The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-06-26
PLATFORM.
Report Of the SUBJ Committee on Reso.
buttons at st. Louis.

AsePOrt OF tne sub committee on ResO.
buttons at ST. Louis.
ST. Louis, Mo-, June lS.-The sub
committee Of the committee on resolu-
ton completed its labors last night
and adjourned until this morning at
. o'clock, when they will report to
the full committee as follows:
The Republicans of the United States, as.
semblei BY their representatives III national
convention. appealing for the popular and his.
torical %justifc alton of their claims to the bit
tor fruits of four years of Democratic control,
as we'll as thu matchless achievements of thirty
years OF Republican rule. earnestly and con
hdently address themselves to the awakened
intelligence. experience and conscience of their
countrymen in the following declaration of
facts and principles:
FOR the frst time since the civil war the
American people have now Witnessed tn, ca
lainitous consequences, of full and unrestricted
Democratic control of the government 1t has
been a record of unparalleled incapacity. dis
honor and disaster In the administrative
management it has ruthlessly sacrificed indis-
ponsablc revenue. eksd out ordinary current
running expenses with borrowed money. piled
up the public debt 1852 90, OO) in
time of pence, forced an adverse
balance of trade, kept a perpetual
menace hanging owe. the redemption funi
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Gates, and reversed all this measures ana re.
suits of successful Republican rule In the
broad effect Of its policy it has prsc plated
panic. bligLted industry and t.ade with pro.
longed Depression, closed facto les, reduced
work and wages, halted enterprise and Grip
pied American production, while stimulating
foreign production for the American market.
Every consideration OF puolic SAT ,Uy AMI in
dlvl lual interest demand chat ths government
shail be rescued from til. hand. OF those who
have shown themselves inca pable of condu It.
ing 1T without disaster at home and dishonor
abroad, and shall be re.tored to the party
which for thirty years admin ,te.ed it with
unequaled success and prosperity.
For Protection.
w renew and emphasize our adhe sion ia
the policy o, protection as the bnlwark of
American independents, and the foundation of
American d development AMI prosperity. This
true American policy taxes foreign products
and encourages lone industry; it puts the
burden OF revenue on foreign goods: it secures
the American market for the American pro-
ducer; 1t upholds the American standard of
wages for the American workin I'm AN; it puts
tie factory by the side of tha farm and makes
tn, American farmer ess dependent on foreign
dem md AMI prize; i; d iffuses general thrift,
and POUNDS the strength of all on the strength
OF each In its re ponsible application. it is
Just, fair AMI impartial, equally opposed to
f~r,ign control and domesti, monopoly, to
sectional dis:ri nination and individual favor
itism.
w denounce the present. Democratic tariff
as ectlonal, partisan and one-sided, and disas
trous to the trea ury aud destructive of bust
ness cnterpri e, and we demand such an
equitable tariff on f reign imports which come
into competition with American products as
Will not only furnish adequate revenue for the
necessary expenses OF the government, but will
protect American laEor from degradation and
tbs wage level of other lands We are not
pledged t. any particular schedule The aues-
tioa OF rates is a practical question to be gov
ern?d by the condition OF the time and of
production The ruling and uncompromising
principle is the protection and development of
American labor and in lustry. The country
wants a settle nent and then it wants rest.
l II Republican party renews its pledge for
the protection of all American industries
ag INST foreign competition. and declares its
faith that the supremacy of the United States
among the nations is the re, ult of such a
policy. We believe in liberal recipro :ity and
Just retaliation and demand the application of
the golden rule Of to all future
legislation affecting the tariff and the foreign
trade. We be icve tn, repeal! of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by TIL, last Repub-
licln administration was u national calamity,
an demand their renewal AMI extension on
such terms as will equalize our trade with
othernations and remove the restrictions that
now OBJ :truct the sale of American products in
the ports OF Europe and secure new markets
for the products of our firm !, fore It's and
factories
The Money Plank.
III. next plank favors theupbuiI ling Of the
merchant marine Then follows the currency
plank, which is as follows:
The Republican party is unreservedly for
sound moaey. 1t caused the enactment of the
law providing Tor the resumption of specie
pay msnts III 1910; since then every dollar has
been a good as gold.
we ara unalterabl, opposed to every meas.
ure calculated to debase our currency or i'm
pair the credit of our country. We are, there.
fore, opposed to tn, free coinag, of silver, ex-
cept by international agreement with the
leading comlmes cial nation; of the world,
which we pledge on selves to promote, and
until such agreement can be obtai led the OK
listing gold stand ard must be preserved All
our silver and paper currency now in circula-
ton must be maintain ID at parity with gold,
and we favor all measure, designed to main
tain inyiolahiy the oblig atoms of the United
and all our money, whether co n or pa
per, at the present standard, the standard of
the most enllght mad natio IS of tbs ca nth y
Protection for silver is declared for
in the next plank.
Foreign Relations.
The foreign plank, drawn by Sena-
tor Lodge, is general in it's nature,
outlining a policy in regard to all cur
rent foreign questions 1t contains a
declaration for the protection of
American citizens abroad: reatirms
the position of the party in favor Of
the Monroe doctrines; indorses the ad-
ministration of President Harrison on
the attitude OF this country towards
HAWAII; demands protection for
American missionaries in Armenia:
expresses sympathy for the Cubans in
wa for independence and takes
a position IN favor of awarding to