Complex sentence: The Republican platform supported the high tariff, bimetallism, stiffer immigration laws, free rural mail delivery, and a canal across Central America; and expressed sympathy for Ireland's struggle for home rule and the plight of Jews under persecution in czarist Russia.
Split into simpler sentences: The Republican platform supported high tariffs, bimetallism, stiffer immigration laws, free rural mail delivery, and a canal across Central America. It also expressed sympathy for Ireland's struggle for home rule and the plight of Jews under persecution in czarist Russia.