Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-09-30
Republican County Convention.

w. II. Jack was elected temporary
chairman, and DR.. r. Il. Robinson tenn
porary secretary. The usual commit
tees were appointed and the conveh-
tion adjourned iii three o'clock in tho
afternoon. When the convention
again convened the drst report was
from the committee on credentials.
There was no contest from any pre-
cinct except Lordsburg, and from that
precinct the contesting delegation,
consisting of u. Titus and J.. A.
LavoT, were seated and the regular
delegation, consisting Of ID. II. Kedzie
and w. II. Small, was thrown out.
The committee on permanent or
ganization reported the name Of
G. II. Kirkpatrick for perma-
nent chairman aud DR.. r. L. Robin
son for permanent secretary.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented the following platform;
We, the representatives of the re-
publican party of Grant county in con-
vention assembled, adopt the follow
ing declaration OF principles. We
affirm our allegiance to the republican
platform and politics as declared In
the platform adopted by the republic
can national convention at ST. Louis
in 1896.
We are in fayofof international BIZ
metallism or the coinage aud circula-
tion Of both gold apd silver as money
at a parity with each other in debt,
paying and purchasing power.
We heartily endorse the admlnistra
ton OF President VIM. Mckinley and
point with pride to those facts in our
national career occurring within that
administration that have now become
part OF the history of our country; aud
in particular We enumerate; That
after four years OF Grover Cleveland
and democratic rule these United
States have found their foreign mar
kets for the product of skilled labor
neglected and unopened, the home
market for that product and for the
labor itself practically destroyed by a
lack Of conHdence among those who
control the capital of the world and
by a system of tariff revenue laws That
in actual operation had reduced The
wage labor to starvation rates and
closed a large number Of the avenues
through which that labor was employ
ed; that during that same period OF
four years, the farmer, the grazer, the.
cattle raiser, and the sheep man found
the product Of their capital and labor
to he without a market and The in
strument and toll of years practically
yalucless-that while the democratic
purity during those same yours and
heretofore had posed as Il fIietd Of
oar silver miners-yet throughout this
period Of both its triumph and its
downfall that party had permitted
white metal steadily to depreciate in
yalGe until with the other products OF
lapor and capital during that peruid
a fail Of value became no longer pos
sihle; nevertheless that party had
utterly refused in the hour of its
power aud failed in It's party vote at
the polls to in any manner aid the
cause Of silver, yet upon the opening
Of a republican administration and be-
fore the first term OF its benidcent
rule had expired we find the public
confidence restored and the boards OF
The wealthy seeking investment,
where the hand of labor may earn an
honest dollar and at such wages that
no man is debarred from The hope of a
home and au old age respected and
independent. We lnd the farmer
selling the wheat and other products
OF his farm iu a market where a healthy
demand creates a living price, we find
the grazer aud the cattle raiser,
raised from a miserable Indulgence TO
comfortable Independence, their fam
lies well clothed and fed and their
children in good schools, and hear the
clink Of money in their well lined
pockets.
We find the sheep raiser wearing a
smile Of %content with the buyer look
iug for him and anxious to buy his
products. We ln1 that from a status
lily dedued and indiGerently respected
among the nations OF the world, the
republican party has brought these
United States TO their proper aud just
station as a civic and military nation.
Finding that the tendencies OF the
market OF this country under a repub-
jican administration are towards an
expansion in values las opposed TO a
contraction 10 such values under dem
Ocratic rule and that the added COM
merce Of this country must demand
an increase Ia the circulating medium
by which that commerce is handled,
aud believing as we do, that the re-
publican party is the true political ex-
ample of progress and expansion, we
willingly commit the cause OF silver-to
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