The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-18
]. B. FORAKER.

chairman of the resolutions committee.
mittee, casting the negative vote. The
resolution is as follows:
The Republican party is unreservedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact
mcnt of the law providing for the rcsump-
ton Of specie payments in 1917; since
then every dollar has been as good as gold
We are unalterabiy opposed to every
measure calculated to dcbase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We
are therefore opposed to the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, except by inter
national agreement with the leading COM
mercial nations of the world, which We
pledge ourselves 10 promote, and until
such an agreement can be obtained the
existing gold standard must be pre-
served All our silver and paper currency
now i'll circulation must be maintained at
a parity with gold, and we favor all meas
ureS designed to maintain inviolablc the
obligations of the United States, and all
our money, whether coin or paper, at
the present standard, the standard of the.
most enlightened nations of the earth.
Teller Fought Hard for Silver.
The committee first took up the finan-.
cial question and Ex-Governor Merriam
of Minnesota offered the gold standard
declaration given above. Senator
Teller, the only representative on the
committee of the free silver element,
offered as substitutes several PROPOSE
tions providing for the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver. An animated,
though somewhat one-sided discussion
81 oil holding
up the silver end alone. All Of the free
coinage propositions We're defeated by
the uniform vote Of s to /. The gold
standard plank proposed by Ex-Governor
Merriam was then voted upon and
adopted by the same vote, but with the
| understanding that the action taken
should, for the time, be regarded as
| merely tentative and subject to recon
sideration in case there should be des
sire manifested TO change the phrase
| olOgy III any respect.
The Balance of the Platform.
The preamble refers to the four years
| of Democratic rule compared to the &c
years of Republican rule as a good
ground to appeal 10 the American ,peO.
| pie. The four years of unrestricted
rule Of the Democratic party is de,
nounced as calamitous and a record OF
incapacity. An adverse balance OF
trade the deficit i'll the treasury and
piling up the public debt and the men.
ace TO the redemption fund is de.
nounced. The effect Of the Democratic
| policy mas been TO blight industry and
has c.;,-,ed prolonged depression with
disaster at home and dishonor abroad
Allegiance to protection Is declared
I'VE are not pledged to any particular
schedule" but the question Of rates
should be
Governed by Conditions.
The restoration Of discriminating duties
for the upbuil1ing Of the merchant
marine is favored. A plank favoring
liberal reciprocity is incorporated and
the repeal of the reciprocity agreements
is condemned. Thay plank on foreign
affairs favors the Independence of Cuk
and control of Hawaii by he United
States and endorses the Aonrce doc.
trine.
There are plasrks favoring the exten'
sion of civil service reform a declara.
ton against the use of money for sec
tartan purposes ; in favor of labor arbi
trat,on and bsrA pensions.