The Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1894-1???, 1896-08-22


asseHibIed by their representatives in
national convention, appealing for the
popular and historical justification of
thelr claims to the matci1less achieve
nlents OF thirty years of Republican
rule, earnestly and confidently address
themselves to the awakened intelli-
gence, experience and conscience of
their countrymen in the following dec
iaration of facts and principles.
For the first time since the civil war
the American people have witnessed
the calamitous consequences of full
and unrestricted Democratic control of
the government. 1t has been a record
OF unparalleled incapacity, dishonor
and disaster. In administrative man
agement it has ruthIessly sacrificed in
dispensable revenue, entailed an un-
ceasing deficit, eked out ordinary cur
rent expenses with borrowed money,
piled up the public debt by s262, 900, 600
IN time Of peace, forced an adverse bal
ance Of trade, kept perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund,
pawned American credit to alien syn
dicates, and reversed all the measures
and results of successful Republican
ssrUle. In the broad effect of it's policy
$Drecipitated panie,, blighted in
dustry and trade with prolonged de-
preston, closed factories, reduced work
ana wages, halted enterprise and Grip
pied American production while stimu-
lating foreign production for the Amer
ican market. Every consideration Of
public safety and individual interest
demands that the government shall be
rescued from the hands of those who
have shown themselves incapable to
conduct it without disaster at home and
dlshonor abroad, and shall be restored
to the party which for thirty years ad-
ministered it with unequaled success
and prosperity, and in this connection
we heartily indorse the wisdom, pa
triotism and success of the administra-
tion of President Harrison.
TARIFF.
We renew and emphasize our allie
glance to the policy of protection as
the bulwark of American Industrial
independence and the foundation of
American development and prosperity
A fox fC,,
eign products and encourages home in
dustry; it puts the burden Of revenue
on foreign goods; it secures the Amer
lean market for the American produc-
er; it upholds the American standard
of wages for the American working
man; it puts the factory by the side Of
the farm, and makes the American
farmer less dependent on foreign de-
mand and price; it diffuses general
thrift and fOunds the strength of all on
the strength of each. In it's reasonable
application it is just, fair and impartial
equally opposed to foreign control and
domestic monopoly, to sectional dis
elimination and individual favOritism
We denounce the Democratic tariff
as sectional, injurious to the public
credit and destructive to business en-
terprise. We demand such an equit-
able tariff on foreign imports which
come in competition with American
products as will not only furnish ade
quate revenue for the necessary eX
penses of the government, but will pro
tect American labor from degradation
to the wage level of other lands. W.
are not pledged to any particular sche
dules The question of rates is a prac
ticaI question, to be governed by tn
conditions of the time and of produc
ton; the ruling and uncompromisin
principle is the protection and develop
ment of American labor and industr!
The country demands right settle
ment and then it wants rest.
RECIPROCITY.
We believe the repeal of the reciproC
ity arrangements negotiated by the las
Republican administration was na
tionaI calamity, and we demand thei
renewal and extension on such term
as will equalize our trade with othe
nations, remove the restriction Whic
now obstruct the sale of America
products in the ports of other countrie
and secure enlarged markets for tn