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pwyaw jxjwjuWHTPgTJHB."P'Wfnrwa IV' L EVENING CAPITAL JOURNAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1888. Overland to California VIA Southern Pacific Company's Lines. THK MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE. Time Bttwtfn Salem and Sis Franclsco Talrtrilx Houri. CALIFORNIA KXI'KIWH THW DAILY REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Declaration of tion Principles and Asser of Popular Right. HQUtll. TvJpTrriT WW p. in. 7:40 n. in. Lv. Portland IiV. Hnlrm Ar. Hun Krnn. Ar. J.v. I.v. T7oHIiT 10:10 m. in. S B. in. C:.p, in. OCAL, rASMKM'JKIt TKAIN (UAII.Y KJI- Cr.lTHU!l)AY). WO B. in. I;(M b. in. IMP p. in. I.v. IiV. Ar. Portland Halctn Kugenn Ar.J 8:4r i. in. IjV. 1 12:0'i . in. IiV. 9.00 a. in. PULLMAN BITOT SLEEPERS, TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, Kor accommodation of second cIuh pus. nenerrn ntuielied to cxnriM trains, Tho O. A C. Ilallroutl ferry makes ron aectlon with nil ttiu rrjjulnr truliifl on tlio l&Mt HIJo Division from footol K Btrcet, Portland. West Side Division, Between Portland and Cervallis: DAILY (EXCKIT HUWI1AT). Portland Corvullls at: IiV. C:I5 p. in. 1:B0 p. in. X'iUN.NV'IU.K KXVHKHX TllAIN (DAILY KXCKIT HIINIIAY). jMJTTp. 111.1 yt.00 p.lm T,v. Porilnml ATT Ar.McMlniivllln I.v. TT.Co ii. in. r:4r n. m. At Allmny and Corvalll connect with train of Orrgon I'uclllo Railroad. For full Information rcgardlne rates, mupM, etc, npplyTto tlio t'oiiipuiiy'H nijeiit, Hilbilil, Onriin. K. I1. ItWIMtS, It. KOHIIMUt, Asut. G. V. mid Push. Ag't. AluiiiiKer. Oregon Railway and Navigation lOOMPANY. r Columbia River Route.' I'rnlii" for tho PftNt leave Pdrtliimlnt KH1 u in mid 2 in dully. TlrUoI to mid from Irlnol)nl iiiiliitM In tlio United Htnton, Can ndiimid Kuiope. ELEGANT PULMANN PALACE CAHS 'iSiiilgmrit HleuplngJCiirN run tliiouglilioti o.ipriwH tniltiH to -OMAHA COUNCIL llMJITfl ami ht. PAUL l'roi t Chnrgo ami Without Cliime. Connections it Portland forSnn Prim ;cUroiiiiilil'iiK(it Mound point. Kor further piirtlruliiro tminlru of I. A. Miiimlni;, ngi'iit if tlio company, ail Coiiiiumoliil utri'iit, Kah'in, Ormtoii, or A. I.. .Maxwell, tl. P. A T. A., Pilluml, Oregon. A. L. MAXWELL ". r. .T. A. II HOLCOMBplUuiil.lMiiiniKor. THE YAOUINA ROUTE. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD And Oregon liovclnpinont company's ktwuiiHhlp lluii. XH uilloM shorter, a bourn In, lime limn by imy other route. Klmi nlww throiiKli imiwpiiBor mill freight lino from Portland mid nil ihiIiiI In tlio W II lametto valley o mid from Han KnuieUeo. TIME SCHEDULE, (Kxcept Hniid.iyiO: j.riio AiiHiuy J10!?!!?! IavetMrvnlllM JM9 !, Arrlvo ViKiulna ': JJ Imvo Yiuiultm A JJ Ijmivu (Miviillls KWJR A M Arrlvo Allmny IU10AM O. A C. trains connect ut Allmny mid DorvtillU. Tlio iiIkivo truins connect at YAOUINA Willi llifl Ortwon liovtiloiuuent Cos l.lno ifHlHtimiilillwlitftwuvu aiiulua and Han r'ninulwo. 8UI.IXU HATES. BrKAUIClM, rilOM'lAN 1TIIAMC1SOO Wllliiuiettd Vulluy, Monday, October Dili Willamette Valley, Hatunlay, Ootolior SHU NrKAMKIW. fllOU YAO.UINA. WlllMinottM Vallny. 'I'litwduy, Oololirr l WlUmuvlte VhII)-, Hiinda.v, Ootolwr lllh WIllrtiiU'tlB Valley, Friday, Uetolwr Wtli Till" Mnnpniiy rwrxet the riulil to liauiivwillluic ilatiM without uotlet. N. II. ISiMMiiiirtnt from lNirtlund mid all Wlllaintto Valley Hitnt ran make eliwi ruMUW'tloii nun lite tmln of tit YAQUINA HOITKM AUmuj orlVrvallU, mid If dwtltiml to Han FmiielM, uliould ritttiM to arrlvo at Yaiiituit the evening iMiAtrf dato of willlm: l'-fi;tr J FrrlKhl llttri Al Ur UwnI, ir InflirtiialToii apply lo Mw HIM.MAN A Nk, FrlKlU and Tleket AMiU'JiUiiml'JiM Front i., rllaud, Ur. r U.O. HOtiUU. Ae't (len'l Frt. A Paw, AKt.,Or(ou Faeillell. 