The age-herald., 1900-06-21

 through their chosen representatives, meet 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 judg- ment of their countrymen, make these dec i larations:
 ',The expectation in which the American people. turning from the Democratic party ! intrusted to power four years, again Re- publican chief magistrate and Republican Congress has been met and satisfied. When i the people then assembled at the polls after term of Democratic legislation and ad- ministration business was dead, industry paralyzed and the national credit disas- trously impaired The country's capital was l hidden away and it's labor distressed and unemployed The Democrats had no other plan with which to improve the ruinous l conditions which they had themselves pro- duced, than to coin silver at the ratio of 1 16 to L The Republican party, denouncing 1 this plan sure to produce conditions even worse than those from which relief | was sought, promised to restore prosperity 1 by means of two executive measures-a pro- 1 tective tariff and law making gold the standard of value The people by great ma jorities issued to the Republican party commission to enact these laws.
 Foreign Commerce
 This commission has been executed and l the Republican promise is redeemed. Pros- perity general and more abundant than we have ever known has followed these enactments There is no longer con | troversy as to the value of any govern ment obligation. Every American dollar is | al or its l American credit stands higher than that | of any nation. Capital is fully employed and everywhere labor is proftably occu- | pied No single fact can more strikingly tell the story of what Republican govern ment means to the country than this | while during the whole period of one hun l dred and seven years, from l1W to | 1897 there was an excess of exports over imports of only $6S3, OPS, ,497, there has been | in the short three years of the present Re- | publican administration an excess of ex- 1 ports over imports in the enormous sum | of $1 ,4S3, 537 ,S94, and while the American | people sustained by this Republican legisla- tion have been achieving these splendid triumphs in their business and commerce, they have conducted and in victory con cluded, war for liberty and human rights.
 No thought of national aggrandizement tarnished the high purpose with which American standards were unfurled. It was a war unsought and patiently resisted, but when it came the American government was ready. Its fleets were cleared for ac tion. Its armies were in the field and the quick and signal triumphs of it's forces on land and sea bore equal tribute to the courage of American soldiers and to the skill and foresight of Republican states manship. Ten million of the human race were given a new birth of freedom and to the American people new and noble re- sponsibility.
 AdministrationuIndorsed
 We indorse the administration of Will liam Mckinley. It's acts have been estab- lished in wisdom and in patriotism and at home and abroad it has distinctly ele- vated and extended the influence of the American nation. Walking untried paths and facing unforeseen responsibilities, President Mckinley has been in every sit uation the true American patriot and the upright statesman, clear in vision, strong in Judgment, firm in action, always inspir- ing and deserving the confidence of his | countrymen.
 Tn 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 menace 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- | sent1al of business prosperity is public con- fidence in the good sense of the govern ment and in its ability to deal intelligently l and legislation. That confidence the Dem ocratic party has never earned. It is hope 1 lesSly inadequate and the country's pros | perity when Democratic success at the polls is announced halts and ceases in mere anticipation of Democratic blunders and failures.
 | The Financial Plank
 | I've renew our allegiance to the princi | pie of the gold standard and declare our confidence in the wisdom of the legislation of the Fifty-sixth Congress by which the 1 parity of our currency on gold basis has | been secured
 We recognize that interest rates are potent factors in production and business activity and for the purpose of further equalzing and of further lowering the rates of interest, favor such monetary | 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 commercially enlarged. The volume of money in circulation was never so great I1er capita as it is today.
 We declare steadfast opposition to the free and unlimited coinage of silver No measure to that end could be consid- cred which was without the support of leading commercial countries of the world However 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 credit and to bring once more into ques- tion the intention of the American people to maintain upon the gold standard the | parity of their money circulation. The | Democratic party must be convinced that the American people will never tolerate the Chicago platform
 1 Trusts
 we recognize the necessity and propre- ty of the .-onest cooperation of capital to meet new business conditions and to es- pecially extend our rapidly increasing for | eign trade, but condemn all conspira- ces and combinations intended to re- strict business; to create monopolies; to limit production to control prices and favor such legislation will effectually restrain and prevent all such abuses, pro- tect and promote competition and secure the rights of producers, laborers and all who are engaged in industry and com