The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-21
THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY PLATFORM
Declares for Gold Stand
ard and Protection.
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE
The Letter of the Pledge to Pearl
Of Antilles Guaranteed.
GOVERNMENT OF FiLlPIN0S.
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE
GOVERNMENT OF FILIPINos.
The Adroitly ,vordcd Plank Says The!
shfs;l be Given as Large n Share as
is Consistent With Their Wei
fare and Their Dutics-Lcs-
islation for Increasing
Home Shipping.

PHlLADEL LPfi1A, PA, June 2e--Foliow-
Ing is The full text OF the platform OF the
Republican party adopted to-day by unani-
nous vote:
The Republicans of the United States
through their chosen representatives met
In National Convention. looking back upon
an unsurpassed record of achievement and
looking forward into a great field of duty
and opportunity. and appealing to the
iuagment of their countrymen. make these
declarations:
The expectation in which the American
people. turning from the Democratic
rarty. entrusted power four years ago to
a Republican Chief Magistrate and a Re
publican Congress. has been met and salts
fled. When the people then assembled at
The polls. after term Of Democratic les
i.slatien and administration. business was
dead industry ilarayzed and the national
credit disastrously impaired. The coun-
try's capital was hidden away and its
labor distressed and unemployed The
Democrats held no other plan With which
to improve the rufnous conditions whicn
they had themselves produced than to coin
silver at the ratio of 16 to l. The Republic
can party denouncng this plan as sure re
produce conditions even worse than those
frosn which relief WAS sought promised to
restore prosperity by means of two logis-
latiye IneaSurcS-a protective tariff and a
law making gold the standard of value.
The people by great majorities issued to
The Republican party a commission TO en-
act these laws This commission has been
executed. and the Republican promise is
redeemed.
GREAT PROSPERITY
Prosperity more general and more
abundant than we have ever known has
followed these enactments. There is no
longer controversy as to the value OF any
government obligations. Every American
dollar is a gold dollar or its assured
equivalent and American credit stands
higher than that Of any nation. Capital
is fuller employed and labor everywhere is
protitaifly occupied.
And while the Aer1rican people. sustained
by this Republican legislation, have been
accepting these splendid triump1s in their
business and commerce they have con-
Quoted and in victory. concluded a war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
o: national aggrandizenent furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. IT was a war IN
sought and patiently resisted, but when it
came the American government was ready
To ten millions OF the human race there
was given 50 a new birth of freedom and
10 the American people a new and double
responsibility
We endorse the administration of Viii
liam Mckinley Its acts have Deen eS-
tablisheG in wisdom and in patriotism,
and at home and abroad it mas distinctly
elevated ana extended the influence Of the
American nation. Walking untried
laths and facing unforeseen responsible
sies, President Mckinley has been in
every situation the true American patriot
md the upright statesman, clear in vision,
strong in Judgment, firm in action, al
ways inspiring and deserving the conf
dence of his countrynlen.
In asking the American people to en-
dorse this Republican record and renew
their commission TO the Republican party.
ne remind them of the fact that the
permanence of their prosperity has never
resided in Democratic administration. The
prime essential Of business prosperity is
l7,fhlic confidence in the good sense of
The Government and in its ability to deal
lntelligently with every new problem.
That confidence the Democratic party
has never earned. It is hopelessly mad
pcuate to the country's prosperity. When
Democratic success at the polls is an
aounced its halts and ceases in mere anti
ripation of Democratic blunders and
failures.
THE GOLD STANDARD.
We renew our allegiance 10 the prin-
ciple Of The gold standard and declare
pur confidence il the wisdom Of the legis-
lation OF the Fifty-sixti Congress. by
which the parity of all our money and
the stability of our currency upon 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
equaiizing and OF further lowering the
rates of interest We favor such monetary
legislation as will enable the varying
needs of the season and of all sections
TO be promptly met in order that trade
may be evenly sustained, labor steadily
employed and commerce enlarged. The
volume of money in circulation was never
so great per capita as it is to-day. We
declare our steadfast opposition 10 the
free and unlimited coinage of silver No
measure 10 that end would be considered
which ws.s without the support of the
leading commercial countries of the
world Howeyer firmly Republican iegis-
lation may seem TO have secured the
country against the peril of base and dis
credited currency, the election OF a Dem
ocratic President could not fail to impair
the country's credit and 10 bring once
more into question the intention OF the
American people TO maintain upon the
gold standard the parity of their none
tary circulation. The Democratic party
must be convinced that the American
people will never tolerate the Chicago
platform.
We recognize the necessity and pro-
priety of the honest currency appearing
capable to meet business conditions and
especially in view of our rapidly in
creasinsa foreign trade. We condemn
all conspiracies and combinations 10 cur
tail currency and favor such legislation
as will secure the rights of producers,
iabers ana all who are engaged in in
Gus,ry and commerce.
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
we renew our faith in the policy of
nrotection 10 American labor. In that
policy our Industries have been estab-
lisfAi dlrersit;ei- and maintained BY