The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-18
ion In it's ranks and without break In its

ion In it's ranks and without break In itS
line.
meets my approval. The republican party
of Ohio approves the administration of
President Harrison and extends to it hearty
congratulations. Tho party favors regu-
lated immigration, liberal pensions to our
soldiers and sound currency. 1t is in
favor OF gold and silver and also paper
money based upon coin, all equal and ut all
times neutrality-suspicious. in fact and
In law.
I'VE are confronted by real danger
which prudent men OF all parties should
sesk to avert before it is too late. The
public credit and sound finances must be
preserved, and every scheme to destroy
them must be met with courage and intelli-
aence and repeled by the mighty force OF
public opinion. Better risk defeat, which
with the demagogue or surrender to dis
honesty.
'"rhe platform endorses protective
tariff. We will protect American products
and American labor SO long as foreign pro-
ducts can be found to tax which compete
with our own in our market. We propose
to tax them rather than tax our own. Tho
democratic party prefers to tax domestic
products rather than imported. Their
tariff legislation would benefit every coun-
try but their own. Wo follow in our tariff
policy the teachings Of Washington and
Hamilton and Clay and Webster and Clay
| and Garfield. They pursue the fallacies Of
Golden and Bright and Calhoun and states-
| men OF the late southern confederacy.
They are pledged now to impede. If they
can, prosperity until after the next pres-
Dental election. That is their mission this
year. Business disasters and reyerses are
the ladders of their prosperity and content
ment among the people bring them sure
political defeat. Idle furnaces, dis
mantled factories, silent mines, un-
| ,,o
distress are sure harbingers OF
| democratic victory. They are discourage
| ing industrial activity through their press
and orators, everywhere and every day, and
it breaks their hearts to see any manifes-
tations in industrial advancement in the
| United States. They sneer at every attempt
to establish new factories and would gladly
frown them down. 1t is the same sneer and
| frown which have been exhibited toward
our industrial enterprises since 1861. But
| i'll spite of them VIC now lead the world in
manufacture, agriculture and mining, and
we will prosper under the new law in spite
of their false omens and discouraging
prophesies."
Referring to the complaints among the
| free traders about increased duties under
the new law, Major Mckinley said 3Sh per
cent. OF them we're for the better protection
of the American farmer, twenty-eight are
upon wine and spirits. which will hardly
burden the farmers, and five are
upon tobacco, an agricultural pro-
duct. No like recognition of
the agricultural industry can
be found in any previous tariff legislation.
| While securing to tho farmer a home mar
ket by increased protection the reciprocity
clause is intended to extend his foreign
market and upon terms more favorable
than those accorded to competing aericul-
tural countries. 1t is significant fact
| that articles which the farmer more fire.
quently buys bear a less tariff than under
the law of 'S3, and the products which he
sells bear higher duty than ever before.
Immediately after the close of McKin-
ley's stirring speech there were loud cries
| figure OF the senior senator from OHIO
| finally emerged from the crowd in the rear
Of the hall, and again the enthusiastic
scenes OF the convention were re-enacted.
In his speech Senator Sherman euiogized
the republican party. reviewing it's work
from the time of its inception. The recent
republican congress, in connection with
| President Harrison, dealt with all leading
domestic questions of the time, and with
| the most important questions with foreign
nations. Every one of these either has
been settled or is in way of settlement.
The administration of Cleveland settled
nothing but the sublime egotism of Cleve-
land, his opposition to the protection pol
icy, his want OF sympathy for Union sol
diefs, and his narrow notions of finance
accomplished nothing. The democratic
house passed the Mills tariff bill, but it
was rejected by the senate. and by the peo-
pie in the election of 1888. In marked con-
trast with this is the republican admins.
tration of Harrison and the recent repub-
| lican congress.
Referring to the currency question, he
spoke at some length, saying people want
good money and plenty of it. They want
all their money of equal value 80 a dollar
will be the same whether made of gold.
| silvor, or paper. The demand for the free
coinage of silver without limit is demand
that the people of the United States shall
pay for silver bullion more than its market
price, a demand that ought not to be made
| by the producer of any commodity. There
Is no justice or equity in it. If Gtautad by
| the United States alone 1t will demonetize
gold and derange all business transactions
of our people. There is no power strong
| enough to establish fixed ratio of value
| except the concurrence of the commercial
nations of the world. What we ought to
do and what We do now under the silver law
of the last congress, a conservative republi-
can measure, is to buy the entire product of
silver mined in the United States at its
market value, and upon the security of that
silver deposited in tho treasury issue treas
ury notes to the full amount of cost of the
bullion. In this way We add annually 10
our national currency circulation notes of
undoubted value equal to gold to an
amount equal to or greater than the in
crease of population and the increasing
business of our growing country.
For lieutenant governor, Andrew l.. Har-
! ris, of Prebla county, WAS nominated on the
| first ballot. Other nominations made are
as follows: Attorney general, j. X. Rich
ards; treasurer. w. Il. Core; supreme Judge,
Marshal j. Williams: auditor. II. w. Pope;
member board of public works, Chas. Il.
Groce; state special commissioner, o. I.
| Carson. atnts anirv and food SDm mmissioper
L. b. MoNeal.
| THE PLATFORM.