The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-25
DECLARE FOR | G0ID STANDARD.
THE PLATFORM.
Principles Of the Republican Party PiSinly
and Ably Set Forth.

the Republican National conventions
"The Republicans OF the United States, as
sembled by their representatives in national
convention. appealing for the popular and
| historical justification Of their claims TO the
i matchless achievements OF thirty years OF
Republican rule. earnestly and confidently
| address themselves to the awakened intel
| ligence experience and conscience OF their
| countrymen IN the following declaration OF
facts and principles
"For the first Il me since the civil war the
| American people have now witnessed the
calamitous consequence OF full and unre-
| stricted Democratic control OF the govern
| mcnt II has been q record OF unparalleled
| Incapacity, dishonor and disaster. In the
administrative management IL has ruthless
ly sacrificed indispensable revenue, eked out
ordinary current running expenses with
| borrowed money. piled up the public debt
| e2G2 900 900 In time of peace. forced an ad-
verse balance of trade. kept perpetual
menace hanging over the redemption fund
for pawned American credit to alien syn
dicates and reversed all the measures and
results OF successful Republican rule. In the
broad effect oi this policy II has prcciptated
panic. reduced work and wages, halted en-
terprise and crippled American production
while stimulating 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 them
selves Incapable Of conducting IL without
disaster at home and dishonor abroad, and
shall be restored TO the party which for 80
years administered IL with uneQualed success
and prosperity.
1--WE renew and emphasize our allegiance
| to the policy OF protection as the hulwark OF
American industrial Independence and the
foundation Of American development and
prosperity. This true American policy taxes
foreign products and encourages home in
dustry: Il puts the burden OF revenue on
| foreign goods: II secures the American mark
IT for American producers; II upholds the
American standard Of wages for the Ameri-
san workngman; II puts the factory by the
side OF the farm and makes the American
farmer lcrs dependent on foreign demand
and price: Il difTuses general thrift and
POUNDS the strength Of all on the strength OF
each. In its responsible Application II Is
just fair. and impartial. equally opposed TO
foreign control and domestic monopoly 10
sectional discrimination an individual favor
ltlsm. And In this connection we heartily in
dorse the wisdom. patriotism and the sue
cess Of the administration of President Har-
riaon.
1--WE dcnounce the present Democratic
tariff Rs sectional, partisan and one-sided
md disastrous 10 the treasury and destruc-
} tive OF business enterprise and we demand
such an equitable tariff on foreign imports
which come into competition with American
products rs will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses OF the
government hut will protect American la
tor from degradation and the wage level OF
, other lands We are not pledged TO any
) particular schedules. The question Of rates
: l. practical question to be governed 10y the
condition OF times and OF production. The
ruling and uncompromising principle Is the
protection and development OF American la
) Dor and industry. The country wnnts Il
, riyht settlement and then 1t wants rest
We believe the repeal OF the reciprocity
, arrangements negotiated by the last Repub-
|. | lican administration was national calamity
aud we demand the renewal and extension
/ on such terms as will equalize our trade
q, ,Yltll ~astscpg remcv" he restrictions
hich now obstruS.-t -, OF American
products In the ports OF other Countries and
} secure enlarged markets for the products OF
our farms forests and factories
"Protectionand reciprocity are twin meas
, ures OF Republican policy, and so hand in
hand. Democratic rule has rccklessly struck
down both and both must be re-established.
Protection for what we produce; free ad-
| mission for the necessarles Of life which we
do not produce; reciprocity agreements OF
mutual interests which gain open markets
, for us In return for our open market to
| Others Protection builds up domestic in
| dustry and trade and secures our own mar
, ket for ourselves; reciprocity builds up
| foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
} | surplus
, "The Republican party Is unreservedly for
1 the law providing for the resumption OF
= specie payments in 1879: since then every
dollar has been as good as gold. Wonre un-
nlterGbly opposed to every measure cal"ulat-
ed 10 drbase our currency or impair the
credit Of our country. We are, therefore
opposed to the free and unlimited coinag,
Of silver. except by international agreement.
with the leading commercial nations OF tht
i world, which we pledge ourselves to pro-
mote. and until such agreement can he OBJ
al. tl,.. .,st5, lurl la
, preserved. All our silver and paper eur.
rency now In circulation must be maintained
, at parity with gold. and we favor al
( measures designed to maintain inviolably IN,
obligations OF the United States and all oul
. money, whether coin or paper. ut the pres
3 ent standard, the standard Of the most en-
0 lightened nations of the earth
I 1--WE condemn the present administrator
a for not keeping faith with the beet sugar
q producers OF this country; the Republican
party favors such protection as will lead &c
the production on American soil OF all tht
i sugar which the Americans use, and fol
. which they pay 10 other countries more thar
. 0O0OO, 600 annually
. To all our products--to those OF the min,
o and the field as well as TO those OF the shoI
3 and the factory-to hemp, 10 wool, the pro
, duct Of the great industry OF sheep hus
bandry. as well as TO the finished woolen
= OF the mill-we promise the most ample pro
Z lection.
= 1--WE favor restoring the early American
policy OF discriminating duties for the up
building Of our merchant marine and th'
y, protection OF our shipping in the foreign
= carrying trade, So that American shipping
/. the product Of the American labor employe,
:, In American ship yards sailing under tn,
" stars and stripes and manned, oflicered ant
s owned by Americans, may regain the carry
v ing of our foreign commerce.
a The veterans Of the union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gen
J. erous recognition. Whenever practicable
y they should be given the preference in th'
d matter OF employment and they are entitled
a to the enactment Of such laws IA are hes
~ calculated 10 secure the fulhllment OF tn,
pledges made TO them In the dark days o.
the countrys peril. We denounce the prac
tice In the pension bureau, 30 recklessly an,
unjustly carried on by the present admins
tration, OF reducing pensions and arbitraril,
\ draining tha nnmas from tha rolls aa baaary