The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-08-07
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3. We eudoroe with renewed ferver
thc nomination of Hon n ~ Flynn
for delegate TO congress We commend
his unparalleled record of effective
work-the passing OF twenty bills in
three years and a hall for the benefit
of Oklahoma; for his great achieve
ment in the passage OF the free homes
bill through the horsc over the ad-
verse report Of Grover Cleveland and
Holxe smith and the determined oppo-
sition OF the entire Democratic admin
istration for his securing the favor
able recommendation Of this bin in
the senate, and the certainty OF its
passage II the people send him back TO
labor for their cause. We affirm that
the election OF Flynn and q Republican
president and congress, means the GER
tain success Of the free home bill that
the failure TO elect a Republican presi-
dent congress and Dennis Flynn,
means inevitable defeat OF this bill
We refer with special pride TO the
unequivotal Endorsement given in the
Republican national platform TO the
Flynn free homes bill now pending,
and TO statehood and home rule
6. We remember that It was the Re
publican party which appropriated
So, 500, 600 and thereby secured deep
water at Galveston, which has short
ened the transportation Of our export
grain more than 1000 miles, and
through the Republican interstate
commerce law have lcssencd the
freight charges upon grain more than
5 cents per bushel saving 20 the farm
ers OF Kansas and Oklahoma millions
of dollars
CSC II was The Republican party
which, through reciprocity laws. open
ed wider markets for Oklahoma grain
-four in Cuba and other countries, and
- II was the Democratic party which re-
pealed The reciprocity treaties which
had enlarged the foreign markets for
american agricultural products more
than 500 0OO,O0 per year. We want
Republican rule again that these
treaties may be restored 10 the great
benefit of Oklahoma and the west.
2. We condemn that party which has
10 four years hauled down the Ameri.
can flag IN Hawaii; Increased the ma
tiolal debt by two hundred and sixty
two millions OF dollars, destroyed our
markets which were built up under
reciprocity laws destroyed our tacto-
ries built up under protective tariff
to the advantage OF the foreign facto
ing to let in free foreign wools, and
under fine speeches about the poor
mans blanket has deprived hundreds
Of thousands of people Of labor and
and reduced wages IN every trade by
millions of dollars and now chooses as
its leaders the men who assisted In
causing these evils
We cannot indorso that party
which has violated every promise
made four years ago by those leaders
who IN Chicago in July refused TO in D..
dorse or commend their own work,
and who are now under new promises
asking another four years OF power
for themselves and further ruin 10 the
nation.
6 We cannot indorse that party
which, promising the people just in
come tax law, passed an act taxing
the income from lands, but carefully
exempted the funds OF banks and
insurance companies, expressly faxed
under former income taN laws TO the
amount OF over three thousand mil
lions OF dollars.
TO- We cannot indorse that partt
which after these facts were stated
by the supreme cOur5 of the United
States, adopted as us standard bearer
one of the active mem bers of the CON
mittee which framed and passed thai
law, and then attacked that court
which called attention to those in-
equalites.
l. We cannot indorse party " hish
in its national platform at Chicago in.
suits hundreds of thousands Of intelh-
gent American citiz ms by saying IL is
in favor Of admitting New Mexico and
Oklahoma to statehood and the other
q. /. l. Al
iit for self government
12 We cannot indorse a party which
in It's national platform refuses to
pledge itself 10 grant free homes 20
the settlers upon the pubic lands
10. We are for absolute bi-metallism
the true bimetallism declared for by
the financial plank OF the Repu blcan
national platform, We are for a strict
maintainance of the kinds and quality
OF money we now have We are op-
posed TO any proposition which threat
ems to debase or derange any part of
our currency We believe, as eX-
pressed IN the Territorial Republican
platform, that the best way to con-
tinue the parity OF our dollars and at
the same time enlarge the circulating
medium commensurate with the
growth OF population and business
NIJef Wndl money we now nave Is M
active and profitable employment lis
by the unlimited use OF the domestic
silver product In our monetary system,
aud the prohibtive tauh OF foreign
silver We condemn the present ad.
mltted attempt To strike down both
our money metals, by the opposition
party
Ia. We stand for a protective tariff
the Republican policy which brought
into this country from foreign lands.
between 1876 and 1898 more than a
billion and u half OF fore gn coin
which was sent back tor the redemp-
tion and cancellation of more than a
billion and a half Of public debt held
abroad, a policy which enables us 10
resume specie payments; 10 retain all
ouc own production OF gold and silver
and add 10 our metallic money by
yearly payments by other countries Of
balances OF trade ia favor OF us; that
policy which, in 1899, brought into
the United States S2iO COO 600 OF for.
eign gold as a balance OF trade, upon
which coin was placed the American
eagle and which went into active
business ia this countrv-addinq to
our per capita circulation, doubling
the amount Of metallic money pro-
duced az home and enabling us 10
keep at home the gold and silver pro-
duced in the United States that policy
that not only did all this, but In doing