Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-04
PLATFORM POINTERS
ToAppear in the Republican Declara-
tion of Principles.
AMERICAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH
Protection and Reciprocity Keynotes Of
the Structure.
NICARAGUA STEAL TO BE INDORSED

! the standard Dearer TO be selected by the
convention is a subject of earnest
consideration among the leaders who have
arrived at Minneapolis. Many of them
believe the platform as important as the
naming of the man to head the ticket. On
the platform there is substantial unanimity,
except to two or three planks
The silver plank is the one which will re-
ceive the most careful consideration to meet
the divergent views prevailing In different
sections. and the precise extent to which
declaration shall be made relative to Feder-
al elections is also matter on which dele
gates differ.
A number of the most important men
now here, including many delegates who
here are likely to be chosen to represent
their States on the Committee on Resolu-
tions, have been consulted by the repre-
sentatives of the Associated Press, and as
result the principal features of the platform
can now be given. Here they are:
Principal Features of the Platform.
The keynote will be American" through
out, and in everything Many of the meas
ures for which the Republican party in the
past has contended were enacted into law
In the Fifty-frst Congress, so that all that
now remains to be done on these questions
| Is to point to the record of achievements
since the platform of 1888 was adopted as
| an earnest of the faithfulness with which
the Republican party has kept its pledges,
and this will be contrasted with the Demo
cratic policy of deluding the country with
promises that are never fulfilled.
The platform will begin with a general
| recital of the record of tho Republican
party, and the fact that it has always been
| in favor of freedom and the protection of
| the rights and liberties of the American
people at homo and abroad.
President Harrison's administration will
ha lnd h<,, ,la o,,1n enso
tlous, and as having promoted the peace OF
the country and the prosperity and safety
OF Its business interests. The firm, dignitied
and patriotic conduct of foreign relations
by President Harrison and Secretary Blaine
will be especially commended tor its MAIN
tenance of the rights of the United States
assertion of the protection of the life and
liberty of Americans everywhere. The de-
votion of the Republican party to the prin-
cfples of protection Will be reaff1rmed, and
the Mckinley tariff law as clear enuncia-
t1on of those principles will be indorsed and
attention drawn to the fact under it many
new industries have been established giving
employment to American labor.
Reciprocity to Get Full Credit.
The reciprocity section of the Dill will be
mentioned as a means whereby there has
been an extension of the foreign trade of
the United States while at the same time
American labor has not been compelled to
meet the unequal competition Of countries
The Springer tree wool bill will be de-
nounced as an attempt to destroy an indus
try of the American farmer, built mp by the
wise protective pc'icy of the Republican
party, and the general tariff policy of the
Democratic House will be assailed as an at
tempt by special bills to array differ
each other, and as another scheme Of the
Democratic party to accomplish the de-
struction of the industries OF the country
which failed when the people at the polls re-
c "a on
and restored the Republican party to power. |
The silver plank is likely to be more lib |
eral than that OF other conventions, based |
upon the firm expectation of the admins |
tration that the approaching monetary con-
terence will result in such agreements as
viii make 1t possible to utilize our entire
On the subject of Federal elections the |
right of every American citizen to cast one
ballot and have that ballot counted will be
upheld as the greatest safeguard of Repub-
Hcan institutions.
For Liberal Naval Appropriations.
Ever mindful of the promotion of the well
fare and glory of the United States, the ne
cessity for the rehabilitation of the American
merchant marine to its former high place on
the seas will be set FORTH and the laws
passed in aid and encouragement of
American shipping will be approved.
In this connection attention will be drawn
to the progress which has been made toward |
the restoration Of the American navy, and
priations for the navy will be advocated
with an allusion to the policy of the House
in niggardly naval appropriations. The COM
pletion of our coast defenses will also be
urged as necessary to the protection of the
country.
AS part of the Republican policy of pro-
will be recommended to ship builders, to
the end that American ships made in Amer
lean shipyards, of American material, and
manned by American seamen, may once
N la in nyaY rf of
the seas, carrying American manufactures, |
and protected by an American navy with
guns of American manufacture.
careful supervision o. immigration will
be recommended to prevent undesirable
persons landing on cur shores, and approval
will be given to the exclusion of contract
and of Chinese labor as necessary to the
protection from degradation of American
labor. American homes for Americans and
the honest and industrious OF other nations
who come here to become American citizens
Will ring in this OF in other parts of the |
platform.
Liberal Pensions for Veterans.
The party will renew its acknowledgment
Of obligation to the soldiers and sailors who
fought for the Union, and reference
will be made to the dependent and disabil-
lty pension bill by which the party re-
deemed it's pledge to keep from the poor
house the veterans of the war and their
families who had become helpless through | ,
no fault of their own own.
appropriations Will be recommended for
Ill International Improvements necessary
10 provide easy and cheap facilities for in
tercourse between the people.
The Nicaragua Canal project will be in
1orsed as measure which will bind the
Inherent sections of the country closer to-
yether, and aid in the maintenance OF our
in this hemisphere. =.
Among the measures of importance to the
rood of the country which became laws !
Turing the Fifty-first Congress there will
De enumerated the meat inspection bill,
lnder the provisions of which, seconded by | n
rigorous efforts on the part of Secretary | {
ausk, the administration and the American S
Ministers abroad, the meats and other {
products of the United States have now | /
been admitted to the countries of Europe
Ifter having been excluded during the | I
upine administration of foreign affairs by
Democratic President; the antitrust bill, to | +
estrain monopolies and combinations of | g
apftal; the copyright bill; the bill revising .
he land laws in the interest of actual .
ettlers; the alien lands bill; the private a
and claims bill, providing for an adjust C
nent of disputed land titles which have | q
indered the progress of States and terri h
ories in the far West; the customs admins !.
rative bill, framed to prevent under valua- =
ion and an evasion of the protective tariff |
Avs; the anti-lottery bill; the bill to pro-
ide for an exposition to celebrate the iour
anniversary of the discovery of
america, and a long list of other important C
1eaSures. A
Home Rule May Have a Show.
Home rule for Ireland may possibly also