Show VALUABLE the platform and address reprinted by Rt request quest at the request of many republicans throughout the county and in the city the republican platform adopted february 10 16 and the address lashed bt by a c committee are reprinted here T the of I 1 the principles pro scented iu in the platform and the excellent quality 0 of the he address have attracted the attention of many especially young men of we weber ber county and utah who desiro desire to study and preserve them we the republicans Republic ansof ol 01 ogden and W weber e b e r C county 0 u n t y in f n m mass a a c convention 0 n assembled s sem e m b bled 1 ed b hereby e r e b y e enunciate n n ci a t 0 the following in z declaration of principles as the platform atford of I 1 the h e party and tho the basis of its ts organization we ve affirm our unswerving allegiance a and loyal devotion to the national I 1 constitution and the indle indissoluble union of the states we believe in the supreme and sovereign right of every lawful citizen rich or poor native or foreign born white or black to cast one free ballot at public elections and have the ballot honestly counted we strongly favor a protective estivo tariff for the upholding of american can industries and the cevelo development ment 0 of fall all our resources as a nation we g also ISO favor it for the protection of american labor b 0 r and d in such degree as will maintain 1 i n t to 0 such each labor the advantage of the difference between the ways of the the workingmen of europe and america ameria and d we hold that any changes to be 68 made d in the tariff laws should be made wade by the friends of those enactments in the interest of protection ro lection of I 1 labor a bor on our own soil an and pd 0 of home markets not by or in the interest t of tree free trade propagandists nor for the benefit of foreign producers and foreign labor national taxation should mn be so 0 adjusted as to rao ra o revenue sufficient for a an ean economic eco and wise administration mi a of the government tor for th the e c continual ont inual payment of public debt aa as the same becomes due for the development of the national resources and for national defence but any reduction should be BO so made as not to impair tho the prosperity of home industries american markets must be preserved for the products of american labor and capital and protected from foreign encroach ments monte while we insist that the protective system shall be b maintained in all its es essential a estial features we enthusiastically favor blaine BI aines P policy 0 ile of reciprocal trade with 20 the 6 south ott american nations andrall and hall all hail bail with delight the execution 0 of f treaties to that end firmly believing that in the free interchange of certain specified products our trade will sill be largely increased inc increased reasel and the workingmen of our country greatly bene fitted thereby without being brought into competition with the cheap labor of european nations aa as would be the result of universal free trade BO so strenuously advocated by the democratic party the condition of american laborers superior as they are to those of europe must be not only protected but promoted and elevated we demand the enactment of stringent laws for the protection of our workingmen against contract pauper or chinese immigrants and every clasa class who would drag down by mere cheapness the standard etan dard which american workingmen ing m e n are struggling to maintain A all bo 0 called trusts or combinations to monopolize liza food supplies or control production are dangerous to the interests Inte of the people and should be prohibited under the severest penalties of the law tho the republican party ever has line maintained and over will mallain and defend the common schools aa as the citadel of public liberty and the chief source of the peoples glory glary greatness and happiness lo 10 a republic like ours where the citizen is the dover bover eign and the official the servant fervent where no power la ia exercised except by the will of the people it is important that tho the sovereign tho the people should possess the highest possible measure of intelligence which is to preserve pree erve us a free nation cation therefore it is tho the duty of local government be it elate state or territory to support tree free institutions of learning sufficient to alford every child growing up in the land the opportunity of a good common winmon baboo school opportunity education and thesa these schoola should be kept free from all fill partisan and sectarian control we deprecate national strafes and aud I 1 divisions we havo have relegated the war with its bates hates and its revenges revenge to the forgetful nefa a of oblivion but the settlement of that eventful struggle must irrevocable respected honored an and d observed in every part of this republic more the ra its publicans public ican ans have avo never demanded leas athey they will not have the ol diers of the union ore are worthy of the lasting gratitude and continued favor of the restored government ern ment and the legislation of congress should conform to the pledges mado made y a BO so enlarged barged ed and extended asto as to provide against the possibility that a man who honorably wore the federal uniform shall become the inmate of 0 an almshouse alms house or dependent on private charity we favor iho the creation of an american marine by the provision ot of bounties upon exports export so and discriminating duties upon imports in american bottoms I 1 we believe the volume of money now in circulation or that may ba be safely put U into circulation on a gold basis F la and nd would bo wholly inadequate lor for the needs needa of our conA constantly antly increasing ing trade and therefore as a remedy for or this growing evil wo we demand the free and unlimited coinage of american silver and its complete restoration under the constitution to the place that it occupied in the national finances prior to the act in support 4 of f those principles we solicit the operation cooperation co of all ali patriotic citizens who are willing to accept them as their confession 0 cf I 1 political cAl faith without regard to col color or nativity previous lous condition religious belief or past political affiliation |