FORMS, 1890.

ALABAMA DEMOCRATIC, May 31,

FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

We hold that all power, is lodged in the people of the several States to direct and control the administration of their governments, subject only to constitutional and self-imposed limitations; and we further hold that any interference on the part of the Fedoral Government in the selection of our Senators and Representatives in Congress is an usurpation of power unwarranted by the Constitution..

THE TARIFF.

We are uralterably opposed to the present high tariff, and faver such a substantial reduction and readjustment thereof as will relieve all classes from the unjust burden, and from the effect of unjust discriminations which may tend to oppress the many for the benefit of the few; and we declare that the amount of public revenue raised by taxation should not exceed the requirements of an economical yet dignified administration of the affairs of Government at home and abroad, and the proper development of such works of public improvement as may, under the Constitution of the United States, be properly undertaken by Federal authority.

TRUSTS.

We declare it to be the duty of our legislators, Federal and State, to adopt in their respective spheres consistent methods to prevent the creation and circumscribe the power of monopolies which in their operation have the effect to forestall the market or otherwise oppress the people.

MISCELLANEOUS.

We reaffirm our unswerving and unalterable allegiance to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party, as promulgated by Jefferson, defended by Jackson and maintained by Grover Cleveland.

That it is our mature and conscientious conviction that the welfare of the entire people of the State, without regard to race or color, depends upon the continued administration of public affairs by the Democratic party, which alone combines the intelligence, the experience and virtue necessary to perpetuate the blessings of free gov ernment therein, and that the continuation of the power of that party is the highest duty of all white men, and that any effort to divide them upon other issues deserves and should receive unqualified condemnation.

ARKANSAS REPUBLICAN, July 9.

THE ADMINISTRATION.

The Republicans of Arkansas, in convention assembled, send congratulations to their brethren in all parts of the Nation upon the restoration of the party to power in National affairs in administration and in legislation.

We cordially indorse and approve the wise and patriotic administration of President Harrison, and we hail with delight his declaration that the rights of all American citi zens must be as fully protected in all parts of this Union as they are in foreign lands.

ACTION OF THE HOUSE.

We congratulate the National House of Representatives, and in an especial manner the Speaker thereof, the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, on its ability to transact the public business with accuracy and dispatch, on its overthrow of filibustering, on the justice of its action in unseating members representing a fraudulent ballot-box and seating Republicans elected by the people, and especially on its intelligence and courage in passing a bill containing proper provisions for the protection of the voter in national elections in conformity with the power granted to Congress by the Constitution in that behalf.

We assume that this vital and beneficent measure will receive favorable action from a Republican Senate and a Republican President, and thus become a law of the land at an early day.

SILVER AND TARIFF QUESTIONS.

With the Republicans of Arkansas the questions of tariff and silver and all other questions are held subordinate to that of a free ballot and a fair count. With the solution of this question the solution of all other questions will be readily found, in conformity with the will of the a free people.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Whereas, The Union Labor Party of this State has nominated a full State ticket on a platform embodying its great principle of a free vote and a fair count; therefore we deem it inexpedient to nominate a Republican State ticket, but indorse the State

ticket nominated by the United Labor party, and headed by that eminent and earnest advocate of a free ballot and a fair count, Rev. N. B. Fizer, of White County, and earnestly recommend all the Republicans in the State of Arkansas to heartily support the same platform.

CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN, August 13.

NATIONAL ELECTIONS LAW.

The right of a free ballot is the right preservative of all rights and must and shall be maintained in every part of the United States. We cordially indorse this declaration of the Democratic National platform of 1880. but we denounce the shameful manner in which that party has violated this pledge in man of the States of the Union, and we insist that henceforth it shall be observed so far as it is within the power of the Federal Government to effect that object.

LABOR QUESTIONS.

As shown by its opposition to slavery and in enactment of the homestead and other similar laws, the Republican party has always been watchful of the interests of those who depend upon their daily labor for support, and in pursuance of the same policy we favor legislation by which some satisfactory plan may be devised for the arbitration of the disputes and controversies relative to the wages and hours of labor between those who labor and those who employ labor.

That the nominees of this convention are pledged to give their support to the enforcement of the law which provides that eight hours shall constitute a legal day's work for all State and municipal employes.

THE CHINESE.

