Show TERRITORIAL PLATFORM Platform of the Democratic Part of Idaho Territory The Democrats of Idaho Territory in i convention assembled present the following fol-lowing resolutions and platform and pledge the Democratic party of Idaho and its candidates to their faithful and earnest support and endorsement Resolved That we with becoming pride endorse the Administration of PresIdent Grover Cleveland for the honesty frugality and success with which it is conducting the affairs of government carrying out the principles of Democracy in administering public trusts and keeping faith with the people a respect for constItutionallaw the protection of the rights of our fellow citizens citi-zens at home and abroad a desire to reform the unjust inequalities of customs to reduce II taxation t limit the expenditures to actual necessities the revival of trade the increase I of commerce the restoration of the unearned un-earned public lands t the peoples heritage the peace that happily extends throughout our whole land and the extinction of sectional sec-tional animosities are the salient marks which signalize the restoration of the Democratic Dem-ocratic party to power and theresponse it has gived to the trust reposed in it Wo commend the discrimination which the President has made in favor of the honest soldier and call attention tothe fact that while he has vetoed spurious and unworthy un-worthy claims he has signed more pension bills than any of his predecessors Resolved That the record of Hon John Halley our able representative at Washington Washing-ton i one of which we as citizens of Idaho are justly proud that Mr Haileys cop sistent course and energetic and sucoessfi efforts in behalf of our Territory and inter ests of her citizens meet with our earnei and enthusiastic approbation and that the thanks of ou people are due him for his un tiring labors peJle constituents Resolved That in Edward A Stevenson our citizenGovernor Idaho has an honest > able and fearless Executive who knows the wishes and wants of the people of this Per ritory and who will faithfully enforce the laws without fear or favor wthont That this convention proudly invites attention t the fact thatthe last Democratic House of Representatives passe bills forfeiting and restoring to the public domain railway land grants amounting to over 75000000 of acres and also the furthe fact that in the Fortyeighth Congress th Democratic lower House passed the Reagan InterState Commerce bill which failed of passage in the Republican Senate also that in the last session of Congress the Reagan bill was again passed in the Demo cratio lower House Resolved That we denounce the infamous practice of bigamy polygamy and unlawful cohabitation and that we pledge our pay the laws to a strict and rigid enforcement of against such crimes and as a proof of ou iincerity we point with pride to the record of convictions had by a Democratic United States Attorney before a Democratic judge of Democratic national luring the past year a Demooratc ional administration which speaks louder ban the windy professions unaccompanied by any performances of any past Republi can officers in Idaho Resolved That we are unalterably opposed to any dictation i State or political affairs by > church domination as heretofore exer ised by the Mormon Church Resolved That we are unalterably opposed to Chinese immigration and demand the brogation of the BurlingameSwift treaty a legacy from the Republican party hrough whose loopholes slave labor creeps upon ou shores We pledge the best efforts of the Democratic party of this Territory in avor of measures which shall permanently rohibit and prevent such immigration We regard Chinese labor as an unmixed evil herefore we favor legislation providing for the deportation of the Chinese from this deportaton ountry and their exclusion forever I the meantime pending proper legislation I pon this subject the Democratic party of I Idaho as a friend of free labor and in the iterest of the people recognize the legal ght of any citizen to employ whom ho leases yet we hold it in the right and duty of 1 the people of Idaho Territory t with hold their patronage from the Chinese and that such labor should not be resorted to when other character of labor i available Resolved That this convention is in favor of f an act of Congress providing for the free coinage of both gold and silver by the terms which act both gold and silver bullion offered at the several mints and assay offices of the United States shall be received in exchange for gold or silver coin or certificates at the rate now fixed by law for standard dollai of gold and silver which certificates shall be receivable for all public purposes and interchangeable for gold or silver as the case may be and that there be no discrimination discrim-ination by United States Treasury official in the use of gold and silver for any purpose u including whatever consistent with existing laws eluding the payment of the interestbearini debtResolved That we are in favor of liberal wages and free labor All associations formed for the purpose of developing intelligence promoting the welfare wel-fare and protecting the interests of the laborers and mechanics and to enable then laborer successfully to contend for and maintain their rights by peaceful and efficient means rghts powerful and oppressive combinations against combina-tions be encouraged and expressly sanctioned by law Resolved That we are opposed to the oppressive op-pressive monopolies built up fostered and monoples protected by Republican Administrations of that we recognize labor as the producer capital that we recommend the passage of such laws as will make the wage laborers sch preferred creditors and to secure to them I the full fruits of their labor Resolved That the rapid increase of the white Reolved population of the United States demands de-mands that Congress take speedy and effective steps to have all of the Indians in the al select lands in severally in quantities not to exceed eighty acres por capita within the limits of their respective Indian reservations lmits wd that the remainder of the lands on such Indian reservations should be restored to to homestead the public domain subject entry by actual settlers Resolved That it is the duty of the Con press of the United States t pass such legislation leg-islation us will guarantee the speedy adjustment adjust-ment and payment of all claims for depredations depre-dations committed by Indians upon the persons and property of upn the Western States and Territories Resolved That we extend our sympathy Reol to all people struggling to engraft upon of in the principles heir political system and iividual liberty and selfgovernment with special emphasis do we extend that ympathy to the present heroic efforts of the people risk with Resolved That we deeply sympathize people of Utah in their struggle to he loyal the laintain the supremacy of the laws of United States and the purity of American herfiby pledge the best ef and we omes of Idaho in aid of orts of the Democracy by the national Congress as och legislation the rill most speedily and forever paralyze the hand that would seek to bind e priestly their political liberties souls of men by usurping erties Resolved That in addition to the forego and policy as the principles rug we reaffirm Democratic enunciated in the platform the ic National Convention of 1884 G L WATERS Chairman CHAS C STEVENSON Secretary |