The American guide., 1896-06-27
THE FULL PLATFORM.
Declaration of Principles of the Re-
publican Party
As EHuNcIATED IN ITS PLATFORM

Adopted by the National Convention At
81. Louls-Protection to American
industries and Sound Money
the Key Notes.
ST. LOUIS, June ls.-Following Is the
full text Of the platform presented by
the committee on resolutions and adopt
ed by the Republican National conven-
tion;
Declaration.
The republicans of the United states, as
sembled by their representatives. In national
convention, appealing for the popular and his
torical Justification Of their claim to the bitter
| fruits OF tour years OF democratic CONTROL as
we'll as the matchless achievements OF ~ years
OF republican rule, earnestly aud conhdentiy
address themselves to the awakened intel
llgence, experience and conscience OF their
countrymen in the following declaration OF
facts and principles:
For the first Tins since the civil war tho
American people have now witnessed the
| palamitous consequences Of tull and unre-
strlcted democratic control OF the government
1t has been a record OF unparalleled incapacity'
| iishonor and disaster In the administrative
management II has ruthlessly sacrificed indls-
pensable revenue, eked out ordinary current
running expenses with borrowed money
piled up the public debt So''"p'Voo
| IN time Of peace, forced an I'D
verse balance OF trade, kept perpetual
monaco hanging over the redemption fund
pawned American credit to alien syndleates
and reversed all the measures and re-
| suits OF successful republican rule, ln the
broad effect OF It's policy 1t has prcclpitated
panic, blghted industry and trade with pro-
| longed depression, closed factories redued
work and wages, hated enterprise and GRIP
| pied American produc Ion, while stimulating
| foreign production for the American market
Every consideration OF public saf,ty and
Individual interest demand that the govern
| nrnt shall be rescued from the hands
Of those who hal shown themselves incapable
| ,f conducting It without disaster at home and
iishonor abroad and shall bo restored to the
3arty which for 20 Years administered II with
| inequaled success and prosperity And In thls
connection we heartily lndorse the wisdom, the
patriotism and the success OF the admnlstra-
lion OF President Harrison,
Tho Tarifr.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance TO
he policy Of protection as the bulwark OF
American Industrial Independence, and the
foundation OF American development ana
prosperity, This true American policy taxes
foreign products aud encourages home indus
try, It puts the burden Of revenue on foreign
goods, II secures tho American market for the
American producer 1t upholds the American
standard Of wages lot the American working
man; II puts the factory by the side OF
the farm, and makes the farmer less de-
pendent on foreign demand and prices; It dif-
fuses general thrift and founds the strength OF
all on the strength Of zach In Its responsible
application II is just fair and impartial, equal
ly opposed to foreign control and domestic
monopoly. to sectional discrimination and In.
divldual fnyorltlsm
we dcnounce the present democratic tarlh
at sectional, partisan aud one-sldcd, and dis
astrous to the treasury and destructive Of bus
lness enterprise. and we demand such an
equitable tariff on foreign imports which come
into competition with American products as
will not only furnish adequate revenue for the
necessary expense OF the government, but VIII
protect American labor from degradation and
the wage level Of other lands We are not
pledged 10 any particuns schedule, The ques.
tiou OF rates N practical question, o
bc governed by the conditions OF the
time and OF production. The ruling and
uncompromisinR principle Ia tho protcc.
tion and development Of American inbcr and
industry. The country wants right settle
ment and then II wants rest
THE republican party renews lts pledge for
the protection OF nll American industries
against foreign competition, and declares IT.
faith that the supremacy Of the United States
among the nations Is the result OF such n
policy. We believe In liberal reciprocity and
lust retaliation, and demand the application OF
the golden rule Of commerce to all future leg.
islstion affecting the tarlr and foreign trade
We believe tho repeal Of the reciprocity ar.
angemcnts negotiated by the last republican
| adm ministrntlon was a national calsmity. and
| demand their renewal and extension on such
| terms as will equAlls, our trade with 'othe'
nations and remove the restrictions that now
lbslfuct the sale OF American products In the
ports OF Europe. and secure new markets for
| he products Of our farms, forests and fac.
| tories
Reciprocity.
| we believe that protection and reciprocity
are twin measures OF republican policy and so
hand In hand Democratic rule has rcchlcssly
struck down both, and both must DO ro.cstab-
llshed Protection for what we produce; free
| admission for tho nccrssnrlcs Of HE
which we do not produce reciprocal
| agreements OF mutual interest which gain open
markets for MS ln return tor our open markets
| To others Protection builds up domestic In.
dustry and trade, and secures our own market
for oursclycsi reciprocity builds up foreign
trade and finds an outlet for our surplus
The flnancea
Tho republican party Is unrosorvcily for
sound money.
"It caused tho enactment Of the law provld.
Ing for the resumption Of specie payments
In 1872
"sincc then every dollar has been as sooa as
gold
we are unallorably opposed to every meas
urc calculated 10 dchAsc our currency or i'm
pair the credit Of our country
We are, therefore opposed to the free coin.
age of silver except by International aeroc-
mcnt with the leading commercial nations Of
tho world, which we plcdsc ourselves to
promote; and until such agreement can he
| obtained the existing gold standard must be
preserved
IAN our silver and paper currency must be
m maintained at parity with gold, and we favor
all measures designed to maintain inyiolably
the obligations Of the United States and nil
our money, either coin or paper, at tho present
staniard--the standard Of the most enlightened
nations OF the earth
sugar and wo,i.
we condemn the present administration for
not kcoplng faith with the sugar producers Of
this country the republican party favors such
protection rs Will lead TO the production on
American soil Of all sugar which tho American
people use, and for which they pay 10 other
countries more than sloo,0oo, GO annually
"ro all our products to all OF those Of the mine
and the field, as we'll as those Of the shop and
the factory, 10 wool the products OF the great
industrious sheep husbandfs as we'll Ms the
finished woolons Of tho mill, We promise the
most ample protection"
Merchant Marine.
IA faV
policy Of discriminating duties for the up.
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