Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-25
THE PLATFORM.
Declares for Sound Money and
~-s@sAs
Protection. So
Reciprocity Endorsed and Cuba's Rights
Recognized.

st. Louis. Mo-, June 1S.-The plat
form adopted by the Republican convea-
ton is as follows:
The Republicans Of the United States, as
sembled by their representatives III ma
tonal convention. appealing for the popu.
lar. and historical Justihcatl ton o. Ihe ~
claims to the matchleSS achievements Of
thirty years of Republican rule, earnestly
and confidently address themselves TO the
awakened Intelligence, experience ana con
science of their countrymen in the following
declaration Of facts and principles: ~,
For the first time since the Civil war lne
American people have witnessed the ca iatna
itous consequences Of full and unrestricted
Democratic control OF the government. -
has been Il record OF unparalleled lncapae
ity. dishonor and disaster In admlnlstrai
tive management it has ruthlessly sacri-
feed Indispensable revenue, entalieu an ul
ceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current
tie public debt by S262. 0O0OoO in time OF
peace. forced an adverse balance OF trade.
kept perpetual menace hanging over aro .nt
redemption fund, pawned American credit
to alien syndicates and reversed all the
measures and results of successful Repub-
lican rule. In the broad effect Of its poi
dustry and trade with prolonged depres,,
sion. closed factories. reduced work anu
wages, halted enterprise and crippled amer aien
production for the American market nv
cry consideration of public safety and IN
dividual interest demands that the govern
those who have shown themselves lncapaple
to conduct it without disaster at>hofne anu
dishonor abroad, and shall be restores 20
the party which for thirty years admins
tered it with unequaled success ana pros
perity. 4
We renew and emphasize our allegiance
to the policy of protection as the bulYarRs
Of American industrial indapendence anu
and prosperity. This true American polcy
taxes foreign products and encourages home
industry; 1T, puts the burden OF revenue on
foreign goods; it secures the American MAJ
ket for the American producer; II upholns
the American standard of wages for the
by the side of the farm and makes the
American farmer less dependent on for,
eign demand and price; it diffuses general
thrift, and POUNDS the strength Of all OH
the strength of each. In it's reasonable
application it is just fair and impartial,
equally opposed to foreign controa ana 90
mestic monopoly, to sectional discrimination
and individual fayoritisln.
We denounce the present Demoerx1ic
tariff as sectional, Injurious to. the p'lDllc
credit and destructive. to business, enter.
Drises We demand such an equitable tar1fT
OH foreign imports which come into competi-
ton with American products, as Viii noe
only furnish adequate revenue for the
necessary expenses Of the government. Dud
will protect American labor from degraaa-
ton to the wage level of other lands n' we
are not pledged to any particular schedules.
The question OF rates, is a. practical cues
ton to be governed by the conditions OF
the time and Of Z ne
and development of American labor and
Industry. The country demands al right
settlement and then 1t wants rest
Reciprocity.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Re
publican administration was natlonai
calamity, and we demand their renewal
ARID extension on such terms as will equal
Ax1Y fr9AA w
the restrictions which now oDstruct the
sale OF American products in the ports OF
kets for the products of our farms, forests
and factories y
Protection and reciprocity are twin meas.
ures of Republican policy and go hand in
hanas Democratic rule has recklessiy
struck down both and both must be re-
established. Protection for what we pro.
duce free admission for the necessares, OF
life which we do not produce; reciprocal
agreements of mutual interests which gain
open markets for us in return for our open
markets to others. Protection builds up do
nestle industry and trade and secures our
own market for ourselves; reciprocity builds
up foreign trade and finds an outlet for" our.
SURPLUS ~ sg4-l.
We, condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with the sugar pro-
ducers OF this country. The Republican
70 the production on American soil of all
the sugar which the American people use
and for which they pay other countri;s
more. than 100000 900 annually.
Wool and Woolens.
Ito aTl our products, to those of the mine
,,sa,l the field as well as to those of the
SHOP and the factory. to hemp, to wool. the
product of the great industry of sheep
IiEsbanGfry as well as to the finished woolens
of the MILL we promise the most ample pro-
teati@n. u.f ~
Merchant Marine.
we favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the up
protection of our shipping. in the foreign
trade. so that American ships..the. product
Of American labor employed ID in american can
stripes, and manned, Differed and owned
big Americans-may regain the carrying OF
DIET foreign commerce.
Money. s.s
Tne Republican party is unreseryedly for.
specie si9s payments in 1879; since, then every
dollar has been as good as gold.
We are unalteraby opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country We'll
silver except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to- pro-
mote and until sncn ,a agreemen5 can be o.
preserved. All our silver and paper. sc,lna
rency must be maintained at parity with
IL.
to maintain inviolably the obligations OF the
United States and all our money, whether
coin or paper, at the present standard, the
ard of the most enlightened nations of
the earth. t@5# s$s
Pensions.
The veterans of the Union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gen
erous recognition. Whenever practicable
they should be given the preference FRI the
mattersof employment, and they are entitled
to the enactment of such laws as are best
calculated to secure the fu1fi1linent of the
pledges made to them in, the dark days Of
the country's peril. We, denouasee the prac-
tice in the pension bureau, SO recklesSfy and
unjustly carried on by the present admins
tration, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily
dropping names from the rolls as deserving
the seveaest condemnation of the American
people.
Foreign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
firm vigorous and dignffied, and all our in
terests in the Western Hemisphere carefully
watcheff and guarded. The Hawaiian isl
antfs should be controlled by the United
states and no foreign power should be per-
mftted to interfere with them; the Nicara-
qua canal should be built, owned and oper-
ated by the United States; and by the pnr-