Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-09
Republican Platform for 1900.

1n0f0 Is great l1ll IN the hepuDll-
can ranks right now. Since Mckinley
stabbed his Wolcott bimetalic commits
sion in the back, and destroyed its
work in behalf of silver coinage. and
since he recommended the single gold
standard to congress in July, they are
dissatisfied of course, but yet they have
not the courage to say what they will
do. They are waiting for their bosses
to speak, and then they will fall in
line and whoop it up. In order that
their suspense may be relieved, we
now tell in a few plain words the most
important things they will have to
swallow in 1900.
PLATFORM.
We, the Trusts, Bankers, Corpora
tious and Plutocrats, commonly called
the Republican Party. do set forth and
endorse the following:
PLANKs.
l. We heartily endorse Mr.. Nc
Kinley's serviceable administration,
for while he is in reality our plant tool,
he is able to make the common people
believe he is their friend also. We
thank him for smothering his silver
convictions and serving the gold stand
ard only, to the full extent of his pow
er.
2. We can never thank Mark Hanna
enough Cor the masterful way he bought
up votes and intimidated voters during
the '96 campaign.
3. We are for the gold standard
pure and simple, without waiting for
the consent either of our own people
or of any other nation on earth.
4. We will make congress pass a
law making the word tcoin" mean
gold in all the government bonds.
5. We shall call in all the green
backs and treasury notes and burn
them, and issue gold bonds in their
stead.
6. We will take all finances out of
the hands of the government and give
all the money into the hands of the
bank; but we will make Uncle Sam
responsible for all bank deficits. The
banks must have the jobs, but no re-
sponsibility.
Z. Resolved, That Abe Lincoln was
fool for ever issuing the greenbacks,
when we would have loaned him mon
ey to carry on the war for the reason
able rate of 40 per cent. per annum.
And that Blaine. Logan, Garfield, Har-
rison, Mckinley, Allison, etc., were
very foolish for ever advocating free
coinage of silver at any ratio.
8. We want still higher protection
than the Dingley bill, in order to cut
off all revenue from that source, and
make the government sell US more
bonds to supply the deficiency. We
don't want the war debt paid; we want
to enrich US more and more.
9. Resolved, That a man in public
Office does not owe the public anything
as Mark Hanna says.
10. Resolved, That the President
shall hold his office for life or during
the time he will devotedly serve our in
terests, for this thing of buying up the
voters every four years is getting to be
too expensive. We need the money
we have to pay them to buy more gold
bonds, more palace cars, more fine
steam boats, and more voyages to the
summer resorts of Europe, etc., etc.
The fool votors are asking too much
for their votes. We must get that
right out of their hands.
II. Resolved, That the earth is fiat.
II. Resolved. That the moon con-
sists of green cheese.
This is a sufficient outline. The last
two .planks do no have anything to dc
WIN poIItIcS' ou1 IH0y arc cuuOu oHA -
to show the power the bosses have over
the rank and file of their party. Last
year they were for free silver till the
bosses spoke, then they were for the
gold standard. If their convention
should adopt the last two planks, yor
will see the little 2x4's jump in and
'swhoop 'em up" RosELLE.