11. Co., OorvHlIU, Or. rj II. MAHWKI.UJr. llen'1 Frt; A IVkMk Ak. OnwHi lVeWomint tk, l MotHrmiery ut.; Su FrneUv, ChIJ MAUKKTS, X-LJ The SALEM MARKET W COl'ltT KTUKICl'. Uututavitly 04) hand the bet qumtly of r miu ut AmtallklmUt S AU S A.G K. -Tb (Jl.i..NT kpt mrket?n lh tLjrt CVll aa iUr)iHii4f. jirtjiwiw a wiuann. CITY MEAT MARKET D, C. Howard, Proprietor. MTATE HTKBKT, HAl.KM, OKIMKVN. All kla4 of fth ud vunsi himIi lwyaoo Wn4 full w4hlaudkiur dl ll rnluuX The Republican! ol the United Slates, aetcmblod by their delegates in National convention, pusc on the theshold of their proceedings to honor the memory of their first great leader, the immortal champion of liberty and the rights of the people- Abraham Lincoln; and to cover also with wreaths of imperishable remembrance and cratitude tlio heroic names of later leaders, who have moie recently been called away from our councils Grant, (Jarfield, Arthur, LogaD and Conkllng. May their memories bo faithfully cher ished. Wo also rocall with our greetings and with prayer for his recovery the name ol one of our living heroes whose memory will bo treasured in the history both of Republicans and of the Republic the name of that noble soldier and favorite son of victory, Philip II Sheridan. In the spirit of those great leaders, and of our own devotion to human liberty, and with that hostility to all forms of despot ism and oppression which is the funda mental idea of the Republican party, we send fraternal congratulations to our fel low Americans of Brazil upon their great act ol emancipation, which completed the abolition of slavery throughout the two American continents. Vc earnestly hope that we may soon congratulate our follow- citizens of Irish birth upon the peaceful recovery ol homo tulo for Ireland. We nllirm our unswerving devotion to tlio xvational Constitution and to the in dissoluble Union of the states : to the au tonomy reserved the states under the Con stitution : to the personal rights and liber lies of citizens in all the States and Terri tories iu the Union, and especially to tlio supreme and sovereign right of every lawful citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign born, whito or black, to cast one free ballot in public elections, and to have that ballot duly counted. We hold tlio frco and honest popular ballot, and the just and equal representation of all tlio people, to be the foundation of our republican government, and demand ef fective legislation to securn the integrity and purity of elections, which are the fountains of all public authority, Wc charge that the present administration and tlio Democratic majority in Congress owe their existence to tlio suppression of the ballot by a criminal nullification of the Constitution and laws of the United States. Wo arc uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection. Wo protest against its destruction )ropoBcd by the president and his party. They kcrvo the intcicBts of Kurope; wo will support the interests of America. Wc ac uopt tlio issues and confidently appeal to the people for their judgment. The pro tectivu system must be maintained, Its abandonment has always been followed by general disaster to nil interests, except those of tlio usurer and tlio sheriff. We denounce the Mills bill as destructive to tlio general business, tlio labor and the farming interests of the country, and wc heartily endorse tlio consistent and patriotic. actions of the Republican Rep resentatives In Congress in opposing its passage Wo condemn the proposition of the Democratic party to place wool on the free list, and we insist that the duties thereon shall bo adjusted and maintained so as to furnish full and adequate protection to that industry. The Republican party would effect a'l needed reduction of the National revenue by repealing the taxes on tobacco, which are an annoyanco ami burdento agriculture, and the tax upon spirits used in the arts and for mechanical purposes; and by such icvUion of thu tariff as will tend to check imports of such articles as are produced by out people, tlio production of which gives employment to our labor, and release Irotn uiiport duties those articles of foreign pro duction (except luxuries) tlio like of which can not be produced at home. If there shall still remain a larger revenue that is teijulsite for the wants ot tlio government we favor tlio entire repeal of internal taxes lather than the