Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-16
A REVIEW o. REPUBLICAN PRINCE
PIES.


The political parties have all held
their conVentions, nominated their can
didatss, aud pot forth their platform of
principles, upon which they sss the suf-
fr.gv- 90 the people. The campaign u
fairly Opened, and I. "a b. q discussion
of principles and not ~ meu.
The Republicans favor prOteSiion "a
American labor aud American Indus
tries a home market for home produc.
tious. Hence they impose duty upon
those products that Ne can raise or man.
ufacturc. and admit IRE. % duties the
products % foreign countries that Ne
cannot raise or manufacture. TIL. give.
the laborcr hls tea, coffee aud sugar free,
and enables capital 10 open mines, erect
factories, aud give employment Ia Ia
bor. Then the laborvr Ia the mines and
manufacturing establishment. must b.
fed. clothed aud sheltered. This gives
the agricultural market for Ills sur
plus products. the manufacturer q mar
Let fOr hls cloths. lumber, brick, lime,
nails. glass. and skilled labor employ
ment Ia all the arts contributing to civ
iliEAtion.
The Mckinley bill. passed BY the any
first Congress, embodics the Eepublicau
idea 81 protection. There may b. de-
fccts Ia b. rvmelicd, bat the principle o'
the party l. there. and the defects cat
D. better rvmellcd by it, friends than by
IT, enemies. What are the results ii
this bin uI.On the country Nanufactor-
w. for the proiuCtion 81 tin, pearl bat
tons, knit good, liner grades Of ~orstoi
goods, woolcns, soda ash, etc, are
.pringing up all over the country, xiv
ing employment o. thousands % labor
81. aud numberles. Industries In the
bulldlng, aud then % other thousands In
the manufacture % the different Kind. Of
goods. We thus give employment Ia
American labor, sud keep the money At
home which would otherwise ~ To for
eign countries.
Md ~ho has suffered BY reason 81 the
duty imposed upon any article II con-
Sumption la the family of any laborcr
No one. An Investigation by a commit
tc- ~ the present congrvss we're forced
by the facts ELECTED Ia report that since
the passage of the Mckinley bill, the
wages ~ labor had Increased, and the
articles entering ney-ssarily Into the
support 10 the family % the laboring
man had decreased la price: While nu-
merOus industries had b-ccn enlarged, and
new one. come into existence, giving
employment 10 thousands Of additional
laborcrs.
What has the policy 81 the Republican
party done Tor the country In the las,
thirty y.srss II found . depleted treas
ury, an authorized loan of -A,,sS,uD,
slO,OslO. o. 20 which Was taken al eighty
eight C.nis on the dollar At siN Ter cent
Interest. and the balance, could i't D.
sold la the marset. IL the world al any
price; eleven states In revolt again.t the
constitutional suihority; the navy In
foreign seas the army demortliyci. To-
dAy our government boud., drawing two
per cent Interest. are selling az par,
drawing four per cent. are selling for
one hundred aud sixie-n c-uts. IL has
given "a. IN. beat banking system In the
World q homestead Law, 81 th-t every
citizen can obtain home al . trifilng
cost; encouraged the buiIding ~ rail-
roads, az that the tso oceans are ,on-
aected BY rail. subiued the most gigan-
tic rebellion the World has ever looked
upon, and after spending aud destroy Ing
billions 81 treasure aud the loss of anil
lion lives, l. paying slJJ,tcO,DO Yearly
Ia pensions 10 IT, soldiers aud their fam
llis.. Notwithstanding these draw
hacks, the nation has Increased la wealth
as no nation on earth ever did, and In
population unpfecedsut',ily.
Hut I cannot stop To speak OF the
gloriou. record of the past,-bow that
uuder the benldeent policy % the re-
pablicsn party We have become party
Of fresmen. Our dag represents not
oaly our nationality, but our purpose and
our power to protect the huwblest eth
,en Who seeks It, protection. The policy
Of the party IL 10 have q sound currency
of gold, silver aud paper, every dollar,
whether gold. silver or paper, to be a.
good az every other dollar. IL recog-
niyes the evil effects Of the saloon aud
favor such legislation a. shall restrain OF
suppress. While Il maintains q liberal
policy toward our educational institu-
lions IL opposes appropriations to SEC
tartan schools.
In our own state we have Issues of
local Importance which shall speak Of
In another communication, a. well a. of
the platforms and policies so Tar ~
they have any Of the other political
parties. Y. w. WOODBURY..
Bethel, August :, lss1.