Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-12
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PLATFORMS:
The republicans OF Iowa in state conven.
ton declare;
That government is Of for and by the
people, and that the object OF all govern
ment should he to maintain aud promote
the liberty, safety, happiness and welfare
OF all the people
That In going into another general cleo
ton IL la admissible TO call public attention
to the fact, MS n test of the two great POI
litical parties, that the campaign claims OF
the democratic party in tho election OF lSJ.
have proved false, and the claims mnde by
tho republican party have proved true.
Not an allegation made by the democratic
party as To tho Mckinley law or reel.
procity, not claim of the vaunted good
results of democ attic ,ucccss has come
true but In the Withholding OF pensions of
Union soldiers, In business paralyzed, In
mills and manufactures closed, in sus end.
cd banks, IN bankrupt firms, In the distress
OF farmers, In tho growing multitude or
tramps, IN falling wages OF thousands of
working people discharged from employ
mont, In the monetary stringcncies, IN tho
prevailing hard times and public distress,
are the fultilment of what republicans pre-
dicted with heroic warrants as to the known
capacity OF the democratic party to dis.
tress and aillict the American people
That the establishment OF the policy OF
reciprocal trade, especially between the
United States and tho other countries OF
tho new world, was distinctive and bene-
icient measure of republican statesman
ship promising great cool 60 this ration,
and we regret and deplore that IL has had
to pass from the brilliant and res slute
craftsmanship of James q, Blaine into tho
unfriendly hands OF futile mugwumps and
hostile democrats
That when President Cleveland said In
his recent message to congress that "our
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conditions he depicted are principally
chargeablo To congressional legislation
touching the purchase and coinage of silver
by the general government he omitted the
largest producing cause, This Is tho SIMS.
ter effect OF the threatened democratic at
tempt to overthrow protection and pro-
tective tariff as embodied in that wise
measure known AZ the Mckinley law, ana
80 close American manufnc tories, and
overwhelm tho industries that give profit.
able employment To American capital and
American labor
That for the relief of the people, to get
stability to business aud security To debt.
ors and creditors alike, the law should
provide that the payment OF debt shall DO
tho return OF equivalent purchasing power,
estimated by lana, rent, interest and tho
wages of labor; so that the creditor shall
receive no less and tho debtor, MORTGAGE
or other, shall have to pay no moro than
the purchasing power that pas sed from the
creditor to tho debtor when tho debt was
contracted,
That II Is OF prime Importance to all the
American people that n sound currency
shall be maintained of uniform purchasing
power That we are In favor Of maintain
ing both gold and silver money as unlimit-
ed legal tender for the payment OF debt.
And In doing this congress shall provide
that every dollar, whether gold silver or
paper, shall DO kept OF equal value.
That we are opposed to state bank money,
or any re.establlshmont OF that system OF
local "shin, plaster aud "wild cat' cur
roncy, which proved 10 disastrous In tho
past
That ono of the great ends for which the
republican party exists has been and is to
maintain the freedom, dignity aud welfare
of labor and those who toll That we re.
ioico In the high wages that have been
paid To American working people under
republican policies, and we deplore as one
of tho nrst and inevitable results OF demo-
cratic success and Its ability to establish
It's policies that II has already led to a
large reduction OF the wages paid to Amer
lean labor.
That II is Of the highest Importance TO
working people that their wages shall DO
paid to them In money OF full value and
high purchasing power, so that they shall
DO able to supply themselves IN every mar
ket with tho necessities and comforts Of
life
We denounce cheap and deprecated
money Of low purchasing power as an es.
pecial hardship upon the poor and all who
receive wages
That the administration OF Benjamin
Harrison In Its safe and broad statesman
ship maintaining prosperity and good gov
eminent Mt home and peace with honor
abroad, with parity and honesty In overy
department, so that no stain narred the In
tegrity of tho national character and con-
duct deserves the approval of tho Ameri-
can people and makes a noble chapter In
the history Of tho republican administra-
lion from Abraham Lincoln TO Benjamin
Harrison which preserved the life of the
republic and gave II unity, peace, prosper
ity and greatness
That II In our belief that tho assaults
made upon the system of pensions by this
administration because in n few cases pen.
sions were alleged to DO fraudulently OBJ
tanned Is pr text to attack and destroy
tho whole system and Is menace to the
honor OF our brave and deserving national
defenders
That prohibition Is no test OF republican,
ism. Tho general assembly has given to
tho state prohbitory law as strong as
any that has ever been enacted by any
country Like any other criminal statute,
its retention, modification or repeal must
be determined by the general assembly,
elected by and in sympathy with the peo-
pie, and to 1t is relegated the subject, to
take such action as they may deem just and
best in the matter, maintaining the present
law in those portions Of the state where 10
is now or can be made efficient, and giving
TO the localities such methods of controlling
and regulating the liquor traffic MS will
best serve the cause of temperance and
morali y.