Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-05
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

49, 80
The Republicans or the United States.
through their chosen REPRESENTATIVES, met
In national convention, looking back upon
an unsurpassed record OF achievement, and
looking forward into q great neld OF aHIy
and opportunity, p appealing 70 , W.
judgment OF their ountryiaeA, n u'ahs Ius :
declarations: I41 I'll
The expectation In which the American
people, turning from the democratic party,
Entrusted power four years age TO re
publican chief magistrate and q republican
congress. has been met and satisfied. WnenS
the people then assemble at tne poils,
after a term of democratic teg,slatioh anu
administration, business was dead, indns-
try paraiyzed and the national credit dis7
astrously impaired. The country's capital
was hidden and its labor distressed ana
unemployed. .,,4,
which TO improve the ruinous conditions
which they had themselves produced, imam
Ito coin silver at the ratio of l6 to l. ~
republican party, d%enouncing TINS plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse than
those from relief was sought. prom
ised to restore prosperity by means OF INC sq
legislative m measares soia t hrete Standard Of
value. The people by great ma1orlties rs
sued to the republican party a COMMISSION
to enact these laws.
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
ment obligation. Every American dollar.
fssa gold dollar or its assured equivalent,
and American credit stands higher than
that Of any other nation. CAPITAL IS Iuss
ably occupied.
the story Of what republican government
means to the country than this-that
while during the whole period of 107 years
from 1880 to, 1887, there was an excess OF
exports over imports OF only $SSS,U2S,4Sa.
there has been in the short three years OF Of
excess Of exports oyer o. s imports npo IN the enor-
nous sum OF $1ss4SS,531 ,0s4.S
THE WAR.
And while the American people, sus-
tained by this republican legislation, nave
been achieving these splendid M IN
their business and commerce. they have
conducted and In victory concluded a war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
Of national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT tarn1shed Inc
high purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. IT was q war unt
sought and patiently resisted, but when It
came the American government was ready.
Its fleets were cleared Tor action. LIS
armies were in the field, and the quick ana
signal triumph of it's 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-
Sulp.FGyl OGiSuE II ~
there, was given "a new birth OF free-
don't and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility.
1--WE indorse the administration OF VII
liam McKinley. Its acts have been estab-
lished 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 ana
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
Mckinley has been In every situation the
true American patriot and the upright
statesman. clear In vision, strong IN 1udg,
ment, firm In action, always Inspiring and
deserving the confidence of his country.
men.
DEMOCRATS AS IA 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 fact that the mem
ace to their prosperity has always&reside
In democratic principles and no less in the
general incapacity Of the democratic party
to conduct public affairs. The prime es-
sential Of business prosperity is public con-
fidence in the good sense OF the govern
ment and in It's ability to deal intelligently
with each new problem Of administration
and legislation. That confidence the dem
Ocratic party has never earned. It is hope
THE GOLD STANDARD.
lessly Inadequate and the country's pros
perity, when democratic success at the
POLLS is announced, halts and ceases in
mere anticipation of democratic plumbers
and failures.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
of the gold standard and declare our con-
fdence in the WisdomSof the legislation of
the ffty-sixth congress by which
parity of all our money and the stability
secured. We recognize that interest rates
are a potent factor in production and bus
Il mess activity, and for the purpose Of fur
ther equalizing and of further lowering
tary legislation as will enable the varying
8needss0f the season and OF all sections to
be promptly met In order that trade maybe
evenly sustained, labor steadily employed
and enlarged. volume Of
money n8scifeulation was never SO great
per capita as 1T is today.
We #declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
No measure to thatend 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 conntry's credit and
to bring once more into question the inten-
ton of the American people to maintain
upon the gold standard the parity of their
Il 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 desperation of capital to
u meet new business 4cOnQ1ElOnS ana eSpe-
cially to extend our rapidly increasing for
setgn trade but we condemn all consplra-
cies and combinations intended to restrict
business. to create m~onopoiies. to limit
production or to control prices and favor
such legislation as will effectnally restrain
d 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
gSt1e home market the competition has been
sstilnulated and production cheapened. OPP
e. portunity tofthe inventive genius OF our
people has been secured and wage In every
department of labor maintained at high
n rites, higher now than ever before, always
distinguishing our working people in their
better conditions OF 8life.from those OF any
competing country. Enjoying the blessings
OF American common schools, secure in the
right Of self-goyernment and protected In
the oceupancy of their own markets, their
5constantly3i increasing knowledge and skill
have. enabled them finally to enter the mar
Jkets 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.