NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



nominated, and his nomination was made 

 iiiiHiiiin >n>. Mr. McOutchins id a fanner, and 

 in this competition represented tlio farming 

 int. !<>( i !' N,-\v Hampshire, as he himself do- 

 clarud in his address to the convention, accept- 

 in.' tin- nomination. 



For Railroad Commissioner, the whole num- 



hor of votes was 458, of which 'J 1.") were given 



1'. Conn, of Concord, and the rest un- 



r in illy distributed among seven competitors. 



11.' was declared nominated. 



The following platform was unanimously 

 adopted by tho convention : 



Whereat, Tho Republican party sprang into exist- 

 ence as tho ally ot liberty, justice, and integrity, in 

 their contest with the slave power and the Dem- 

 ocratic party, it has battled manfully and trium- 

 phantly t<> preserve tho Union, to crush rebellion, to 

 fiiKinoipato and enfranchise, and to establish the 

 foundation of the republic on the eternal principles 

 of unity, equality, and freedom. Emerging from tho 

 chaos of civil war, through the valor ana sacrifice 

 of our citizen soldiery, the Republican party has re- 

 stored the straying States to their orbits. It IIHS 

 established peace, justice, and tranquillity ; it lias 

 secured indemnity from England through arbitra- 

 tion, and reparation from Spain through a just and 

 prompt demand ; it has paid more than $300,000,000 

 of the public debt, reduced taxation, and held the 

 Republic steadily on its onward and upward course : 

 therefore 



Resolved, That while we recall with pride the no- 

 ble origin, the heroic career, and the beneficent 

 .incuts of the Republican party, we regret and 

 condemn the want of fidelity which has character- 

 ized a few of those whom it trusted with place and 

 power. 



Resolved, That the bill providing for back pay and 

 increase of salaries, passed by the Forty-second Con- 

 gress, was a violation of the pledge of economy 

 contained in the Philadelphia platform, renewed by 

 the press and on the stump throughout the presi- 

 dential campaign, and reaffirmed after tho reelection 

 of President Grant. 



Resolved, That we call upon our Senators and Rep- 

 resentatives to vote for the unconditional repeal of 

 the no-called salary act of the Forty-second Con- 

 gress, and to use their influence and votes to re- 

 establish all salaries, including the salary of the 

 President of the United StateSj at the old scale, so 

 far as the Constitution will admit. 



Resolved, That in view of the prevailing industrial 

 and financial depression, we call upon our Senators 

 and Representatives, who have profited by the back 

 pay voted by the Forty -second Congress, to make 

 restitution to the Government, which they have 

 helped to embarrass. 



Ramlvel, That we heartily commend the efforts of 

 the House of Representatives, seconded by every 

 department of the national Administration, to re- 

 trench expenditures and reduce appropriations for 

 the civil, military, and naval service, and that no 

 additional burdens by way of taxation should be 

 luid upon tho business, labor, and consumption of 

 the people until every effort has been exhausted to 

 bring the expenses of the Government within its 

 present and prospective means ; and that, if a resort 

 to such taxation becomes necessary, in order to 

 meet tho obligations of the Government, we believe 

 it should belaid, as far as practicable, upon objects 

 of luxury which do not enter into the daily use and 

 comfort of the people, and upon those traffics es- 

 pecially which are deleterious in their influence to 

 the health, morals, and happiness of mankind. 



Resolved, That we earnestly invite the cooperation 

 of the Republican party of the other States in the 

 united ana determined effort to preserve the organ- 



ization from reproach from any quarter, so that It 



may continue to occupy the proud pohiiion <: 



the party of the people, for tho people, and by the 



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Keaolved, That wo deplore the prevalence of intem- 

 perance an OIHI of tin* uioNt iilunning evil* ot our 

 land, producing most of tho ignorance, pauperism, 

 vioe, and crime, which burden UH with debt and 

 name; that we rejoice in the growth of a deep and 

 earnest moral sentiment in behalf of temperance 

 principles ; that we believe the work of tctnperuuvo 

 reform cannot be successfully prosecuted without a 

 more thorough appeal to moral suasion than ban 

 been employed for the last few yearn; arid thut wo 

 indorse the unanimous action of our lost Legislature 

 for the maintenance of the present temperance legis- 

 lation of the State. 



Retoloed, That agricultural pursuits are the bas'u 

 of all material prosperity, and best calculated to 

 foster those habits which conduce to the highest 

 welfare of a State ; that we hail with gratification the 

 advances making in the science of agriculture, and 

 the evidences ot awakening interest in it as a pursuit 

 in our State ; that the Republican party wi* welcome 

 the healthy influences which the tillers of the soil 

 always bring to their councils, and accord to them 

 their full and legitimate weight in government ; and 

 that we pledge our utmost efforts to redress any 

 grievances and unjust discriminations under which 

 the farming interests suffer, to deny special privi- 

 leges, and to give to all classes of men equal and 

 exact justice. 



Resolved. That we deprecate the growing tendency 

 to special legislation, both in tho State and nation- 

 al Legislatures, as a prolific source of abuse, consum- 

 ing time which should be devoted to general busi- 

 ness, and tending to prodigality, corruption, and the 

 aggrandizement of individual and corporate monop- 

 olies at the expense of the people ; ana that we urge 

 upon our members of Congress to use all their in- 

 fluence for a reform of this increasing evil. We also 

 approve without reserve of President Grant's recom- 

 mendation for an amendment of the organic law so 

 as to protect the country from the abuse .of loading 

 down appropriation bills with plundering schemes 

 and other objectionable legislation in the shape of 

 riders and amendments in the closing hours of the 

 sessions of Congress. 



Resolved, That as in a republic there should be no 

 privileged classes, and the burdens of government 

 should be equally borne, we protest against any re- 

 vival of the abuses of the franking privilege, and 

 will hail the day when free passes, favoritism, and 

 all unjust discriminations, shall be eliminated from 

 railway management, and a corresponding reduction 

 made in fares and freights to the whole people. 



Resolved, That we call upon Congress to pave the 

 way by early and wise legislation for such improve- 

 ments in our banking system, and for as speedy a 

 return to specie payments, as will be most beneficial 

 to the great industrial and commercial interests of 

 the country. 



Resolved, That we demand such a revision of the 

 laws creating and governing savings-banks as shall 

 lead to the investment of their funds in undoubted 

 securities and real estate within New Hampshire, and 

 the total separation of their management from other 

 banking institutions, to the end that their funds 

 may be securely invested^ our towns and villages 

 built up, and our mechanics and working-men en- 

 couraged to provide homes and farms for them- 

 selves. 



Retoloed, That we call upon the next Legislature to 

 make a thorough revision of the laws relating to tax- 

 ation and valuation, so that taxation shall be just 

 and equal, and no unjust burden be imposed on the 

 earnings of labor. 



Resolved, That we point with pride to tho auspi- 

 cious results of Republican rule in the Stats of New 

 Hampshire a faithful and efficient administration 