We renew our former declarations in favor of the most rigid exclusion of the Chinese from this country, and we urge that such restriction be made permanent.

THE RULES OF THE HOUSE.

That we indorse the course pursued by Speaker Reed and the members of the Republican party in th present session of Congress whereby the rules of proceeding have been so amended that the public business is now being conducted in the orderly way designed for its conduct by the framers of this Government. We wholly repudiate the claim of the right of any number of the members of Congress to interrupt and delay its business by refusing to vote when required, and we rejoice that the Speaker and other members of the Republican side of the House have been able to destroy the pretence that members can be present and absent at the same time.

PENSIONS.

That we are in favor of all the laws recognizing the claims of the soldiers of the late war, and the war with Mexico, and recommend that they be ever considered the wards of the Nation.

THE SILVER QUESTION.

That, 'n the interest of the agricultural and other industries of the country, we indorse the action of the Republican members of Congress in the passage of what is known as the Silver bill, and that we favor a proper increase of the currency of the country to the extent demanded by its business interests.

TRUSTS.

That we favor the enactment of stringent laws against trusts, pools, combines, and monopolies whereby legitimate competition is destroyed and the necessities, comforts and luxuries of life are enhanced in prices.

THE ADMINISTRATION.

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That we affirm and commend the Administration of President Harrison course pursued in the general legislation of the country by the Republican members of Congress.

That we desire to especially commend and mark with approval the manner in which the Administration of President Harrison, through Iecretary Blaine, has managed the Behring Sea difficulty with England, and we have every confidence that the result will be adjusted honorably to this country and in full recognition of its rights.

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC, August 20.

THE ADMINISTRATION.

A depleted Treasury, the imposition of unequal and oppressive taxes, the effort to enact coercive legislation, the arbitrary disregard by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of all parliamentary rules, and the shameless servility displayed by the majority of the House of Representatives in yielding ready obedience to his tyrannical mandates, their refusal to aid the Democracy in its effort to procure the passage of a measure permitting the free coinage of silver, the neglect of the present Administra bion in a manner to modify the admitted erroneous tariff, suggest with more emphasis than words that the reins of Government should be placed in safer hands.

THE ELECTIONS BILL.

We denounce and condemn the Republican majority in the National House of Representatives for the passage of the infamous Lodge Election bill, by which that majority seeks, masquerading under the guise of a "free ballot and fair count," to perpetuate itself in power by insidiously dstroying the liberties of American citizens, usurp ing the legitimate functions of State governments and bringing the Federal election machinery into interminable conflict and collision with the statutory efforts of the people of the various commonwealths of our Union to institute a genuine practical and permanent political reform. We hold that this species of Federal interference with the people in the registration of their sovereign will is despotie and centralizing in its tendencies, dangerous to the liberty, peace and prosperity of the people, revolutionary in its nature and purpose, and a direct contravention of the principles of free government as bequeathed to us by the framers of our Constitution.

THE MCKINLEY BILL.

We denounce the McKinley bill as being opposed to the best interests of the producing and consuming classes of the country.

THE SILVER QUESTION.

We favor the free coinage of silver, and demand that it be made an unlimitel legaltender for all purposes, public and private.

TRUSTS.

We favor the enactment of stringent laws against trusts, pools, combines and monopolies whereby legitimate competition is destroyed, and the necessities and comforts of life are enhanced in price.

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

The Democratic party is now, as it has ever been, unalterably opposed to Chinese immigration. The Chinese Restriction act adopted as the result of Democratic effort is about to expire, and it is the duty of Congress to enact a law perpetually exclud ing all Chinese from the United States.

MISCELLANEOUS.

We are in favor of the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people, and earnestly urge the adoption of such an amendment to the Constitution of the United States as will accomplish that result.

We indorse the course of the Democratic Senators and Representatives in Congress, and commend them for their vigorous defence of the public interests and their zeal in behalf of the welfare of our State.

We pledge our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use all honorable means to secure liberal appropriations from the general Government for the purpose of making those great natural commercial highways, the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries, and all other navigable waterways, freely navigable at all seasons of the year.

We are opposed to all forms of sumptuary legislation, and to all unjust discrimination against any business or industry.

CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN, September 17.

THE ADMINISTRATION.

