The morning times., 1896-08-08
TEXTS FOR REPUBLICANS
Advance Sheets of the Cam
paign Book Are Out.
SOME Observation-Disclosures

| suea-Unique Ideas Displayed In
Presenting the Questions to lie
| Decided in November-Remai
| Pages Soon to Follow.
| Proofslips conta ining the first $50 pages
of the forthcoming Republican campaign
text book were last night gwen out for
review by the congressional campaign com
| mittce.
| Tile title page bears the motto which
has been sent out in millions of little
| stickers for use during the next three
months
| The Republican party stands for honest
| money and the chance 10 earn Il.
| WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
At the bottom OF the page is the follow
| ing quotation from Abraham Lincoln:
THAT some may tie rich shows that
others may become rich, and hence is Just
encouragement TO industry and enterprise.
| Let not him who is homeless pull down the
| house OF another. but let him labor dill
| gently and build one for himself; thus, by
| example, assuring that his own shall be
| safe from violence when built
Tie title page bears the stamp of the
| Allied Printing Trades Council Of Wash
| iBgton.
STATES THE ISSUES.
The issues OF the campaign are arranged
! according 10 the letters OF the alphabet, as
| follows:
American honor and American interest.
Business the source of employment.
Coin, whether gold OF silver, must be
| equal TO the best.
Duties collected from foreign countries
| for American privileges.
Emigrants who are willing to live with
out robbing other men of employment.
| Financial integrity and money enough
to pay all bills.
Gold and silver, equal dollars for all
| business.
| Home markets for American products
Imports must always be Kept below the
| exports.
| judiciary of tie United States must not
be tampered with.
| Keep in the middle of the road.
| Labor employed meaEs elevation, dignity
i and education for the home.
Mckinley and Hobart elected means
| business and employment.
Nations honor must be maintained.
| Ownershipof railroads by Acknowledgements
meht opposed by Republican party.
Pensions for the veterans OF the war
equal to the pledges of the nation
Quorum counting by Speaker Reed tusti-
fled now by Democrats.
Revenue. collected equal to expenditures.
| necessity.
silver dollars as good as gold. the Re-
| publican demand.
Tariff to protect American labor and en-
\ courage home industry
United Stgtes the hope Of universal
liberty and law.
Voters have an opport unity-vote for Nc
Kiniey and business
Wages mean home, education and conf
fort to the toiler.
X-roads RepublicaHism or Popuhsm =
which way!
Your opportunity to restore business
| vote il. f
Zeal I'D the campaign will win the VIC
tory.
TREATMENT OF TOPICS.
In the preliminary topics the following
| subjects are treated concisely but clearly:
Money material has kept in advancement
| with civilization. The benefits of agri-
culture are set forth and extracts presented
from the annual message OF Preside mt
| Harrison, December 6. 1892. Secretary
Morton is severely criticised and compared
| with Secretary Rusk and n PORTION OF Sen
| ator Vests speech on the distribution OF
| seed given. Mr.. Cannon's statement OF ap-
propriations made during the first session
| OF the FIT y-fourth Congress is presented ir
| fuiIand q table given showing the balance
| OF trade for 1896.
A chapter is devoted to the barley in
| dustry of the northeast. and the subject
| of,bimetalIismi is expounded at length Ex-
tracts are quoted from the letter OF Secre-
tary Foster. giving instructions to the
delegates attending the monetary con-
ference at Brussels. Bismarck is quoted
on American protection, and Blaine on
British and American progress. 1t is shown
how the Bland bill Of November 8, 1877,
| fixed the gold clause, and the bill intro
duced by Mr. Dingiey proviling for the
issue and sale of tonds. wticti was passed
| by the House. but killed in the Senate,
is given in full, together with the votes
| in both branches.
| CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Four pages are devoted to explaining
the relations existing between capital
| and labor and the moral dra wn that cheap p
goods do not make people happy. The
| present abuses Of the civil service are
pointedout. and tbefollowing sentence quot
ed from the Democratic platform, 10
| indicate that civil service Is doomed in
the event OF Bryan's election:
I'VE are opposed TO life tenure in the
public service We favor appointments
| based upon merits, fixed terms of office" :"
The resolution introduced in the Chicago
| convention condemning the administra-
\ ton of T .esidept Cleveland is given in
full The constitutional provisions re-
iating TO coin and legislative summary
thereof together with a complete history
Of coin. an explanation Of coinage ut the
| ratio OF 16 to 1, the ooiaa sc OF seignior-
| age and the various coinage laws.
| The crime OF 'T3 is briefly explained.
| the legislation in relation to Cuba reviewed
briefly, and the currency question and
system discussed at great length. The
debt ard wealth OF nations is oontrasted.
| The financial planks OF the various Demo
cratic platforms. from l $40 to 1886, arr
| given. and the cause OF the demontzatl,n
of silver explained by Senator Allison The
| statistics of elections In all the States
are presented.
READING FOR FARMERS.
Several pages are devoted toi ithe farm
crs, Showing how they aIe iSneiited 10y
protection; how they were ,situated in
1873, statistics of farm prp es, exports
| and imports OF farm products sand the value
| of farms and farm produi is. The free
coinage OF silver is fully oxplaincd, and a
definition of free trade given to tie effect
thatit is SIMPLY q taxing of non competing