Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-06-24
Mckinley AND HOBART
Nominated for President
and Vice President.
SOUND MONEY PLANK ADOPTED.

The Republican convention, which
convened in st. Louis last week did
its work well and gave the people an
acceptable ticket. Major Mckinley
was nominated on the first ballot by a
vote of 6614 out of S97 votes polled.
Carrot A. Hobart, of New Jersey,
was nominated by a vote of 1881 to 2Sl
for II. Clay Evans.
A bolt of some of the silver delegates
occurred, led by Senator Teller, of
Colorado, who was followed by about
twenty delegates who favored the free
coinage Of silver.
The platform is a clear, ringing
declaration of the principles of the
Republican party, and Is emphatic in
its tone and character. The following
is the platform in full:
The Platform.
The Republicans of the United states as
sembled, by their representatives, in nation
convention, appealing for the popular and
historical Justification Of their claims to the
matchless achievements of thirty years OF
Republican rule, earnestly and confidently
| address themselves to the awakened intelli-
gence, experience and conscience of their
countrymen in the following declaration of
fact and principles.
For the first time since the civil war, the
American people have witnessed the calam-
itous consequence of full and unrestricted
Democratic control of the government. 1t
has been a record of unparalleled incapacity,
dishonor and disaster. In Administrative
management 1t has ruthlessly sacrificed In
dispensable revenue, entailed an unceasing
deficit, eked out ordinary current expenses
with borrowed money, piled up the public
debt by $282, 100000 in time of peace, forced an
adverse balance of trade, kept a perpetual
menace, hanging over the redemption fund
pawned American credit to alien principles
and reversed all the measures and results OF
successful Republican rule. In the broad ef'
feet of its policy 1t has precipitated panic
blighted industry and trade with prolonged
depression, closed factories, reduced worb
and wages, halted enterprise and crippled
American production while stimulating for
eign production for the American market
Every consideration of public safety and in
dividual interest demands that the govern
ment shall be rescued from the hands o
those who rave shown themselves incapa
BILE to conduct it without disaster at HON,
and dishonor abroad, and shall be restored
tN tha no ri xyhiah for II rt ~ p q nd m, 4 nic
te red it with unequaled success and pros
perity, and in this connection, we hearth,
endorse the wisdom, patriotism and the sue
cess of the administration of Harrison.
THE TARIFF.
We renew and emphasize our allegianc,
to the policy of protection as the bulwark o
American industrial independence and tn
foundation of American development an,
prosperity. This true American policy take
foreign goods; II secures the American mar
ket for the American products; IL uphold
the American standard of wages for tn
American wOrkingmen; 1t puts the factor,
by the sadie of the farm and makes tn
American farmer less dependent on foreigl
demand and price; 1t diffuses general TART
reform and POUNDS the strength of all tn
strength of each. In its REASONABLE applica
ton it is just, fair and impartial, equal
opposed to foreign control and domesti
monopoly, to sectional discrimination an
individual favoritism.
we QenOulce tne present democratic tar
i'll as sectional, injurious to the public credi
and destructive to business enterprises. w
demand such an equitable tariff on foreigl
imports which come into competition wit
American products as will not only furnis
adequate revenue for the necessary expense
of the government, but Will protect Ameri
can labor from degradation to the wage levt
of other lands. We are not pledged to an
particular schedules. The question of rate
is a practical question, to be governed by tn
conditions of the time M of production
the ruling and uncompromising principle
the protection and development of Amer
can labor and industry. The country de
mands a right solemn, n then 1t want
rest.
ABOUT RECIPROCITY.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocit
| arrangements negotiated by the last Repul
lican administrator was a national calam
ity and we demand their renewal and eXten
sion on such terms as will equalize our trad
with other nations, remove the restriction
which now obstruct the sale of America
, products in the ports of other countries an
4 secure enlarged markets for the products c
our farms, forests and factories.
} Protection and reciprocity are twin meas
ures of Republican policy and go hand an
hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struc
| them down and both must be re-establishe
l Protection for what we produce; free ad
mission for the necessities of life which W
do not. produce; reciprocal agreements {
mutual interests which gain new market
IoI us III lebuTH lOT our open markets I
others. Protection builds up domestic In
dustry N secures our own market for oul
selves; reciprocity builds up foreign trad
and finds an outlet for our surplus.
CONCERNING SUGAR.
l We condemn the present administratio
for not keeping faith with the sugar produ
, GERS of this country. The Republican part
favors such protection as will lead to th
=, productlon on American soil of all the suga
, whlch the American people use, and Il
which they pay other countries more tina
$l0O,0OO,O00 annually.
WOOL AND WOOLENS.
l To all our products-to those of the min
and the held as well as to those of the sho
and the factory-to hemp, to wool, the pro
duct OF the great industry of sheep nus
3 bandry as well as to the finished woods |
. the mill we promise the most ample protet
l tion.
MERCHANT MARINE.
We favor restoring the early America
policy of discriminating duties for the mr.
. building of our merchant marine and I'll
protection of our shipping in the foreig
carrying trade, so that American ships.
the product of American labor, EMPLOYED 4
: American shipyards, sailing under the stal
and stripes and manned, differed and owne
, by Amerioans-may regain the carving
1 our foreign commerce..
: THE MONEY PLANK.
? The Republican party is unrestricted
, Tor sound money. 1t caused the enactmer
: of the law providing for the RESUMPTION Of
specie payment in 1879; since then ever
1 dollar has been as good as gold,
We are unalterably opposed TO ever
measure calculated 10 debase our currenc