surrender of any part of our protective system at the joint behest of the whisky trusts and the agents of foreign manufacturers. We declare our hostility to the introduc tion into this country of forcigu contract labor, and of Chinese lalior, alien to out civilization and our Coiitilution, and we demand the rigid cnfoiccmeut of the ex isting laws against it, and favor such im mediate legislation us will exclude such lalior from our shores. We declare our opposition to all combin ations of capital organized in trusts or other wise, to ooulrol arbitrarily the condition of trade among our citizens, and we com mend to Congress and to the State Legit aturcs, in their respective jurisdiction, tuuli legislation as will prevent the execu tion of all scheme lo oppress the people by undue cliames on their supplies, or by un just rates for the tisntpoilallou or tb-sir products to nuikev. e approve the leg islation by Congress to prevent alike un just burdens and unfair discriminations bo tueeu the State. We teaftirm the policy ot appropriating the publin lands of the Uuited Slates to to homestead for American citizens and set tlers, not aliens, which the Republican party established in 1S62, against the persistent opposition of the Democrats in OongreM, ami which has brought our groat Wsttetu domain into such magnificent development. The testoialion of unearn ed land grants to the public domain for the use of actual settlers, which was begun under the administration, ot I'reiidcbt Ar thur, should be continued. We deuy that the democratic patty haeet restored one acre la the people, but declare that by the joint action ut republicans aud democrats, alHit fifty millions ot acres of unearned lands originally granted for the eonstiuc tbm of lailrvada have been restored to the public dowatu, in pursuance of the condi tions inserted by the republican uarty id the original cunts. We charge thedetn iwraiie aduiiauliation with failute to exe cute the laws securing Iu settler title to their homesteads, ana with ulng appro iltlkuis made for that impose to horos inuoceat uttleis with pe and proseou- twos uudtr false prennc of exposing frauds aud vindicating the law. The iicirt by Court of the TmiUoiim It based utxw neocaalty only, to the and that they ny become SUUs ta lh Uovou; thetehxe ,wheeem the eea dltloM ol o)HiUite, maUtlat isottree, public UWlltecc and morally ar wh at lo usti a stable lel eovenimest thMvin. th mooU of uh Trritol should b pcruutud, m rtiht Ubmat tbem, to form for themselves a constitution and State government, and be admitted into the Union. Pending' the prepara tion for Statehood, all officers '.hereof should be selected from the bona fide residents and citizen ot the Territory wherein they are to serve. South Dakota should of right be immediately admitted as 2 State in the Union, under the con stitution framed and adopted by the people, and we heartily indorse the action of the Republican Senate in twice passing bills for ber admission. The refusal of the Democratic- House of Representatives, for partisan purposes, to favorably consider these bill, s a willful violation of the sacred American principle of local self-government, and merits the condemnation of all just men. The pending bills in the Senate for acts to enable the people of Washington, North Dakota and Montana Territories to form constitutions should be passed without unnecessary delay. The republican Dartv pledges itself to do all in its nower to fa- cilitate the admission of the territories of New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari zona to the enjoyment of zelf-government as states, such of them as are now quali fied, as soon as possible, and the others as soon as they may become to. Tho political power of the Mormon church in tho territories, as experienced iu the past, is a menace to free institutions too dangerous to be long suffered. There fore we pledge the republican party to ap propriate legislation asserting the sover eignty of the nation in all territories whero tho same is questioned, and in furtherance of that end to place upon the ........ 