Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-06-18
The PLATFORM! !!
ON WHICH THE NATIONAL
REP PUBLICAN PARTY
STANDS,
Every American Patriot Should
Carefully Head and Consid-
Gi This Declaration Of
Principles.
Ex-Governor Foraker asked unan-

imous consent Of the convention
read the platform, as prepared b
] the committee on resolutions. Til
platform, as completed by the com
mittee on resolutions and adopted
is as follows:
Representatives ofthe republican
, Of the United States assembled il
general convention on the shores O
the Mississippi river, the everlast
ing bond Of an indestructible re
public, whose most glorious chapte
Of history is the record of tn.
national republican party, con
graduate their countrymen on tht
majestic march Of the nation under
the banners inscribed with the
principles Of our platform of 1888
vindicated By victory at the polls
and prosperity in the fields, work
shops and mines, make the follow
ing declaration Of princi pies:
TIIF PROTECTION PLANK.
We re-atiirm the American doe
tline Of protection; we call attention
to its growth abroad we maintain
that the prosperous condition Of
our country is largely due to the
revenue legislation Of q republican
congress. We believe that all ar
ticles which cannot be produced in
the United States, except luxuries,
should be admitted free Of duty,
and that on all imports coming in
to competition with the products of
American labor, there should be
levied duties equal to the difference
between the wages abroad and at
home. We assert that the prices
Of manufactured articles Of general
consumption have been reduced
under the operations OF the tariff
act OF 1880, and we denouuce the
efforts Of the democratic majority
OF the house Of representatives to
DESTROY our tariff laws by piece
meal, IS is manifested bv the at
tack upon wool and lead ores, the
chief product Of a number Of states,
and we ask the people for their
Judgment thereon. We point to
the success Of the republican policy
Of reciprocity, under which our ex-
port trade has been vastly increas-
ed, and new and enlarged markets
have been opened for the products
Of our farms and workshops; we re-
mind the people Of the bitter oppo-
sition Of the democratic party to
this practical business measure.
and claim that executed by repub-
Iican administration, our present
laws will eventually give US con
troll Of the trade Of the world.
ABOUT SILVER COINAGE.
The American people from tradi-
tion and interest favor bi-metallism,
and the republican party demands
the use Of both gold and silver as
standard money, with such provis-
lons as to be determined by legisla-
ton as will secure the maintenance
Of the parity Of values Of two metals,
SO that the purchasing and debt
paying power of a dollar, whether
silver, gold or paper, shall be at all
times equal. The interests of the
producers Of the country, it's farm
ers and workingmen, demand that
every dollar, paper or coin, issued
BY the government, shall be as good
as any other. We commend the
wise and patriotic steps already
taken by our government to secure
an international conference to adopt
such measures as will insure the
parity of value between gold and
silver for use as money throughout
he world.
RIGHT OF FRANCHISE.
We demand that every citizen Of
he United States shall be allowed
o cast one free and unrestricted
ballot in all public elections, and
hat such ballot shall be counted
md returned as cast; that such laws
shall be enacted and enforced as
Will secure to every citizen, be he
'ich or poor, native or foreign born,
White or black, this sovereign right
guaranteed by the constitution.
The free and honest popular ballot,
ust and equal representation Of the
people, as well as their just and
equal protection under the laws, are