The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-11-02
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
by the South Dakota Republican
State Convention at Yankton,

Adopted by the South Dakota Republican
State Convention at Yankton,
August 23, 1894.
l. The republican party of the state of South
Dakota in convention assembled declares anew
its allegiance to those great principles for which
republicanism has stood ever since its formal
organization. and which have been from time to
time declared In its platforms.
q. In the ihterest of the country at large, and
particularly in the Interest of The people of this
great agricultural northwest, 1t affirms its con-
Wction that this nation owes to its own citizens
and their industries all reasonable protection
against competition with foreign labor; and it
believes that this can be best and most certainly
afforded by the friends of protection, rather than
by those who declare as did the last democratic
national convention. that protection is unconsti-
tutlonal and fraudulent. and which declaration
has smitten this whole country with blight that
has wthered It's manufacturing industries shriv-
eled its commerce, and dried up the fountains of
its furnaces.
8. The policy of a democratic congress- which
evies upon this country the tribute Of millions in
behalf Of the sugar trust and robs this country's
flock owners, has been fifty characterized by a
democratic president as pertldy and dishonor;
and we declare our preference for that reciprocity
policy of the republican party, which got some
thing for the country at large in exchange for
whatever advantage was accorded foreign nations
and their commercial interests.
4. Republicanism had its birth as a movement
to emancipate America from the curse of slave
labor. and its profound concern ever since has
U66Il ana Is HOW LILO pTOulOtlOn OF WndC6yor
would guarantee to labor its due share in the
products to which it has contributed. as well as
to guarantee to. capital such inducements as
deplore the occurrenc. OF any conflicts between
labor and capital we denounce the agitation of
demagogues designed to foment and intensity
these conflicts, and most earnestly disapprove the
use of private armed forces In any attempt to
settle them. We believe that an appeal 10 the
law and Its officers is amply sufficient to protect
property and preserve the peace and a reference
to legally created or amicably chosen boards of
arbitration the best method of adjusting all disa-
greements out of which these conflicts have
arisen.
S. Feeling that American citizenship should be
protected against the importation of pauper and
ifcation of our immigration laws as will more
fully effect such protection,
6. We favor the use of both silver and gold as
money, at ratio of 16 to |, contining the coinage
of silver to American product. at the net cost of
the actual expense OF coinage; and we demand
that silver as we'll as gold shall be legal tender
vate; and we pledge the congressional nominees
OF this convention to support the principles here
in contained.
corporation of capital has resulted. in modern
times, in immense aggregatlOnS of money in GER
tain classes of private enterprise, interpretations
sleeves In favor OF such legislation as will thwart
the dangerous power of trusts and combines. and
prevent so far as possible the aggregation of
these tremendous accumuatiOns of capital.
s. We consider it the duty of every patriotic
citizen to foster, patronlZe and escourage the
home interest OF our young state agriculture,
mining, manufacturing and cOmmercial-and ii
is the duty of the state government to throw
| around them such laws as will insure fair and
reasonable protection. The transportation COM
paIlieS and these interests SO interlOcked that
we demand of our legislature that the railway
commission shall be dlgnitied with sufficient
| authority to properly protect such interests
against unjust Determinations by such transpor,
tatlOn companies
9. An overwhelming majority of the old sol
diers of the union know upon which party to de-
pend for due recognition of their patriotic sacri-
flee and valOrOuS service in crushing rebellion
and the republicans OF South Dakota only need
assure them OF the same justice ana liberality in
| their behalf that has been declared heretofore
and which has been SO industriOuSly promoted by
South DakOtaS representatives of that party in
congress.
10. We congratulate South Dakota upon the
admirable manner In which the present admins
tration has conducted the affairs of the state
maintaining the public credit at all times and
conducting the affairs of the commonwealth a,
an expense per capita amounting to only about
One-half that OF states surrounded by conditions
similar to ours.
| II. Feeling assured that the principles of the
republican party afford the best possible basis OF
government; we cordially invite all good citizens
to rally to the support thereof. guaranteeing t.
I them that it is our purpose TO promote every in
terest which is calculated to secure the greatest
| good to the greatest number and also to oppose
| whatever may be detrimental to the best interests
OF the naope of this state and nation as a whole