The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17

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proposition to repudiate the plighted public
faith, to impair the sanctity OF the obligation
or private contracts. to cripple the credit
OF the nation by stripping the Government
OF the power to borrow money as the urgent
exigencies of the treasury may require. and,
In a word. to overthrow all the foundations
Of financial and Industrial stability.
Nor Is this all. Not content with a propc-
sitlon to thus debauch the currency and to
%unsettle all conditions of trade and com
merce. the party responsible for this plat
ment to protect the lives and property Of It's
citizens against Internal disorder and yio-
lence.
Would Debauch the Courts,
1t assails the judicial monuments reared
by the Constitution for the defense of indi-
vidual rights and the public welfare, and it
even threatens to destroy the integrity Of
the Supreme Court, which has been consid-
cred the last refuge Of the citizen against
every form of outrage and Injustice.
In the face Of the serious peril which these
propositions embody, 1t would seem that
there could be but one sentiment among
r~ight-thinking citizens as to the duty of the
hour. All men, Of whatever party, who be-
lieve In law. and have some regard for the
sacredness Of individual and Institutional
rights, must unite In defense Of the endan.
gered interests Of the nation.
While the financial issue which has been
thus considered, and which has come, as the
result Of the agitation Of recent years, to
occupy a peculiar conspicuousness, is adj
mittedly Of primary Importance, there Is
another question which must command care
full and serious attention. Our financial and
business condition Is at this moment one of
almost unprecedented depression. Our great
Industrial system is seriously paralyZed. Pro.
duction In many important branches of man
~ufacture has altogether ceased. Capital Is
without remunerative employment. Labor
Is Idle. The revenues Of the Government are
insufficient to meet Its ordinary and neces-
the result of accident. They are the out
come Of q mistaken economic policy deliber-
ately enacted and applied. 1t would not be
difficult. and would not involve any disturb
ance of our existing commercial system, to
enact necessary tariff notifications along
the lines Of experience.
Favors a Stable Tariff.
Our party holds that by a wise adjustment
OF the tariff, conceived in moderation and
with a view to stability, we may secure all
needed revenue, and 1t declares that in the
event OF Its restoration to power it will seek
to accomplish that result. 1t holds, too, that
1t Is the duty OF the Government TO protect
and encourage in all practicable ways the
development of domestic industries, the ele-
walton Of home labor and the enlargement
Of the prosperity of the people. 1t does not
favor any form of legislation which would
lodge In the Government the power to do
what the people ought to do for themselves,
but 1t believes that 1t Is both wise and patri-
| otlc to discriminate in favor OF our own
material resources, and the utilization, under
the best attainable conditions, of our own
capital and our own available skill and Inc
dustry.
The words Of the Republican national
platform on this subject are at once temper
ate and emphatic. 1t says OF the policy OK
protection: "In Its reasonable application It
Is just, fair and impartial. equally opposed
to foreign control and domestic monopoly,
to sectional Discrimination and individual
fayoritism. We demand such an
equitable tariff on foreign imports which
come into competition with American prod
ucts as will not only furnish adequate rev
enue for the necessary expenses OF the GOV
eminent, 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 a prac-
tical question:. to be governed by the con
ditions of the time and of productions; the
ruling and uncomprOmising principle is the
protection and development of American Ia
Dor and industry. The country demands a
right settlement, and then 1t wants rest
People Must Have Employment.
The Republican party. in it's first success
full national contest, under Abraham Lincoln,
declared In favor ''of that policy of national
exchanges which secures to the working
tive prices. to mechanics and manufacturers
an adequate reward for their skill. labor
and enterprise, and to the nation commercial
prosperity and independence The principle
thus enunciated has never been abandoned.
In the crisis now upon US it must be tena-
ciously adhered to. While we must insist
that our monetary standard shall be sound
and honest, we must also remember that
unless we make 1t possible for capital to
find employment and for labor to earn ample
and remunerative wages 1t will be impossible
to attain that degree of prosperity which,
with a sound monetary policy buttressed by
a sound tariff policy. will be assured.
In 1892, when by universal consent we
touched the high-water mark Of our national
prosperity, we were under the same imam
cial system that we have to-day. Gold was
then the sole standard, and silver and paper
were freely used as the common currency. We
had q tariff framed by Republican hands.
under thp dirpctiou Of thp praat statesman
who now logically leads the contest for II
restoration Of the policy whose reversal
brought paralysis to so many of our indus
tries and distress upon so large a body Of
our people. We were under the policy Of
reciprocity formulated by another illustrious
statesman Of the genuine American type.
the prosperous conditions which existed be-
fore the present administration came into
power
Have Been Too Often Betrayed.
My sincere conviction is that my country
men Will prove wise enough to understand
the isues that confront them, and patriotic
enough to apply safe and sure remedies for
the evils that Cypress us. They will not, I
am sure, accept again at their face value
the promises Of a party which under desper-
ate and perverted leadership has so recent
ly dlshonored Its solemn pledges, which has
repudiated the principles and policies which
have given 1t Il historic past, and the success
OF which, as now constituted. would endan-
ger at home private security and the public
safety. and disastrously affect abroad both
our credit and good name. And foremost
among those who will decline to follow
where the new Democracy leads will be
thousands of men, Democrats aforetime and
Democrats to-day, who count country more
than party, and are unwilling even by indi-
rection to contribute To results 50 disastrous
TO our most sacred interests.
stands for the American Home.
The Republican party has always stood for
the protection of the American home. 1t
has aimed to secure 1t IN the enjoyment of
ali the blessings of remunerated Industry.
Of moral culture and Of favorable physical
environment. 1t was the party which insti-
tuted the policy of free homesteads, and
which holds now that this policy should be
rn.estahllshed and that tie nuhlic lnnl vet