMER.
We heartily indorse the proposition
that the farmer Of the Nation. by whose
lapof the staple agricultural products OF
the country are brought TO market,
snould receive just measure of protec-
| tlon Tor himself, his labor and his pro-
ducts. lnasmuch as the price of these
products Is regulated by the amount paid
Ior tneIn III the worlds market centers,
leSS Ine cost OF transportation from the
place OF production to such centers. and
as, owing to The great development of
| st@ple agricultural products in many of
the cheapest labor countries of the world.
| the prices realized by our farmers have of
late Deen unremunerative, it is our duty
! 10 endeavor TO change this state of affairs, :
Hence we approve of the plan that the
| Government of the United States should
reduce the cost of transporting these
! staple agricultural products from Amer
lean seaports to foreign seaports. to the
end that the prices of these products
| should be advanced and for that pur-
| pose, inasmuch as an export can be pro.
| tected in no other manner, we pronounce
ourselves in favor of the use OF a limited
| portion of the receipts Of the United
States customs for such purposes, and
pledge our most earnest efforts TO have
this measure engratted upon the laws OK
the land, to the end that the American
protective system shall benefit all classes
OF the people, aid the farmer against the
oppressive competition of the cheap labor
countries of the world, and, by SO doing,
assist in maintaining that steady demand
1or labor in manufacturing centers 80
essential to the labor of our country.
NATURALIZATIoN.
We are in favor Of amending our nat
urallZatlon laws so that no one can be
| made citizen who is not of good reputs
and who cannot read and write the Eng
Iish language. We recognize that the
present naturalization laws are weak in
their provisions and defective in their ad-
ministration, and should be further
changed by appropriate legislation so as
to place additional and better safeguards
around American citizenship.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Believing that taxation without repre-
sentation is against the principles of the
Government, we favor the extension of
the right of suffrage to all citizens OF the
| United States, both men and women.
APPEAL FOR UNION OF ALL CITIZENS.
The Democracy has been in full DOS
session OF the Federal Government
executive and legislative-for over fifteen
months. The record it has made of utter
| imbecility in dealing with the moment-
Gus questions of home and foreign policy;
| the ruin it has caused to the people; the
| cyclonic blast OF financial distress that it
has hurled upon all portions of the
country, causing the strongest mercantile
and manufacturing establishments to
close their doors; driving into suspension
or insolvency banks and bankers in
nearly every city from sea to sea;
sending thousands OF workingmen
into the streets without labor,
| causing untold hardships to them
and their families, and making the gaunt
Specter OF famine reality to many hith-
erto contented firesides; the steady in
crease of the National debt; the steady
reduction below the legal limit of the gold
! reserve; the forced and hurried selling of
United States bonds at low prices to en-
able the Government to pay its interest;
| the stagnation of trade and commerce;
| the frightful increase of socalistic and
anarchlstic doctrin es, and the more dam
gerous increase OF the vast army of the
| unemployed that causes every road to
tremble with their coming, and every
property interest to listen with fear to
their cries, is such to make every lover of
America anxious to end its reign. We
therefore cordially invite all good citi-
ZenS, OF whatever former political affilia-
tions, to unite with us this year in an
earnest and united effort upon the princi-
pies here presented TO drive this party
from power, and TO put the good ship of
State once again into the hands of those
who gave the nation thirty years of great
est prosperity, who will sail it under Re-
publican officers and Republican colors
into the harbor of assured national well
fare.
The Platform and Pledges.
After the reading was finished dozen
or more members were on the floor seek
ing to be recognized.
The Chair, however, said sit was
moved and seconded that the platform be
adopted" and it was carried by viva
voce vote unanimously.
Joseph Goddard of San Francisco
offered a resolution to the effect that all
candidates nominated for Office should
pledge themselves not to employ while
in office any of their relatives or any of
the relatives of any other State official.
On motion of member from Siskiyou
County, the resolution was promptly laid
upon the table.
Mr.. Lee of San Francisco moved that
the convention proceed to the nomination
of a Governor, and it was so ordered.
NoMINATIoNs FOR GOVERNOR.
Chairman Knight called John F. Davis
to the chair, and taking the floor nomi-
mated NJ. NJ. Estee in the following
speech:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Contention; l wish that l could talk to
you as individuals. Standing before you
as / do to-day, / can read the criticism
that may run through your minds, and
want to combat the mentality that first
suggested itself to me on facing this con-
vention of Republicans. [ am not un-
mindful of what the past has been,
neither have Itorebodings of the future.
L stand i Republican, the friend of Nor
ris NJ. Estee. LCheers and applause. 1t
is q pleasure from the standpoint of
man who has been reviewed IN the politi-
cal battles Of years past. California and
its politics are not unknown to me and
pardon the remark. These faces are as
familiar to me almost as those around
my own home, and l place Morris NJ.
Estee before this Republican Convention
for the nomination of Governor with
full knowledge of every criticism and
everything that can be said by the De-
mocracy from one end of the State to the
other. Loud cheers.
If you had been back to the National
Convention, and had seen Morris NJ.
Estee, Californian, presiding at the
head of the greatest political organization
that ever met, you would have gone en-
masSe and nominated him for any oihce
within the gift OF the people of California.
| was proud to know that Californian
had risen to the nights, stood on the
mountain tops and was equal TO any
statesman in the United States OF Amer
ica. IApplause. 1t was with pride that
/ saw him sit in council with the brains
OF the Republican party, And yet the
old adape that "a prophet Is without
honor in MS own country" had no effect
with me.
While you sat by your fresides, when
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