Smyrna times., 1898-09-07
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED AT
THE UNION REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION AT
DOVER.
NATIONAL AND STATE ISSUES.

We noted in brief the action
of the Republican State ConVen-
tion held at Dover on the Both ult.
The following is the report of the COM
mittee ON Resolutions:
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The Union Republican party in con-
vention assembled, asserts its firm be-
lief in and adherence to the organic
principles of the National Union Re-
Publican party, and most unreservedly
adopts each and every plank of the
platform of the said National party,
made at st. Louis, in the year 1896.
Believing that the money of the gov
ernment should be the best in the
world, and that its value should be un-
questioned everywhere, we demand
the maintenance by the government of
the present standard of value of said
money, that notes of the government
payable on demand shall only be is
sued when gold to the amount of the
notes, so issued, is deposited with the
National Treasury for the redemption
thereof. And that the gold so depos-
tied, shall be preserved and kept in
said Treasury for the sole purpose of
redeeming such notes.
We demand that the products of for
eign countries shall be required before
being admitted into this country, to
pay such duties as will protect the
American workman from competition
in our home markets with the under
paid labor of Europe and Asia.
We also believe that the duties so i'm
posed should be so laid as to discrimi-
nate in favor of products imported
into this country in American built
vessels
We believe in the maintenance of an
army and navy sufficient to assert and
maintain the rights of our nation and
all its citizens from the encroachments
of other nations.
We believe that our sea coasts should
he thoroughly fortified in the best
manner.
We believe that the United States
should keep all territory either sur
rended to it or captured by its forces
in the late war with Spain.
We congratulate the nation on the
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands.
While we congratulate the nation upon
the completion of the war with Spain,
we demand that there shall be vigor-
GUS, thorough and honest investigation
by competent and impartial tribunal
of the alleged disgraceful and incom-
petent management of our War De-
partment, whereby the lives of many
of our brave soldiers and sailors were
needlessly sacrificed, and whereby the
men who so cheerfully went forth to
fight the nations battles, were, with
out cause, compelled to snffer great
distress, discomfort, misery, starvation,
sickness and death; and that the guilty
parties, whoever they may be, prop
erly punished
We believe that the Nicaragua canal
should be built and controlled by the
United States Government.
We believe that the present prosper.
ous condition of the country is due to
the return to power of our national
party, and that as long as it controls
the government, the country will con
time its present happy condition and
onward progress.
We again declare that we approve OF
the constitution of our State as at pres
ent amended, reserving the right, how
ever, to correct the infamous gerry
mander of the city of Wilmington into
the present Legislative districts, and tC
re-establish trial by jury as it has al.
ways existed in this State prior to June
10, A. D., 1897
We favor honest elections and pledge
our party to unceasing work to secure
them.
THE THEFT OF KENT COUNTY.
We condemn the Democratic party
of Delaware for the following:
1. Its abandonment of all princi
pies upon which honest government il
based;
2. For permitting men who are po
litically dishonest to formulate its pol
icy, and direct its affairs and contro
it;
3. For disregarding the will o.
the majority of the people al
expressed at the general election of tn,
year, A. D., 1896, and wilfully and cor
ruptly substituting in the constitu
tionsl convention, the General Assem-
bly, and other offices for persons chose1
by the people its own partisans wht
were willing tools and instruments il
the hands of their repudiated and cor
rupt masters;
4. For deliberately disfranchisins
1899 of the electors of Kent county
who voted at the general election of A
D., 1896, against no one of which vot
ers any charge had been made. 1t pur
sued this revolutionary course in de
tiance of the plain mandate of the law
OF Delaware. For counting only sucl
returns of the said general election a
were favorable to its continuance il
power, unlawfully certifying sucl
count and giving certificates in pur
suance thereof. For so legislating il
the constitutional convention and tn
General Assembly (both of which bod
les it contrOlledD, by means of tn
votes of men, who were not elected
and who acted as judges in their owl
cases, as to smother all inquiry as t
the result of said election, thereby SET
ing aside the dearest of human right
and interests. When proceeding
were instituted in the courts to enforc
the verdict of the people, it cowardl!
refused to meet the charge squarely
but resorted to subterfuges and dila
, tory tactices, thereby confessing tina
its case was hopeless, that it had beel
defeated at the polls, and that it ha
stolen the fruits Of the election;