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. ST.. l1o,13ss JUN eslS;-7Fhe following Is the
protest of Senators Teller, Dubois and
[:sannanf a lnfd tsEparesentative. Hartman
,Mt,i ftr. Was oHeEed and read in the cons
ven ton today dmrnediat after the adop-
,tiolfF t6E the! pia tfUrEn. T. II NJ III sss
49, I'm ANNOUNCING the purpose asserted in
this paper itis duastoiou constituents and
to Yourselves that there shall be public
showing of vindtcating facts
r The sole authorized expression of Ma
tionai Republican faith from June =, 1882,
until the present date has been the plat
form adopted in the National convention
at Mime polls. Neither the utterances Of
state conventions nor the attitude OF In
diViduals could change the tenor Of that
platform or abate the sanctity Of Its bind
ing force. Every delegate to. this conven-
tion was selected as it's adherent and its
advocate True, one of.its most important
paragraphs has been subjected to such a
divergence Of construction as ia make It's
language unsatisfactory during the inter
vening time and dangerous If continued
in the future, but of the intent contained
within that language there has never been
a doubt. .<s'=. 8. ~ IL
stIt is the rightful province Of this con-
syention to revise the party tenets and to
announce. anew the party purpose. The
majority Of this convention in the exer-
else, ef SUCH authority has this day made
official .eninciation Of Republican law and
gospel;<7 With much Of the platform we
agree believing that In many essential
particulars. it compasses the needs Of hui
nlanity,. afEirms the maintenance. Of right
and'iproposss,the.ju just remedy for wrong:
Butit deelareS tope elemental principle not
osa3ySdn.. direct, contravention Of the ex.
preston O patty faith in 1892, but In rad
icaaSmppo ION TO our solemn conviction.
We. arecog nseathat in all matters OF mere
oSatf7of7r o,,a ho1v "a
minority; shall yield to the will Of the ma
torfty, lest have chaos in parties and Ia
govornnlsntsebHtfa as no pronOuncemen ant by
n1aJorittes lscRnl change opposing knoWl-
edge iur helief4y sincerely entertained, SO. 1t
cannot roblige ninorities to abandon or
disavow their principles. Assuredly as 1t
Is requisite for peace and progress that
minorties ,shalryield to majorit ties 4in mat
tiers OF mere. metod, just $50 surely II It
necessary for that same peace and pro
gress that minorfties shall not yield IN
matters of fundamental truth t., - IS
The, Republican plat torn, of 1892 affirm
ed that the American pecp'e, from traditi-n
and interest, favored bimetallism and de-
rnanded the use of both gold and silver
as standard money. This was, accepted
by us. as q declaration in behalf az the
principle upon which rests the interest
of every citizen and the safety OF the
United States. In such terms the plat
form was then satisfactory to the bel.ev-
ers In bin1etallism within our party: only
because of equivocal constitution and
evasion has it since been demonstrated TO
be. insufficient. Thep latform this day
adopted in the national convention says:
The Republican party is, unreserYedly
ment Of the law providing for resumption
Of specie payments In 1879. since then
every dollar, has been as good as gold. We
are upalterably opposed to every measure
ealeulate dlto ID ebase our currency Or inns
eatrr thsstcredih eof our country: r We are,
silver except by international agreement
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. All, our: silver and paper
currency now in circulation must be main
tanned at a parity with gold. and we favor
all measures designed to maintain inviol-
ably the obligations of the Untteds States
and all our money, whether coin or paper,
at the present standard the standard OF
the most enlightened nations OF the earth. "
As'the declaration of 1892 has been by q
majority of the party construed to justify
a single gold standard for our monetary
basis and as the recent trend OF the official
power Of the party has been in that direc-
ton we can but assume that money plank
of the new platform, being much more ia
metallisn1 will be determinedly used ip
behalf Of that idea. The Republican party
has won It's power and renoWn by pursu
ing Its purposes counageensly and relent-
lessly: it is therefore only IN accordance
with the. partys history to assume that
If; 1t shall cnme to authority In the United
States tt,sGstwill crystalize into law and
under this tempting plat
forniitha perpetual single gold standard in
Eour finances. yea.
t..a,'hts; off long continued, will mean the
absolute r:rtn,ef, the producers of the coun-
1try<and yanallY !of the nation itself The
EAmeaioa n people not only favor bhnetal-
/ !is1n from, tradition and interest, but from
+ that swssle: instinct which has always been
ma n ifestain the affairs Of a people destined
yfor;sgtl,ai worlds. leadership. Under the
opera tien of: our great demand, for 'ad-
rvancement we have become to other ma
tons the greatest debtor nation OF the
world. We pay the vast charges which
every year. accumulate against us in the
clearing house of the world with the
money m the. world procured by the dis
posal. of our commodities in the markets
Of the world. We are nation Of produc-
ers.,; Our creditors are nations OF COM
e>1,r% oF {r1fc yAoff or