The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-06-26
TIE PLATFORM.

| IN suC AOAOWAuS QcCloIdtlOu OF I6CIS Buu pIlu
siples: For the first time since the civil war
ihe American people have witnessed the ca
amitous consequences of full and unrestricted
democratic control Of the government 1t has
oeen a record Of unparalleled incapacity dis
| aonor and disaster. In admin istrative man
| sgement it has sacrificed indispensable reve-
aue. entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out
| ordinary current expenses with borrowed
| money, piled up the public debt by
| E262 100000 in time Of peace, forced
IN adverse balance OF trade. kept perpetual
| menace hanging over the redemption fund,
2awned American credit to alien syndicates and
| reversed all the measures and results Of sue
sessful republican rule In the broad effect OF
ats policy 1t has precipitated panic, blighted
industry and trade with prolonged depression,
closed factories, reduced work and wages.
oalted enterprise and crippled American pro-
auction while stimulating foreign produc ton
| for the American market Every considera-
ton Of public safety and public interest de-
nands that the government shall be rescued
from the hands OF those who have shown them
selves incapable Of conducting it without dis
| aster at home and diShonor abroad, and shall
| De restored to the party which for 30 years ad-
ministered it with unequaled success and
prosperity. And in this connection we heartily
| tndorse the wisdom, the patriotism and the
success Of the administration Of President
Harrison.
We renew and emphasize our allegiance to
| the policy Of protection the bulwark of
American Industrial independence and the
| foundation Of American development and pros
perity. This true American policy taxes for
elgn products and encourages home industry;
1t puts the burden Of revenue on foreign goods
| it secures the American market for the Amer
lean producer; it upholdS the American stand
ard Of wages for the American workingman; it
puts the factory by the side of the farm and
makes the American farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price 1t difuses general
thrift and POUNDS the strength Of all on the
strength Of each. In its reasonable applica-
ton it is just, fair and impartial, equally OPP
posed to foreign control and domestic monop-
oily. to sectional discrimination and individual
favoritism.
We denounce the present democratic tariff
as sectional, injurious to the public credit and
destructive to business enterprise. We de-
mand such an equitable tariff foreign i'm
ports which come into competition with Amer
fcan products as will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses of the gov
eminent, but will protect American labor from
degradation to the wage level Of other lands.
We are not pledged to any particular Sched-
ules. The question OF rates is a practical
question to be governed by the conditions Of
the time and production; the ruling and I'M
compromising principle is the protection and
development of American labor and industry.
The country demands right settlement, and
then it wants rest
We believe the repeal Of the reciprocity ar
rangements negotiated by the last republican
administration was q national calamity, and
we demand their renewal and extension on
such terms as Will equaliZe our trade with other
nations. remove the restrictions which now
obStruct the sale Of American products 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 in hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck down both, and both must be re-estab-
ISheQ, Protection for what DrOdnce. free
admission for the necessaries of life which we
do not produce: reciprocal agreements Of
mutual interest which gain open markets for
US in return for our open market to others.
Protection builds up domestic industry and
trade, and secures our own market for our
selves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade and
finds an outlet for our surplus.
We condemn the present administration for
not keeping faith with the sugar producers of
this country. The republican party favors
such protection as will lead to the production
on American soil of all the sugar which the
American people use, and for which they pay
other countries more than S1C0, 900 annually.
To all our products-to those Of the mine and
field, as well as to those OF the shop and fac
tory, to hemp. to wool, the product of the great
industry Of sheep huSbandry. we'll to the
finished woolens Of the mill-we promise the
most ample protection
We favor restoring the early American pol
icy of discriminating duties for the up-build-
Ing Of our merchant marine and the protection
Of our shipping in the foreign carrying trade,
SO that American ships-the product Of Amer
lean labor. employed in American shipyards,
sailing under the stars and stripes and manned,
aofflcered and owned by Americans-may re-
gain the carrying Of our foreign commerce.
The republican party is unreservedly for
sound money. 1t caused the enactment OF the
Jaw providing for the resumption of specie
payments in 1879; since then every dollar has
been good as gold We are unalterably op-
posed to every measure calculated to debase
Dur currency, or impair the credit OF our coun
try. We are; therefore. opposed to a free coin
age Of silver except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to promote,
and until such an agreement can be obtained
the existing gold standard must be preserved.
All our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold, and we favor
all measures designed to maintain inviolably
the obligation of the United States and our
money, whether coin or paper. at their present
standard, the standard of the most enlightened
nations OF the earth
The veterans of the union army deserve and
should receive fair treatment and generous
recognition. Whenever practicable they should
be given the preference in the matter of en-
ployment and they are entitled to the enact
ment OF such laws as are best calculated to Sc
cure the fulfllment Of the pledges made to
them in the dark days Of the country's peril
We denounce the practice in the pension bu-
reau, SO recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, OF reducing pen
sions and arbitrarily dropping names from the
roll, as deserving the severest condemnation
Of the American people
Our foreign policy should be at all times firm,
vigorous and dignihed. and all our interests in
the western hemisphere watched and guarded.
The Hawaiian islands should be controlled by
the United States, and no foreign power should
be permitted to interfere with them: the Mica
ragua canal should be built owned and operated
by the United States, and by the purchase Of
the Danish islands we should secure q proper
and much-ueeded naval station in the West
Indies.
The massacres in Armenia have abused the
deep sympathy and just indignation Of the
American people. and we believe the United
States should exercise all the influence it can
properly exert to bring these atrocities to an
exposed to gravest danger ana their property
DESTROYED there and every American citizen
and American property must be absolutely
protected at all hazards and at any cost
We assert the Monroe doctrine in its full ex-
tent, and we affirm the right OF the United
States to give the doctrine effect by respond
ing to the appeals Of any American state for
friendly Intervention in case of European en-
croachment We have not interfered and
shall not interfere with the existing posses
sions OF any European power in this hemis-
phere. but these possessions must not on any
pretext be extended We hopefully look for
pean powers from this hemisphere and to the
ultimate union OF all the English speaking
part Of the continent by the free consent Of its
Inhabitants
from the hour OF achieving their own indie
pendence the people OF the United States have