The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-06-24
DECLARE FOR A GOLD STANDARD.
THE PLATFORM.
Principles Of the Republican Party Plainly
and Ably Set Forth.


historical justification OF their claims to the
matchless achievements OF thirty years Of
Republican rule, earnestly and confidently
address themselves to the awakened intel
ligence. experience and conscience OF their
countrymen IN the following declaration Of
facts and principles
"For the first Il me since the civil war the
American people have now witnessed the
calamitous consequence OF full and unre-
stricted Democratic control Of the govern
ment. IL has been record OF unparalleled
lncapacity. dishonor and disaster. In the
administrative management II has ruthless
ly sacrificed indispensable revenue, eked out
ordinary current running expenses with
borrowed money, piled up the public debt
s262. 900, 900 In time OF peace, forced an ad-
verse balance OF trade, kept perpetual
menace hanging over the redemption fund
for pawnsd American credit to alien syn
dicates and reversed all the measures and
results OF successful Republican rule. In the
broad effect OF this policy II has precipitated
panic. reduced work and wages, halted en-
terprise and crippled American production
while stimulating foreign 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
selves incapable Of conducting II without
disaster at home and dishonor abroad, and
shall be restored to the party which for 80
years administered 1t with unequaled saacess
and prosperity.
1--WE renew and emphasize our allegiance
TO the policy Of protection as the bulwark OF
American industrial independence and the
foundation OF American development and
prosperity. This true American policy taxes
foreign products and encourages home In
iustry; II puts the burden OF revenue on
foreign goods; II secures the American mark
ct for American producers; II upholds the
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.an workingman; II puts the factory by the
side OF the farm and makes the American
farmer less dependent on foreign demand
and price; II diifuses general thrift and
Iounds the strength OF all on the strength of
zach. In its responsible application II Is
Just. fair, and impartial, equally opposed to
foreign control and domestic monopoly to
sectional discrimination an individual favor
ltism. And In this connection we heartily In
iorse the wisdom, patriotism and the sue
,ess Of the administration OF President Har-
rison.
1--WE denounce the present Democratic
.ariff as sectional, partisan and one-sided
and disastrous to the treasury and destruc-
I've OF business enterprise and we demand
such an equitable tariff on foreign imports
which come into competition with American
products IA will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses OF the
government, but will protect American la
other lands. We are not pledged to any
particular schedules. The question Of rates
q a practical question to be governed by the
condition Of times and OF production. The
ruling and uncompromising principle is the
protection and development OF American la
DOR and industry. The country wants
right settlement and then 1t wants rest.
We believe the repeal Of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Repub-
llcan administration was a national calamity
and we demand the renewal and extension
On such terms as will equallze our trade
with other nations, remove the restrictions
which now obstruct the sale Of American
secure enlarged markets 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
lown both and both must be re- established.
"Protection for what we produce; free ad-
mission for the necessaries OF life which we
10 not produce; reciprocity agreements OF
mutual interests which gain open markets
tor us in return for our open market to
others. Protection builds up domestic In
lustry and trade and secures our own mar
ket for ourselves; reciprocity builds up
foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
surplus.
"The Republican party Ia unreservedly for
sound money. II caused the enactment OF
the law providing for the resumption OF
specie payments In 1879; since then every
dollar has been rs good as gold. Weare un-
alterably opposed to every measure calculat-
ell to debase our currency or impair the
credit Of our country. We are. therefore
opposed to the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver, except by international agreement.
with the leading commercial nations OF tho
world, which we pledge ourselves to pro-
mote, and until such agreement can be OBJ
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preserved. All our silver and paper cur
rency now In circulation must be- maintalned
At parity with gold, and we favor all
measures designed to maintain inviolably the
obligations OF the United States and oil our
money, whether coin or paper, at the pres
snt standard, the standard OF the most en-
lightened nations Of the earth"
1--WE condemn the present administration
for not keepinS faith with the beet sugar
producers OF this country; the Republican
party favors such protection as win lead to
The production on American soil OF all the
sugar which the Americans use, and for
which they pay to other countries more than
fl0O, ,000, 900 annually.
To all our products-to those OF the mine
and the field as we'll as to those Of the shop
and the factory-to hemp, to wool, the pro-
duct Of the great industry OF sheep hus-
bandry, as well as to the finished woolens
Of the mill-we promise the most ample pro-
lection.
"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
carrying trade, so that American shipping,
the product OF the American labor employed
in American ship yards sailing under the
stars and stripes and manned, officered and
owned by Americans, may regain the carry
Ing OF our foreign, commerce.
The veterans Of the union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gem
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 fulAllment OF the
pledges made to them In the dark days OF
.he country's peril. We denounoe the prac-
.ice In the pension bureau, 30 recklessly and
unjustly carried on by the present admins
tration, OF reducing pensions and arbitrarily
dropping the names from the rolls, as deserv-
Ing the severest condemnation Of the Ameri-
can people.
The Hawaiian islands should be controlled
by the United States, and no foreign power
should DO permitted to interfere with them;
the Nlcaraguan canal should be built, owned
and operated by the Unitsd States; and by
| the purchase OF the Danish Islands we should
secure a proper and much needed naval sta