The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-01

MINNEAPOLIS PLATFORM.
1t Has in 1t the Unmistakable Ring of
Victory.
The very first sentence in the repub-
lican platform has in it the thrill of
victory. The mere place of holding the
convention. never before a campaign
feature, was turned to telling account.
"The representatives of the repub-
licans Of the United States" the plat
form begins. assembled in convention
on the shores of the Mississippi river,
the everlasting bond of an indestruct-
ible republic" There is nothing far
fetched in tins. The Mississippi is
precisely that-''the everlasting bond
of an indestructible republic" That
was the controlling idea with Jeffer-
son in making the Louisiana purchase,
md that Is why so much interest CEN
tered in the siege OF Vicllsburg. That
felicitous alluSion will serve TO quicken
memories and suggest thoughts OF
patriotism, and such memories and
thoughts always promote the welfare
Of the republican party.
The declaration in favor of protec-
tion with its supplement. reciprocity,
was accorded the post of honor as the
first definite plank of the platform.
There was no chance for anything be-
vona : reaffirmation of the doctrine
laid down in the resolutions of 1883 and
incorporated in the act of 1890. There
were no two opinions IN the conven-
zion. Ii must have been proud day
for William Mckinley when he saw the
great national convention of the repub-
Ecan party over which he was presid-
iar absolutely harmonious and very en-
thus;aS;ic in the Endorsement not only
o. the principles OF the platform of
7ssS. which he penned and reported,
nut OF the bill which he afterward
framed and pushed to enactment.
The next plank was carefully word
&c and an adIaira 5iy'exact statement Of
the genuine bimetallic position OF the
party. and an Endorsement of the inter
national silver conference. This plank
ought to De satisfactory TO all intelli-
gent people. from the Pacific to the At
lantic. for it stout!y upholds the silver
dollar and tcnaciously clings to the
god dollar. making the former equal in
purchasing power TO the latter. This
seems TO strike good many monetary
theorists as impossible, bat It is no
mystery. Ever since 1879 even the paper
dollar having no intrinsic value what
ever. has been worth its face in gold.
The more that plank is studied the
more it will commend itself to the bet
ter iudrment OF the American people.
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fair count IS reafErmed. coupled with
p deuunciation Of the outrages perpe-
tratcd at the south for political reasons.
There Is also reafiirmation of the
Monroe doctrine IN its application to
the present state of orr foreign rela-
tionS, and an Endorsement of the for
Elm policy Of the administration, in
clUdiHT the steps taken to prevent Grim
inaiS. pauperS and contract laborers
from being dumped upon our shores.
These large questions, together with
the final resolution indorsing the ad-
m:nistration OF President Harrison.
may be set down as the landmarks OF
distinctive repubjicauism. The other
planks are OF such nature that, if the
democracy IS wise, they viii not en-
counter hostility. The democratic
party Is for free trade and against a
free ballot sustained by an honest
count. and IS committed through its
members ot congress to free silver. but
it cannot afford 10 antagonize a single
plank in tie republican platform, COM
ing under the head of miscellaneous.
Those plauls are. to put them as brief
" as possible, protection against acci-
dents in interstate commerce, mining
md manufactures; sympathy with the
Irish in Ireland and the still more op-
pressed Jews in Russia; education with
ont any union Of church and state; hos
tility to trusts and monopolies; free
rural postal delivery and One-cent post
age as soon as practicable; civil-service
reform; the Nicaragua canal; the ad-
mission of the territories as soon as
they are ready for statehood. and the
selection from their own citizens Of the
federal Offices for them; the reclama-
ton of the arid lands and their utiliza-
tion for homesteads; the Endorsement
of tho Columbian exposition, the sym
pathT with all wise and legitimate eff
forts 10 lessen and prevent the evils of
intelnperance and to promote morality;
q renewed pledge to the veteran sol
diers of the republic of "a watchful
cane and recognition of their claims
upon a grateful people"
We viii see how the democratic con-
vention declares itself on these great
questions. A republican platform is no
mere glitter of generalties. 1t is only
necessary to compare the pledges given
every four years, beginning with 1856,
with the artual record made to see that