The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-06-20

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by a vote of s to l, Senator
Teller. the only silver man on the COM
mittee, casting the negative vote. The
resolution is as follows: rt
The Republican party is unreservedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact-
ment of the law providing for the resump-
ton of specie payments in 1879; since
then every dollar has been as good as gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit Of our country. We
are therefore opposed to the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, except by inter-
national agreement with the leading COM
mercial nations of the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote, and until
such an agreement can be obtained the
existing gold standard must be pre-
served All our silver and paper currency
now In circulation must be maintained at
a parity with gO1d and we favor all meas
ures designed to maintain inviolable the
of the United States, and all
our money, whether coin or paper, at
the present standard, the standard of the
most enlightened nations Of the earth.
Teller Fought Hard for Silver. 49,.
The committee first took up the finan-
cial question and Governor Merriam
of Minnesota offered the gold standard
declaration given above. Senator
Teller, the only representative on the
committee of the free silver element,
offered as substitutes several PROPOSE
tions providing for the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver. An animated,
though somewhat one-sided discussion
followed, the Colorado senator holding
up the silver end alone. All of the free
coinage propositions were defeated by
the uniform vote Of 8 to 1. The gold
standard plank proposed by Ex-Governor
Merriam was then voted upon and
adopted by the same vote, but with the
understanding that the action taken
should, for the time, be regarded as
merely tentative and subject to recon-
sideration in case there should be de-
sire manifested to change the phrase
ology in any respect.
The Balance of the Platform.
The preamble refers to the four years
of Democratic rule compared to the 30
years of Republican rule as a good
ground to appeal to the American peo-
pie. The four years Of unrestricted
rule Of the Democratic party is de-
nounced as calamitous and record of
incapacity. An adverse, balance Of
trade, the deficit in the treasury and
piling up the public debt and the men,
ace to the redemption fund is de.
nounced. The effect of the Democratic
policy has been to blight industry and
has caused prolonged depression with
disaster at home and dishonor abroad.
Allegiance to protection IS declared.
eve are not pledged to any particular
schedule" but the question Of rates
should be ~.t E1
Governed by Conditions.
The restoration of discriminating duties
for the upbuilding of the merchant
marine is favored. A plank favorine
liberal reciprocity is Incorporated and
the repeal of the reciprocity agreements
Is condemned. The plank on foreign
affairs favors the independence of Cuba
and control of Hawaii by the United
States and endorses the Monroe doc
trine.
There are planks favoring the exten
sion of civil service reform; a declara'
tion against the use Of money for sec
tartan purposes in favor of labor arbl
tration; for liberal pensions and the
building of the Nicaragua canal by the
limited States government