The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-26
.gresz. were adopted governing the CON

gress, were adopted governing the con-
vention.
When Chairman Thompson arose to
deliver his address, he was unable to
proceed for several minutes, owing to
applause.
Thompson deplored the present condi-
tion of affairs, and charged it to mis-
management of the party in power.
Ex-President Harrison followed. Hats
and handkerchief were waved and the
audience arose cheering. Harrison paid
a tribute to Presiding Officer Thomp-
son. He thanked the party for the hon
ors heaped upon him and promised. dur
ing the campaign, to discuss the issues
Our people have been SO prosperous, he
said, that men ceased to appreciate the
danger and disaster involved in the
abandonment of protection principles.
What orator and pamphlet could not do,
bitter experience is doing. The people
now realize that the business depres-
sion is due to an attempt to wipe out
protective legislation. The times were
full of unrest, disaster and apprehen-
sion, but Harrison believed all the tu-
multi would be stilled as by the voice of
omnipotence if the industrial and COM
mereial classes could know there would
be no attempt to strike down protection
He said the Republican party was
friendly to the restitution of silver, and
IN England and Germany can be seen
today clear indica tons of the growth
OF sentiment for an Internal ional agree
ment
The platform adopted re-affirms faith
in the principles of the Republican
party and continues: The administra-
ton of President Harrison and the con-
gressional legislation of the Republican
party were wise, pure and patriotic
and we point to the marked contrast
between the home and foreign policies
of that administration and the present
traVesty on government inflicted on
the whole people. We denounce the I'M
wise and unpatriotic action of the
Democratic party in attempting to
eliminate the reciprocity principle from
the tariff system, thereby closing the
large foreign market to the products
of American farmers, and depressing
all interests. We denounce the present
attempt of the Democratic Congress to
overthrow and destroy the American
industrial system, a course that, with
the general fear of violent re-adjust-
ment of the country's business to a free
trade basis has increased the national
debt and plunged the country into a.
most disastrous business depression
and filled our broad land with free
soup houses, and I'VE believe in a cur
rency composed of gold, silver and
paper readily convertible at a fixed
national control, and we favor the i'm
position of increased tariff duties upon
imports from all countries which op-
pose the coinage of silver upon a basis
to be determined by an interna tional
congress for such purpose. We de-
nounce the avowed purpose of the
Democratic party TO restore an era Of
wildcat money. We believe in liberal
construction of. our pension laws, and
condemn as unjust the policy of the
present administration, depriving ex-
soldiers of pensions without a hearing
"a policy intended to cast odium upon
layalty and patriotism. We demand a
rigid enforcement of all existing irnmi-
grafton laws by the national govern
ment and demand such further legisla-
ton as will protect our people and our
institutions against an influx of the
criminal and vicious classes. We de-
nounce the unpatriotic action of the
Cleveland administration in hauling
down the American flag in Hawaii and
condemn the arrogant. assumption of
a free people who had thrown off the
yoke of despotism. We condemn the
outrageous bargain and sale of federal
patronage by the Cleveland adninistra-
ton in unblushing efforts to usurp the
of the government to force a favorite
measure through Congress, and compel
the confirmation of presidential ap-
pointments by the Senate.
The remainder of the platform is
devoted to state questions, the present
administration being denounced as ex-
travagant and reckless.
A. G. Daily, of Boon county, was
nominated for auditor.
A. D. Owen, of Logansport, was nom
mated for secretary of state on the
fourth ballot.