The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

of business was the reception of the re-
port of the committee on resolutions ana
the chair recognized for that purpose
Senator-elect Foraker of Ohio who, as
he stepped on the platform, was received
with hearty applause and said: "As chair
man OF the committee on resolutions, 1
nave the honor to report as follows
reading the text of the platform as given
below:
The republicans of the United States,
assembled by their representa- tiyes in ma
ttonal convention, appealing for the pop
ular and historical justification of their
claims to the matchless achievements of
the thirty years of republican rule, earn
estly and confidently address themselves
to the awakened intelligence, experience
and conscience of their countrymen in
the following declaration of facts and
principles:
For the first time since the civil war the
American people have witnessed the ca
lamltouS consequences of full and unre-
stricted democratic control of the gov
ernment. 1t has been a record of unpar-
alleled incapacity, dishonor and disaster.
In administrative management 1t has
ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable reve-
nue., entailed an unceasing deficit, eked
out ordinary current expenses with bor-
rowed money, piled up the public debt by
$262OOO, 900 in time of peace forced an adj
verse 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 republican rule.
In the broad effect of its policy it has
precipitated panic, blighted Industry and
trade with prolonged depression, closed
factories halted enterprise and crippled
American production while stimulating
foreign production for the American mar
ket.
Every consideration of public safety
and individual interest demands that the
government shall be rescued from the
hands of those who have shown them
selves incapable to conduct it without
disaster at home and dshonor abroad,
and shall be restored to the party which
for thirty years administered ii with un-
equalled success and prosperity, and in
this connection we heartily indorse the
wisdom, patriotism and the success of
the administration of President Harrison
We renew and emphasize our allegiance
to the policy of protection the bulWark
of American industrial independence and
the foundation of American development
and prosperity. This true American poll
cy taxes foreign products and encourages
home industry; it puts the burden of reve-
nue. on foreign goods; it secures the Amer
lean market for the American producer;
it upholds the American standard of
wages for the American WOrkingman; it
puts the factory by the side of the farm,
and makes the American farmer less de-
pendent on foreign demand and price; it
diffuses general thrift and fOunds the
strength of all on the strength of EACH
In its reasonable application it is Just
fair and impartial, equally opposed to for
eign control and domestic monopoly, to
sectional discrimination and individual
favoritism.
we denounce the present democra tic
credit and destructive to business enter
prises. We demand such an equita Bile
tariff on foreign imports, which come into
competition with American products as
will not only furnish adequate revenue
for the necessary expenses of the govern
ment but will protect American labor
from degradation to the wage level Of 9TH
er lands. We are not pledged to any par
ticular schedules. The question of rates is
q practical question to be governed by the
conditions of the time and of production;
the ruling and uncompromising principle
is the protection and development of
American labor and industry The coun-
try demands a right settlement and then
it wants rest.
we believe the repeal Of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last re-
publican administration was a national |
calamity and we demand their renewal and |
extension 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 products Of our farms, forests and |
factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin