The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-06-27
PLATFORM IN FULL.
DECLARATION ON PRINCIPLES OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

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cept BY International Agreement,
Also for Protection and h Re-
Enactment Of Reciprocal Legisla-
ton.
st. Louis, June 1s.-The platform as
adopted is as follows:
The Republicans of the United States,
assembled by their representatives in ma
tica'a; CONVEX tion, appealing for the popu-
lar and historical justification Of their
claims to the matchless achievements OF
thirty years Of Republican rule, earnestly
ard confidently addIr IS themselves to the
awakened intelligence, experience and con-
science of their ccurtrymen In the following
declaration Of facts and principles:
For the first time since the civil war,
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences Of full and un-
restricted Democratic control of the gov.
eminent. 1t has been q record Of un-
paralleled incaps city, dishonor and disaster.
In administrative management 1t has ruth
lessly sacrificed Indispensable revenue, en-
tailed an unccasing deficit, eked out ordi-
nary current expenses with borrowed money,
piled up the public debt by $263, 900, 600 in
time of peace, forced an adverse balance Of
trade, kept a perpetual menace hanging
over the redemption fund, pawned American
credit to alien syndicates, and reversed all
the measures and results of successful Re-
publican rule. In the broad Effects of Its
policy 1t has Irecipitated panic, blighted In
= dustry and trade with prolonged depression,
closed factories, reduced work and wages,
halted enterprise and crippled American pro-
duction while stimulating foreign produc-
ton for the American market. Every con-
sderation of public safety and individual in
terest demands that the government shall
be rescued from the hands of those who
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1t without disaster at home and dishonor
abroad, and shall be restored to the party
which for thirty years administered 1t with
unequaled success and prosperity. And In
this connection we heartily indorse the wis.,
dom, patriotism and the success Of the adj
ministration of President Harrison.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance
to the policy of protection as the bulwark
Of American Industrial independence and
the foundation of American development
and prosperity. This true American policy
taxes foreign products and encourages
home industry; 1t puts the burden of rev.
enue on foreign goods; 1t secures the Amer
lean market for the American producer;
1t upholds the American standard Of wages
for the American workingman; 1t puts the
factory by the side Of the farm and makes.
the American farmer less dependent on
general thrift, and POUNDS the strength of
oil on the strength Of each. In Its reason
able application, 1t Is just, fair and Impair
tial, equally opposed to foreign control and
domestic monopoly, to sectional discrim-
%ination and individual favoritism. We de-
nounce the present Democratic tariff as Sec
tional, injurious to the public credit and
destructive to business enterprise. We de-
mand such IN equitable tariff on foreign
imports which come into competition with
American products as will not only fur
nish adequate revenue for the necessary
expenses of the government, but still pro-
tect American labor from degradation to
the wage level of other land We are not
pledged to any particular schedules. TIL
question of rates is a practical question,
to be governed by the conditions of the
time and Of production. me ruling ana IN
compromising principle Is the protection
and development of American labor and
industry. The country demands a right set
Element and then it wants rest.
We believe the repeal Of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Repub-
lican administration was q national ca
lamity, and we demand their renewal on
such terms as will ~equalize our trade with
other nations, remove the restrictions
which now obstruct the sale of American
products in the ports Of other countries,
and secure enlarged markets for the pro-
ducts of our farms, forests and factories.
, Protection apd reciprocity are the meas
ures of Republican policy and go hand In
hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck down both, and both must be re-
I established. Protection for. what we pro-
duce: free admission for the necessaries of
life which we do not produce; reciprocal
agreement of mutual interests which gain
! open markets for us in return for our open
markets to others Protection builds do
nestle industry and trade, and secures our
own market for ourselves; reciprocity
builds up foreign trade and hnds an out
let for our surplus.
We condemn the present administration
| for not keeping faith with the sugar pro-
ducers of this country. The Republican
| party favors such protection as will lead
the sugar which the American people use,
and for which they pay other countries
more than $780, OO,O 600 annually.
To all our products-to those of the
| mine and field, as we'll as those of the
shop and the factory-to hemp, to wool,
| sheep husbandry, as well as to the fin
ished woolens Of the mills-we promise
the most ample protection.
We favor restoring the early American
| policy of discriminating duties for the
| upbuildlng Of our merchant marine and
| the protection Of our shipping In the for
eign carrying trade, so that American
CARRYING ships, the product Of American
| labor, employed in American shipyards,
! sailin. under the stars and stripes, and
manned, differed and owned by Americans
may regain the carrying OF our foreign
! commerce.
The Republican party Is unreseryedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enactment
of the law providing for the resumption
Of. specie payments in 1879; since then
every dollar has been as good as gold.
! We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our country.
! We are therefore opposed to the free COIN
| age Of silver, except by international
/ Increment with the leading commercial
| nations of the world, which we pledge our
selves to promote, and until such agree
| ment can be obtained, the existing gold
standard must be maintained at parity
| with gold, and we favor measures de-
signed to maintain inviolably the Obliga-
lions of the United States and all our
| money, whether coin or paper, at the
present standard, the standard of the most
| enlightened nations of the earth.
The veterans Of the Union army deserve
| and should receive tair treatment and gem
erous recognition. Whenever practicable.
they should be given the preference In the
matter Of employment, and they are en-
| titled to the enactment OF such laws us
are best calculated to secure the fulfill
ment of the pledges made to then. In the
dark days Of the country's peril. We de-
nounce. the practice In the pension bureau,
so recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, of reducing
pensions arbitrarily, dropping names from
the rolls, as deserving the severest con-
demration OF the American people.
OuSl foreign policy should be at all lines
hrfn, generous and digni6ed. and all our
interests In the Western hemisphere care
fully watched and guarded. The Hawaiian
! islands should be controlled BY the United