The herald., 1896-06-17
THE DOCUA AfENr
The Platform as it win appear. With ninor
Amendments


tee of the committee ON resolutions has
adopted the following draft of the plat
form put it in the hands of a typewriter
for preparation for their meeting at
o'clock tomorrow morning, at which time
it will be again considered and some ver-
bal amendments probably made.
The Republicans of the United States
assembled by their representatives in
national convention appealing for the
popular and historical justification of
their claims to the bitter fruits of four
years of Democratic control as well as
the matchless achievements of thirty
years of Republican rule, earnestly end
confidently address themselves to the
awakened intelligence, experience 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 now wit
messed the calamitous consequences or
full and unrestricted Democratic con-
troll of the government 1t has been
record of unparalleled incapacity dis
honor and disaster. In the administra-
tive management it has ruthlesly sac
rificed Indispensable revenue, eked out
ordinary current running expenses with
borrowed money, piled up the public
debt to s262, 100000 in time of peace.
forced an adverse balance of trade, kept
perpetual lIleIldCe IldlS llS oNCi tiC IL
demption fund, pawned American credit
to alien syndicates and reversed all the
measures and results Of successful Re
publican rule. In the broad effect OF its
policy it has precipitated panic, blighted
industry and trade with prolonged de-
preston, closed factories reduced work
and wages, halted enterprise and Grip
pied American production, While stlm-
ulating foreign production for the
American 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 of conducting 1t
without disaster at home and dlshonor
abroad, and that direction of affairs
shall be restored to the party which for
thirty years administered it with un-
equalled success and prosperity.
I'VE renew and emphasize our adhe-
sion to tho policy of protection as the
bulwark of American independence and
the foundation of American development
and prosperity. This true American pol
icy taxes foreign products and encour-
ages home industry; il puts the burden
of revenue on foreign goods; it secures
the American government for the Amer
lean produce; it upholds the American
standard of wages for the American
workingman; it puts the factory by the
side of the farm and makes the Ameri-
can farmer less dependent upon foreign
demand and price; it diffuses general
thrift and founds the strength of all on
the strength of each. In it's responsible
application it is just, fair and impartial
equally opposed to foreign control and
domestic monopoly, to sectional discrim-
ination and individual favoritism.
I'VE denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, partisan and one
Si6aI and disastrous TO the treasury
and destructive of business enterprise
and we demand such an equitable tariff
| on foreign imports which come into
| competition with American products as
will not only furnish adequate reve1nle
| for the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment but will protect American la
Dor from degradation and the wage
level of other lands.
We are not pledged to any particular
schedule The question of rates is a
practical question to be governed by the
condition of time and production. The
the protection and development of
American labor and industry.
The country wants a right settlement
and then it wants rest
The Republican party renews its
pledge for the protection of all American
industries against foreign competition,
and declares it's faith that the supre-
macy of the United States among ma
tions is the result of such policy. We
believe in liberal reciprocity and just re-
taliation, and demand the application of
the golden rule of commerce to all future
legislation affecting the tariff and the
foreign trade. We believe the repeal of
the reciprocity arrangement negotiat ted
by the last Republican administration
was a national calamity, and demand
their renewal and extension on such
terms as will qeualize our trade with
other nations and remove the restric-
tions that now obstruct the sale of Amer
lean products in the ports of Europe
and secure new markets for the products
of our farms, forests and factories
We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the
upbuilding of our merchant marine and
| the protection of our shipping in the for
eign carrying trade, South American
shipping, the product OF American labor
employed in American ship yards, sail
ing under the Stars and Stripes, and
manned, officered and owned by Ameri-
cans, may regain the carrying Of our
! fo reign commerce.
| The financial plank is given above.
| The foreign plank drawn up by SEN
ator Lodge is general in it's nature, out
lining policy in regard to all current
! foreign questions. 1t contains a decla-
| ration for the protection of American
| citizens abroad; re-affirms the position
| OIL the party In favor of the Monroe doc
| trine; endorses the administration of
| President Harrison on the attitude of
| this country toward Hawaii; demands
| protection for American Missionaries in
| Armenia; expresses sympathy for the
Cubans in their war for independence,
and takes a position ir favor of award
! ing to them belligerent rights Legis-
/ lation faVoring the production of Amer
| lean sugar is favored
| Civil service reform is approved and
| the extension of the principle whenever
! practicable The use of public money
| for sectarian purposes and the union of
| church and state are opposed. A decla-
| ration is made in favor Df arbitration be-
! tween the employed and employer, but
| no specific legislation is demanded
| A declaration is made in favor of lib
| eral pensions and the present admnis-
| tration is denounced for dropping from
| the rolls without eXamina ton of deserv-
| ing soldiers.
| The building of the Nicaragua canal
| blythe United States government is ia
| vored.
STRANGE, BUT TRUE