Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-10-17
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
REPUBL CAN PLATFORM.


we the representatives of the Republican
- Yo,,e a., oo,,va,,ion assembled re-
parry Vi Ao"", ~ 0o .'..',o ,,,i.,
affirm our fealty to the great pflhciples winch
our National party from its birth has steadfaSt-
.sa,'.,,s,.a q, a.. TOGO ~ an aver shifting foe.
procia'h,eu ~ ,no ia'o " -.
We congratulate the people OF thlS country upon
rhe evidences of returning prosperity, and re-
juicy III e"eN i"o go, -
wages restored and Industry re-estaDished upon
a prosperous basis. In the record of the build
mo III of orr industries under Republican poll
eve their PARALYSIS under Democratic power and
their revival with the reputation OF the Demo
cratic party and the dissolution Of the Demo
cratic house of representatives, succeeded by
one elected upon the platform Of the Republi-
can party. the YindicatiOn OF the policy Of pro-
lection Is complete. The Democratic party Is
convicted Of obtaining power In 1897 under
false nreten.es I'm its platform Ii declared the
nrinciple OF protection to be unconstitutional
and in its campaign it denounced the policy as
robbery. But with complete power IN It's hands ns
lhe Motley to which they were pledged. 1t Is a
farcical pretense for the Democratic party to
claim credit now for measure from which
nine months ago its president withheld his ap-
proyal and denounced as u hunIiliatlng aband-
onment OF their cardinal principle. The senate
bill, substituted for the Wilson bill, it not a
measure which the Republican party would
father: it reduces the revenues upon luxuries,
n method of lew more effective than any in
come tax: il restores taxation to sugar, a neces-
home.
many industries i'm which labor is the chief ele-
menf of cost: but ttnantalns In many OF its parts
the principle which the Democratic party de-
clared to be unconstitutional. TO claim. credit
princiaple which It had denounced.
I'VE deplOre the fact that the Democratic
party, while processing especial interest in Ell.
iargenent of our export trade, has destroyed
the reciprosity arrangements established by q
Republican administration. Its solicitude for
foreign trade has been exhibited only in the
ad,nission az foreign goods to our markets with
ont ohfaininp any reciprocal fayors from foreign
nations. we believe In the policy OF reciprocity
AZ the nolicy of practical affairs, and the admis-
sion OF foreign traders to the rich ma. kets OF
fhe Tinted States should obtain for our people
equal opportunities I'm foreign markets.
I'VE believe that the compensation OF labor Is
the true gauge of civilization, and the welfare
Of the Iab0rer has been the constant care OF the
laborrr has been the constant care of the Re-
publican party from its birth. We are unalter-
ably opposed to reducing the American work
men tn omen comnetitiOn i'm our own market
with the poorly paid labor of the old world. We
denonnce the doctrine that a tariff should be
levied with a view to revenue only, and re-
ica the most marvelons industrial development
ever known i'm the world. viz: The doctrine of
nrotection To home industry.
we helieye i'm majntaining not only the high
est wage raty for the labor but the Integrity of
snoney in which he Is paid.
We afiirm the declarations OF the Republican
National nlatform of 1892 adopted ut Mime
anoiis that :"T6e American people. from tradi-
ton and Interest. favor binletailism, and the
Renuhlican narty demands the use OF both gold
and silver As Standard money. with such re-
triction and Under such provisions. to be de-
termined nv IegIsation. ms will secure the
maintenance of fhe parity OF the value or the
two metals that the purchasing and the debt
naUin,, naSer of the dollar. whether of silver,
rp"i,i nr ,,unar shaii he M ali times equal The
fnterest 81 tie nroducers of the country, its
f.rmers and the Working men demands that
aaarw do,iar Manor or coi1 issued by the gov
eminent shnlf lie as good "a any other
We mrge that The United States exert its in