Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-22
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The repub. leans of the United States.
through their chosen Representatives met
Ia national convention. looking back upon
an unsurpassed record OF achievement, and
looking forward Into a great field OF duty
and opportunity, and appealing TO inc
Judgment OF their countrymen, make THESE
declarations:
The expectation in which the American
neopIe. turning from the democratic party,
lntrusted power four years g 70 = ,,a ae,
4 congress, has been met and satlshed. Wnsn
i the people then assembled at the polis,
after a term Of democratic Legislation ana
i administration, business was dead, lndus-
try paraiyzed and the national credlt Gus,
astrously Impaired. The country's capital
was hidden and Its labor distressed ana
unemployed. 81
The democrats had no other plan with
which to improve the ruinous conditions
which they had themselves produced, tnah
to coin silver at the ratio OF 10 70 l.,slae
republican party, denouncing this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse than
those from which relief was sought, prom
ised to restore prosperity by means OF tW9i
ana a law making gold the standard of
value. The people by great malorlties rs
sued to the republican party a commission
to enact these avs
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
controversy as to the value of any govern
nuent obligation. Every American dollar
lis a gold dollar or its assured equivalent,
That Of any other nation. Capital is fully
employed and everywhere labor IS pr TONI
ably occupied.
No single fact can more strlkingly IeaL
the story Of what republican government
means to the country than thls-that
while during the whole period of l07 years
from, LIDO to 1887, there was an excess OF
There has been in the short three years OF.
the present republican administration an
excess of exports over imports In the enor-
nous sum Of $1.4S3,5 $50 ,Os4.
THE WAR
And while the American people, sus-
aimed by this republican legislation, have
been achieving these splendid 10 IN
their business and commerce., they nave
conducted and in victory concluded q war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
Of national ACKNOWLEDGMENT furnished the
4 high purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. It was a var un-
came the American government was ready.
Its fleets were cleared for action. lts
armies were in the field, and the quick and
signal triumph of its forces on land and
American soldiers and sailors, and to the
skill and foresight of republican statesman
ship. To ten millions of the una race
there was given "a new birth OF free
dom" and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility.
We indorse the administration of VIII
Tam Mckinley. Its acts nave Deen essaD.
| lished in wisdom and In patriotism, and at
home and abroad 1T has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence of the Amer
lean nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
Mckinley has been in every situation the
true American patriot and the upright
statesman. clear in vision, strong IN Judg-
ment, firm i'll action, always inspiring and
men.
DEMOCRATS AS A MENACE.
In asking the American people to in
dorse this republican record and to renew
their commission to the republican party,
we remind them Of the fact that the mem
ace to their prosperity has always resided
in democratic principles and no less in the
general i~ncapacity Of the democratic party
~sential of business prosperity is public con.
shdence in the good sense OF the govern
ment and in it's ability to deal sintelligently
With each, new problem '1shds aoo OF admin 1sa alton
ocratic party has never earned. Its hope
THE GOLD STANDARD.
lessly inadequate and the country's pros
i perity, when democratic success at the
polls is announced, halts and ceases in
mere anticipation of democratic %blunders
and failures.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
Of the gold standard and declare our con-
hdences In the wisdom OF. the legislati0naof
the ffty-sixth congress by which the
parity of all our money and the stability
of our currency on q gold basis has been
secured. We recognize that interest rates
are a potent factor In production and bus
mess activity, and for the purpose OF fur
ther equalizing and OF further lowering
the rates OF interest we favor such none
tary 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 enlarged. The volume Of
money In circulation was never so great
per capita as 1t Is today.
We declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
cred without the support of the leading
commercial countries of the world. How
ever firmly republican legislation may seem
to neri ha " h secured ana fhe s9uhegy cn Against re
election of a democratic president could
not fail to impair the country's credit and
to bring once more into question the inten-
tion Of the American people to maintain
upon8the gold standard the parity Of their
moneys circulation. The democratic
party must be convinced that the American
people will never tolerate the Chicago plat
form.
THE TRUST QUESTION.
We recognize the necessity and proprie-
ty of the honest cooperation of capital to
meet new business conditions and espe-
cially to extend our rapidly increasing for
eign trade, but we condemn all conspira-
cies and combinations intended to restrict
business. to create m%onopolies, to limit
production or to control prices and favor
such legislation as will effectually restrain
and prevent all such abuses, protect and
promote competition and secure the rights
of producers, labOrers and all who are, en-
gagged in industry and
THE POLICY OF PROTECTION.
We renew our faith in the policy OF
protection to American labor. In that
policy our industries have been established,
diversified and maintained. BY protecting
the home market the competition has been
stimulated and production cheapened. OPP
%portunity to the inventive genius Of our
IpeOple has been secured and wages in every