The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-07-31
lRepublicanPlatfo
PROJECTION TO AMERICAN IN
pusTR1Es.

0Aple revenue. entailed an uuceasng deficit
eked out ordinary current expenses With bor-
rowed money. piled up the public debt BY
&69 600. 900 In time Of peace. forced III adverse
balance OF trade, kept perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund. pawned
American credit to alien syndicates and re.
vefted nllthe measures and results OF sue
cessfpl republican rule In the broad eff
ted panic. biightcd industry and trade
with prolonged depression, CLOSED factories.
reduced work and wages. halted enterprise
hnu crippled American 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.
Aelves Incapable Of conducting IL without dis.
gAater NJ home and diShonor abroad and shall
be restored 10 the party which for 80 years nd.
ministered II with unparalleled success ant
prosperity. And In this connection we heart
lily tndorse, the wisdom, the patriotism. and
& she success OF the administration Of President
Harrison
We renew and emphasize our allegiance 10
-fhe policy OF protection a. the buiwArk OF
american industrial Independence and the
Foundation ofAmcrican development and pros.
pef1ty This true American policy taxes for.
-eien prodneta and encourage homes lndustry:it
puts the burden Of revenue on foreign goods;
~ secures the American market for the Ameri.
eau producer: II uphoids the American stand.
ard Of wages for the American workingmau:
dt puts the factory by the side of the farm and
makes the American farmer less dependent
on foreign demand and price: it diiuses gen.
erhl thrift and POUNDS the strength of all on
the strength Of each In les reasonable appli-
cation Il 10 Just. fair and impartial. equally
opposed to foreign control and domestic mo.
nopoly, to sectional discrimination and indi.
vidual favoritism
We denounce the present democratic tariff
q sectional. injurious TO the public credit and
destructive TO business enterprise. We de-
mand such m equitable tariff on foreign i'm.
ports which come into competition with Amer
lean products Us will not only fur
nlsn adequate revenue for the nec-
essAry expenses OF the government. but will
protect American labor from degradation
% the wage level OF other lands We arc no,
pledged 70 any particular schedules The
quesuon OF rates Is practical question. to be
governed by thccondltions Of the time and O,
production; the ruling and uncompromising
prinelple Is the protection and development OF
American labor and industry. The country
demands right settlement, and then 1t wants
rest
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity ar
engagements negotiated by the last republican
administration was national calamity, and
No demand their renewal and extension on
sueh terms Is will eeualize our trade with
other nations, remove the restrictions which
now ebstruct the sale Of American products 10
the ports Of other countries. and secure en-
1arged markets for the products OF our farms.
forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity arc twin meas.
ures OF republican policy and 90 hand In hand.
Democratic rule has recklessly struck down
both. and both must be rc.estabiished Pro.
lection for what We produce: free admission
1or the necessarles OF life which we do not
produce; reciprocal agreements of mu.ualin-
terest which gain open markets for US In re-
: turn for our open market to others Protec.
ton builds up domestic industry and trade
and secures our own markets for ourselves
reciprocity builds up foreign trade and nnds
an outlet Tor our surplus
a We condemn the present administration for
not keeping faith with the sugar producers of
this country The republican party favors
such protection az will lead to the production
on American soil Of all the sugar which the
American people use. and for which they pay
other countries more than tiOo0oOOOo an.
uually.
To all our products-to those of the mine
and field rs well as TO those Of the shop and
factory-to hemp. to wool the product OF the
grca, Industry of sheep husp andtJ. as well as
70 the finished woolens Of the mil. we pro mise
the most ample protection
We favor restoring the early American poll
Icy OF discriminating duties for the uu.,..,,l -.
ing OF our merchant marine and the protection
OF our shipping In the foreign CARRYING trade
80 that American ships--thc product OF Amer
lean labor employed in American shlpyards
salhag under the stars and stripes and man
.neu. pmcered AMI owned by Arne rtcuns-may
regain the carving OF our foreign commerce.
Tue republican p rW Is unrcscr,ciiy for
sound money II caused the enncticri OF the
law providing for the resumption of specie
payments In 1879. since tnen every dollar has
been n gold
hoNEsr MONEY.
We ,,,,,,n.,., b., .,,a.,, ,.,,.,.
ure caleulttcdt TO debase our currency or i'm
pair the crcdi, Of our couniry. We are there
fore opposed 10 the free coinage of silver tS-
cept'by international agreement with the
leading commercial uptions o! the world.
which we pledge ourselves to promote and
until such agreement can he OBJ
tained, the existing standard must be
preserved. All our silver ana paper currency
must be maintained ut parity with gold and
we favor all measures designed 10 maintain
inyiolaoly the obligations Of the United States
and all our money. whether coin or paper. a,
the present standard. the standard Of the most
enlightened nations Of the earth
Vhe veterans Of the union armies deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gencr.
Gus recognition. Whenever practicable they
should be given the preference in the matter
OF employment. and they are entitled TO til,
enactment OF such laws as are best Gale latet
70 secure the fulhlimcnt o; tho picures mad,
70 them in the dark DAYS ~ the country.
peril We denouncc tnr practice In the pen
sion bureau, 50 tceklessiy and untn-tly car
Sted on by the psrscn; administration of re
dueinc pensions and Arbitrarily droppinl
names from the rolls as deserving the So
verest condemnation OF the American people
Our foreign policy should BE- Mt all time
nm, vigorous and dieniicd, and all our inter
,ests In the western hemisphere CAREFUL,
watched and guarded The Hawaiian island,
should be controlled by the United states an,
NO foreign power should be permittedto inter
fere with them; the Nicaragua canal shout,
be built. owned and operated bv the Unitet
States: and BY the purchase o: the Danish Is
lands We should secure proper and mucl
needed naval station In the West Indies
The massucres In Armenia have aroused tn
deep sympathy and Just Indignation Of tn
American people. and We believe that tn
United States should exercise all the infiu
tenee u can properly exert to bring thes
i4uocittes to an end In Turkey America
residents have been exposed to the graves
dangers and American property destroys
there. and everywhere American citizens an
American property must be absolutely pro
ected At all hazards and at any cost
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in IL, flu,
extent, and We reafffm the right Of the United
States to give the doctrine effect by respond
lng 10 the appeals Of an American state To-
friendly Intervention In case Of European en-
troaehMent We have not interferet
hrd shall not interfere with the exist
ing Possessions OF any European power IL
this hemtspher, but their possessions u,us
aot, on any pretext. be extended We hone
bully look forward 70 the eventual withdraw
H tie European powers from this hemispher
sAd 10 the ultimate union OF all the Eegiiah
speaking part Of the continent nv thN frae f,nn