Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-06-16
Tia Rspublicsu Platform.

Inc kepuDllcans OF hansss noun
mated at Hutchinson one Of the best
and strongest tickets ever put up IN
this or any other State. From gov
errnor down every man is clean, up
right, honest and deserving. There
are no "sticks" and no drags on the
ticket. 1t is q winning combination
in every particular and will commend
itself to every voter in the State.
In addition the state convention
adopted the following clear and ring
Ing declaration Of principles, plat
form that should be read by every
voter in the State. 1t is a platform
that speaks for itself and is creditable
to the party:
We, the Republicans Of Kansas, In
convention assembled, express and
record our approval Of the national
Republican administration in peace
and in war. We restlirm the princi.
pies enunciated in the national Repub-
lican platform OF 1896, and direct at
tention to the fact that every promise
has been kept and every prediction
has been been verified. We heartily
approve the policy Of President Nc
Kinley in the preparation for and con-
duct Of the war and pledge to him our
loyal support in this contest, begun
as it was at the dictates Of humanity
and waged as it is for the honor Of
the nation and the freedom Of the OPP
pressed.
The experience Of recent events has
demonstrated that our navy should
be Immediately strengthened and en-
larged so that it will command and
compel the respect Of the world. We
believe that the necessities Of war
have supplemented the arguments Of
peace and that the Nicaragua canal
should be built as speedily as posi-
BILE. We believe that the Hawaiian
islands should be annexed and we
urge our representatives in congress
to support the resolution providing
for their immediate acquisition.
We favor the most liberal construc-
ton OF all the pension laws In the
spirit Of their enactment without
technical distractions or require
ments. We urge that preference be
given to honorably discharged SOL
diers and sailors in all appointments
Of the State and nation, as provided
by law. We demand Of the governor
and secretary Of state that, in &C.
cordance with the statutes OF Kansas,
they prepare in ample time proper
poll books, ballots and tally sheets,
and forward the same to the officers
Of the Kansas regiments in the volun-
teer service OF the United States, so
that all officers and soldiers Of the
Kansas regiments, wherever they
may be stationed, may have an op.
portunity to vote,
We invite the attention OF the coal
miners Of Kansas to the pledges Of the
Populist platform Of 1896 against con-
vict mined coal in the open market,
and the fragrant violation Of those
pledges by the present State admins
tration elected upon that platform.
The last Republican administration
made similar pledges to the free coal
miners and kept them to the letter.
The Republican party now repeats
those pledges against putting convict
mined coal into the market in compe-
tition with the product Of free miners,
limiting the convict output to the
needs Of the State institutions, and
will keep these promises as 1t does all
others, in perfect good faith.
In contrast with faithful perform.
ance Of promises by the Republican
party in the Nation, we place the
broken pledges Of the Populist party
in the State. Entrusted with power
and given absolute control Of every
branch Of the government, they re-
pudiated the pledges by which they
had gained success. Their record Of
inconsistency is rounded out with in.
competency and supplemented by cor
ruption, proven by their own parti-
sans in an investigation they made
themselves.
On the record Of our party for the
last fifteen months, in accord as 1t is
with the history Of thirty years Of Re-
publican rule that gave to our Nation
its greatest development and prosper
ity, we appeal to the voters Of the
State Of Kansas and ask their support
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