We commend most heartily the wise, prudent and successful management of National affairs by the Administration of Benjamin Harrison.

THE TARIFF.

We demand now, as always, that the duties upon foreign imports shall be so levied as to afford security to our diversified industries and to protect the rights of the laborer, and that those duties shall bo so adjusted from time to time to the end that labor and capital in this country may have their reward. That is the purpose of the protective theory under our Government. We believe it is the duty of Congress to equalize conditions ayyocding to the protective theory, to correct inequalities in the tariff, and to relieve the people from unnecessary taxation. To that end the Republican Representatives have for several months devoted themselves. The Republican party stands for the protection of home industries and the adoption of such reciprocity measures with foreign countries as are consistent therewith. We congratulate the country upon the passage of the Tarif bill by the Senate, with the amendment which establishes as one of the features of Republican policy the extension of our trade with other nations.

FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

It is the constitutional right of the Federal Congress to legislate upon the times and manner of holding elections for its members. On more than one occasion Congress has exercised this right in relation to time and manner. In many portions of the country the Federal elections have been attended with fraud. The votes of many electors are either not permitted to be cast, or, if polled, they are not honestly counted. The Republican party in th's State has placed laws upon the statute books to

secure to every qualified eltizen his electoral privilege, and to protect all electors' meetings from undue influence, power, bribery, tumult, or other improper conduct, and stands ready to supplement such laws by further suitable legislation whenever experience proves the necessity. The Democratic party has failed to act in several States which are controlled by the leaders of that party so as to prevent fraud and violence, and free, fair and honest elections are unknown in those States. Because of such continued failure by the Democratic party to uphold the privileges of free suffrage, it is the duty of the Republican party to provide regulations concerning the manner of holding elections for Representatives in Congress to the end that fraud and violence may cease and a fair count be assured.

RULES OF THE HOUSE.

We congratulate the Republicans in the National House upon their vindication of the right of the majority to make necessary laws, the passage of which the Democratic minority has repeatedly sought to obstruct by unparliamentary proceedings in violation of the spirit of the Constitution.

CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATIC, September 16.

THE TARIFF.

We declare for such a revision of the tariff as shall admit crude materials of manufacture free and lighten the burdens upon the necessaries of life. This is true protection for the manufacturer, the laborer, and the farmer.

We charge the decline of over one-half in farm values in Connecticut to the prevailing Republican tarift policy.

We denounce the radically injust and panic-breeding McKinley bill, which will increase the cost of living and reduce the cost of luxuries. It is the most outrageous measure of taxation ever prepared in the American Congress. We accept James G. Blaine's interpretation of it as infamous.

RULES OF THE HOUSE.

We denounce the un-American and tyrannical policy of Speaker Reed and the majority of the House, which deprives the House of its deliberative character, arrogantly disregarding the rights of the minority and establishing a system of centrifugal power.

THE PENSION QUESTION.

We favor a liberal pension policy toward all soldiers and sailors who were disabled in service, and to their widows and dependent children, at the same time insisting that the Treasury shall not be depleted for the benefit of bounty jumpers, desesters and impostors.

THE ELECTIONS BILL.

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We denounce the Federal Election or Force bill now pending in Congress as most dangerous and revolutionary measure ever devised to thwart the will of the people and subvert our popular form of government, and as a measure begotten in partisan desIt is un-American in that pefation to perpetuate the power of the Republican party. It doubts the capacity of our people for self-government.

BALLOT REFORM.

We regard the secret ballot law enacted by the last General Assembly in response to the repeated demands of the Democratic party as a step in the right direction, and we Lavor such amendments thereto as will render the compulsory secrecy absolute for the suppression of bribery and intimidation, and will prevent such attempted evasions of the same as were practised by high authority at the last election in the city of Hartford.

MISCELLANEOUS.

We favor legislation to protect the people from adulterated food products, and we demand that such laws shall be executed by officials who are in sympathy with them, and not by political beneficiaries.

DELAWARE REPUBLICAN, September 9.

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The platform declares for protection to American industries; enlargement of foreign trade by reciprocity; indorses recent pension Legislation, Senator Higgins, Speaker Reed and the Administration of President Harrison.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

That experience has clearly demonstrated that the organic law of this State is in many respects defective, and it having been fully ascertained that remedial alterations of these and other acts inhering in the Constitution are impossible to be obtained through the action of the Legislature, the calling of a convention to be held in 1891 is imperatively required.

