Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-09-14
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
PLATFORM

The republicans OF low. A. state conven.
ton declare
That government IL of, for and Ivy the
people, and that the object of all govern.
ment should be to maintain aud promote
tho liberty, safety, happiness and welfare
OF all the people.
That In going into another general cleo
ton IL Ia admissible To call public attention
To the fact us n test of the two great pc.
litical parties, that the campaign claims OF
the democratic party IN the election OF 1902
have proved false, and the claims made by
the republican party have proved true.
Not nm allegation made 10y the democratic
party as To the Mckinley law or reel.
procity, not n claim of the Wanted good
results OF democ attic succcss has come
true; hut IN tho Withholding of pensions OF
Union soldiers, In business paralyzed, in
mills aud manufactures closed, in sus end
od banks, III bankrupt firms, In tho distress
of farmers, In the growing multitude OF
tramps, In falling wages OF thousands OF
working people discharged from employ
mont, IN the monetary stringencioS, IN tho
prevailing hard times aud public distress,
are the iulhllmont of what republicans pro.
dictod with heroic warrants as TO the known
capacity of the democratic party To dis.
tress and nillict tho American people.
That the establishment of the policy OF
reciprocal trade, especially between the
Unitod States aud the othor countries OF
fcieut measure of republican statesman
ship promising great COOL Ia this patton,
and we regret and deploro that II has had
to pass from the brilliant aud rcsoluto
craftsmanship of James g. Blaine into the
unfriendly hands of futile mugwumps and
hostil1 democrats
That when President Cleveland said in
his recent mcssngc to congress that our
unfortunate financial plight" with tho OWL
conditions he depicted are principally
chargeablo 20 congressional legislation
touching the purchase aud coinage ofsilvor
by the general government he omitted tho
largest producing cause, This Is tho sinis'
ter effect Of tho threatened democratic at
tempt TO overthrow protection aud pro-
toctivo tartf as embodied Ia that wise
measure known as tho Mckinley law, nnd
80 close American manufactures, and
ovcrwhelm the industries TINT give profit
able employment 10 American capital and
American labor
That for the relief of tho people, to get
stability to business aud security to debt.
ors and creditors alike, tho law should
provide that tho payment of debt shall be
the return of equivalent purchasing power
estimated by lana, rent, interest aud tho
wages OF labor; 50 that the creditor shall
receive no less and the debtor mOrtgngee
or other, shall have 60 pay no more than
the purchasing power that pa ssod from tho
creditor to tho debtor when tho debt was
contracted
That II is OF prime Importance to all the
American people that sound currency
shall bc maintained of uniform purchasing
power. That we are In favor Of maintain
Ing both gold mud silver money az 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 loo kept OF equal value.
That we are opposed to state bank money,
or any rp.establishnent of that system of
local ''shin plaster aud "wild cat" cur
rency, which proved 80 disastrous In tho
past
That one of the great ends Tor which the
republican party exists has been and is TO
maintain the freedom, dignity and welfare
Of labor aud those who toll That we re-
ioice In the high wages that havo been
paid 10 American wording people under
republican policies, and we deploro as one
OF the Grst aud inevitable results OF demo
cratic success and Its ability To establish
It's policies that IL has already led to a
large reduction of the wages paid To Amer
lem labor
That IL IL Of the highest importance TO
wording people that their wages shall be
paid To them in money OF full value and
high purchasing power, SO that they shall
be able to supply themselves IN every mar.
ket with tho necessities and comforts Of
life
We denounce a cheap and deprecated
money of low purchasing power as an es
pocial hardship upon the poor and all who
receive wages
That the administration of BENJAMIN
Harrison In It's safe and broad statesman.
ship maintaining prosperity and good gov
eminent Mt home and peace with honor