Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — PIONEERS OF A PARTY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PIONEERS OF A PARTY

SURVIVING REPUBLICAN DELEGATES OF '56 MAY MEET. Such an Assemblage Would Be a Practical Celebration of the .Fortieth Anniversary of the National Republican Party-General Political Notea - A Republican Anniversary. It has been proposed in the East to assemble on the 17th of next Juneaconvention of the surviving delegates to the Republican convention held in Philadelphia in- that month-of 1856. The proposal has much to commend it, and has met with such warm approval that it may be falrjy counted dmong the politicai probabilities of the coming year. The only objection to the proposition as it has been stated is that a convention thus Constituted would be too small for the occasion. Such ameeting would be practically a celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the National Republican party in the city where its foundations were so widely and patriotically laid, and in such a celebrationeveryohlßepubliean who has survived from that time should have a representative. The survivors of the original delegates must be few in number. There were but 600 of them originally. In the natural order of events most of these must bfe dead, for forty years is a long time in the life of an individual, and a'mong the survlvofs many are too worn with years or with disease to make a long journey, even to attend so glorious a reunion as that would be. A better plan would be to call upon all Republicans throughout the Union who indorsed the action and the platform of that historic conypntion and supported Fremont in the campaign that followed to organize in their various States and elect from among their number a full, list of delegates to the convention designed to celebrate the anniversary of a date so important in the history not of our country only, but of liberty and republican tnstltutions throughout the world.

A convention of this kind could not fail to renew’ the ardor of the old pion-' eers of the party and would be an inspiration to all the patriotic youth of the land. It would recall to public attention the early history of the great party organized for freedom and the Union, and remind men of the fidelity with which those early pledges have been kept and the arduous labors by which so much has been done to accomplish them, to maintain them and to render them the inviolable heritages of the American people. The platform adopted by the convention of ’56 pledged the party to the principles of the Declaration of Independence, declared it to be the duty of the people to oppose any attempt to introduce slavery into any territory of the United States, denounced polygamy and slavery as tw-in relics of barbarism, condemned the Democratic administration of the time for the crime against Kansas, called for the immediate admission of that territory as a free State, proclaimed the foreign policy embodied in the “Ostend circular” as a disgrace to American diplomacy, called for the construction of a railroad to the Pacific ocean and Indorsed a policy of public improvements of rivers and harbors by the general government. Sudh is the early platform of the party that ever since its foundation represented true Americanism at home and abroad. It Is certainly worth while celebrating the fortieth anniversary of such an event, and the old pioneers of the party will have the earnest support of the younger members if they undertake to carry it out. Our Portrait Gallery.

This Is a good picture of the man who sees po harm to the United States In free trade. * Some Good Ideas. We ara in favor of protection Co the manufacturer, the mechanic and laborer, as well as the farmer and business [man. We believe In protecting our money by just and wise laws. We have Always believed in not only protecting Old Glory, but also the men who saved the tin ion. We believe in protection to every American industry, no matter iwhat that industry may be or where It is located. We believe that free trade Is a curse to this country, and a detriment to every man, woman and child living in it. We are Republican because the Republican party Is in favor of proftectlon to all American interests.—Mar!lon, Ind., Republican, Democrats Promote Trusts* In spite of the fact that the duties on glass have been reduced nearly lone-half by the provisions of the new -tariff, the manufacturers have formed a trust. The trust has already advanced prices nearly 18 per cent And an-

other advance of 5 per cent Is likely to follow. What becomes of the argument that a protective tariff fosters trusts, and that a revision of duties according to,Democratic ideas would be a death blow to such combinations?— The Rise and Fall of Wages.

How the Wilson Bill Works. Exports are growing smaller and imports are increasing. The consumption of foreign wool is increasing and that of domestic wool is declining. Larger quantities of dry goods are being brought into the country from foreign lands, and few'er domestic dry goods are being manufactured in the United States. These are some of the results of the Wilson tariff bill, which was to have increased exports of American manufactured articles and thus promote the prosperity of the country.— San Francisco Chronicle. The Price of Wheat. The wheat crop of 1895, as given by Dornbtisch’s list, was 305,7115,000 quarters? This is less than 5,000,000 quarters larger than the world’s wheat crop of 1892. On July 1, 1892, the price of wheat in New York was 89% cents, but on July 1,1895, the price was only 73% cents, a decrease of 15% cents a bushel. Does the increase of 1% per cent In the world’s wheat crop between the two periods account for the decrease of 18 per cent in the value of wheat within the same period? Exports of Wheat. Year. Value. 1892 (McKin1ey)5299,363,117 1895 (Gorman) 114,604,780 Decrea5e,^1895......... .$184,758,337 Not Free Breakfast. “Rwjßfy reform,” deprived the Amemata wage earner of the free breaknaA table which the McKinley act gavg iiin. > Ho Is a Humbug. The renegade Protectionist is always overzealous. He makes a display of his supposed sincerity. Had Too Much. No more experiments in free trade are desired. The country has had enough of that sort of thing. . The Selfish Man. The man is narrow minded and foolish who asks Industrial protection only for his own products. Political Notea. Democracy has always objected to everything national.—New York Recorder. The Allison boom ventures to open a gun or two outside of lowa.—Detroit Tribune.

President Cleveland's third-term boom Is still In the bands of his enemies. —New York Press. The Monroe doctrine and the Cleveland doctrine continue to be on exceedingly bad terms.—New York Advertiser. David B. Hill now says he “points With pride.” He will “view with alarm” after the returns come in.—Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. If Gen. Lamont has not lost all his influence in traction circles he must begin at once to labor with Mr. Whitney. —New York Advertiser. The Hon. Carl Schurz has come out from under the bed and again claims to be in command of the German-Ameri-can vote—Atlanta Constitution The Republican party has always had to make good the deficits of the Democratic party, both in the State and nation. It will have to do so again.— Detroit Journal. Ex-Gov. McCreary says Carlisle will be nominated for the Presidency, which shows how easy it is for a Kentuckian to talk through his “nightcap.”—Kan-saSl-City Journal. The Increase in the national debt under President Cleveland’s administration, as sho'wn by official records, is now $306,004,978. The nation longs for a chance to pay Its respecta'To such a record as this.—Boston Journal. Senator Allison's friends are giving it out cold that the Senator will have the first place on the Republican national ticket, or none. No vice presidency h'js; he would rather remain V* Xhft , Senate,—MluueapolU Tribune. «•'