The advocate., 1896-07-01
PROTECTION AND GOLD.

The Republican National Platform as
Adopted by the Convention.
The following is the platform adopted
by the Republican National convention
at st. Louis, June 10:
The republicans OF the United States, Rs.
sembled by their representatives IN national
convention, appealing for the popular and his
torical justification Of their claims to the
matchless achievements Of 80 years Of repub-
lican rule, earnestly and confidently address
themselves to the awakened intelligence, eX-
perience and conscience Of their Countrymen
In the following declaration Of facts and prin-
ciples For the first time since the civil war
the American people have witnessed the ca
lamitous consequences Of full and unrestricted
democratic control OF the government It has
been @ record Of unparalleled incapacity, dis
honor and disaster. In administrative man
agement it has sacrificed indispensable reve-
nue. entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out
ordinary current expenses with borrowed
money, piled up the public debt by
S262 100000 in time OF peace, forced
an adverse balance OF trade, kept perpetual
menace hanging over the redemption fund,
paWned American credit to alien Syndicates and
reversed all the measures and results OF sue
cessful republican rule. In the broad effect OF
its policy it has precipitated panic, blighted
industry and trade with prolonged depression,
closed factories, reduced work and wages,
halted enterprise and crippled American pro-
duction while stimulating foreign production
for the American market Every considera-
tlon Of public safety and public interest de-
mands that the government shall be rescued
from the hands of those who have shown them
selves incapable of conducting it without dis
RSter at home and dishonor abroad, and shall
be restored to the party which for 30 years ad-
ministered 1t with uneQualed success and
prosperity. And In this connection we heartily
indorse the wisdom, the patriotism and the
success Of the administration 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 pros
perity. This true American policy taxes for
eign products and encourages home industry.
1t puts the burden Of revenue on foreign goods:
1t secures the American market for the Amer
lean produCer 1t upholdS the American stand
ard Of wages for the American workingman; 1t
puts the factory by the side Of the farm and
makes the American farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price 1t difuseS general
thrift and foundS the strength Of all on the
strength OF each. In its reasonable appltcs-
tion 1t is just fair and impartial, equally op-
posed to foreign control and domestic monop-
oily, to sectional discrimination and individual
favoritism.
We denounce the present democratic tariff
as sectional, injurious to the public credit and
destructive to business enterprise We de-
mand such an equitable tariff on foreign inn
ports which come into competition with Amer
lean products as will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment but will protect American labor from
degradation to the wage level Of other lands.
We are not pledged to any particular Sched-
ules. The question Of rates Is Q practical
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