The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-09-17
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The following resolutions were
unan imously adopted by the repub-
lican convention at Great Falls:
Resolved, That the republicans OF
Montana by their accredited repre-
sentatives in state convention as
sembled, ratify the nomination OF
Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw
Reid for president and vice president
of the United States, and endorse
the declaration of principles adopted
by the republican national conven-
ton at Minneapolis.
That we commend the administra-
ton of President Harrison for the
wisdom and efficiency of its domestic
policy, the firmness and moderation
of its management of our foreign re
lations and the vital spirit of oul
Americanism by which it has been
characterized and adorned.
That we claim our unalterable de
votion to the principle of protection
| to American industries and Amerl-
can labor, and commend the Nc
| kinley act as a consistent and bene-
fcient embodiment of that policy
! It has created new industries; diver
sifed our productions; furnished en-
ployment for labor and maintained
its wages, preserved the home
market for home products, and re-
tanned for distribution and circula-
ton among our own people the
moneys that would otherwise &C
abroad for the Improvement of Other
countries and the impoverishment Of
our own. by inaugurating the prin-
ciples of reciprocity, it has estab-
lished system of mutual exchange
with foreign countries of products
and commodities peculiar to each;
| and while preserving the integrity
/ of the protective policy, it has great
ly increased our foreign commerce
and opened new markets for the
products of our industries.
That we demand that the present
| duty on wool be maintained, ano
condemn the action of the democrats
in the house of representatives by
which they sought to deny to the
wool growers of the west the pro
lection which they conceded to the
| manufacturers of the east.
That we regard with bitter indig
nation the effort of the democratic
majority in the house to admit leaC
ores when found in combination will
silver, free of duty, a measure which
if it had not been defeated by the re
publican senate,o vetoed by a repub
lican president, would have exposed
the miners of Montana to competl
ton with the poems of Mexico, an'
visited disaster and ruin upon tha
great industry which is so large
factor in affording employment t.
work;ngmen, in the creation o
wealth and in promoting the pros
perity of our state.
| That we demand the full recogni
ton of silver as a money metal b,
the opening of the mints of tn
| United States to its free and unlim
tied COMA ge; the use of both gol'
and silver at their present ratio a
legal tenders; that all paper none,
shall be redeemed in gold or silver
and that thus every dollar, whethe
gold, silver or paper, shall be O
equal paying and purchasing power
We repudiate the insinuation con
tained in the national platform o
the democratic party that free coin
ace would result in ''unstable none,
and fluctuating currency" and III
sist that on the contrary the use 0
both the money metals would affor
the best assurance of stability, th
best safeguard against unwholesom
| lD1ldtlOll anu the DtSt iilCdo'i' VI III
volume of currency required by tn
commercial and industrial interest
of the world. We arraign the demo
cratic party for its hostility to fire
coinage as manifested by the actio
of its majority in the house of repre-
sentatives in defeating two bills fo
that object. We recognize wit
satisfaction the declaration of tn
republican party which pledges il
approval of such an act when it sha
have been adopted by the legislativ
department of the government.
That we applaud the liberal an
enlightened policy inaugurated b
the republican party of dedicatin
the mineral lands upon the publ
domain to those who shall explol
and develope them and Of expressl
reserving them from grants to raj
road companies; that we deman
that such reservation shall be vigo
ously enforced, and pledge the r.
publican party to secure that end b
prompt and efficient measures of leg
islaton.
That free institutions have the
chief imminent in law and orde
which are equally the conditions
: the welfare of individuals and II
prosperity and security of commu
tiles. That we believe in the fr'
and candid discussion of all publ