Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-20
The BIG CONVENTION.
Continued from First Page.)

sight of Republican craftsmanship. To
ten millions of the human race there
was given a new birth of freedom"
and to the American people a new and
noble responsibility. We ndorse the ad-
ministration of William Mckinley. Its
acts have been established in wisdom
and in patriotism, and at home and
abroad it has distinctly elevated and
extended the influence of the American
nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities,
President Mckinley has been in every
situation a true American patriot and
upright statesman, clear in vision,
strong in judgment, firm in action, al
ways inspiring and deserving the con-
fidence of his countrymen. In asking
the American people to indorse this Re-
publican record and to renew their CON-
mind them of the fact that the menace
to their prosperity has always resided
in Democratic principles, and no less in
the general incapacity of the Democrat
ic party to conduct public affairs. The
prime essential of business prosperity is
public confidence in good sense govern
ment and it's ability to deal intelligent
ly with all new problems of administra-
ton and legislation. That this conf
dence the Democratic party has never
earned, for 1t is hopelessly inadequate,
and the country's prosperity when
Democratic success at the polls Is an
nounced halts and ceases in mere an
ticipation of Democratic blunders and
failures. We renew our allegiance to
the principles of the gold standard, and
declare our confidence in the wisdom of
the legislation of the fifty-sixth on
gress, by which the parity of all our
money and the stability of our curren-
cy IN the gold basis has been secured.
We recognize that the interest rates
are a potent factor in production and
business activity, and for the purpose
of further equalizing and further low
ering the rates of interest, we favor
such monetary legislation as will en-
able the varying needs of the seasons
and all sections to be properly met, and
in order that trade may be evenly sus-
tanned, labor steadily employed and
commerce enlarged. The volume of
money in circulation was never SO
great per capita as it is to-day. We
declare our ~steadfast opposition to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. No
measure to that end could be consid-
cred which vas without the support of
the leading commercial countries of
the world. However firmly the Repub-
lican legislation seems to have secured
the country against the peril of a 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 in
@tention of the American people to main
tain upon a gold standard the parity of
their money circulation. The Demo-
cratic party must be convinced that
the American people will never tolerate
the Chicago platform. We recognize
the necessity and propriety Of honest
cooperation of capital to meet new
| business conditions, and especially to
extend our rapidly increasing foreign
trade, but we condemn all conspiracies
and combinations intended to restrict
business, to create monopolies, to limit
production or to control prices, and ia
vor 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 engaged in industry
and ommerce.
We renew our faith in the policy of
protection to American labor. In that
policy our industries have been estab-
lished, diversified and maintained. By
protecting the home market, competi-
| ton has Deer stimulated and produc-
ton cheapened. Opportunity to the in
| ventive genius of our people has been
secured, and wages in every depart
ment of labor maintained at high rates,
higher now than ever before, always
| distinguishing our working people in
Il lIelI UcClCI COIlulliOlIo VI L " iioo
Of any competing country, enjoying
blessings of American common schools,
and secure in the right Of s~elf-govern-
ment, and protected in the occupancy
of their own markets, their constantly
increasing knowledge and skill have en-
abled them finally to enter the markets
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
further interests of American workmen
we favor more effective restrictions of
the immigration of cheap labor from
foreign lands, the extension of oppor-
~tunities of education for working chill
| dren, raising the age limit for child la
Dor, protection Of free labor as against
contract convict labor, and an effective
system of labor insurance.
The platform further declares for Am
erican shipping, for liberal pension laws
and treatment Of veterans, an efficient
public service, against the d~isfranchise-
ment of the colored voters.
The platform was adopted as read.
ADJOURNMENT.
The convention adjourned at 3:15 p.
m. until 10 a. m. tomorrow.
Senator Plat left for New York-Clty
early this afternoon. He made the re-
mark that he did not care who was
nominated for vice president, and he
will not return.
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