Show republican PLATFORM adopted by the national convention at minneapolis june 10 the representatives 0 of the republican republicans of the united stilts states malt 8 robed in general contention convention oil the 0 of tho the river the everlasting bond 0 of an republic ic v whose hoelot ho inot emot ino t glorious gor lous chapter ot of Is is the he I 1 record 0 of the republican party congratulate their coun u n on thorns the maj r die itic march ol 01 ho ration nation under the banners inscribed with th tho of oli ur platform ol 01 issi 1883 vindicated by y victory at the pals phi aid ad prosperity la in our fields anil and mines and arid male make the following I 1 eclida ec lira ra ion of principles first we reaffirm the american doctrine of 0 protection we je call attention to its growth amhad ak we e maintain that the prop crus us con of our country 1 to largely due line to the wise revenue lella ion ol 01 the republican congress we believe that nil all articles which cannot be toe produced need tn in the united states except luxuries houie be admitted free of duty and that on all imports c ming in with the products of Ame american labor ther thern should tie be levied duties equal to the difference between wages abroad aud and at home we assert that the pic us 8 ol 01 manufactured arti articles its of 0 general consumption have ben reduced under tho tile opera opera the WO We denounce the efforts ol 01 tho the democratic majority ol 01 the house 0 of to destroy our tariff laws piecemeal ai as is manifested by their attacks dmn wool lead aad and lead ore ores tha the chief products ol 01 a number ol 01 states and wo we ask the peo pie lor their 1 judgment thereon second ak we a pot 11 t to the success ol 01 the republican policy ot of reel reciprocity under which our export tr trade de ha hall vastly increased and new and arid enlarged markets bare been opened for the pro ducle of our farms and find workshops wo remind the p pop ople leol of the bitter opposition of the democratic party to fill this practical business and claim that ex by a re publican our lawa will give us control of the trade of the world tord the american people from tradition and interest favor rind the kepul lican party di d mands the me we of both gola golo and silver as standard money with such restriction and under uch such provisions to be determined delter ter mined by legislation as s will secure the m main aln ten tenna n cot t the parity of values of 0 the two met al all so that the pu chist n g and debt pa pill ing power of the dollar whether gold or paper mall beat be at all times edtia the lute ests u of ahn producers pro lucers of the counter its farmers armes and work workingmen in agmen dern demand and that every dollar paper or coin issued by the government shall aper be e as good as any other ve we commend the wise and patriotic se steps already taken by our government to secure an international e conference nf to adopt such laio as will insure a parity ol 01 0 value va ue between rold and find silver for usa use aa money th throughout the he world fourth arv V te e dro demand arid that hat every citizen of 0 the united states shall le he allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all public elections and that sj s ich h ballot shall b cuned and returned as cast that such laws rhall shall bo be enacted aud and en forced as will ill secure boeve y citizen be he lie rich or poor native or foreign born while white or black this sovereign efim rig t guaranteed by the tile constitution n the iree free and honest bonest popular bal lill lot the jn j a t and equal sen tallon 0 of all the people 1 l ceol 1 le aa well ell as their just and equal protection pr 0 tee I 1 under ahm th la ware a are the foundation foun of 1 our institutions and the I 1 any arty will never relax its efforts until the integrity of 01 the ballot and the purity of elections t hall be fully guaranteed guaranteed and protected in every state ake ve denounce the continued inhuman outrages per perpetrated grated on american citizens lor for p I 1 reasons tn in certain kou southern thern system of the union afif fifth th we lavor favor the extension ol 01 our foreign comfere com merc mere the restoration of our mercantile ll maine by home built ships and the crest on of a navy tor for fie vie protection 0 of our national interests and avd the benr of our hag the maintenance otlee of the most friendly relations with all foreign powers entangling alliances alllan with rione one and the protection p of toe tile rights of our fl hermen sixth we our approve of the mon men roo too doe doctone tint and believe in lit the achievement of the manifest t destia