Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-10-05
pLArFoRNI:

PLATFORM:
The republicans of Iowa In state conven.
ton declare;
That government Is OF. for and by the
people, aud that the object of all govern
ment should be to maintain and 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, as n test OF the two great POI
litical parties, that the campaign claims OF
the democratic party In tho election of 1899
have proved false, and tho claims made by
| tho republican party have proved truo.
Not an allegation mnde by tho democratic
party ms to the Mckinley law or reci-
! procity, not n claim OF the Wanted good
results of democ attic ,uccess 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 tho distress
of farmers, IN the growing multitude OF
tramps, In falling wages of thousands or
working people discharged from employ
ment in the monetary stringencies, In tho
| prevailing hard times and public distress,
| are tho iullillment of what republicans pre-
| dictod with heroic warrants M TO the known
, capacity OF the democratic party to dis
! tress aud aiillct tho American people
| That the establishment of the policy OF
reciprocal trade especially between the
| United States and the other countries OF
| tho now world, was distinctive and beno-
| ilcicnt measure OF republican statesman
| ship promising great gooi To this ration,
and we regret and deplore that II has had
to pass from the brilliant and rcsoluto
craftsmanship of James q, Blaine into tho
unfriendly hands of futile mugwumps and
hostile democrats.
That whom President Cleveland said In
| his recent message To congress that our
| unfortunate financial plight with tho OWL
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cbargeahlo to congressional legislation
| touching the purchase and coinage OF silver
| by the general government, - he omitted tho
| largest producing cause. This IL tho sinis'
| tor effect OF tho threatened democratic at
tempt to overthrow protection and pro-
| toctive tariff aa embodied In that wise
measure known ms the Mckinley law, ana
| so close American manufactures, and
| overwhclm tho industries that give profit
able employment to American capital and
| American labor,
That for tho relief of tho people to got
| stability 60 business md security 10 debt
ora and creditors alike, the law should
provide that the payment of debt shall be
| tho return of equivalent purchasing power,
| estimated by lana, rent interest and the
wages Of labor; so that the creditor shall
receive no less and tho debtor. mortgageo
| or other, shall have to pay no moro than
tho purchasing power that passed from tho
creditor to the debtor when the debt was
| contracted
That II is of prime Importance to all tho
| American people that sound currency
shall be maintained OF uniform purchasing
| power. That we are In favor of maintain
Ing both gold and silver money m unlimit-
ed legal tender for tho payment OF debt
And In doing this congress shall provide
! that every dollar, whether gold, silver or
paper, shall be kept OF equal value
That we are opposed 10 state bank money,
st.l.l trl. l..I al
local "shin.p plaster aud "wild catN cur
rency, which proved 80 disastrous In tho
past.
| republican party exists has been and IL to
maintain the freedom, dignity and welfare
| OF labor aud those who toll That we re'
joice In tho high wages that have boon
paid to American working people under
republican policies and wo dcploro as one
OF the lirst and 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
lean labor
That IL 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
be able to supply themselves IN every mar
ket with tho necessities and comforts OF
life.
We denounce n cheap and deprecated
money OF low purchasing power as an es'
pecial hardship upon tho poor and all who
receive wnges.
That the administration OF Benjamin
| Harrison In Its safe and broad statesman
ship maintaining prosperity and good gov
ernment Mt home and peace with honor
abroad, with parity and honesty In every
department, so that no stain mnrred the in
! tegrity of tho national character and con-
Duct deserves the approval of the Ameri-
can people aud makes noble chapter In
the history OF the republican administra-
ton from Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin
Harrison which preserved tho life of the
republic and gave 1t unity, peace, prosper
ity and greatness
That it IL our belief that the assaults
made upon the system OF pensions by this
| administration because In few cases pom.
sions were alleged to be fraudulently OBJ
| tanned Is pr text to attack and destroy
tho whole system aud Is menace to this
honor OF our brave and deserving national
defenders.
That prohibition is no test OF republican,
ISM The general assembly has given to
tho state prohibitory law rs 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 PEG.
pie, and to it Is rclegated the subject, to
take such action as they may dee,n just and
| best in the matter maintaining the present
law in those PORTIONS of the state where it
Is now or can be made efficient, and giving
to the localities such methods of controlling
and regulating the liquor traffic as will
best serve the cause OF temperance and