EXTRAVAGANCE DENOUNCED.

no public utility, the The practice of legislative grants of money for objects of lengthening of legislative sessions and frequent adjournments without necessity, and

extravagant allowances by levy court, are denounced as resulting in the enormous swelling of county indebtedness.

THE STATE ELECTION LAWS.

The Dem cratic party, by the enactment of the assessment and collection laws of 1873, its oppressive and fraudulent administration of that system, and its defeat of proper measures to correct the evils of that system, passed by a Republican House in the last Legislature, have wrongfully disfranchised large masses of our people, destroyed uniformity and equality of taxation, repudiated th most cardinal principles of popular self-government, brought reproach and disgrace upon our State, and shown itself to be an organized conspiracy against rule by popular majorities."

MISCELLANEOUS.

The platform demands the division of the State into Senatorial and representative districts, and demands minority representation in the Levy Courts of the several counties. Also favors the adoption of a system of local option and of high license where the people declare in favor of the sale of intoxicating liquors. Also favors revision of the tax system so as to render moneyed securities subject to general taxation for public purposes; thereby correspondingly relieving real estate from its undue share of burdens.

DELAWARE DEMOCRATIC, August 12.

THE ADMINISTRATION.

Resolved, That the wasteful, revolutionary and unscrupulous proceedings of the Re publican Administration and Congress are justly alarming to all patriots, and by reckless and wanton expenditure have converted the Treasury surplus into a deficit so as to threaten new taxation, and that under these circumstances it is more than ever our duty to strengthen and maintain our party organization as the best agency to preserve constitutional liberties.

RULES OF THE HOUSE.

That we denounce and earnestly protest against the action of the Republican majority of the House of Representatives, which under the guise of determining rules of its proceedings has paved the way for the adoption, whenever demanded by party exigencies, of any measure however arbitrary, by crippling the essential powers of selfgovernment of a deliberative body of the representatives of the people.

That for the high discretion of the House they have substituted the will and autocratic power of a single member, who under the name of " Speaker" has proved his readiness to exercise shameless power in stifling debate, hastening the passage of objectionable measures without opportunity for consideration or amendment, recording members against their protest as participating in the passage of measures to which they are wholly opposed, and by arbitrary ruling destroying the essence of free legislation by a representative body.

THE ELECTIONS BILL.

That we earnestly protest against the Force bill and its assumption of exclusive control over popular elections in the Congressional Districts. That the enactment of a measure so atrocious would deprive the several States of local self-government, which from the foundation of the Union they have invariably exercised. That the people of Delaware indignantly resent the menace and insult of bayonets at their polls offered by the Republican majority of the House. That we clearly recognize the object of this desperate and revolutionary measure to be the perpetuation of sectional and class control over the taxing powers of the Union.

That the distrust of the intelligence and virtue of the American pecple is revealed in this shameless proposition to subject the control of elections and counting of the votes cast to the paid instruments of a single party. Thus by coercion and corruption a swarm of officials would be created to eat out the substance of the people and defeat the freedom of their choice. That such a law would rekindle and intensify race animosi. ties and sectional prejudices. It would throw into confusion the well-ordered prosperity which four years of just and equitable Democratic administration promoted and encouraged everywhere throughout the Union.

That the whole measure is conceived in partisan bitterness and sectional animosity, is fraught with evil to the entire country, and can only create discord and weaken the ties of brotherhood and good feeling between citizens of a common country.

THE MCKINLEY TARIFF BILL.

That we denounce and protest against the McKinley Tariff bill, which so far from giving promised relief and reducing taxation, increases taxation while it lessens revenues, strangles commerce, enhances the cost of production and the cost of living of all classes, obstructs the enterprises of shipbuilding and the employment of mechanics and navigators, piles new burdens upon Our agriculturists without obtaining for the American farmer a wider market for a single article of his produce. That we deplore the impoverished condition of our agricultural interests, which is manifestly a logical result of long-continued, excessive and unnecessary taxation upon the raw materials produced abroad and needed here, by which a manifold indirect taxation ensues to the American consumer far beyond the amount of duties paid upen the imports. And upon the American farmer falls the consequence of the retaliation