The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-06-27

themselves to the awakened intelli-
gence, experience and conscience of
their countrymen In the following de-
c~.aration Of facts and principles:
For the first time since the civil war
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and
unrestricted democratic control of the
government. 1t has been a record OF
unparalleled incapacity. dishonor and
disaster. In administrative ana
ment 1t has ruthlessly sacrificed indis-
pensable revenue. entailed an increasing
deficit, eked out ordinary current en-
penses with borrowed money, piled up
the public debt by $3.50. 600, 900 in time of
peace, forced an adverse balance of
trade, kept a perpetual menace hanging
over the redemption fund. pawned
American credit to alien syndicates and
reversed all the measures and results
Of successful republican rule.
In the broad effect of Its policy 1t a
precipitated a panic, blighted indus
try and trade with long depression,
closed factories. reduced work
n wages. crippled American
production while stimulating for
eign production tor the Amer
lean market. Every consideration of
public safety and individual interest
demands that the government shall be
rescued from the hands OF those Who
have shown themselves incapable OF
conducting 1t without disaster at home
n dishonor abroad, and shall be re-
stored to the party which for thirty
years administered it with %unequalled
success and prosperity.
And in this connection we heartily in
dorse the wisdom, the patriotism, and
the success of the administration OF
President Harrison.
TARIFF.
W. renew and emphasize our a;ies-
lance to the policy Of protection as the
bulwark OF American Industrial indie
pendence n the foundation Of Ameri-
can development and prosperity. This
true American policy taxes foreign
products and encourages home indus
try; it puts the burden of revenue on
foreign goods: it secures the American
market for the American producers;
1t upholds the American standard 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; it diffuses general thrift and
LOuIuS lue SlTeuslu Oh all on the
strength of each. In Its reasonable APP
plication 1t is just. fair and impartial,
equally opposed to foreign and domestic
monopoly. to sectional discrimination
INT individual faVoritism.
We denounce the present democratic
tariff as sectional. injurious to the pub
lie credit and destructive to business
enterprise. We demand such an equi-
table tariff On foreign imports which
come into competition with American
products as will not only furnish ade.
quate revenue for the necessary expen-
SEES of the government, but will protect
American labor from degradation to the
| wage level OF that Of other lands. We
are not pledged to any, particular sched-
ules. The question Of rates Is a practi-
cal question to be governed by the con-
dition OF the times and of the produce
ton, its uncompromising principle Is the
protection and development Of American
labor and industry. The country de-
mands a right settlement and then 1t
wants rest.
RECIPROCITY.
We believe that the repeal of the reci-
procity arrangements negotiated by the
last republican administration was a
national calamity and we demand their
renewal and extension on such terms
as will eQualize u trade with other
nations. remove the restrictions which
now obstruct the sale Of American prod
ucts In the ports OF other countries and