Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-25
PLATFORM ADOPTED
The Convention Endorses the Re-
port OF the Committee.
MONEY PLANK DECLARES FOR COLD.
Protection and Reciprocity Demanded
Pensioners Preferred 10 the Matter Of
Experimentation Doctrine Up
hsld-Rlghts Of Women.

Pensioners Preferred 10 the Matter Of
Representation Doctrine Up
hsld-Klghts Of Women.
ST. Louis, June 19.-The fnanc 9,
plank In the platform recommended
by the committee on resolutions wa
adopted by the ton by vote o
S1sH ayes to HOY nays, the balsnc,
being adopted BY viva voce vote
The platform Is as follows:
The Platform.
The republicans Of the United States, as.
sembled by their representatives In nationa
convention appealing for the popular and his
torical justification Of their claims TO thu
matchless achievements Of 30 years Of repub
lican rule, earnestly and confidently address
themselves to the awakened intelligence, ex
perience and conscience Of their countrymer
In the following declaration Of facts and prln.
clples. For the first time since the civil wal
the American people have witnessed the CO.
lamitous consequences Of full and unrestricted
democratic control Of the government II hat
been record Of unparalleled incapacity, dis
honor and disaster In administrative man
agement 1t has sacrificed indispensable reve-
nue., entailed an unceaslng deficit, eked Out
ordinary current expenses with borrowed
money. piled up the public debt by
Geo., 100000 In time Of peace, forced
an adverse balance Of trade, kept perpetual
menace hanging over the redemption fund.
pawned American credit 10 allen syndicates and
reversed all the measures and results Of sue
cessful republican rule. In the broad effect Of
its policy 1t has preclpitated panic, blighted
industry and trade with prolonged depression,
closed factories, reduced work and wages,
halted enterprise and crippled American pro-
duction while stimulating foreign production
for the American market Every considera-
tion Of public safety and public interest de-
mands that the government shall be rescued
from the hands OF those who have shown them
selves incapable OF conducting 1t without dis
aster at home and dishonor abroad, and shall
be restored to the party which for 30 years ad-
ministered 1t with unequaled success and
prosperity. And In this connection we heartily
indorse the wisdom, the patriotism and the
success Of the administration Of President
Harrison.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance to
the policy Of protection Us the bulwark OF
American Industrial independence and the
foundation Of American development and pros
perlty. This trde American policy taxes for
egn products and encourages home industry,
II puts the burden Of revenue on foreign goods.
1t secures the American market for the Amer
lean producer; 1t upholds the American stand
ard Of wages for the American workingman; 1t
puts the factory by the side Of the farm and
makes the American farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price IT difiuses general
thrift and POUNDS the strength Of oil on the
strength Of each. In It's reasonable applica-
tion 1t is just fair and impartial, equally OPP
posed to foreign control and domestic monop-
oily, to sectional discrimination and individual
favoritism
We denounce the present democratic tariff
as sectional, injurious to the public credit and
destructive to business enterprise. We de-
mand such an equitable tariff on foreign i'm
ports which come into competition with Amer
loan products Oh will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses Of the gov
ernment but will protect American labor from
degradation to the wage level Of other lands.
We are not pledged to any particular sched-
ules. The question OF rates Ia q practical
question to be governed by the conditions Of
the time and production; the ruling and un-
principle Is the protection and
development Of American labor and industry.
The country demands right settlement and
then II wants rest
We believe the repeal Of the reciprocity ar
negotiated BY the last republican
was q national calamity, and
we demand their renewal and extension on
such terms as will equalze our trade with other
nations, remove the restrictions which now
obstruct the sale Of American products In the
ports Of other countries and secure enlarged
markets for the products OF our FARMS forests
and factories, Protection and reciprocity are
Twin measures Of republican policy and go
hand In hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck down both and both must be re-estab-
ished, Protection for what we produce, free
admission for the necessares OF life which we
10 not produce; reciprocal agreements Of
mutual interest which gain open markets for
Us In return for our open market to others.
Protection 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.
We condemn the present administration for
lot keeping faith with the sugar producers Of
his country. The republican party favors
such protection as will lead to the production
IN American soil OF oil the sugar which the
American people use, and for which they pay
)ther countries more than Slt0,0O0,OOO annually.
TO all our products-t0 those Of the mine and
held, as well as to those OF the shop and fac
iory, to hemp to wool, the product Of the great
industry OF sheep husbandry. as well as to the
finished woolens of the mill--we promise the
most ample protection
We favor restoring the early American pol
cy Of discriminating duties for the up-build-
ing Of our merchant marine and the protection
II our shipping In the foreign carrying trade,
10 that American ships-the product Of Amer
can labor employed In American shipyards,
sailing under the stars and stripes and manned.
ofl1cered and owned by Americans--may re-
gain the carrying Of our foreign commerce
The republican party Is unreservedly for
sound money, II caused the enactment Of the
law providing for the resumption Of specie
In 1870; since then every dollar has
been as good as gold. We are unalterably OPP
posed to every measure calculated to debase
our currency, or impair the credit Of our coun-
try. We are, therefore, opposed to free COIN
age Of silver except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations Of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to promote,
and until such an agreement can be obtained
the existing gold standard must be preserved
All our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold, and we favor
all measures designed to maintain inviolably
the obligation Of the United States and our
money whether coin or paper at their present
standard the standard Of the most enlightened
nations Of the earth
The veterans Of the union army deserve and
should receive fair treatment and generous
recognition Whenever practicable they should
be given the preference In the matter Of en-
ployment and they are entitled to the enact
meht Of such laws as are best calculated TO Sc
cure the fulfllment OF the pledges made to
them In the dark days Of the country's peril.
We denounce the practice In the pension bu-
reau, so recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, Of reducing PEN