Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-20
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

" hnliomai sad record Of achievement, and
san,,1,,r Forward into Il great helu OF uuss
ma Snnortunity, and appealing "
Judgment OF their countrymen' l1ahs
an,a generation in which enc AnleriSan
5,aonle turning from the democrat1s ar %
intrusted power four years . ~ hi;can
publican chief magistrate anu 4 When
= y snanD,a then assembled at the polis,
aTtar n term of democratic leslsialioin l,s ne
administration business was aeau, ais
try paraiyzed and the erb mat conntry's capital
Mas hidden and its labor distressed anu
The democrats had no other p pan Mtus
which to improve tne i lu.n nrodnced. than
~ coin silver at the ratio or 10 70 l.. os
.on,hiican party, denouncing TINS plan ,a "n
snre to produce conditions even ~ " nrom-
those from ,aH+o Which eno setlru Wy By means Of Y
, ,seu measures-a protective 5aii If
and a law making gold the standa;Ia Is.
value. The people by great mcsommission
sued to the republican party
70 MIA sIae commission has been executed, any
- irannhlican promise is redeeme1. l rs
perity more general ana has followed
than we eantments There is no longer
a angsr as to the value of any govern
nent obligation. Every Amsri oa,,i w lent.
is a gold dollar cr OF IT'S st aSsds higher than
~ - onv other nation. Capita! Is IutS
s .ass,orad and everywhere labor IS proh'-
ABLY occupied. s+r;r;nplv tell
~ stnrr' or what republican government
nneonS n the country than tnis-tnas
Ina dnrinr the whole period OF lOl years
from 1880 70 1897. there was an las eA oss a4a7.
aSnnrts over imports of only SSoo,oAo,4o's
tharn has been in the short three years "
the present republican administrator IN
ercass Of exports over imports In the enor-
nous sum Of 81 ,4sS,5 s7 .osa.
THE WAR.
And while the American people SUI. o
toined nv this republican legislation, nave
haan achieving these splendid riumphs IN
fhair business and commerce., they nave
conducted and in victory c~oncl99eu a w
for liberty and human rights. NO thousha
If rational ACKNOWLEDGMENT tarnlshed the
high purpose with which American stano-
aris were unfurled. It was a war I'M
sought and patiently resisted, put "hen
came the American government was fe"Gs.
It's fleets were cleared for action. 4tS
armies were in the field, and the quick ana
signal triumph of its forces on land anu
sea bore equal tribute to the courage o.
American soldiers and SAILORS, anu W ene
skill and foresight of republican statesman
ship. To ten millions of the human race
there was given "a new birth or free-
dom" and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility. wa
ING luuOISC Iit6
liam Mckinley. It's acts have been estaD.
lished in wisdom and in patriotism, ana az
nome and abroad it has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence OF the Amer,
lean nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities Presloent
Mckinley has been in every situation the
true American patriot and the uprlgnt
statesman. clear IN vision, s!Tong IN 9uug5
deserving the confidence OF his country
men. ,
DEMOCRATS AS A MENACE.
In asking the American people to In
.dorse his republican record and to renew
their commission to the republican party
ace to their prosperity has always resided
In democratic principles and no less in the
general incapacity of the democratic party
to conduct public affairs. The prime es-
.hdence in the good sense of the govern
mant and in its ability to deal intelligently
with each new problem OF administration
and legislation. That confidence the DEM
iOcratic party has never earned. 1t Is nope
THE GOLD STANDARD.
lessly inadequate and the country's pros
perity, when democratic success at the
DOLLS is announced, halts and ceases in
mere anticipation Of democratic blunders
and failures.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
Vt the gold standard and declare our con-
tidence 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 bus
mess activity, and for the purpose OF fur
ther eaualizing and o. f tustne =, u covering
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
enlarged. The volume Of
in circulation was never so great
per capita as it is today.
81 We declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
No measure to that end could be consid-
cred without the support of the leading
commercial countries of the world. How
ever firmly republican legislation may, seem
to have secured the country against the
peril of base and discredited currency, the
election of a democratic president could
not fail to impair the country's credit and
to bring once more into question the inteh-
ton Of the American people to maintain
the gold standard the parity of their
moneys circulation. The democratic
party must be convinced that the American
form. Er
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
uuCs u we StuucIJu dll COuSplTd-
cies and combinations intended to restrict
business. to create m~onopolies, to limit
production or to control prices and favor
such legislation as will effectualIy 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 commerce..
THE POLICY OF. PROTECTION.
We renew our faith in the policy of
protection to American labor. In that
policy our industries have been established,
and maintained. BY protecting
the home market the competition has been
and production cheapened. Op-
portunity to the inventive genius of our
people has been secured and wages in every
department of labor maintained at high
rates, higher now than ever before, always
distinguishing our working people in their
better conditions of life from those of any
competing country. Enjoying the blessings
OF American common schools, secure in the
right OF self-government and protected In
the occupancy of their own markets, their
constantly increasing knowledge and skill
have enabled them finally to enter the mar
kets of the world. We favor the associated
policy OF reciprocity, SO directed as to open
our markets on favorable terms for what
We do not ourselves produce in return for
free foreign markets.
IN THE INTERESTS OF LABOR.
In the further interest of American
3W~orklngmen, we favor a more effective re-
stricti0n of the immigration OF cheaner