Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-09-07
PLATFORMS:

PLATFORM:
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 II 10 admissible To call public attention
To the fact, as a test OF the two great POI
litical parties, that the campaign claims OF
the democratic party In tho election of 1902
have proved false, and the claims made by
the republican party have proved true.
Not an allegation made by tho democratic
party rs to the Mckinley law or reel.
procity, not u claim OF the vauntod good
results OF democ attic success has come
true; but in the Withholding OF pensions OF
Union soldiers In business paralyzed, In
mills and manufactures closed, in sus end
ed banks, IN bankrupt firms, In the distress
of farmers, In the growing multitude of
tramps, In falling wages OF thousands OF
working people discharged from employ
mcnt, in the monetary stringencies, IN tho
prevailing hard times and public distress,
are the fulilllmont of what republicans pre-
dicted with heroic warrants as To the known
capacity of tho democratic party to dis
tress and nillct the American people,
That the establishment of the policy OF
reciprocal trade, especially between the
United States aud the othor countries OF
the new world, was Il distinctive and bene'
ilcient measure of republican statesman
ship promising great COOL To this ration,
and we regret aud dcplore that Il has had
To pass from the brilliant aud resoluto
craftsmanship OF James q Blaine into thu
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 evil
conditions he depicted are principally
chargenblo to congressional legislation
touching the purchase aud coinage of silver
by the general government, Y he omitted tho
largest producing cause, This Is the sinis'
ter effect OF the threatened democratic at
tempt TO overthrow protection aud pro-
toctive tariff ms embodied In that Wise
measure known as tho Mckinley law, ana
80 close American manufactures and
overwhelm tho industries that give profit,
able employment to American capital and
American labor.
That for the relief of tho people TO get
stability TO business md security to debt.
ors and creditors alike, the law should
provide that the payment OF debt shall bs
the return of equivalent purchasing power,
estimated by lana, rent interest and the
wages OF labor; 80 that the creditor shall
receive no loss and the debtor, mortRagee
or other, shall have to pay no moro than
tho purchasing power that passed from the
creditor To tho debtor when tho debt was
contracted
That II * 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 aud silver money NJ unlimit.
ed legal tender for the payment OF debt
And In doing this congress shall provide
mr.
paper, shall be kept of equal value
That we are opposed to state bank money.
or any re-ostabishment of that system of
local "shin plaster" and wild cath cur
rency, which proved so disastrous in tho
past.
Tint one of the great ends for which The
republican party exists has been and IL TO
maintain the freedom, dignity and welfare
of labor and those who toll That we re-
joco In the high wages that have been
paid To American working people under
republican policies, and we deplore us ono
OF tho brst and inevitable results OF demo
cratic success and its ability to establish
It's policies that II has already led 10
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, 80 that they shall
ket with tho necessities and comforts Of
life
We denounce cheap and deprecated
money of low purchasing power as an cs
pecinl hardship upon the poor and all who
receive wages.
That the administration OF benjamin
Harrison In it's safe and broad statesman
shi maintaining prosperity and cool gov
eminent MT home and peace with honor
abroad, with parity and honesty In every
department, 80 that no stain marred the IN
tegrity of the national character and con-
duct, deserves the approval Of the Ameri
can people and makes noble chapter Ia
the history of the republican administra'
lion from Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin
Harrison which preserved the life of the
republic and gave 1t unity, peace, prosper
ity and greatness.
That II IL our belief that the assaults
made upon the system OF pensions by this
administration because In few cases pen
sons were alleged to be fraudulently oh
tanned Is pr text to attack and destroy
the whole system and IL 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
the state prohibitory law as strong as
any that has ever been enacted by any
country. Lille any other criminal statute,
its retention modification or repeal must
be determined by the general assembly,
elected by aud in sympathy with the peo
pie, and to II is relegated the -"bject, to
take such action as they may de, u Just and
best In the matter maintainirg the present
law In those portions OF the state where IL
II now or can be made efficient, and giving
to the localities such methods OF controlling
and regulating the liquor traffic as will
bpst serve the cause Of temperance and
morali y.