The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-06-30
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.


fhllauelphla, June 22.-PreSident
Mckinley was unanimously renomi-
mated for president of the United
States by the republican national con-
vention at 1:4s o'clock yesterday, and
an hour and ten minutes later Gov.
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York,
was unanimously selected TO stand
beside him in the coming battle.
what the Platform Declares
The republicans OF the United States
through their chosen representatives met
In national convention, looking back
upon an unsurpassed record OF achieve
ment and looking forward into great
neld OF duty and opportunity, and APP
peaiing TO tho judgment OF their country
men. make these declarations;
This Present AdmlnistrAtion Reviewed.
Tho expectation In which the American
people. turning from the democratic party.
entrusted power four years ago TO re-
publican chief magistrate and republi-
can congress- has been met and satisfied.
When the people then assembled at the
polls after a term Of democratic legisla-
tion and administration. business was
dead. industry paralyzed and the national
credit disastrously impaired. The coun-
try's capital was hidden away and its
labor distressed and unemployed. The
democrats had no other plan with which
to improve the rulnous conditions which
they had themselves produced than to
coin silver at the ratio OF IS TO l. The
republican party denounclng this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse
than those from which relief was sought.
promised TO restore prosperity by means
Of two legislative measures-a protective
tariff and law making gold the standard
Of value. The people by great majori-
ties issued to the republican party a
commission to enact these laws. This
commission has been executed, and the
republican promise Is redeemed. Pros
perity more general and more abundant
than we have ever known has followed
these enactments There Is no longer
pcontroversy as to the value of any gov
ernment obligations. Every American dol
lar Is a gold dollar or Its assured equiv
alent and American credit stands higher
than that OF any nation. Capital Is fully
employed and everywhere labor is prof
itably occupied. No single fact can more
strikingly tell the story Of what repub-
lican government means to the country
than this--that while during the whole
period OF lO7 years from 1880 to 1897 there
was an excess of exports over Imports
short three years OF the present repub-
lican administration an excess of exports
over imports In the enormous sum of
81. .4S3. 09i. and while the American peo-
pie, sustained by this republican legisla-
tion, have been achieving these splendid
triumphs In their business and commerce,
they have conducted and in victory con-
cluded war for liberty and human
rights No thought OF national aggran-
dizemsnt tarnlshed the high purpose with
which American standards were un-
furled. II was a war unsought and pa
tiently resisted. but when II came the
American government was ready. Its
fleets were cleared for action. Its ar
mics were in the field and the quick and
signal triumph OF its forces on land and
sea bore equal tribute to the courage
OF American soldiers and sailors and TO
the skill and foresight OF republican
statesmanship. To 100000 Of the hu-
man race there was given "a new birth
Of freedom" and the American people a
new and noble responsibility.
Prssidsat MeKiniry Landed.
We indorse the administration OF VIII
liam Mckinley. Its acts have been en-
tablished In wisdom and In patriotism md
at home and abroad II has distinctly ell
evated and extended the influence OF the
American nation, Walking untried paths
and facing unforeseen responsibilities
President Mckinley hns hacn in every
situa ton the true American patriot aud
upright statesman. clear In vision, strong
In judgment. firm In action, always In
spring and deserving the confidence Of
his countrymen.
Ask for an Endorsement.
In asking the American people to In
dorse this republican record and 10 re-
new their commission to the republican
party, we remind them Of the fact that
tho menace to their prosperity has al
ways resided In democratic principles and
no less In the general incapacity Of the
democratic party to conduct public af-
fairs. The prime essential OF business
prosperity Is public confidence In the good
sense Of the government and Its ability
to deal intelligently with each new prob
lem Of administration and legislation,
That confidence the democratic party has
never earned. II is hopelessly inadequate.
and the country's prosperity, when DEM
ocratic success at the polls is announced.
halts and ceases In mere anticipation Of
democratic blunders and failures.
Renew Allsgiancs to Gold Standard.
We renew our allegiance to the principle
Of the gold standard and declare our con-
idence In the wisdom Of the legislation
OF the fifty-sixth congress by which the
parity OF all our money and the stability
OF our currency on a gold basis has been
secured. We recognize that interest rates
are a potent factor IN production and
business activity. and for the purpose OF
further eQualizlng and Of further lower
ing the rates OF interest we favor such
monetary legislation as will enable the
varying needs OF the season and OF all
-.
trade may be evenly sustained, labor
steadily employed and commerce en-
larged The volume OF money In clrcula-
ton was never so great per capita as
Il Is to-day. We declare our steadfast op-
position to the free and unlimited coin
age OF silver. No measure TO that end
could be considered which was without
the support OF the leading commercial
countries OF the world. However firmly
republican legislation may seem to have
secured the country against the peril OF
base and discredited currency. the cleo
tion Of q democratic president could not
fail TO impair the country's credit and
to bring once more Into question the con-
tention OF the American people to main
tain upon the gold standard the parity
Of their money circulation. The demo-
cratic party must be convinced that the
American people will never tolerate the
Chicago platform.
Trusts Condemned.
We recognize the necessity and pro-
priety OF the honest cooperation OF cap
ital to meet new business conditions and
especially to extend our rapidly increas-
ing foreign trade, but we condemn all
conspiracies and combinations Intended to
restrict business, to create monopolis, to
limit produstion or TO control prices and
favor such legislation as will effectually
restrain and prevent all such abuses, pro-
tect and promote competition and Sc
cure the rights of producers laborers and
all who are engaged In industry and com.
merce.
Protsction TO American Labor.
We renew our faith In the policy OF
protection TO American labor. In that
policy our Industries have been estab-
lished. diversified and maintained By
protecting the home market the comne-
tition has been stimulated and produc-
tion cheapened. Opportunity TO the in
ventive genius Of our people has been se-
cured and wages in every department Of
labor maintained at high rates, higher
now than ever before. always distin-
gushing our working people In their
better conditions Of life from those Of any
competing country.
For Commercial Re iprooity.
Enjoying the blessings Of American
common schools, secure In the right Of
self-government. and protected in the oc-
cupancy Of their own markets. their con.
stantly Increasing knowledge and skin
have enabled them finally to enter the
markets Of the world We favor the as
ISOLATED policy Of reciprocity so directed
as to open our markets on favorable
terms for what we do not ourselves pro-
duce In return for free foreign markets.
Restriction of Foreign Immigration.
In the further interest OF American
workmen we favor a more effective re-
strlction Of the immigration OF cheap
labor from foreign lands, the extension
Of opportunities OF education for work.
ing children, the raising of the age limit
for child labor, the protection OF free la
Dor wv against contract convict labor.
and an effective system Of labor lnsur-
ance.
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