1 1.- 1 1.; ai l oiaiuic uuuki legisiaiiuu stringent enougn to divorce the political from the ecclesias tical power, and thus stamp out the attendant wickedness of polygamy. The republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money, and condemns the policy of the democratic administration in its efforts to demonetize silver. Wa demand the reduction of letter postage to 1 cent per ounce. In a ' republic like ours, where he citizen is the sovereign and the official the servant, whero no power is exercised except by the will of the people, it is important that the sovereign the people should possess intelligence. The free school is the promoter of that intelligence which is to preserve us a free nation; therefore, the state or nation, or both combined, should support freo institutions of learning, suflicient to afford to every child growing up in the laud the oppor tunity of a good common school edu cation. We earnestly recommend that prompt action be taken by Congress in the en actment of such legislation as will bet secure the rehabilitation of our American merchant marine, and ws protest against tho passage by Congress of a free ship bill, as calculated to work injustice to labor by lessening the wages of those engaged in preparing materials, as well as tlioso directly employed in our ship yards. We demand appropriations for the early uhuildiug of our navy; for the construction of coast fortifications and modern ordmnice, aud other appioved modem means of defense for the piotec tion of our defenseless harbors and cities; tor tho payment of just pensions to nur soldiers; far necessary works of National importance in the improvement of harbors and the channels of internal coastwise, and foreign commerce; for the encouragement of the shipping interests of the Atlantic, Gulf aud Pacific States, as well as for the payment of the maturing public debt. This policy will give em ployment to our labor, activity to our va rious industries, increase the security of our country, promote trade, open new and direct markets for our produce, and cheapen the cost of transportation. We atlirm this to be far better for our country than the democratic policy of loaning tho government money without interest to "pet banks." The conduot of foreign affairs by the present administration has been distin guished by its inefficiency and lis coward ice. Having withdrawn from the Senate all pouding treaties effected by republican administration for the removal of foreign burdens and restrictions upon our com merce and for iti extension into better markets, it has neither c flee ted nor pro posed any others in their stead, Profess ing adhcrenue to tho Mouroe doctrine, it has teen with idle complacency the exten sion of foreign influence iu Central America, and of foreign trade everywhere among our neighbors. It has refused to charter, sanction or encourage any Amer ican organization for constructing the Nicaragua canal, a work ot vital import ance lo the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine, and of our national influence iu Central and South America, and neces sary for 1)10 development ol trade with our Pacific territory, with South America and with the islands aud further coasts of the Pacific Ocean, We arraign the present democratic ad ministration for its weak and uupatriolic treatment of the fisheries ijuNtiou, aud Us pusillanimous surrender of the essen tial privilege to which our fishing vessels are enlitUd in Canadian ports under the treaty of 1S1S, the reciprocal maritime legislation of IS30, and the comity of nations, and which Cauodian fishing ves sels receive in the ports of the United States. We condemn the policy of the present administration and the democratic majority iu Congress toward our tisherie as unlneadly and conspicuously unpatri otic, and at tending to destroy a valuable uatiotial mduttry, aud tm indispensable resource ol detenso againtt a foreign enemy. The name of America applies alike to all citizens of the republic, aud imposes upon all alike the tame obligations of obedience to the laws. At the tamo