Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1887 — REPUBLICAN MEETING. [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN MEETING.

R«pre|H>ut ■*!**» ol lb» tUpubllctß Clubs ot the Coauirj Meet. Id Jt«w York—fU»otutfAxA Adopted anil the Busliie** - Tran-mated.. J : j - 7Defrgatesto the number 1,500 representing the various Republican clubs of the country, met in Chickering hall, New York, Thursday and Friday,together with hundreds of prominent men of the party. Daniel I. Regan, of Ohio, was made temporary chairman and Hon. Wm. M. Evarts peimanent chairman. At the reading of the names of the different clubs pretense was found for cheering their names when suggestive. There club names to read, and the cheering was almost continuous as the following name| were repeated: John Sherman, U. 8. Grant, Charles Sumner, John A. Logan, Ben Wade, Abraham Lincoln and James G. Blaine. The last name was greeted with tremendous cheering, but it was noticed that some delegates did not j oin in it. The Ohio delegation was silent and motionless. Senator Evarts, on taking the chair, congratulated the convention on its organization, and said that its work would not interfere with any of the established organizations of the party. It would, like the “grand old party,” never acknowledge that there could be chosen ?a candidate greater than the party. The. Democrats always pride themselves that they nominate men greater than their party, but that illusion has about oeen dispelled. The e’ection of the man who at present fills the chief executive office of the Nation has causad this, and the Democratic soothing syrup has Bhown that it is totally devoid of any medical properties. The Republican party never has had any candidate with principles hostile io the country’s best interests. Those deluded citizens who think so, mistake our principles and their duty. The clubs or leagues that will be organized now will prove the organs, agents and channels for enforcing the sound political purposes from which the Republican party never shrinks or fears. Thus the suffrage of this country will be formed and permeated with Republican principles! The speaker than referred to the suppression of the negro vote in the South. Mr. Evarts then went into the message ot Cleveland. He thought that the Democrats might try to explain it away if possible later on, and when they can not do that will retract. But we mußt hold them to it. We have the right to that message. The laboring class who reads that message will see through the phrases in which it disguished their real position toward them. Some people think that the Republican lenate will prevent the President from doing wrong. A nice way, that, for people to elect a President,-believing that the opposite party will keep him straight. A draft for a constitution for a National organization toJae known as the ‘ Republican League of the United States” was presented. A President, three TicePresidentsand a Secretary and Treasurer are to be the officers. A draft for a constitution for a State League was also presented. The latter are to hold annual conventions, but are not to express any preference for any candidate before any political convention. Any club having twenty members, and duly organised, is entitled to membership in Slate L“agues. A convention of the League during the year 1888 is alto provided for. The committee on permanent organ ia>ition reported a Vice-President for each State and nine secretaries. Hor". A. G. Porter was the Vice-President for Indiana, J. L. Wheat for Kentucky, W. W. Tracy for Illinois, and N. M. Lyan for Ohio. a . The committee on resolutions submitted a very. lengthy report. We give the resolutions helo a: Firit—We •rrplmttMllV refute t# afcenrian the policy of home piotevtii.a, on which our unexampled national progreei and prosperity are founded. Second—The effect of the Demoeratie poliay would • e disastrous by trau-iferriug many of O’ r industries to England, and robbing our working P*"P> of the r employment and wftgee for the benefit of Briti-h niana'acturerg, by exhtutting ouraeeumulated capital in the payment of foreign debts incurred tor imported meri kand *e. and by dama imr the entire system es m-, dustrial and eommerc al intereourte. We prelect against it iuTlie name of all America* labor. and.of all Ameriean enWrprite. Third—We reeogui*e in the murage of the head ot the Demoer»tie patty a. tender to o*r country of the ehoiee between supporting tb# laliorers and the iudu-trio* of Srtat Britain and Buropf seueral’y. on he ene ha.n l, and, on the other, the support of the laboring. men and industrial enterrr -es of Atneriea. We respectfaliy deeiine the former, which he recommend*, Miifwid stand by onr peeple when we eltet a V resident. 