Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-06-26

countrymen in the following declaration Of
facts and principles:
"For the first time since the civil war the
| American people have witnessed the ca
| lamitous consequences OF full and unrestricted
Democratic control of the government 1t has
been a record of unparalleled incapacty dis
| honor and disaster. In the administrative
management it has ruthlessly sacrificed indis-
pensable revenue, entailed an uncc asing de-
felt, eked out ordinary current expenses with
borrowed money, piled up the public debt
| by $l62 0)0. 900 in time of peace, forced an
adverse balance of trade, kept perpetual
| menace hanging over the redemption fund,
pawned American credit to alien syn Ii.
entes, and reversed all tbs measures an re-
suits Of successful Republican rule In the
broad effect of its policy it has pr,c pitatei
panic bligl.ted industry and t~ado with pro-
longed depression. closed factories, reduced
| work and wages halted enterprise and Grip
pied American produc ton, while stimulating
| foreign product ton for the American market
| Every consideration OF public salty and in
dividual interest deman- that tho government
| shall DO rescued from ths hands of those who
| have shown themselves inca pablo of conduct
| ing it without disaster at home and dishonor
abroad, and shall. DO rc.t)rsd to the party
| which for thirty years admin tered it with
unequaled success and prosperity.
| The Tariff.
"Wc renew and emphasize our allegiance to
| the policy o. prote ction as the buwark Of
| American indust rial independence, and the foun
| dalton of American development and prosper
| ity. This true American policy taxes foreign
| products and enc ourages home industry; 1t puts
| the burden of revenue on foreign goods; it So
cures the American market for the America an
| producer; Ii upholds the American standard OF
| wages for the America an workinyman it puts
| the factory by the ide of tho farm and makes
| tn, American farmer esS dependent on foreign
| demi ind AMI price: l. ditfuses general thrift
\ and POUNDS the strength of oil on the strength
of each In its reasonable application. it is
| Just, fair AMI impartial, equally opposed to
! foreign control and domesti; monopoly, to
sectional discrim lima ton and individual favor
| itism.
| I'VE denounce the present Democratic tariff
| as sectional, injurious to the public credit
and destructive of business enterprise, and
| we demand such an equitable tariff on
foreign imports which como into COM
| petition with American products as will
not only furnish adequate rsvenuo for the
necessary expenses OF the government, but Will
protect American labor from degradation to
the wage level of other lands We arc not
pledged t, any pa rticular schedule. The ques-
ton of rates is a practical question to be gov
erncd by the condition OF the tins and OF
production. The ruling and compromising
principle is the protection and development Of
demands right settlement and then it wants
Iest
Reciprocity.
1--WE believe the repeal of the reciprocity ar
rangements negotiated by the last Republican
administra ton was national calamity and
we demand their renewal and extension on
such terms as will equalize our trade with
other ma tions remove the restrictions which
now OBJ truct the sale of Am rIcan products in
the ports of other countries and secure
larged mnrkcts for the products of our farms,
forests and factories.
Protection and recipro 'ity arc twin meas
ures of Republican policy and go hand in
hand Democratic rule has recklessly struck
down both, and both must be ro-established-
prote ton for what we produce free adms-
sion for the ne 'e5sari,s of life which we do not
produce; reciprocal agreements of mutual in
tercst, whic h gain open markets for us in re-
turn for our open markets to others Protec-
ton builds up domestic industry and trade,
and secures our own market for ourselves; re.
ciproc ity builds up foreign trade and finds an
outlet 70: our surplus.
Sugar.
ave condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with tho sugar producers
of this country. The Republican party favors
such protection as will lead to the production
on American soil of ali sugar which the
American p,ople use aud for which they pay
other coutries more than sl0oOl0,l0 annually.
Wool and wooIens.
TO all our products-to those of the mine
and field, as we'll as those of the shop and
factory. to hemp. to wool the product of the
great industry of sheep husbandry, as we'll a.
to the finished woolens Of the mill-wo prom
iss the most ample protection.
Merchant Marine.
1--WE favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating dutios for the up
building of our merchant marine and the pro-
lection OF our shipping interests in the foreign
carrying trade. American ships-the pro-
duet of American labor, emp oyod in American
shipyards, sailing under the stars and stripes,
and manned, differed an owned by Ameri-
cans-may regain the carrying Of our foreign
commerce.
Money
1.-THE Republican party is unrnsorvedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment OF the
law providing for the resumption OF specie
payments in 1879 Since then every dollar has
boon as good as gold. We arc unaltsraby
opposed to every measure calcula ted to debase
our currency irspair the credit OF our oun-
try. We ara, therefore. opposed to tho free
coinage of silver except by International agree
ment with tho loading commercial nations OF
the world, which we pledge ourselves to pro-
mote, and until such agreement can be
OBTAINED the existing gO.u sCanuuru must %
preserved All our silver and paper currency
must be main tanned at parity with gold,
and We favor all measures designed to main
tain inviol ably the obligations of tho United
States and all our money, whether coin or
paper, at the present standard. the standard
OF tho most enlightened nations of the earth.
Pensions.
1.-THE veterans of the Union armies deserve
and should have fair treatment and generous
recognition Whenever practicable they
should be given the preference in tho matter
of employment, and they are entitled to the
enactment of such laws as are best calculated
to secur, tho fultilment of the pledges made
to thom in tho dark days of the country 8 peril.
We denounce the practice in tho pension bu-
reau, so rookie 81 and unjustly CARR ed on by
tn pre- cnt administration, of reducing PEN
sions and arbitrarily dropping names from the
rolls, as deserving the scverest condemnation
of the American people.
Foreign Relations.
"Our foreign policy should be at all times
FIRM vigo; Gus AMI digniro1 and all our inter-
ests in the Weste he misphero carefully
watched and guarded. The Hawaiian islands
should BE- controlled by tho United States and
no foreign power should he permitted to intor-
ferc with them: the Nicaragn canal should be ,,
built O yped and oporated by the Unit.d Statos