Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-31

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II second that notion" exclaimed
Chief Insurgent Finn. for once being
in harmony with the stalwart program.
Barnett was nominated with a hur-
rah
THE PLATFORM.
That we congratulate the American
people upon the results of the cam
paign of 1896, the establishment of a
sound currency, the securing of proper
protection to American industries. and
the election of that champion of the
common people, William Mckinley, to
be president of the United States. The
Republican party has been in control
Of the national government for little
more than two years, and during that
time every promise made by it has
been fulfilled. Business is active and
remunerative, labor Is employed at
good and increasing wages, capital has
an ample field for investment, and an
era of unexampled prosperity has been
inaugurated. Much of the success OF
the Republican policy adopted in 1896
is due to the good judgment. wise
counsel, administrative ability, far
reaching diplomacy and broad minded
craftsmanship of our patriotic presi-
dent. We firmly support and fully in
dorse his administration and place on
record the wish of the Republicans of
Pennsylvania that he be nominated to
lead the hosts to victory in the cam
paign of 1900 and to this end we rec
ommend the election of delegates who
will give his candidacy earnest and
vigorous support at the next national
convention.
We reaffirm the principles of our
party declared in the national platform
by the st. Louis convention The Re-
publican party of Pennsylvania stands
unequivocally and unreservedly for
sound money. and favors currency
with which to pay the wages of l%Sbor
and the earnings of capital. the soldier
and pensioner. as good as gold the
world over. TO further these ends we
believe in maintaining the existing
gold standard, and are unalterably OPP
posed to the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 10 to l.
We renew and emphasize our allie
glance to the policy of protection,
which is the bulwark of our industrial
development and the foundation of the
prosperity of our country.
We cordially endorse and heartily
approve the wise course pursued by
our representatives in congress in the
enactment OF the Dingley tariff law.
We congratulate the country on the
successful termination of the war with
Spain and recognize the wisdom of
the policy President Mckinley has in
augurated in the management of the
affairs in Cuba and Porto Rico. and
promise him our faithful support in
the prosecution of the war in the Phil
ippines, in order that the supremacy
of the flag planted there by the valor
of our army and navy may be main
tained.
Pennsylvania is proud of the record
made by her soldiers at Gettysburg,
Antietam, Fredericksburg the Wilder
ness, Chickamauga and upon other bat
tlefields of the civil war, and glories in
the fact that the spirit of the old vet
Grams has been handed down to their
sons. who heroically followed the des-
tiny of the flag at San Juan Hill, Co
ANA, Malolos. La Lomas church and
Malate.
We feel patriotic pride in the fact
that every battle fought in defense of
our national honor has contained a
record of the brave deeds of Pennsyl-
vania soldiers. and we extend to those
now returning from the Philippine
Islands hearty welcome and express
our admiration for the courage and
bravery with which they upheld the
flag of their country and the honor of
our state. The Tenth Pennsylvania,
under the leadership of the courageous
and lamented Hawkins, occupies the
honorable position of being the only
regiment east of the Mississippi river
chosen for campaign work in the dis
tant Philippines. and it is now matter
of national history that they met the
highest expectations of those who Sc
lected them for this patriotic service.
To give continued employment to the
industry, ingenuity and skill of the
American mechanic and laborer We
must find new markets abroad for our
surplus products. The commercial
control of additional territory will af-
ford new markets which will necessa-
rily increase our commerce and de-
velop our manufacturing interests. We
have ceased to be content with supply
ing products for home consumption
alone.
We must keep pace with other ma
tions in seeking new fields for our
con- merce, ana 10 tnlS emu we support
the policy of industrial commerce and
national expansion. We favor for our
national defense and the promotion of
closer commerce relations between the
sections of our vast territory, now an
immediate necessity. the immediate
commencement and early completion of
a great canal that will give communi-
cation between the Atlantic and Pa
cifc oceans. as well as its protection
against foreign control
We believe the best interests of the
la1orer will be conserved by the con-
tinuance of Republican supremacy in
state and nation. We express our ap-
proval of the right of labor to organ
iZe as well q capital and believe that
such organ n properly and lawful
ly control Will accomplish better
results for 10Th the employe and the
employer. We recognize that the per-
petuity of our institutions depends
upon giving to labor the fullest and
! freest opportunity to better its condi-