Platform Adoption
- When
- 1888
- Where
- Auditorium Building, Chicago
The convention adopted a platform supporting protective tariffs and criticizing ballot suppression, setting the campaign's main issues.
The convention declared itself "uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection" and protested "against its destruction as proposed by the President and his party." It also alleged that the present Administration and the Democratic majority in Congress owed their existence to the suppression of the ballot. These positions anticipated a principal part of Harrison's campaign, and the tariff became the main issue of the 1888 campaign.
Sources
- Benjamin Harrison Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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