tim that citizenship it and must be the pan oply and safeguard ot him who wear it, and protect him, whether high or low, rich or poor, in his civil rights. It should and must afford him protection at home, and follow and protect turn abroad in whatever laud he may be on a lawful errand. The men who abandoned the republican party In 1SS4, and ooatinrw to adhere to the democratic patty, have deserted not only the cause of hoacst government, of toutvd nuances, 01 itedom and purity 01 the ballot, but especially have deserted the mum of refer i in the civil terrfee. ' will not fail to keep cur plede be cause tbty Have broken theirs1, or because their candidal hot broken hit. We, therefore, repeat our declaration of 1SS4, lo-wkt "Ta reform of th civil awvke, autpicMxitlr begun utuWr th reettbtiout dminktratioa' should be computed by tho further cittejtoa ol th reform rttn already tuUuhed by law, to tit lot grades of the service to which it is applic able. The spirit and purpose of the re form should be observed in all executive appointments, and all laws at variance with the object of existing reform legisla tion should be repealed, to the end that the danger to free institutions which lurks in the power of official patronage may be wisely and effectively avoided." The gratitude of the nation to the de fenders of the union can not be measured by laws. The legislation of Congress should conform to tho pledges made by a loyal people, and be so enlarged and ex tended as to provide against the possibility that any man who honorably wore the federal uniform shall become the inmate of an almshouse, or dependent upon private charity. In the presence of an overflowing treasury it would be a public scandal to do less for those whose valor ous service preserved the Government. We denounce the hostile spirit shown by President Cleveland in his numerous vetoes of measures for pension relief, and the action of the democratic house of representatives in refusing even a consid eration ol general pension legislation. In support of the principles herewith enunciated we invite the co-operation of patriotic men of all parties, and especially of all workingmen whose prosperity is seriously threatened by the free trade policy of the present administration. Additional plank submitted by Mr. Boutelle of Maine, and adopted by an almost uuanimous vete: The first con cern ot all good government is the virtue and sobriety of the people and the purity of the home. The republican party cordially sympathizes with all wise and well directed efforts for the promotion of temperance ana morality. BOOTS AJCD SHOES, WM. BROWN & CO. DEALER IX- HOMES -FOR THE HOMELESS!!! ISoo ACRES or- VARIED LAND -FOR Sale or Rent. Quantity and Quality to Suit Purchaser.. Lands near R. 11 Facilifc. A GOOD CHANCE -FOU A- Renter or Purchaser TEAMS AND STOCK OX THE FA1UI- WILL BE SOLD To those buying home, if dcelrvd. For Particulars call at This Office. B o O TTs O Cfl H i& o f5k o S I HlOE I S CASH PAID FOR Wool, Hides, Pelfs and Furs. No. 231 Commercial Street, SALEM, - - OREGON. Leather and Findings! r .,;j. W weekly Ca ilia ournal Tho Cheapest Newspaper in Oregon! THE BEST FAMILY NEWSPAPER IN MARION COUNTY. Read Our Reduced Terms! WEEKLY, ouo year, $1.50. WEEKLY, six months, JO.KJ Now Read Oar Diseonnt for Cash I WEEKLY, ono year, f 1.00. WEEKLY, six months, 10-- WAS THERE EVER ANYTHING EQUAL TO IT? NOW ROLh IN THE NAMES, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR ONE-THIRD OFF FOR CASH. Our Old Subscribers Now in arrears are urpwl to take ndvantago of our big discount, bv J tling old accounts and joining tho grand throng of ono dollar Bubscr" TO ONE AND ALL We say, send us your i .,. It . .. . .. 4 !. n.l.mi,tarranf OUT 'V' third off for cash," and are not whore you can get postal w.tV convenient method of remitting, send us your narno and state Wlk. ...Ill ...... I! i fl-, ..l....t... mi.t in , ...,llnr nlafVdOfl t iwub av itiak ujijjw luuuy. x ma wilt uiuuiu j uui uwl " dollar List. THIS IS NOT A SPECIAL OFFER Bat a sodd. permanent reduction. We have coaw to Uyl LsqWffBBRM!..