San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-15
National Republican Platform,
ADOPTED AT THE MINNEAPOLIS
CONNEN JUNE 10. 1892.

| congratulate their cOuntrymen on the males
| tic march of the nation under the banner in
| scrIbed with the principles of our platform 0
less, INDICATED by victory at the polls ant
prosperity in our fields, workshops and mines
and make the following declaration OF prin
| ciples:
| We reaffirm the American doctrine OF pro
! lection. We call attention 10 us growth
| abroad. We maintain that the prosperous
| condition of our cOuntTy Is largely due u the
| wise revenue Legislation of the Republican
| congress.
We believe that all articles which cannot
| be produced in the United States, except lux.
| urieS, should be admitted free OF duty, anC
| that on ali imports coming into competition
with the products OF American labor there
| should be levied duties equal 10 the difference
| between wages abroad and at home. We
assert that the prices OF manufactured ar
| ticles OF general consumption have been re-
duced under the operations or the tarI1 Oh
! 1890.
We denounce the efforts of the democratic
majority OF the house OF representatives 10
| destroy our tariff laws by piecemea, as man
itested by their attacks upon wool, lead and
| lead ores, the chief products OF number OF
states, and we ask the people for their Judg-
ment thereon.
We point TO the success of the republican
policy of reciprocity, under which our export
ira lie has vastly increased, and new enlarged
markets have been opened for the products
of our farms and workshops.
We remind the pe0pie OF the utter Opposl-
ton OF the democratic party to this practical
business measure, and claim that, executed
by republican administration, our present
laws will eventually give US control OF the
trade OF he world,
The American people from tradition and
interest favor bimeIalllSm, ana the Repub-
lican party demanCs the use OF both gold and
silver as standard money, with such restric-
tons and under sucn provisions, to be deter.
mined by legislation, rs Will secure the main
teuance OF the parity of values OF the two
metals, so that the purchasing and debt
paying power of the dollar, whether of
silver, gold or paper, shall be al all times
equal. The interests of the producers OF the
country, its farmers and its workingmen,
demand that eve.y dollar, paper or coin. is.
sued by the government shall be as good as
any other.
We commend the wise and patriotic steps
already taken by the government to secure
an international conference to adopt such
measures as will insure parity of value be-
tween gold and silver for use as money
throughout the world.
We demand that every citizen OF the United
States shall be allowed to cast one free and
unrestricted ballot in ali pubic elections, and
that su IN ballot SHAH De counted ana returned
as cast; tina. eucn laws shall be enacted and
enforced as will secure to every citizen, oe he
rich or pJOr, native or foreign born, white or
black lbs sovereign Iignt guaranteed by the
constitution.
The free and honest ballot, the just and
equal represents ION Oh Ill luG pSOplt, hb
well as their just and equal protection under
the laws, are the foundation or our republican
institutions, and the party viii never lax its
efforts until tue integrity Of the ballot and
the purity of elections shall be fully guaran.
teed and protected in every state.
SOUTHERN OUTRAGEs.
We denounce the continued imhuman out
RACES perpetrated upon American citizens
for political reasons in certain Southern states
of the Union.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
We favor the extension of our foreign
commerce, the restoration of our mercantile
marine by home built ships and the creation
of a navy for the protection of our national
interests and the honor OF our flag; the main
tenance OF the most friendly relations with
all foreign powers, entangling alliances with
none, and the protection of the rights of our
fishermen.
We reaffrm our approval of the Monroe
doctrine and believe in the achievement of
the manifest destiny of the republic in its
broadest sense.
We favor the enactment of more stringent
laws and regulations for the restriction OF
criminal, pauper ana contract immigration.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We favor efficient legislation by congress to
protect the life and limb of employees of
companies engagedin carrying
on interstate commerce, and recommend
legislation by the respective states that will
protect employees engaged in state COM
neTCe, III mlulUB anu
The Republican party has always been the
champion of the oppressed and recognizes
the dignity of manhood, irrespective OF talth
color or nationality. 1t sympathizes with the
cause of home rule in Ireland, and protests
against the persecution of the Jews in Russia.
The ultimate reliance of free Opular gov
is the intelligence OF the people and
the malntenan se OF freedom among men. We
therefore dec. ARE anew our devotion to lber.
~ of thought and conscience, of SPEECH and
press, and approve all agencies and instru- |
mentalities which contribute to the educa- |
ton of the ch ldren OF the land; but while ill., |
slsting upon the fullest measure of reli yious
liberty, we are oppose to any union OF church |
ard state.
We Ieaffirm our opposition, declared in the |
repu blican platform of 1855, to all combina-
tions of capital organized IN trusts or other
wise, to control arb trarlly the condition OF
trade among our citizens.
We heartily indOrse the action already taken
upon this subject, and ask for such further
legislation as may be required TO remedy any
defects in existing laws, and to render their
more complete and effective.
We approve the policy of extending TO the
towns, villages and rural communities, the
advantages of the free delivery service, now
enjoyed by the larger cities of the country,
and reafhrm the declaration contained in the
letter Hostage TO l cent, at the earliest pos
sibe moment consistent with the mainten-
ance of the postoffice department and the
highest class of postal service.
CIVIL SERVICE.
We commend the spirit and evidence of re-
form in the civil service, and the wise and
consistent enforcement by the Republican
party of the laws regulating the same.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
The construction of the Nicaragua canal is
of the highest importance to the American
people, both as a measure of national defense,
and TO build up and maintain American COM
merce. and it should be controlled by the
United States government.
TERRITORIES
We favor the admission Of the remaining
territories at the earliest practicable date,
having due regard to the interests of the peo-
pie of the territories and of the United States.
All the federal officers appointed for the terri
tories should be selected from bona fide resi-
dents thereof, and the right of self-govern-
ment should be accorded as far as prsc-
ticable.
ARID LANDS.