Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-09
National Republican Ticket.
Congressional Ticket.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The republicans of the United States, as
sembied by their representatives In national
convention, appealing for popular as well as
historical Justification of their claims to match
less achievements during thirty years OF re-
publican rule, earnestly and confidently ad-
dress themselves to the awakened intelligence,
experience and conscience Of their cOuntrymen
in the following declaration OF facts ana prlnci-
pies: "For the first time since the civil war
the American people have witnessed the GALA
mtous consequences of full and unrestricted
democratic control of the government IL mas
been u record Of unparalleled incapacity, dis
honor and disaster, In administrative man
agement 1t has ruthlesSly Sac. ificcd indispen-
sable revenue, entailed unceaSing dehclt, eked
out ordinary current expenses with borrowed
money, piled up the public debt by 262,OcO.OOo
in time of peace, forced an adverse balance OF
trade, kept perpetual menace hanging over the
redemption fund, pawned American credit to
alien syndicates, and reversed all measures
and results Of successful republican rule. In
the broad effect Of its policy 1t has precipiated
a panic, bighted industry and trade with pro-
longed depression, closed factories, reduced
work wages, halted enterprise ana crippled
American production while stimulating foreign
production for the American market, Every
consideration of public safety and individual
interest demands that the government be res
cued from the hands of those who have shown
themselves incapable to conduct it without dis
aSter at home and dishUnOr abroad, and shall
be restored to the party which for thirty years
administered il with unequalled success and
prosperity. And in this connection we heartily
endorse the wisdom, patriotism and success Of
the administration of President Harrison.
PROTECTION AND RECIPROCITY.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance to
the policy of protection as the bulwark OF Am
erican industrial independence and the founda-
ton of American development and prosperity.
This true American policy taxes foreign pro-
ducts and encourages home industry; it puts a
burden OF revenue Oh foreign goods; it secures
the American market for the American pro-
ducrr; it upholds the American standard Of
wages for the American workingman; it puts
the factory beside of the farm and makes The
American farmer less dependent on foreign de-
mand and price; it diffuses general thrift and
POUNDS the strength of eace. In its reasonable
application it is just fair and impartial equally
opposed to foreign control and domestic mono
poly, to sectional discrimination and individual
favortism.
We denOunce the present democratic tariff as
sectional, injurious TO public credit and de-
structive to business enterprise. We demand
such equitable tariff ON foreign imports which
come into competition with American pro-
ducts as will not only furnish adequate re-
venue 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 schedules.
The question Of rates Is Il practical question, to
be governed by the conditions Of time and of
! productions the ruling and uncOmprOmising
principle is protection and the development OF
American labor and industry. The country
demands right settlement and then it wants
rest. We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last republi-
can administration was Il national calamity,
| and we demand their renewal and extension OH
| such terms as will equaiZe oul trade with
| other nations, remeye 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 the re publican policy and go
| hand in hand Democratic rule has recklessly
| struck down both and both must be re-estab-
| lShed. Protection fer what we produce; free
| admission for the necessaries of life which we
| do not produce; reciprocal agreements Of
| mutual interests 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 ourselves
| reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an
outlet for our surplus.
We condemn the present administration for
not keeping failh with tee sugar producers Of
this country. The republican party favors such
| protection as will lead to the production on
American soil OF all the sugar which the Amer
| lean people use and for which they pay other
countries more than SEC, GOO, 900 annually.
To all our products-to those of mine and
| field rs well as those of shop and factory-tO
hemp, to wool, the product of the great in
duStry of sheep husbandry as well as to the
| finished woolenS OF the mill-we promise most
ample protection.
MERCHANT MARINE.
| We favor restoring the early American
policy OF discriminating duties for the upbuild-
| ing of our merchant marine and the protection
OF our shipping in the foreign carrying trade, so
| that American ships, products of American
labor, employed in American shlpyards, sailing
under the stars and stripes, and manned,
officers and owned by Americans, may regain
the carrying of our foreign commerce
FINANCIAL PLANK.
The republican party is unrcservedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment OF law
providing for the resumption of specie pay
ments 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 agreemen,
with the leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves TO promote
and until such agreement can be obtained, the
existing gold standard must be preserved. AL
our silver and paper currency must bt
maintained at parity with gold, and we favo
all measures designed to maintain inviolabl.
the obligations Of the United States and all oul
money, whether coin, or paper, at the presen