1 - Foprih -T! e principle of protection is not '-lunded upon the int rest of any one section or ; mv one ela-s of individuals, bnt upon the inter- : eats of the entire country. Its supreme objeet is i to render .Vnierh a independ nt of Europe, to render the Uuited itatee entirety'self-siistai* ug-f tok-epour money at home and give employment to our own workine pe pie, 10 substit*te home competition for foreign, to build up towns and villages, to encourage agriculture and enhance ihe value of hums, io provide home markets so the farmer, to adapt our manufactures to our domes! ic wants to promote the ruvning of rapid and cheap oommunicatiom between the States and Territ lies, to open mines and d ve op nil the vaat resources of our eounfrv so richly blessed of God in all i hat is needtdso make a pepple great, comented and happy. WFifth—While the Republican party has, since tbe war. r- pea ted ly cut down taxation and has , uniformly when in power.kept the surplus within safe limits, the Democraey have shown them selves incompetent for eiiherduiy. and by persisientlv refusine any re fiction of taxes unless coupled with a dealrucilve assault on American industries are responsible for the accumulation of the existing surplus and all the dangers it involves. We believe that only the restoration of BepubUean«suprt macy gives as-uraneeof uniting reduced taxes, a n vised tariff and limited surplus, with the preservation of the policy wbi h alone saves us from becoming the commercial slaves of Europe. Sixth-The cootimn d refusal of the Demoerat- ! ic Hou-e of Representatives to admit Territories having a population of high character and intelligence, exceeding in number that of several States of the Union, old end new. should arouse the indignation of all true A mermans whobeHave in home tule and constitutional rights. Seventh—Wo condemn Urn hostility of the

Democratic party in the House of Represents-* tivee to all means for the advancement of broad popular education, and. denounce its arbitrary conduct In"thwarting every effort to consider anv meat, ure (or this purpose. Eighth-Reviving no past Issue, we Insbt, as a living question and an indispensable bulwark of national security, upon a free, bomst ballot and a fe|r count, in all me States of tbe Union. '- Niiuh—We'charge the Democratic party with failing to provide, out of the abundant resources of tbe Nation, for tbe upbuilding of a more eflieieut navy for tbe protection of our defenseless ten coast, lor the restoration of our commercial marine. »o essential to the training of American teamen, and to the Vxtentitm now of American trade, and we urge the necessity of prompt and energetic measures for these importsn^obiects. Tenth —We charge the Democratic administration with culpable weakness in guarding Ammerican industries apd individual rights on the high seas and in loreign lands, while the vessels and property of our,citizens have been seized and sacrificed in foreign ports, and information of 'what they were justly entitled to under our treaties withheld from them or made dependent on foreign interpretations, and we demand a more vigorous assertion of American statemanship, which shall restore the respect once accorded to the just demand of our Republic. Eleventh—We charge the Democratic party with being recreant to the Republic and the of the President pr< stituUug tbe civil sendee to parlban purposes. We hold that these professed friends of civil service reform who accept and follow this falthl ss action in preference to the party which placed the civil service law on the statute books are themselves untrue to their professions. We condemn any backwaid step in tfiis reform agd alj.hypociisy.in its administration. Twelfth—We charge the Democratic adminstra tion with trampling upon the just claims of the soldiers of the Republic and of reopening the accepted settlements of deplorable sectional strife by ordering the removal of the emblems of such strife from the place where they quietly reposed in the achives of .he Nation.- and yielding only after the indignant protests of the American people. Thirteenth—Upon this history and these declarations we confidently summon to our aid not only the patriotism of the country, but its iapor, its industry, its commerce and its statesmanship. A mass-meeting under the auspices of the Republican clubs was held in Chickering Hall Friday night. Col. John Atkinson, of Michigan, presided. In opening the meeting he said the Republican party would again secure dominion on the seas, and it would send a navy to protect the marine trade, it would*have the Nation support the 8,000 soldiers being now cared for in pauper institutions. Those now in authority say there are too many of these, but there were not too many of them in 1863-’<J4-’fls. Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennaylvana, discussed the tariff issue, and then Hon. Roswell G. Horr, of Michigan, was introduced to talk on temperance. He said that the Republican party had never been on the wrong side in any question, and it was not so on the liquor question. He believed in local option “If a man believes in temperance, it might be asked, why does he not join the third party? I will tell you why. First, I would not join the Prohibition party because every vote Wotild simply be helping the Democracy. For another reason, i wouldn’t join that party because the Democrats want me to. What they want done should be avoided by those who desire temperance. The Republican party relies upon its homes for its strerg.h. The Democratic strength is measured by the number of saloons. The President, in his message, has given the next platform of his party. The difficulty has heretofore been that~w<r never knew when we had a Democra; oa a question.” The speaker said the mugwumps had given up their time to accusing the Republicans and excusing the Democrats, chiefly the latter, and were idiots enough to think that a round block iike Higgins can be put into a square civil service hole. He was against any legislation of the Democrats on general principles, and he vat against any favored by Great Britain in this country.