Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-23
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

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
Judgment of their countrymen, make these
The expectation in which the American
people, turning from the democratic party
Entrusted power four years ago to$sa re-
publican chief magistrate and a republican
congress, has been met and satisfied. When
the people then assembled at the polls,
after a term of democratic legislation and
administration, business was dead, indus
try paraiyzed and the national credit dis
a%strously Impaired. The c0untry's capital
was hidden and its labor distressed and
unemployed.
which to improve the ruinous conditions
which they had themselves produced, than
to coin silver at the ratio Of is to H. The
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 Two
legislative measures protective tariff
ana a law M, Making aannga gold ahe ssanda aisa o., o.
sued to the republican party a commission
toaenact these laws. j.
This commission mas been executed. and
the republican promise is redeemed. Pros
perity more general and more abundant
than we have ever known has followed
these e~nactments. There Is no longer
III controversy as TO the value OIL any govern
ment obligation. Every American dollar
is a gold dollar or its assured equivalent,
and American credit stands higher than
that of any other nation. Capital is fully
employed and every where labor is profit
ably occupied.
No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story of what republican government
means TO the country than this-that
while during the whole period of LOT years
from 1870 to 1887, there was an excess of
exports over imports of only $3.50, 02s, 497,
there has been in the short three years of
the present republican administration an
nous sum Of $1,4S3. 5337 .094.
THE WAR.
And while the American people, sus-
tanned by this republican legislation, have
been achieving these splendid triunnphs in
their business and commerce, they have
conducted and in victory concluded a war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
of national aggrandizement furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
ards were nnfrrled. It was q war I'M
sought and patiently resisted, but when 1t
came the American government was ready.
Its fleets were cleared Tor action. Its
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 statesman
ship. To ten millions of the human race
there was given "a new birth Of free
dom and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility.
We 5indorSe the administration OF Will
liam Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
iished in wisdom and in patriotism, and at
home and abroad it 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
lnenu, firm III action, always inspiring and
deserving the confidence of his country