Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-05-21
REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM.
Resolutions ss Adopted by the Butte conven-
tio. May 18th.

"We, the representatives of the Re
publican party of Montana, i'm con-
ventiOn assembled, hereby reiterate
our faith i'm. and devotion to the
great Republican principles of bimet-
allism, protection and reciprocity,
announcing as our understanding
coinage of both gold and silver at
the ratio of I6 to !, independently
by the United States. In the appli-
cation of the principle of protection,
we insist that the farmer, the miner
and the shepherd shall receive equal
consideration with the manufacturers,
and that through reciprocity treaties
the products of our own country,
whether of the farm. the factory or
the range, shall be accorded just and
advantageous recognition at foreign
custom houses I'm exchange for stip-
ulated concessions accorded by our
government to ths products of other
countries which we cannot ourselves
produce; and that wool, as one of
the important products of the United
States, be accorded a duty not less
than that provided by the Mckinley
bill.
1--WE maintain that these three
are cardinal principles of Republican
faith and should be the first consider
alton of the congress of the United
States, and that ample legislation
he enacted upon these subjects. D..
"We call the attention of rejecting
men to the recent marvellous develop
ment of productive and manufacture
ing enterprises in China, Japan.
India and other silver-using coun-
tries, and submit that the competi-
tion with which we are thus men,
aced imperatively demands the res
toratiOn of silver to it's ancient
money function, as a means OF equal
izing the difference in exchange and
the re-establishment of the protect
i've tariff policy as a necessary means
of equalizing the difference in wages
and the cost of living.
"We maintain that while the pro-
tective tariff policy is indispensable
as means of equalizing wages and
the cost of living, it will not In and
of itself suffice to meet the difference
i'm exchange which gives bounty of
about 100 per cent. to thesilver-using
countries.
"We commend i'm unqualified terms
the action of Senators Teller, Dubois,
Cannon, Mantle and Carter in acting
upon the principles above set forth
and resisting the passage of the So
called Dingley bill. which we de-
nounce as an attempted violation
by legislative enactment of all the
peineiples of the Republican doctrine
of protection, for which the party
has always contended throughout
it's history, inasmuch as it was sec
tional, as it failed and neglected to
adequately provide for the protec-
tion of western interests.
"we declare our urunwavering adher-
ence to the Monroe doctrine" and
demand it's rigid and determined en-
forcement at all times and against
all European nations, believing it
essential to our own peace and well
fare.
1--WE extent our sympathy to the
struggling patriots of Cuba i'm their
efforts to cast off the yoke Of foreign
tyranny.
"We commend the careful and pru-
dent Republican administration Of
the state government and submit to
the electors of the commonwealth
that the best interests of Montana
require continued Republican suprem-
acy In the state.
I'VE most heartily indOrse and
approve the course of Hon. Lee Man.
tie, Hon. Thomas H. Carter and Hon.
Charles s. Hartman, our able and
loyal senator's and representative In
congress.
.sWe condemn the Democratic ad-
ministratiOn for it's determined effort
to fix upon our country. those twin
factors of cheapness-free trade and
the gold standard: for dishouoring
the nations flag I'm Hawaii; for re-
fusing recognition or support to the
Cuban revolutionists; for thecorrupt