The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-27

for labor. II favored Il Observation-Disclosures
tariff for the protection of American
labor; the suppression of polygamy'
the restriction Of Chinese immigrauoh'
the impartial execution of the laws
and the punishment of all Offenders.
The Democratic convention demand
ed home rule; honest money, consist
ing of gold and silver, and paper con-
yertiblr into coin on demand; the
strict maintenance of the public faith;
a tariff for revenue only, a reform or
the civil service and a subordinatlon
of the military to the civil power; free
ships and chance for American ships
on tie seas; no discrimination in favor
of Transportation lines, corporations or
monOpolies.
1884.
The Republicans made the most dcfi-
mite declaration i'm favor of protection
that had been made by any party up
To that time. 1t demanded that du-
ties on foreign imports should not ne
levied not for revenue only, but so
levied as 10 afford security to our
diversified industries ana protection to
the rights and wages of the laborer'
to the end that active, intelligent labor
as we'll as capital may have It's Just
reward and the laboring man his tull
share in the national prosperity. The
platform also pledged the party 10 COR
rect the inequalities of the tarlit, ana
reduce the surplus, protect the sheep
industry and employ efforts to unite
all commercial nations in the estab-
lishment OF an International standard
fixing for all the relative value or gold
and silver coinage or establish ma
tional bureau of labor; sustain the
eight-hOur law, and prevent UNJUST
discrimination in favor of shippers; u
favored reform of the civil service, the
restoration Of the navy and the sup
preston of polygamy.
The Democratic platform denounced
the Republicans for remissness, ana
declared on the tariff that "all un-
necessary taxation is unJust taxation;
pledged the Iarty to purify the ad-
ministration from corruption and re-
store economy; to arouse respect Tor
law and revise the tariff in a spirit or
fairness; to limit all taxation to the
requirements of economical gONern-
ment; TO lace duty on fewer articles
and make it heaviest on luXuries; de-
clared in favor of honest money-gold
and silver coinage of the constitution
and a currency convertible into such
money without loss favored honest
civil service and the Declaration of In
dependence; closed the gates to the
MonEolians: congratulated the party
on expansion by the purchase of Louis
lana, Florida and California and ad-
jacent Mexican territory.
1888.
TIE Republican platform declared for
home rule in Ireland; for the Ameri-
can system of protection which faVors
America, and protested against its de-
struction by the Democratic party in
the interest of Europe proposed to re-
duce the revenue by repeating the tax
on tobacco; opposed imported contract
labor; opposed trusts and all combin-
ations of capital to control conditions
of trade; favored the use of both gold
and silver as money and condemned
the policy of the Democratic admins
tration in its efforts to demonetize sill
yer; demanded restoration of merchant
| marine, the reduction OF letter postage
to l cent per ounce, and arraigned