Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-09-17
SOUND PRINCIPLES
ENUNCIATED IN THE REPUR-
LICAN STATE PLATFORM.
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
AND PROTECTION.
4 Strong Plank Oh the Labor
Question The Mineral
lands to BE Held
for the People.


unanimously adopted 10y the r,
publican state convention at Grcs
Falls:
Resolved, That the republican
Of Montana by their accredited rel
resentatives in state convention as
sembled, rat:fy the nomination c
Benz jamin Harrison and Whitela,
Reid for president and vice presi
dent Of the United States, and en-
dorse the declaration Of principle
adopted by the republican nationa
convention at Minneapolis.
That we commend the admins
tration of President Harrison fo
the wisdom and efficiency Of its do
nnestic policies, the firmness anc
moderation Of its management 0
our foreign relations and the vita
spirit Of Americanism by which i
has been characterized and adored
That we proclaim our unaltera
bic devotion TO the principle Of pro
lection to American industries and
American labor, and commend the
Mckinley act as consistent and
beniEccnt embodiment Of that pol
icy. It has created new industries
diversified our productions; furn-
ished employment for labor and
maintained It's wages; preserved
the home market for home pro-
ducts and retained for distribution
and circulation among our people
the moneys that would otherwise 90
abroad for the enrichment of other
countries and the impoverishment
Of our own. BY inaugurating the
principle Of reciprocity it has estab-
lshed a 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
greatly increased our foreign com
merce and opened new markets for
the products of our industries.
That we demand that the pres
ent duty on wool be maintained,
and condemn the action of the
democrats il the house Of repre-
sentatives by which they sought to
deny to the woolgroWers of the west
he protection which they conceded
o the wool manufacturers Of the
east.
That we regard with bitter in
lignation the effort Of the demo
cratic ma jority in the house to ad-
nit lead ores, when found in COM
with silver, free Of duty, a
measure which, if it had not been
lefeated by the republican senate
y vetoed by republican president |
would have exposed the miners Of
Montana to competition with the
,eons Of Mexico, and visited disas-
er and ruin upon the great indus
ry which is SO large factor in af-
ording employment to working
nen, in the creation of wealth and
4 promoting the prosperity Of
ur state.
That we demand the full recog-
ition Of silver as money metal
y the opening Of the mints Of the
United States to its free and un-
limited coinage the use Of both
old and silver at their present ra-
10 as legal tenders; that all paper
loney shall be redeemable in gold,
T silver, and that thus every dol
ar, whether gold, silver or paper,
hall be of equal paying and pur-
hasing power. We repudiate the
lsinuation contained in the ma
onal platform of the democratic
arty that free coinage would re-
alt il punishable money and a huc-
lating currency," and insist that
n the contrary the use of both the !
loney metals would afford the
est assurance Of stability, the best ,
afeguard against unWholesome in
alton and the best measure Of the !
olume of currency required by the :
numerical and industrial interests
{ the world. We arraign the dem
cratic party for its hostility to free
)inage as manifested by the action
its majority in the house Of rep {
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