Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-02
PLATFORMS:

FLAIfoKMs
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 be TO maintain aud promote
the liberty, safety, happiness aud welfare
OF all the people,
That in going into another general elec-
ton II Ia admissible 10 call public attention
to the fact as n test OF the two great pc.
lilicai parties, that the campaign claims Of
the democratic party In the election OF isva
have proved false, aud the claims made by
the republican party have proved true
Not an allegation made by the democratic
party as To the Mex inley law or rect
procity, not n claim Of the Wanted good
results Of democ attic tuccess has CONS
true but In tho Withholding OF pensions OF
Union soldiers, In business paralyyed, In
mills and manufactures closed, IN sust end
ed banks, IN bankrupt firms, in the distress.
Of farmers, in the growing muitttudc OF
tramps, In falling wages OF thousands OF
working people discharged from employ
ment, in the monetary stringencies. In ths
prevailing hard times aud public distress,
are tho tultillment Of what republicans pre-
dicted with heroic warrants as 10 the known
capacity OF the democratic party TO dis
tress and aiiiict the American people,
That the establishment OF the policy OF
reciprocal trade, especially between tns
United States aud the other countries OF
the new world, was n distinctive and bene.
hcient measure of republican statesman
ship promising great good 10 this ration,
and we regret and deplore that II has had
to pass from the brilliant aud resehiie
craftsmanship OF James g. Blaine into the
uufriendly hands OF futile mugwumps and
hostils democrats
That when President Cleveland said IN
his recent message To congress that "our
unfortunate financial plight with the evil
conditions he depicted are principally
| chargeable to congressional legislation
touching the purchase aud coinage Of silver
by the general government y he omitted thu
largest producing cause. This IL the SIMS.
ter effect OF tho threatened democratic at
| tempt to overthrow protection and pro-
| tective tariff MS embodied In that wisA
| measure known ms the Mex inley law, ana
| 30 close American manufactures, 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 and security to debt
! ors and creditors alike, the law should
provide that the payment of debt shall he
| the return OF equivalent purchasing power,
| estimated by land, rent, interest and the
| wages OF labor; 80 that the creditor shall
| receive no less aud the debtor, MORTGAGE
| or other, shall have to pay no more than
| tho purchasing power that pa .sed from this
creditor to the debtor when the debt was
| contracted.
That II IL of prime Importance to all the
| American people that a sound currency
shall he maintained OF uniform purchasing
] power That we are In favor OF maintain.
ing both gold and silver money ms nnlimit-
| ell legal tender for the payment OF debt.
| And In doing this congress shall provide
| that every dollar, whether gold, silver or
| paper, shall he kept Of equal value.
! That we are opposed to state bank money,
| or any establishment OF that system Of
| local nshin plaster" and 'w,ld cat" cur
rency, which proved so disastrous in the
past
That one OF the great ends for which the
republican party exists has been and ~ to
maintain the freedom, dignity and welfars
OF labor and those who toll That we re.
/ ioice In the high wages that have been
| paid To American working people under
| republican policies. aud we deplore as one
| OF the ilrst and inevitable results OF demo
| cratic success aud its ability to establish
! It's policies that " has already led to o
| large reduction OF the wages paid to Amer
| lean labor
| That IL is OF the highest Importance tn
| working people that their wages shall be
| paid to them In money OF full value and
| high purchasing power, 80 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.
| pociaf hardship upon the poor and all who
receive wages
That the administration OF Beniamin
Harrison in It's safe and broad statesman
shp maintaining prosperity and good gov