The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-07
THOSE ARTFUL DODGERS.
Republicans Avoid Direct Express
sion on Silver.

sion on Silver.
Columbus, Ohio, June 6.-The Re
publican state convention re-convened
at 10 o'clock.
Ex-Secretary Chtrles Foster, perma-
usual demonstration. He recounted
the unparalleled prosperity of the
country on the date of the national
election of 1892. From the very day of
Cleveland's election, business conf
dence began to be impaired. When it
was made manifest that tariff reform
was really the purpose of the party in
power, thus attacking every industry
and the wages of every laboring man,
the crash came. The trusts can get
audiences and secure such legislation
as they desire, while the farmer and
the laboring man are denied hearing.
Governor Mckinley was given an
ovation on entering the hail.
Auditor of State Poe read the report
of the committee on resolutions. which
was adopted. with frequent applause.
The Platform.
The platform is as follows:
l. We reaffirm the platform and
principles adopted by the Republican
national convention of 1892.
2. The people of Ohio delight
to honor their able, distinguished and
patriotic public servant, the Hon. Will
liam Mckinley. They endorsed his
administratio of state affairs during
his first term, by re-electing him by
the largest majority ever given to any
candidate for governor in time of
sentatives of $4,000 Republicans, do
most heartily endorse his most honest,
able and efficient administration, and
we assure him of our highest conf
dence and esteem.
8. We commend the seventy-first
general assembly of the state.
4. We commend the course of our Re
publican representatives in Congress,
and of our illustrious senator, John
Sherman.
). We recognize the tariff of 1890,
known as the Mckinley act, as the
ablest expression of the patriotic prin-
ciple of protection yet enacted, and
condemn and denounce any attempt to
repeal or amend it, which does not have
for its object better protection for la
Dor and American interests than is in
sured by it.
g. We denounce the unjust and in
equitable tariff measure known as the
Wilson bill, and the Senate substitutes
therefor, and amendments proposed
thereto as unpatriotie, favorable to
trusts, and sectional in their provisions
and the subversion of the prosperity
and happiness of the people of the Unit
ed States. t---s-,.-..
The change from specific to ad val
orem duties would promote undervalu
ations,, fraudulent invoices and in
creased importations, with loss of
revenue to the government of many
millions, and result in a constantly in
creasing national deficit, which it is
proposed to meet by the resort to such
war measures as income tax and in
cresed internal duties.
Z. We denounce the attempt of Con-
gress to destroy the principle of reci-
procity.
s. We endorse the sentiment of the
national grange, i. E., that all tariff laws
shall protect the products Of farmers as
well as the products of the factory.
9. We demand su"h protection for the
sheep husbandry as will insure fair
prices for wool.
10. We denounce the trea tment of
American farmers and workingrnen ny
the Democratic committee of the SEN
Ste
Il. We denounce the present Demo
cratic administrat ton, It's Hawaiian pol
icy having been a national disgrace.
u We denounce the administration
of the present pension buri au as 4 &c
liberate betrayal of the welfare of
Union soldiers and sailors
is. We demand the enactment Of
such legislation rs will prevent the emf
grafton of the vicious and criminal
classes of laborers under contract, of
pauDers and anarchists.
IA. We favor bi-metallism. Silver, as
well as gold, is one of the greatest pro-
ducts of the United States. Its coinage
and use as a circulating medium shoul
be steadily maintained and constantly
encouraged by the national government;
and we advocate such a policy as W..
by discriminating legislatio or other
wise, most speedily restore silver to
its rightful place as money metal
Is. We denounee the avowed purpose
of the Democratic leaders to restore
an era of wild cat" and red dog
money, by repeating the prohibitory 10
per cent. tax on state bank issues. All
money Of whatever kind should be un-
der national and not state control.
1S. Ccnimends the Nicaraguan canal.