New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

pending in the House Of Representatives, lot
reduction Of the revenue.
northumberland admission OF the new
States OF tho Northwest.
acknowledgement sympathy with the
struggle Of Ireland for home rule.
Possibly this platform was the best the Demo-
cratic party could construct, but 1t was never
theless a failure 1t claimed credit for many
things to which it was not entitled II, Tor the
sake of argument, it should be admitted that
those claims were true land they were nop the
fact would remain that every one OF those poi-
cies for which a Democratic Administration
claimed credit was, without exception, fepuo-
lican policy in Its origin. enactment ana MAIN
tenance desperate opposed originally ana sihce
By the Democratic party.
UNION LABOR
Illinois.
Arkansas.
Convention held in Cincinnati. May Is to IT,
1883.
PLATFORM.
Opposed land monopoly
Favored forfeiture OF unearned land grants
and limitation Of land ownership with homestead
exemption from taxation.
Favored public ownership Of railroads and
telegraph lines.
Favored a circulating medium issued by the
Government and loaned to the people upon 'a'u
security at a low rate OF Interest
Favored postal savings banks
Favored free coinage Of silver.
Favored application Of the surplus 10 payiheh.
of the bonded debt and further issue OF
tba of
paties.
Favored arbitration of labor disputes; serV'cc
pension to Union veterans graduated income
tax: election of United States Senators by direct
vote of the people, absolute exclusion OIL the
Chinese and the right Of all citizens to vote IT.
respective Of Sex.
PROHIBITION.
For President-General Clinton Is. FISK OF NEW
Jersey.
For Vice Presidcnt-Dr. John A Brooks' Oh
Missouri. M -,
Convention held in Indianapolis May 30 81
1883.
PLATFORM.
Called for abolition Of the manufacture ana
sale OF alcoholic beverages through amendments
10 the National and State constitutions
Called for abolition OF the internal revenue
system revenues to be raised from import duties
and equitable direct taxation
Called for removing all taxation from food'
clothing and the comforts and necessarles oi
life and putting it all upon such other articles
i,rported as compete with domestic Industries
and labor.
Favored Civil Service Reform; universal SUI
frage on an educational basis; abolition Oh
poygamy; uniform laws governing marriage
ard divorce; observance Of the Sabbath. and in
tcrnatonal arbitration.
CONDUCT OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The campaign was conducted upon hish
plane, and was absolutely free from the as
graceful personalities Of the campaign OF 1904.
General Harrison was a model candidate. ne
made q large number of short speeches. maih!
in reply to delegations which came 10 ihu'ah-
arolis to pay - him their respects ana 'heSe
addresses will long be remembered LOT their
originality and visor, their ringing an" P''''
otic tone and their felicity OF Idea ana elegance
OF expression. The Republicans met the ISSUE
OF Free Trade or Protection squareiy' ana '''e''
orators newspapers and leaders an congress
argued deliberately before the people the o'u
,.suo which had SO often been fought out in the
h.us NJ Congress On the part OF the Republicans
tho cannaien was one OF education. 1t was
maenificentIy successful. creating tidal wave
Of Republican sentiment which carried every
state in the Union Except two In which the
reople were FIRE. to vote and to have their votes
honestly counted. In the two free States which
the Republicans lost. the result was due en-
TREY TO the division OF the Republican vote by
the Prohibition ticket.
remarkable incident OF the campaign was
a letter addressed TO the British Minister III
Washington by Mr. Murchison. OF Pomona
Cal. dated September 4. 1883. In which the