Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-18
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
by Vote of S12 I-2 to 11OI.2 the Com
mittee Report Is Accepted.

by Vote of S12I-2 to 11O12 the Com
mittee Report Is Accepted
ST.. Louis, June 10-The finance
plank in the platform recommended
by the committee on resolutio ns was
adopted by the convention by vote OF
S19I ayes to 1lO14 nays, the balance
being adopted by viva voce vote.
The platform Is as follows;
Tho Platform.
The republicans Of the United States, as
sembled by their representatives in national
convention appealing for the popular and his
tOrical justification OF their claims TO the
matchloss achievements of 30 years Of repub-
lcan 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 ana unrestricted
democratic control OF the government IL has
been a record Of unparalleled incapaclty, dis
honor and disaster In administrative man
ngcment 1t has sacrificed Indispensable revc-
nue., entnilcd an unceasing deficit, oked out
ordinary current expenses with borrowed
money, piled up the public debt by
an adverse balance OF trade, kopta perpetual
menace hanging over the redemption fund,
pawned American credit to alien syndcatcs and
reversed all the measures and results Of suc-
cessfu republican rule. In the broad effect OF
its policy 1t has precipitated panic, bllghted
industry and trade with prolonged DEPRESSION
closed factories, reduced work and wages,
halted enterprise and crippled American pro-
ductOn while stimulating foreign production
for the American market Every cOnsidcra-
ton Of public safety and public interest de-
rnands that the government shall be rescued
from the hands Of those who have shown them
selves incapable Of conducting 1t without dis
aster at home and dishOnOr abroad, and shall
be restored TO the party which for 80 years adj
mnlstcrcd II with unequacd success and
prosperity And In this connection wO heartily
indorse the wisdom, tho patriotism and the
success Of the administration Of President
Harrison.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance 10
the policy Of protection as the buWark OF
American Industrial independence and the
foundation OF American development and pros
perlty. This true American policy taxes for
eign products and encourages home industry,
IL puts the burden OF revenue on foreign goods
II secures the American market for the Amer
lean producer: II 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 II diHuses general
thrift and POUNDS the strength Of all on the
strength Of each. In its reasonable applica-
tion 1t is just, fair and impartial, equally OPP
posed to foreign control and domestic monop-
oily. to sectional discrlminai,0Q aud Individual
favorltsm. -
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 ins
ports which come into competition with Amer
lean products as will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses Of the gov
eminent, but Will protect American labor from
degradation to the wage level Of other binds.
We are not pledged TO any particular sched-
ules. The question Of rates IS q practical
question TO be governed by the conditions Of
the time and production; the ruling ana un-
compromising principle is the protection and
development Of American labor ana industry,
The country demuAds right settlement, aud