Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
THE PLATFORM.
Declares for Sound Money and
Protection.
Reciprocity Endorsed and Cuba's Rights
Recognized

st. Louis. Mo-, June 1S.-The plat
form adopted by the Republican conven-
ton is as follows:
The Republicans of the United States, as
sembled by their representatives in ma
Eional convention, appealing for the popu-
lar and historical justification OF their
Claims to the matchless achievements of
and confidently address themselves to the
awakened intelligence, experience and con-
science of their cOuntrymen in the following
declaration of facts and principles:
For the first time since the Civil war the
American people have witnessed the calam-
itOus consequences of full and unrestricted
Democratic control of the government. 1t
has been record of unparalleled incapac-
ity, dishonor and disaster. In admlnstra-
tive management it has ruthlessly sacrl-
feed Indispensable revenue, enta1led an I'M
ceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current
expenses with borrowed money, piled up
the public debt by 1862, O00, 900 in time OF
kept perpetual menace hanging over the
redemption fund, pawned American credit
to alien syndicates and reversed al the
measures and results of successful Repub-
lican rule. In the broad effect OF its pol
icy it has precipitated panic. bllghted IN
dustry and trade with prolonged deDres,
wages, halted enterprise and crippled Amer
lean production, while stimulating foreign
production for the American market mar Ind nv
dividual interest demands that the govern.
ment shall be rescued from the hands or
those who have shown themselves incapable
to conduct it without disaster at home and
dishOnor abroad and shall be restored TO
the party which for thirty years admins
tered it with unequaled success and pros
perity.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance
to the policy of protection as the bulwark
OF American industrial Independence and
the foundation Of American development
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taxes foreign products and encourages home
industry; it puts the burden of revenue on
foreign goods; it secures the American mar
ket for the American producer; it upholds
the American standard OF wages for the
American workinglnan; 1t puts the Factory
by the side of the farm and makes the
American farmer less dependent on for
eign demand and price; it dtffuses general
thrift. and POUNDS the strength of all on
the strength Of each In its reasonable ;alaiai
equally opposed to foreign control and do
Nestle monopoly, to sectional discrimination
and individual fayoritisn.
We denOunce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, Injurious to the public
credit and destructive to business enter
prises. We demand such an equitable tariff
on foreign imports which come into competi-
ton with American products as Will not
only furnish adequate revenue for the
necessary expenses Of the government but
will protect American labor from degrade
ton to the wage level of other lands. We
are not pledged to any particular schedules.
ton to be governed by the conditions Of
the time and of production: the ruling and
uncompromising principle Is the protection
and development Of American labor and
industry. The country demands right
settlement and then 1T wants rest.
Reciprocity.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Re
publican administration was, national
calamity, and we demand their renewal
and extension on such terms as will equal
ize 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 mar
kets for the products of our FARMS forests
and factories.
Protection and reciprocity are twin meas
ures of Republican policy and go hand in
hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck don and oh wba we DE
duce. free admission for the necessaries OF
life which we do not produces; reciprocal
agreements of mutual interests which gain
open markets for us in return for our open
markets to others. Protection builds up do
nestle industry and trade and secures our
own market for ourselves; reciprocity builds
up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
surplus.
We condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with the sugar pro-
party favOrs such protection as will lead
to the production American soil of all
the sugar which the American people use
and for which they pay other countries
more than $10O,0O0,OOO annually.
Wool and Woolens.
To all our products, to those of the mine
and the field as well as to those of the
shop and the factory, to hemp, to wool, the
product of the great Inc OF sheep
of the mill, we promise the most ample pro-
lection.
Merchant Marine.
We favor restoring the early. American
policy of discriminating duties for the up
building of our merchant marine and the
protection Of our shipping in the foreign
trade, so that, American shlPs.the product
shiDyards, sailing under the stars and
stripes, and manned. officered and owned
by Americans-may regain the carrying OF
our foreign commerce.
Money.
The Republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment OF
the law providing for the. resumption OF
specie payments in 1879; since then every
dollar has been as good as gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit, Of our country We
are therefore opposed to the free coinage Of
silver except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to pro-
mote, and until such agreement can be OBJ
tanned the existing gold standard must be
preserved. All our silver and paper cur
rency must be maintained at parity WIN
gold and we favor all measures designed
to maintain inviolably the obligations 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.
Pensions.
The veterans of the Union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gen.
erous recognition. Whenever practicable
they should be given the preference in the
matter Of employment, and they are entitled
to the enactment of such laws as are best
calculated to secure the fulfllment of the
pledges made to them in the dark days Of
the country's peril. We denounce the prac--
tice in the pension bureau, so recklessly and
unjusty carried on by the present admins
tration, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily
dropping names from the rolls as deserving
the seyerest condemnation of the American
people.
Foreign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
firm. vigorous and dignified, and all our in
forests in the Western Hemisphere carefully
watched and guarded. The Hawaiian ISL
ands should be controlled by the United
States and no foreign power should be per-
mitted to interfere with them; the Nicara-
rIa canal should be built, owned and Oper-