Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-09-07
TIE CITIZEN.
Republican State Platform.

That we congratulate the American
| people upon the results Of the cam
paign of 1896, the establishment of
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 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
remuneratiye, 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
| VIII give IlI AGEIludNN ftlt A4t> anu
vigorous support at the next national
convention.
We reaffrm the principles Of our
| party declared in the national platform
| by the St. Louis convention. The Re-
publican party Of Pennsylvania stands
uneGuivocaIiy and unreservedly for
sound money. Ca1 favors currency
with which 10 nay the wages of labor
and the earnings OF capital, the soldier
and pensiGner, as good as gold the
world over. 70 further these ends we
believe in maintaining the existing
| gold standard, and ere unalterabiy op-
posed to the free coinage Of silver at
| the ratio of Is To !.
We renew and emphasize our allie
| glance to the policy of protection,
which IS the bulwarll of our industrial
| development and the foundation of the
prosperity cf our country.
We cordially endorse and heartily
approve the wise course pursued by
| our representatives in congress in the
enactmsnt OF the Dingley tariff law.
| We congratulate the country on the
| successful termination of the war with
| Spain and recognize the wisdom or
the policy President Mckinley has in
augurated in the management OF the
affairs in Cuba and Porto Rico and
promise him our faithful support il
| the prosecution OF the war in the Phil
| ippines. in order that the supremacy
| of the flag planted there by the yalor
| of our army and navy may be main
| tanned
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 glor1es 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
| anna. MalOlos. La Lomas church and
| Malate.
We feel a patriotic pride in the fact
| that every battle fought in defense of
| our national honor has contained
record of the brave deeds of Pennsyl-
vania soldiers and we extend to those
now returning from the Philippine
| Islands a 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
| Iected 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-
| rilv 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
| commerce. and to this end 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 Cur vast territory, now an
| immediate necessity. the immediate
| commencement and early completion OF
| a great canal that viii give commUni-
| cation hetr-cen the Atlantic and Pa
| ciflc oceans as wen as its protection
| against foreign control
| We believe the best Interests of the
| Iaborer will he conserved by the con-
| tinuance Cf Republican supremacy in
| state and nation. We express our ap-
! proval of the right of labor to organ
| lie as well as capital, and believe that
! such organization properly and lawful
| I,r rui1l apppDNnliCh hotter
| results for both the employe and the
| employer We recognize that the per-
| petuity of our institutions depeans
! upon giving to labor the fullest and
freest opportunity to better its condi-
| ton by securing employment under the
| most favorable circumstances.
We commend the wise, business like
| and courageous administration of our
| distinguished governor William A.
/ Stone As chief executive he has
shown a disposition to serve the best
interests of the whole people and to
| conduct his administration on lines of
| common honesty and business like sa-
| gacity.
Like an individual, a state must live
| within its income. An individual who
| pays out more money than he receives
becomes insolvent, and state that
| adopts the same pOllcy must SINK IN
| credit We, therefore, uphold the gov
ernor in his policy of reducing the ex-
| penses of the state so that they shall
not exceed our income. The largest
support should be given to our char
liable. eleemOsynary, penal and char
table institutions, but appropriations
should not he made, even for these
worthy purposes, beyond the annual
revenues of the state. If additional
revenues are required we favor the
taxation of incorporated capital and or
ganized trusts, so that the public bur-
dens may be more fully and equally
distributed.
We commend the good Judgment of
the Republicans Of Pennsylvania in
their selection of representatives in
both branches of the national congress.
They fitly and properly represent the
great commercial, industrial and busi-
ness interests of our commonwealth.
The Republican party owes a debt of
gratitude to her senior senator, Mat
thew Stanley Quay, who for more than
q quarter of q century has stood in the
forefront OF the battle for Republican
supremacy. Our state is entitled to
full representation in the United States
senate, and we endorse the action Of
the governor in making his appoint