The record-union., 1896-09-09
Mckinley AND PROTECTION.
The Stand Taken by an Independent
journal.
fEron the Amador Recordl

(From the Amador Record.)
The Record being the only inde-
pendent newspaper in Amador County,
it stands to reason that its opinion when
expressed on political questions carry
weight and influence among the voters
which no strictly party organ can eX-
rect or hope to equal. Independence in
questions of public policy does not sig
Nifty, as many unthinking people imag-
ine indifference or a nOn-commlttal
attitude on the part Of a journal in dis
cussing the issues now dividing the two
great political parties of the country,
and which all men agree are fruitful for
veal or woe to the American people ac-
cording as the right policy or the wrong
policy shall triumph. The lines dividing
the Republican and Democratic parties
on national qestionS are so diametrical
ly opposed to each other that no one can
be so blind or SO partisan in his make
up as not to acknowledge to himself
that but once before in the history of
our country were questions of such vi
tai interest to the welfare of the nation
ever presented for the intelligent and
patriotic consideration of it's citizens.
Silence or indifference in such a crisis
would be criminal The Record" being
independent Of party trammels and un-
biased by party rancor-which too often
blinds the judgment and deadens the
conscience of men-propOses from this
| time forth to devote its best energies to
the success of the Republican national
ticket. The Record" will support Will
lam Mckinley for President of these
United States because he represents the
aviro nf ~ nd
national integrity-moral, financial and
| territorial. The Record" will advocate
the election of Mckinley because he be-
lieves in extending the nations infiu-
ence and broadening its sphere of COM
| mercial activity on the American con-
tinent through treaties of reciprocity
with our sister republics, by which an
exchange of products can be brought
about without injury to home industry.
We will support the Republican NOM
| inee because he is the personification
| of the idea of protection to every inter-
est which goes to promote prosperity
| among the masses, and gives to Ameri-
can workmen the fruits Of their toll,
| without the dangers of a merciless COM
petition with cheap foreign labor. We
| will support the Republican nominees
| because they are non-believers in the
| cheapening of home productions
| whether of field or factory, through
| opening wide the doors to foreign i'm
portations of labor, of material or the
| products of one or both. If it be a crime
in the eyes Of the people for man to
| uphold by words and act the high
| standard Of American wages, only to be
realized by protection to the fruits of
| the wage-earner's toll, then the Repub-
lican standard-beare must plead guilty
| to being the most reckless of criminals.
The Record glories in the fact that
| the nominees whom it will support in
| this political campaign for the high Of
| flee Of President and Vice-President of
! the Republic are not of the class who
| believe that low prices, cheap goods,
| cheap labor, or even cheap money, are
| the synonyms for national prosperity.
! Finally, the Record" will support the
| Republican national ticket because its
nominees stand upon a platform en-
| bodying as it's cardinal principles all
| that is honest in the country's economic
and financial policy and all that is
| glorious in it's past history or worthy
of place In it's future aspirations.