MARYLAND. 



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oil outstanding bonds shall bo redeemed in tho full 

 money of the United States. 



.;. Tiiut all present Utmea of national- bank notes be 

 withdrawn, and all future Lwuos of such currency bo 

 u>> 'lUhc.l, the absolute money of tho Government 

 boingsub-ititutcd therefor. 



4/Thero should bo a graduated income-tax. 



5. That postmasters bo elected by the people. 



6. That Congress provide for the establishment of a 

 lalr bureau ofstatiatiot in every Stato. 



1. That no more public lands shall bo disposed of 

 except to actual settlors. 



8. That there should bo land limitation, and lands 

 granted to corporations tliat havo not fulfilled their 

 contracts ahull revert to the Government. 



9. That eight hours shall constitute a legal day's 

 work. 



10. That no species of property, whether in stocks, 

 bonds, or otherwise, shall be exempt from taxation. 



11. That the Government should faithfully perform 

 its pledges made to tho Union soldiers at timo of en- 

 listmout, especially that they receive 160 acres of land 

 in fee-simple on being discharged, and an equitable 

 payment per month of each soldier, according to tha 

 value of the legal-tender dollar at tho time of ser- 

 vice. 



12. That no man shall bo eligible to the office of 

 President of the United States for two consecutive 

 UTMI-. 



As Stato measures, we hold: 1. That such laws 

 should be enacted by the Legislature as will secure 

 proper ventilation and other necessary sanitary regu- 

 lations of all inclosures wherein manual labor is per- 

 formed. 



2. That tho employin? of children under twelve 

 years of age in any manufactory where manual labor 

 is required be prohibited. 



3. That prison convict labor shall never come in 

 competition with free labor by the contract system 

 under any means. 



4. That all unnecessary offices be abolished. 



5. That the Legislature shall pass a law giving to 

 mortgagors of real estate the right of redemption five 

 years after sale. 



6. That debts due for labor performed shall bo en- 

 titled to equally as stringent remedy for enforcement 

 as any remedy tolerated by. tho State for the enforce- 

 ment of any other debt. 



7. That distress for rent be abolished. 



8. That malfeasance in office shall bo classed with 

 crimes amounting to felony and punished as such. 



9. That any person who offers to buy or does pur- 

 chase a vote, or any person who shall intimidate a 

 voter, shall bo disfranchised. 



10. That the laborer is worthy of his hire therefore 

 equal payment should be made for like labor per- 

 formed whether by males or females. 



11. In no case snail tho homestead of a family to the 

 value of $-2,000 ever be liable to sale for debt. 



12. We demand a new registration law. 



18. We demand that such election laws be enacted 

 as will give to each and every contesting party one 

 judge and one clerk at each and every voting precinct, 

 and sail 1 judges and clerks shall bo acceptable to the 

 candidates in whose interest thoy arc appointed. 



Howard Meeks was nominated for Govern- 

 or, and further nominations were left to the 

 judgment of the Executive Committee. 



The Republican State Convention assembled 

 in Baltimore on September 12th. Milton G. 

 Urner was chosen permanent President. The 

 following nominations were made : For Gov- 

 ernor, James A. Garey ; for Comptroller, Sam- 

 uel Mallalieu ; for Attorney-General, Frank M. 

 Darby ; for Clerk of Court of Appeals, J. T. 

 McCulloch. The following resolutions were 

 adopted : 



The Republicans of Maryland, in Stato Convention 

 assembled, resolve as follows : 



1. The Republic of the United States Ls a nation and 

 not a league. Allegiance of the citizen u duo pri- 

 marily to tho nation, which within its constitutional 

 sphere is supremo, and is clothed with full power to 

 guard its own life, protect its own citizens, regulate ita 

 own elections, and execute its own laws. The oppo- 

 site doctrine of Stato sovereignty is the baleful mother 

 of nullification, secession, and anarchy. Republican- 

 ism stands for national supremacy hi national affairs, 

 and State's rights in State concerns. Democracy 

 stands for State sovereignty, with its twin heresy that 

 the Union is a more confederacy of States. 



a. To refuse necessary supplies for tho Government 

 with the design of compelling tho unwilling consent 

 of a coordinate and independent branch to odious mea- 

 sures, is revolution ; to refuse appropriations for the 

 execution of existing and binding law is nullification. 

 We arraign the Democratic Representatives in Con- 



oxistenco of the Government itself. 



8. The safety of tho republic demands free and pure 

 elections, but the Democratic party in this State and 

 throughout tho country has persistently and systemati- 

 cally sought to overtlirow all safeguards of free suf- 

 frage. For years past in this State Democratic ruffians 

 and repeaters have, by violence and fraud, reversed the 

 verdict of tho people expressed at the polls ; juries 

 have been packed in the interests of those criminals ; 

 and when, in rare instunceSj convictions have been se- 

 cured, the Executive has interposed to shield them 

 from the punishment which was richly deserved, and 

 the infliction of which was demanded by the highest 

 public interests. When Democratic administration of 

 pur State laws had thus made a mockery of justice, wo 

 invoked the national election laws for the protection 

 of tho voter at national elections, and immediately the 

 whole Democratic party, through its Representatives 

 in Congress, engaged in a determined effort to break 

 down those laws by unconstitutional and revolution- 

 ary means. And this attempt was only prevented by. 

 tho opposition of the Republican Representatives and 

 Senators in Congress, and the vetoes of President 

 Hayes, for which they deserve and receive our hearty 

 approval. We pledge ourselves to spare no effort to 

 prevent the repeal of the national election laws, and to 

 secure from our next Legislature the best system of 

 laws for popular elections that can be suggested or de- 

 vised. 



4. The people of this State can never condone tho 

 fraud that was perpetrated by the Democratic party in 

 the election of 1875 ; and this being the first occasion 

 which they have had to express their sentiments, it is 

 now their duty, and we call upon all good citizens, to 

 rebuke and condemn that fraud at the coming elec- 

 tions. 



5. The Republican party neither justifies nor tol- 

 erates military interference with elections. It seeks 

 only to protect the ballot-box from the interference of 

 force and fraud. It repels the false charges and de- 

 nounces the false pretenses of conspirators, who, while 

 professing to favor free elections everywhere, sustain 

 mob-law in the South ; while inveighing against troops 

 at the polls to protect citizens, refuse to prohibit armed 

 clubs from surrounding tho ballot-box to intimidate 

 them ; and, while affecting that the soldier*' bayonets 

 will overawe free electors, remain silent when the as- 

 sassin's bullet seals the fate of political independence. 



6. We call upon the people to remember that the 

 Democratic party forced the extra session of Congress 

 without warrant or excuse ; that it prosecuted ita par- 

 tisan purposes by revolutionary methods ; that it per- 

 sistently obstructed resumption, and still constantly 

 presses disturbing measures. 



7. That we heartily approve the financial achieve- 

 ments of the present national Administration. The suc- 

 cessful resumption of specie payments, despite Demo- 

 cratic prediction and hostility, is the crowning achieve- 



