The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-02
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
Protective Tariff, Reciprocity and the
Gold Standard.
The platform adopted by the national
convention ia fOl10wa.

Republican convention Is as follows:
1.-The republicans of the United States,
assembled by their representatives in ma
tional convention, appealing for the popu-
lar and historic justification of their claims
to the matchless achievements of 80 years
of republican rule. earnestly ana conil-
IDENTIFY address themselves to the awak-
ened intelligence, experience and con-
science of their countrymen, In the follow
ing declaration of facts and principles:
'tFor the first time since the civil war,
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and unre-
stricted democratic control of the govern
ment. 1t has been a record OF unparal-
leled incapacity, dshonor and disaster.
I'm administrative management, 1t has
riIthlessly sacrificed indispensable revenue.
entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out or,
money piled up the public debt by $262,-
OOOOO in time of peace, forced an adverse
balance of trade. kept perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund, pawned
American credit to alien syndicates, and
reversed all the measures and results OF
successful republican rule.
I'm the broad effect Of its policy, 1t mas
trade with prolonged depression, closed
factories, reduced work and wages, halted
enterprise and crippled American produc-
for the American market. Every consider
alton of public safety and individual In
terest demands that the government shall
be rescued from the hands OF those VINO
duet II without disaster at home and dis
honor abroad. and shall be restored to the
party which for 80 years administered II
with unequaled success and prosperity. and
in this connection we heartily indorse the
wisdom, patriotism and success OF the
administration of President Harrison.
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, encourages home
industry, and puts the burden OF revenue on
foreign goods; it secures the American mar
ket for the American producer; 1t upholds
the American standard of wages for the
American workingman: 1t puts the factory
by the side of the farm and makes the
American farmer less dependent on foreign
demand and price; it diffuses general thrift
and POUNDS the strength of all on the
STRENGTH of each In its reasonable appli-
cation it is just. fair and impartial: equal
" opposed to foreign control and domestic
monopoly; to sectional discrimination and
individual favoritism
1--WE denounce the present democr9uc
tarin as sectional, injurious to the pubic
credit and destructive to business enter
prise We demand such an equitable TAR
iff. on such foreign imports as come INTO
competition with American prooucIs, a.
will not only furnish adequate revenue Ioi
the necessary expenses OF the government
hut protect American labor from degreoa-
tion the wage level Of other lands
1--WE are not pledged to any particuiaa
schedules. The question O ra{ee
prastleal eusstisa. T. - govsrneo ~ 'as