Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-16

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the local sentiment for f~avorite sons,
and deiied the attempted dictation of
money kings, and importers, and metro
politan newspapers.
"IL came a. tie winds come when forests
ARE rendvd,
IL came n The wave come When navies
are stranded.
1t was the voice of the people-the
supreme law; and the great convention
at ST. Louis-where but two weeks be
fore, tail buildings had crumbled In the
breath OF the storm, bowed meekiy
before the great storm of public clamor
and named as its candidate, the nominee
of the people, the chosen OF the masses,
the apostle of protection, the soldier
statesman, William Mckinley.
And in that splendid platform on
which they invited him to stand they
declared, "We renew and emphasize U
allegiance To the policy of protection as
the bulwark of American industrial In
dependence and the foundation OF
American development and prosperity.
This true American policy taxes foreign
products ard encourages home industry;
it puts the burden of revenue on foreign
goods: il secures the American market
for the American producer; it uphol6s
the American standard OF wages for the
American working man; it puts the fac
tory by the kde of the farm and makes
the American farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price; it diffuses
general thrift and POUNDS the strength
Of all on the strength OF each
They declared further: PRO
lection ana reciprocity are twin meas
ures OF Republican policy and go hand
in hand. Democratic rule has recklessly
struck down both and both must
lie re-established protection for what
we produce; free admission for the nee
e~ssaries 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
foro urselves; reciprocity builds up for
eign trade and finds an outlet for our
surp,uc.'
Nor have we shirked or shown want
If c"rrrre in meeting other issues.
lnstc a,su a shpffling foreign policy ve
have sroaen for a bold one that shall
make our influence felt among the
nations Of the earth and give hope 10 the
feeble new struggling under tue oppres-
sions and insults u the strong. We
have declared for a stronger navy that
may carry our flag to every sea and pro
tect our citizens On every shore. We
mean, so far as in our power, to see that
England shall not bully Venezuela, that
Turkey shall cease her slaughter of
Armenians, that the Sandwich Islands
may hoist the American flag if they
want to, that Spain shall take her
bloody hands from Cuba, and that no
fnroi,yp au.a choI h,;ll - .Drfrnl tha
Nicaragua canal connecting the waters
Of the W oceans.
On the financial question, too-which
the Popuiists and a faction of Demo
Gratis insist is the paramount issue-the
Republican party has adopted a plain,
straightforward, unambiguous declara-
ton; THE Republican party is unre-
seryedly for sound money. 1t caused
the enactment of the law providing for
the resumption Of specie payments in
1879; since then every dollar has been as
good as gold. We are unalterably
opposed to every Measure calculated to
debase our currency or impair the credit
of our country. We are, therefore,
opposed to the free coinage of silver
except by international agreement with
the leading commercial nations of the
"Oilo- WIN We pAtiiSt pulEt4SCa ~ E.OT
mote, and until such 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 meas
ures designed to maintain inviolably 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"
Every true bi-metallist or advocate OF
the use OF both metals as money ought
to be satisfied with that %utterance. Does
anyone object to the pledge that all our
national obligations shall be kept and
preserved? Or the promise that all our
silver and paper must be maintained at
parity with gold? / know there are
those who dissent because they favor a
silver standard and say openly they
would drive gold from circulation. They
are mono-metallists. And after all the
only difference between sincere bi-metal-
lists is as to whether our nation can
alone and unaided bring about a larger
use of silver. Some have thought this
could be done, and that action by the
United States would compel the other
nations to follow. The Republican party
in its national convention assembled has
declared the contrary, believing that
any attempt to act alone would be a leap
in the dark; but it has further declared
that we will encourage and promote
International agreement on the subject.
And tnis is the policy of prudence and
safety. Under a Republican admins
tration We sent representatives to a
bi-metallic conferences: nothing was
accomplished, largely because some of
the selfish interests attending there
hoped we would try it alone, when they
could gain a mean advantage by buying
our products for silver and selling as
theirs for gold. But a bold stand like
that taken at st. Louis will have its
effect on sediment over there, and already
leading men in England express their
Willingness to reopen to silver the minis
OF India: statesmen in Italy, France
and Germany are asking for a new con
ference-the great agricultural conven-
tion In France the other day declared
unanimously for it-and the bright
young German emperor is going to make
the subject Of bi-metallism a special
study during his summer vacation.
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