The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-07-05


behalf of the state which had orig.
inally come Ia Philadelphia for DolIi.
yrr. During every pause the band
played but one air. the tune which
Col. Roosevelt had heard In the
trenches before Santiago.
~ 2:I o'clock the convent ion
which had done the unparalleled thing
OF nominating both the candidates
for president and ,icr president uuan-
imousiy. adjourned.
what the Platform Declares.
Philadelphia, June -. senator
Fairbanks. Of Indiana. chairman of
III. committee ON resolutions. was
recognized yesterday Ia present the
plat form Ia the convention. u was
afterwards unanimously adopted. The
following H. the full text of the doe
uncni:
The republicans 81 the United States
through th'lf chosen reprcS"ntatiS met
In national convention, IookinL back
upon an unsurpassed record of achieve
mcnt and looking forward into "a great
field Of duty and opportunity. and ap-
pealing 10 m" Judgment Of their country
men. make these declaration:
Th. .xD.ctutiOn In which the American
people. turning from the democratic party.
entrusted power four years ag1 to re-
pubiiCdn chief magistrate and a rcpubll-
cun congress. has been met ana satisfied.
when the people then assembled at the
polls after u terra ~ democratic legisla-
tiOn AMI administration. business was
dead. industry paralyz'-i and HI" national
credit disastr0usly impaired. The coun-
gfs
labor distressed and unemployed Tn.
democrats had no other plan With which
To- Improve the ruinous conditions which
they had Themselves produced than Ia
coin silver AT the ratio Of lT To !. The
republican party, dun0uncing this plan ~
surs tO produce conditions even worse
than thos, from which relief was sought.
promised 10 restore prosperity by means
OF two legislative mcasurcs-a protective
tarif and a law making gohl the standard
of value. The people by great mhjori-
ties issued tO th" republican party n
commission To enact these laws. This
commission has been executed. and the
republican promise ia redeemed Pros
p"rity more general and more abundant
than We have ever known has followed
these enactments. There l. no longer
controversy M 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 II fully
employed and everywhere labor Il prof
habiy occupied. No single fact can more
rtrikingly tell the story Of what repub-
lican goverrUfnt means TO the country
thaH this-t while during the whole
period of iO1 Years from i19o To 1851 there
was AN excess Of exports over imports
Of only ts5. .0ls. .t5T there has been In the
short three years of the present repub-
iican administration an excess Of exports
over imports In the enormous sum of
81. 's3. s'S,ooi. ana while the American peo-
pie. sustained by this republican lcgislst0
tiOn. have been achieving these splendid
iriumphs In their business and commerce.
they have conducted and In victory con
cluded "A war for liberty and human
rights. No thought OF national aggran-
dizement furnished the high purpose with
which Amsrican standards were un-
furlcd. IL was war unsought and pa
tiently resisted. but when II came the
American sovernment was ready. Its
fleets were elYeied for action. Its ar
mites were In peld and the quick and
signal irium1 foress ON land and
yea bore "a the courage
Of America Rprs and 10