The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28
IOWA REPUBLICANS.
stand for sound Money, Protection
and the Peoples interests.


up strong plea for n throughgoing
republican administration. A speech
made by Chairman Charles Nj. Harl,
of Council Bluffs, was the feature of the
occasion, and it is here given:
political parties will attain success only
so long as they merit II. When principle Is
made subservent to place-hunting ana
time serving, defeat is certain. a weaken
ing In our position, faltering in our declara-
lions, or lessening of our majorties would
be taken by friend and foe alike as an indi-
cation that the people were reconslcering
the verdict OF 1896. II would discourage
the friends of honest money and good gov
eminent and encourage TO renewed as
saults those who, however honest and sim
cere, are. through the measures they advo-
cate, the enemies of everything in the way
of national policy to which the republican
party stands committed and by reason OF
which II has been intrusted with power.
In the light OF such responsibilities, this
convention has met to declare anew the
principles and nominate the candidates of
the party. In view of the history Oh Iowa
republicanism. there can be no question
but that it will faithfully discharge the
trust thus committed TO Its hands.
1.-The republicans of Iowa are uncom-
piomisingly in favor of unfolding the
plighted faith OF the nation, redeeming Its
obligations and preserving the equal pur-
chasing and debt-paying power OF every
dollar coined or issued under the authority
of the national government,
In Favor of the Gold Stand ard.
They are now. as in 1885, in favor OF
maintaining the gold standard, the stand
ard of the most enlightened nations OF the
world; of sustaining Americas position in
the front rank of the army of progress
rather than taking its policy from nations
5000 years behind the age in which We live.
0nnlSa1 n MRXiCaniZinR either
our politics or our finances. They have no
patience with that modern alleged philoso-
ply that a man can lift himself over the
front gate by his bootstraps, or with that
recent chimerical alleged discovery in the
field Of finance which would rival the
miracle Of creation by merely speaking into
existence wealth and prosperity out Of
nothing.
'They do not believe that wealth can be
created by an act of congress II that could
be done the republican party would have
made us all millionaires as the first act OF
the extra session of congress just closed.
and thus have thrown wide open the gate
way TO financial millennium.
THE republican party recognizes that the
only alchemy by which hard conditions
may be transmitted into wealth and pros
perity is through the Judgment. energy
and united effort of an intelligent people,
1t recognizes that unwise legislation or adj
ministration would destroy credit, para
lyze business, and render national and in
dividual prosperity impossible.
ION the other hand. by wise financial
policy on the part OF the government. cred
II will be sustained. national honor upheld.
and an impetus given to business and COM
merce that will unlock capital. inspire con-
fdence and energize effort.
UnswervingIy for Protection.
IOWA republicans are unswervingly
loyal TO the great doctrine Of the protection
labor, a principle which, in its appica ton,
has done more TO advance the interests
and promote the prosperity of our people
than any other In the history OF our gov
eminent.
During the four years preceding the in
augurattun OF Mckinley we witnessed a
period of industrial paralysis. business de-
preston and national and individual. pow
erty unknown except TO the oldest of our
citizens. Many of US beheld for the first
time the application of the Industrial poll
icies OF the democratic party TO the affairs
OF the nation and reenactment OF the
scenes of bankruptcy and widespread dis
tress which have in every instance in our
history been the legitimate fruits of that
policy.
1--WE saw the heavy hand Of democratic
legislation laid upon the tire,ess wheels of
Industry and they were stilled. The fire
died out in our furnaces and the music of
our mills was hushed. Capital was with
out investment. labor without employment
the government without revenue and trade
without life. We beheld in this country
the inauguration OF tariff policy which
brought rejoicing TO Europe. but distress
to America. We saw the factory fires OF
other lands lighted from the dying embers
of our own. We saw the reciprocity
treaties which had been negotiated as a
part of the enlightened policy of that idol
of Iowa republicans-James G.. Blaine
stricken down in sheer partisan wanton-
ness, without regard to the honor or obliga-
lions Of the nation. We saw our imports
increase with a decreasing revenue. and
our exports diminish until the balance Of
trade was against us. We saw the home
market-built UP as a result Of the tariff
policy OF the republican party swept
away, while the corn and wheat of the
western farmer rotted In his granary, It's
price upon the market less than the cost
of production and without purchaser at
any price.
Praise for DingIcy LAW.
The American people learned anew by
bitter experience the lesson that they could
not prosper under legislation dictated by
their commercial rivals and that their In
dustrial salvation was to be found in the
reenactment of that policy which, in the 80
years Of republican supremacy. had brought
to them an Industrial AMI material prog
ress and prosperity which was the marvel
of the centuries and excited the wonder and
admiration OF the civilized world Thus,
while the author of the democratic tariff
legislation was being banqueted by the
London chamber of commerce, the hearts
of the American people were turning to
that uncompromising apostle of protec-
tion, William Mckinley.
CAS- a result of his election, without
modification of existing laws, a change
came over the spirit OF the business world.
Confidence took the place of distrust, de-
spair was succeeded by hope, the life
blood began to pulsate through the arteries
of commerce, and capital and labor alike
behold tokens of the coming dawn. Based
only on the certainty Of republican policies.
factories were opened, labor employed and
enterprise awakened.
I'm compliance with the pledge of the
party congress in extra session has
passed a tariff law based upon the policy
of encouragement to American industries
and protection to American labor. II Is
not perfect. No measure involving parti-
san differences that Is subjected to the
ordeal OF passing the senate Of the United
States as at present constituted can more
than approximate either perfection or con-
sistency; but 1t Is long step In the direc-
ton of the prosperity from which we had
30 far and 30 unnecessarily wandered.
1T Will provide revenues sufficient for
the needs of the government. avoiding the
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