The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
A Masterly Declaration of Princl-
 pies that Will Insure Victory.

A Masterly Declaration of Princi-
 pies that Will Insure Victory.
 The Republicans of the United States, assembled by their representatives in national convention, appealing for the popular and historical Justification of their claims to the matchless achieve ments of thirty years of Republican rule, earnestly and confidently address them selves to the awakened intelligence, eX- pericnce and conscience of their country men in the following declaration of facts and principles:
 For the first time since the Civil War the American people have witnessed the calamitous consequences of full and un- destricted Democratic control of the government. It has been a record of unparalleled incapacity, dishonor and dis aster. In administrative management it has ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current expenses with borrowed money, piled up the public debt Sy S262, 100000 in time of peace, forced an adverse balance of trade, kept per petual menace hanging over the redemp- tion fund. pawned American credit to alien syndicates and reversed all the measures and results of successful Re publican rule. In the broad effect of it's policy it has precipitated panic, blighted
  pression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise and crippled American production, while stimulating foreign production for the American market. Every consideration of public safety and individual interest demands that the government shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown themselves incapable to conduct it with out disaster at home and dishonor abroad, and shall be restored to the party which for thirty years administered it with un- .equaled success and prosperity, and in this connection we heartily indorse the wisdom, patriotism and success of the administration of President Harrison.
 Protection Is neafirmed.
 We renew and emphasize our allegi- sance to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American industrial inde- .pendence and the foundation of Ameri- can development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign prod ucts and encourages home industry it puts the burden of revenue on foreign goods: it secures the American market for the American producer; it uphOlds the American standard of wages for the American wOrkingman; it puts the fac tory by the side of the farm, and makes the American farmer less dependent on foreign demand and price; it diffuses BeueTdl tHTlIt af.u IOunuS tue strength OI all on the strength of each. In it's reason able application it is just, fair and i'm partial, equally opposed to foreign con- trOl and domestic monopoly, to sectional discrimination and individual favoritism.
 We denOunce the present Democratic tariff as sectional, injurious to the pub aic credit and destructive to business en- terprise. We demand such an equitable tariff on foreign imports which come into Nnmnpfifinn with Amortnan nrnIunts os will not only furnish adequate revenue fo- the necessary expenses of the gov -ernment, but will protect American la bor from degradation to the wage level of other lands. We are not pledged to any particular schedules. The question of rates is practical question, to be governed by the conditions of the time and of production; the ruling and un- compromising principle is the protection and development of American labor and industry. The country demands a right settlement and then it wants rest.
 Protection and Reciprocity.
 We believe the repeal of the reciproci- ty arrangements negotiated by the last Republican administration was a nation- al calamity, and we demand their re- newal and extension on such terms as will equaliZe our trade with other na- tions, remove the restrictions which now ODstTuct tue Sdle OI AHeTlCan prOuuctS In the ports of other countries and secure enlarged markets for the products of our farms, forests and factories.
 Protection and reciprocity are twin measures of Republican policy and go hand Tn hand. Democratic rule has reck- lessly struck down both, and both must be re-established. Protection for what we produce: free admission for the nec- essaries of life which we do not produce; ,,aiV pt, nf .,,x.- which gain open markets for us in re- Snrn for our open market to others. Pro- lection builds up domestic industry and trade, and secures our own market for ourselves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our sur plus.
 Sugar Attitude Stated.
 We condemn the present admnistra- tion for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of this country The Repub- lican party favOrs such protection as will lead to the production on American soil of all the sugar which the American peo. pie use, and for which they pay other countries more than $1OO, 100000 annual ly.
 American Products Favored.
 To all our products-to those of the mine and the field, as well as to those of sht ohop thc HtHlp, to wool, the product of the great industry of sheep husbandry, as well as to the finished wOolens of the mill-we promise the most ample protection.
 Merchant Marine Restoration.
 We favor restoring the early American policy of discriminating duties for the Npbuilding of our merchant marine and the protection of our shipping in the for eign carrying trade, so that American ships-the product of American labor, employed in American shipyards, sail, ing under the Stars and Stripes and manned, ofiicered and owned by Ameri- cans-may regain the carrying of our foreign commerce.
 For Sound Money.
 The Republican party is unreservedly for sound money. It caused the enact ment of the law providing for the re- sumption of specie payment in 1S79,t since then every dollar has been as good as gold.
 We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our cur. rency or impair the credit of our coun- try. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver. except by interna- tional agreement with the leading com