Issues Addressed
Issues addressed in the convention included support for protective tariffs, repeal of taxes on tobacco, support for the use of gold and silver as currency and support for pensions for veterans. The party also expressed its opposition to polygamy.
Read more about this topic: 1888 Republican National Convention
Famous quotes containing the words issues and/or addressed:
“I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
“What is addressed to us for contemplation does not threaten us, but makes us intellectual beings.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)