Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-03

could not earn money with which to buy, and
every branch of trade felt the blighting infiu-
ence of the Democratic tariff reform hard
times: the treasury of the United States was
depleted and the gold reserve disappeared.
The government borrowed money to pay cur
rent expenses, increasing the public debt in
times of peace by hundreds of millions of dol
lars.
The Democratic party proposed to the peo-
pie as a remedy for ali these Democratic ills
a deprecated and dishonest currency. which
intensified every evil.
During all that period of depression and dis
trust the Republican party stood fast for the
principles and policies under which American
industries had been built up and had flour
ished beyond eXample-the principles and
policies under which the people had prospered
and the nation had grown great for genera
ton; stood fast for a sound and honest cur
rency and i'll 1886 elected to the presidency
William Mckinley, the best exponent of Re-
pablicanisn and true American idea and poll
cies, the friend of every American industry
and the wise and patriotic defender and ad-
vocate OF honest money.
Under his splendid Republican adminstra-
ton public credit has been restored, the pros
perity of the people has developed, our COM
merce has grown great, our trade, domestic
and foreign, has increased TO degree never
before known. and the people are looking with
confidence foc greater things to come.
The magnificent achievements of our army
and navy i'll the war with Spain for the liberia
tion of the downtrodden and oppressed people
of Cuba from the domination of Castilian des-
potism, accomplished under the master guild
ance of Republican administration, are
necessarily subjects for highest enconium by
IA convention of Ohio Republicans.
To the same master guidance, controlled by
the great principles that have shaped the high
destiny of the Republican party, from Lincoln
to Mckinley, the people can safely commit the
solution of the momentous problem of the
future of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine
islands. Their wise solution Will vastly in
crease our foreign trade, spread American
civilization abroad and add to the honor and
power and glory of this great nation
We commend the president for the judicious
notifications of the civil service rules recently
promulgated.
For the national defense, for the reinforce
ment of the navy, for the enlargement of our
foreign markets, for the employment of
American wOrliingmen in the mines, forests,
farms, mills. factories and shipyard; de
mand the immediate enactment of legislation
similar to that favorably reported to each
branch of the Fifty fifth congress at its last
session so that American built, American
owned ami American manned ships may re-
gain the carrying of our foreign commerce
We commend the action of the Seventy third
general assembly of Ohio in passing the strin-
gent law, our statute books prohibit
ing the organization of trusts" and we de-
nounce such unlawful combinations as mimi
cal to the interests of the people.
We congratulate the people of the state
unon the fact that Republican Legislature
enacted this law, and we demand its rigid en-
forcement
We pledge our party to such further legis-
latiOn experience may determine necessary
to prevent the formation and operation of
such iniquitous and dangerous combinations.
Other resolutions recommend laws fer
equalizing taxes, uniform system of selecting
delegates for state conventions, protesting
Ngainst iynching and strongly favoring Ike
nhio centennial at Toledo in 1872