Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1892 — Principal Points of the Platform. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Principal Points of the Platform.

We believe in the American doctrine of :: We believe that article*, except luxuries, which can not be produced in the United States should be admitted free of duty. We demand that on all ini pot's competing with the products of American labor duties should be levied equal to the difference be~~XWeenwageeatbome and abroa I. We ask the people upon the cowardly course of the Democrats in attacking the tariff piecemeal. ~ We believe in reciprocity, which has opened new markets for the products of the workshop and the farm. We believe in thenfec of both gold and sil ‘ ver money. . . We demand that every dollar, whether of gold, silver or paper, shall, be equal to e. ery other d011..r. i. V. ’ We believe in an international conference to secures party of gold and silver throughout the world. We dr limn* tha^evevy cUtaeuu r i.cb or i <Mr native or foreign born, white or black. shall be permitted to cast one ballot and 1 ave it counted as he ca t it. We propose to keep on tig' ting till we Inve honest elections in every State. We favor the revival of out foreign commerce in tmerlcau ships.. We demand a navy so protect our inn rests and mail.tain the honor of our 11 g. We demand ti nt > rbitr. ry < on Idraljoiso Capital io control trude c udtfa-rw shall be rigid y r gulate’.l. We believe la wise'and consistent ci it servi e reform. ■« Webvlierein admitting a'l t! e fraritorlea into the Union as soon ns they are‘qua tied for entrance We reaffi t m t ftv Xi on roe doeicme. We demand the restriction of ciimir.al pauper, and contract irprvigratioh. We demand that the employees of railroads, mines and factories shti'l be protected agait st al tieedbss dangers We sympathize with theo. pressed in every land W* dema-.d fre-dotn of sp ech and of the press We l ei < ve in - opulat e ucation. We favor the com ttuc'iot! and < ontrul of the Xi. an gua can i by Atu< plcans. We Isil <ve b self gover merit for t« rrilOrU * A, "■*' r We Icli- vetba ii ns bran Kxpasiti.fi sbou d < m <ic a s'.t;- ,<-ss «■>!■. y f the dignity and eri'grvtsbf the r.atx n. and that ti e govir r.mci.t should aid in this if nep ssary. We rye pat biz with all ‘cgbiinate tfferts to prom- te temperance and morality to the loyal vc'eians of the war for lhe-Uuion the ncogni ion that is theirs by right A We are proud of Kr'esidcnt Harrison’s mag nifleent administration. And we propose to give the country an other administration ju'-t as good for tii'e” - next four years

The gentlemen who are working, so hard this warm weather to convince themselves that the protective tariff was the cause of the Homesten<L strike appear to ’.bxe overlooked the only argument in favor of such a conclusion—ls there was no protective tariff we shoflldhave uo steel mills, uo steelworkert, and be;.ce no strikers. "We a e willing tosub&'ri.je to the truthfulness of tba' argument, only applied to the Homestead sti-el works, but (o all other American ' manufactories.

The men who say the protective tariff is responsible .for the Homestead strike would, by free trade, make the wages of the American workingmen so low that he could never afford to strike. The English newspapers which profess to believe that the United States isoh the eve of establishing free trade will find it the longest night ever seen, which precedes their piedicted morning of free trade.

The democrat ic congressional convention meets at Logansport July 20th. It looks as though Valentine Zimmerman, of Rochester, the candidate four years ago, was in the lead for the nomination. ..

The Inter Ocean is publishing every day a series of most instructive cartoons by that second Nast, Art Young. Last Monday’s picture was especially instructive. One side of the picture represented present protection; the other side represented proposed democratic free trndo. The protection piciuiv wid a mechanic in hfs workWbup, well fed, wellclothed, with plenty of work, at good wages. The other side of the picture showed the same man, ragged and cadaverous, heading into a pawnshop with a box of the tools of his trade under his arm. it is Kepu blican workshop, yersus Democratic pawnshop.

Tariff is a tax in the sense that the fence that the farmer builds A* ar< und Lis garden or his corn-field is a tax paid paid by the farmer. It is a tax that consists of the cost of the construction and maintenance of the fence. And, yet, the :<enee«®iusE_Jje constructed and maintained,» or the trespassing animals of the neighborhood would destroy the entire proceeds of the labor. HiHl the frnits the land, of the f .rmer The tariff is also a i al, (ho ennt of its construction and maintenance may be said to be paid by the people; but the loss due to a submission to the commercial trespass that is thus repelled would be greater than the loss due to the maintenance of the tariff, a hundred times over.

To vote a straight Republican ticket stamp within the square enclosing the eagle at the top < f the ballot, ard nowlrej-e else. If any other square is stumped in addition to t! e 1- rge square the ballot will be thrown out. After stomping fold the ballot so as to leave the ihitialkdj the pols clerk on the outside and hand to the election officers. Those blatant demagogues and anarchists, Voc.rhees, Palmer and Jerry Simpeon want to hang Andrew Carnegie, a man of the tnost generous impulses and of the most; public spirited enterprise, whose benefactions amounttomauy millions. Who does more for the g -od of mankind in one year of hi-life than a thousand such as Yoorliees, Palmer and Simpson would, j. do in a thousand years. Those anarchists want to hang him because Jiit> great success in manufacturii.g « n’erprise, his benifiveut life and abov all the splendid and imlri-d uueqnaled wages which his workingmen earn, forgive those false political dogm is by the advocacy. of which they expect to keep, in positions or power and profit The i-aiife felloAb ,would to crucify the sarior again if he veto back on «artb. t-stone Slepheu or roast SK Lfiwrer.vtt, if tiny found thaF the influei vex'f the saviorknd.the saint* rm* Counter to their pvllt; aepiratkifis. r 1 ’

The Chicago Herald has a cut of “Andrew Carnegie offering starvation wages” to his employes. The fact remains that Carnegie’s strikers, whose wages was affected by the ’proposed reduction, got double the wages of the employes of the Chicago for man, even under the reduced schedule. We dare the Herald to republish the daily earning of 100 of the best paid workers of the Carnegie mills in a parallel column with the wages paid to 100 .of the best paid men in the Herald office, —lnter Ocean. ( •