of the republic la in lis ita broadest sea seventh we favor avor the enactment of metre stringent str lugent laws and regulations tor for the re arc tr c lion of criminal pauper and arid contract immigration E gath M we e favor efficient effle fent legislation by congress to protect the life and limbs of P loyed of trani companies outage in I 1 carry earry ing on oil interstate aritt coni mi ece aid and r cor ameni legislation by the respective states that will protect cm em lorees engal zd in state commerce in mining and manufacturing ninth the ke re publican pirty has always been he the champion of the oppressed and lecog lilies the dign ty of manhood irrespective if f faith color or aau nationality it sympathizes w with till the cause of homo home oil rule in n ireland and protests against the persecution of thu the jews in Rul hulsla sla ren ten athe b the reliance rellan coot of free popular is the intelligence Intel licence of the people and the maintenance of freedom among men we jve therefore de declare lore anew our demotion devotion to lib erty of thought and co si jence of speech and press and ai a prove all agencies and 1 talitiga ta it iea ell w which aich to the e education 1 u aaion of the children call dren of the tile land but abile insisting upon the fullest measure itic asure of religions religious liberty me e are re opposed to an union of church an and slate state eleventh we our opposition declared in the republican plait ani of IS to all combinations of capital d in trusts or otherwise to entrot c atrol a the condition 0 of trade among our elti zens we heartily ln lit dorse the actton already taken upon this issue and ask tor for su u it further legisla tio as may ma be require a to remedy any detects defects in existing ta laws we and to render their enforcement more complete and effi etive twelfth we approve the p licy of extending to towns villages aud and rut rural ra communities the advantages of the tree free delivery ace vice now en ell coved by the larger cities of the country and reaffirm declaration contat contained nei I 1 in the kepul pla platform t borm of IW pledging the reduction ol 01 letter r po post s t ice to loone one cent at the earliest possible moment consistent with the maintenance of 0 I 1 the pos office and the highest clas clams of postal poll tal geral a thirteenth we commend cor amend the spirit and evidence of reform in the civil ervice and ohp wise in aid d consistent enforcement by the republican party of the laws lairs regulating the same fourteenth the construct loTI of iho tile 2 1 alcora gua tanal canal la Is of the highest importance to the american Amerl tan people le but as a a measure of list national ional defense an anil I 1 to build lid up and maintain american commerce it should be controlled by the united i government Fifteen ik el favor it northe the adra aslon of the T re e manning territories at the earliest ear test practicable date having due to the inter ats of tha the people le of the t and of the united 5 all the federal officers ofil eer appointed appin ted lor for the terl tori should besel ted from the tile bona b ella fide residents res and the right righton of felago should be accorded as far as I 1 rac ca ble sixteenth te we favor demidon ce cew lon lull jc to the tile bomeR teed Bd laws of the arid publeo linds linda to toche the tales and territories in which they itu ito under such xa s to dicost tion reclamation and occupancy onu pancy by lly iphil rs as will secure the benfit s to the people be seventeenth entee nth tho worlds columbian ext iosi tion is a great national na ional undertaking and con gres ahou sh u d promptly enact mih putli re atonable tell I 1 gi slat if in aid thereof as will insure A it dis charging of the expense aad and dent thereto ami the attainment of results com men burato vita the tile dignity and progress pro greBS of the nation in temperance fri perance ne ire with all wille le oud and I 1 to imbsen and prevent the evils of intemperance und promote lil morality disint leei th dver mindful adful of 0 the services and rid bacri d cem ot of tho the men who pared tho the I 1 life t f e ol 01 tile nat ha ion loii we anew to the veteran nol dies diets of the tile icila allua a watchful natch ful care and decoir anition of 0 their just claims upon a grateful people 1 twentieth vt engleth we l he the able patriotic bal and amerl an ii of pre idelt non andor ll 11 the CWi country litty hai haq en 3 Tro perit and hie tile dignity M and T or of the nation nailon at horae and abbot have faithfully maintained and we offer the record of pledges kett kept as a guarantee eua guar autee of faithful in lit t tho 0 future |