The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-08-04
Platform Adopted by the Illinois
Republicans


The Republicans of Illinois in con-
vention at Springfield on the 25th, OF
July adopted the following platform.
The Republican party of the State
of Illinois reafirms its belief in the
great principles of civil and religious
liberty upon which this government
was founded and under which the peo-
pie have enjoyed unexampled prosper
ity and happiness, and believing that
the restoration of the Republican
party to power in the government of
the country would promote the gener-
al welfare of the people and its chief
condition of renewed prosperity, this
convention most respectfully and cor
daily invites all good citizens, irres-
pective of political antecedents to un-
ite in supporting the Republican can
didates in the next election.
We earnestly maintain the right
and Justice of the American doctrine
of protection of American industries
In raising the necessary revenue to
maintain the Government we are in
favor of such duties on competing I'M
ports as will best tend to the develop
rnent of the resources of our own coun-
try, of the labor of our own people
performed at wages which put the
comforts of life within easy reach and
secure good prices for the products
alike of our farms, our mines and our
workshops; and we belive that articles
that cannot be successfully produced
in this country, except luxuries,
should be placed on the free list.
We further believe that without Ia
Dor there is no such thing as raw ma
terial of any practical or marketable
value and no tangible thing of value
that it does not require labor to pro-
duce or utilize, and hence the impor-
tation of so-called raw material free
of duty is an interference with the
system of protection to American Ia
borers and should only be permitted
when the raw material is unobtainable
in our own country. We denounce
as unwise and un-American the pro-
visions of the so-called Wilson tariff
bill, modified in the Senate by the in
lection of weak and inconsistent at
temps to protect special interests as
now pending in Congress, and we
charge the Democratic party with the
sole responsibility for the effort to des-
troy our tariff system, which has pro
ven the greatest boon to the great
mass of American citizens, and we
further declare that the unusual anc
unnatural conditions now existing il
this Nation between labor and capital
which have led to lawlessness, blood
shed, the interruption of business and
brought misfortune to all, are the ma
tural result of the false economic
theories, vaciliating policy and hope
less incompetency of the Democratic
party, and to remove the evil thu
created, restore prosperity and bring
health to the body of the people, it il
necessary that the Republican party
should be restored to powor.
We favor bimetallism and believ'
in the use of gold and silver as none.
metals upon parity of values will
complete Observation-Disclosures sucl
Legislative provisions as shall maxi
the purchasing or debt paying powe
of any dollar coined or issued by tn
United States absolutely equivalent t.
that of any other dollar so coined o
issued.
We believe in the purity Of the bal
lot and freedom of elections, and W
hold that the true freedom of election
obtained and secured only by and un
der the law.
The Republicans of Illinois are i
. favor of the LARGEST personal libert