Show TERRITORIAL PLATFORM Platrorm of the Democratic Part of Idaho Territory The Democrats of Idaho Territory in 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 Preside Grover Cleveland for the honesty frugality and success with which it is conducting the affairs of government carrying out the principles of Democracy in administer public trusts and keeping faith with the people a respect for constitutional law 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 Ieduce taxation to limit the expenditures to actual necessities the revival of trade the increase of commerce the restoration of the unearned un-earned public lands to the peoples heritage the peace that happily extends throughout our whole land and the extinction of BO tional animosities are the salient marls which signalize the restoration of the Dec 3cratio party to power and the response i it has gived to the trust reposed in it We commend the discrimination whic he President has made in favor of the honest soldier and call attention to the fact < hat while he has vetoed spurious and unworthy un-worthy claims he has signed more pension ills than any of his predecessors Resolved That the record of Hon John lailey our able representative at Washington Washing-ton is one of which we as citizens of Idaho ire justly proud that Mr Haileys consistent intent course and energetic and successful efforts hi behalf of our Territory and inter sts of her citizens meet with our earnest and enthusiastic approbation and that the banks of our people are due him for his untiring Iring labors for his 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 Territory Ter-ritory and who will faithfully enforce tin laws without fear or favor Resolved That this convention proudly ivites attention to the fact that the las lemocratio House of Representatives passed bills forfeiting and restoring to the public domain railway land grants amounting to over 75000000 of acres and also the further fact that in the Fortyeighth Congress the Democratic lower House passed the Reagan InterState Commerce bill which failed ol issage in the Republican Senate also that in the last session of Congress the eagan bill was again passed in the Demo oratio lower House Resolved That we denounce the infamous practice of bigamy polygamy and unlawful habitation and that we pledge our party to a strict and rigid enforcement of the laws a ainst such crimes and as a proof of our sIncerity we point with pride to the record of convictions had by a Democratic United States Attorney before a Democratic judge during the past year of a Democratic national na-tional administration which speaks louder than the windy professions unaccompanied by any performances of any past Republican Republi-can officers in Idaho Resolved That we are unalterably opposed to any diotation in State or political affairs by church domination as heretofore exerCIsed exer-CIsed by the Mormon Church Resolved That we are unalterably opposed to Chinese immigration and demand the rogation of the BurlingameSwift treaty a legacy from the Republican party throngh whose loopholes slave labor creeps upon our shores We pledge the best efforts of the Democratic party of this Territory in favor of measures which shall permanently prohibit and prevent such immigration We reRard Chinese labor as an unmixed evil therefore we favor legislation providing for the deportation of the Chinese from this country and their exclusion forever In the meantime t pending proper legislation this subject the Democratic party of upon Idaho as a friend of free labor and in the interest of the people recognize the legal right of any citizen to employ whom he pleases yet we hold it in the right and duty of the people of Idaho Territory to withhold with-hold their patronage from the Chinese and that such labor should not be resorted to when other character of labor is available Resolved That this convention is in favor of 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 dollars 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 officials in the use of gold and silver for any purpose whatever consistent with existing laws including in-cluding the payment of the interestbearing debt Resolved 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 them successfully to contend for and maintain their rights by peaceful and efficient means combina powerful and oppressive against tions should be encouraged and expressly sanctioned by law Resolved That we are opposed to the oppressive monopolies built up fostered and pressive protected by Republican Administrations that recognize labor as the producer of we of capital that we recommend the passage laborers the such laws as will make wage preferred creditors and to secure to them the full fruits of their labor Resolved That the rapid increase of the of the United States demands white population and mands that Congress take speedy effective steps to have all of the Indians in the not to in quantities select lands in severally capita within the exceed eighty acres per limits of their respective Indian reservations and that the remainder of the lands on such Indian reservations should be restored to the public domain subject to homestead entry by actual settlers L L the duty of the Con Resolved That it is Congress of the United States to pass such legIslation gress leg-islation OB will guarantee the speedy adjustment adjust-ment and payment of all claims for depre the committed by Indians upon dations and property of citizens of the persons Western States and Territories Resolved That we extend our sympathy struggling to engraft upon to all people the principles of individual system their political liberty and selfgovernment and dividual emphasis do we extend that with special presentheroicefforts of the sympathy to the present Irish people with wedeeply sympathize d That we Resolved to people of Utah in their struggle the loyal the supremacy of the laws of the maintain of American States and thlpurityof United pledge the best efforts hereby and we homes of Idaho in aid of of the Democracy forts hy the national Congress such legislation paralyze the forever will most speedily that and would seek to bind the priestly hand liberties their political souls of men by usurping erties Resolved That in addition to the forego as s and policy the principles ing we reaffirm Democratic platforniof the enunciated in the platform ic National Convention of 1884 G L W ATE S Chairman CHAS C STKVENSON Secretary |