The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-07
Work for The NeSt
administration,
From the Post-Express,


Speaking of Tuesdays election, what Is
the Republican party going to do with the
stupendous victory which It has achieved
Turn 1t to the best account? Use it IS
not abusing ite Use it with an eye single
to the conservation Of the common well
fare? Or. becoming intoxicated by lis
own success, shall the party lose its head
and forfeit the new lease Of confidence
which has been bestowed upon 1t by the
people? Our party was badly beaten four
years ago, and since then has shown that
1t knows how to make the best of defeat.
II did not become disorganized, 1t did not
abandon any of It's principles nor relax
any of its energies after the election Of
1892. 1t kept stiff upper lip ana sawed
wood" Now 1t has been restored to pow
er again-is 1t going to be able to stand
prosperity as we'll as 1t stood adversely?
Such questions are in order just now.
McKinley succeeds Cleveland. The Cleve-
land administration has committed a
number of serious errors, from which .he
coming administration, whatever may be
its shortcomings, We may be sure will be
free. The Mckinley administration will
be in the best sense an American admins
tration; it will be affirmatively patriotic,
and an administration can be of that sort
without developing jingoism The Nc
kinley administration will strive in all
lawful ways to promote the interests of
American workingmen and the employ
ers of American workingrpen. Its policy
in this regard, as outlined in the Re-
publican platform upon which Mckinley
was elected will be to tax foreign prod
lcts and encourage home industry, to
uphold the standard wages for the Amer
lean workingman. to secure the Ameri-
rn rkat fnr Am
avoiding foreign control on the one hand
and domestic monopoly on the other.
Regarding protection and reciprocity as
twin measures, under the Mckinley ad-
ministration the reciprocity arrange
ments will be renewed which We're re-
pealed by the Cleveland administration.
'Protection," says the Republican plat
form, builds up domestic industry and
trade and secures our own market for our
selves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade
and finds an outlet for our surplus"
o.
President Cleveland, to his credit be 1t
recorded. has been a sturdy champion
Of sound money. Mckinley led the des-
perate fight against the silver heresy, SO
the friends OF honest money know be-
yOnd peradventure that the financial pol
Icy Of the country after the fourth Of next
March will be a thoroughly satisfactory
one-will be sound and stable. a stren-
uous effort was made while the canvass
for the presidential nomination was in
progress to show that Mckinley was not
orthodox on the money question. He paid
no attention to the attacks and little or
nothing was heard of them after he was
nominated. In his trenchant Canton
speeches he demonstrated that he was as
thorough going sound money man as he
was a protectionist and the voters needed
no other assurance. A reference to the
Republican national platform shows that
the Mckinley administration can also be
counted upon to do its best for our mer-
chant marine; to insist that the Mica
ragua canal shall be one Of Uncle Sans
own properties; to stand by the Monroe
doctrine in its integrity to back the cause
Of Cuba. to favor an adequate navy and
a complete system of harbor and seacoast
defenses: to protect our own people
against the evils of unwisely unrestricted
immigration; to create a board of arbi-
tration to settle differences between EN-
ployer and employe engaged in interstate
commerce.
These are the leading principles and pol
icies Of the Republican party today, as
enunciated at st. Louis and endorsed by
Mckinley in his letter accepting the pres
idential nomination. A platform has been
wittily defined ''as something to get ON.
but not to stand on" but Mckinley does
not regard it thus lightly. He takes it
seriously. When he wrote i'm his letter
Of acceptance that he endorsed the plat
form he meant what he said, for he Is
man Of sincerity. So, In view of his lev
elheadedness, his ripe and varied expert
ence and his genius for getting on the
right side of cardinal issues. the best
fhings are to he reasonably eypectpl nf
his administration. He is committed to
body of admirable principles and pol
ices and can be trusted to carry them
our faithfully and efficiently