Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-14
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

N. IL ~ Va - hSaE+ES
fhrn,,ph Their chosen representatives met
IN nafionaI convention, looking back, upon
an unsurpassed record OF acnleNenisn., ~
looking forward into a great meia q ny
1mdgment 81 their countrymen, make these
declarations: .,s n,a-,ca n
people, turning from the demoeratae pai ~,
fnfr,sted power four years q TO 80
publican chief magistrate n q Iepup pslt,an
congress-, has been metsand satlsnea. ssaiss
the people then at tne poias,
after a term Of democrat aSas sesai sad1 indus
try paraIyzed and the national cEeuit alsI
astrously impaired. h country eaplsai
was hidden and its labor dlstressed a tNu5
Tho democrats had no other plan WIN
which to Improve the .ruinous conultiohs
which they had themselves produceu M M
to coin silver ut the ratio OF ~ 70 4. hn I
republican party, d~enouncing TINS pal tbs ~
snre ia produce conditions even worse than
those. from which relief was sought prom
ised to restore prosperity BY means .ns ot 3 r,ff
Legislative measures oia Pre- rete stanaard Of
value. The people by great maloritles ~ ~
sued to the republican party a commission
to enact these laws. -
This commission has been eNecuseu, pr az
the republican promise is redeemed. los
Snerity more general and more aD9huuns
fhan We have ever known has followed
these enactments. There Is no longe e
Gon.t Every American. dollar
Is Al gold dollar or its assured equivaiens,
and American credit Stands, higher shan.
that of any other nation. Gapltai Is NY
employed and everywhere iAuor - p1oDnt
No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story Of what republican government
means to the country than tn a = .
from I1so q 1897. there was an excess I Of
exnorts over imports.gof only $3.50 OBS 49,
there has been in the short three years ~
the present republican admin1 81 fhe anorl
excess Of exports over imports M@tne ehoh-
NOUS sum OF $1,4S3, 537 .O94.
THE WAR.
And While the American people, sus-
FAMED by, this republican legislation, nave
been achieving heseaspienuld !
their business and. commerce. lneS NAY Mar
condlcted and In victory concluded q war
for liberty md human rights. 70 thougnt
Of national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT tarnished the
high purpose with which American stand-
ards were. u inf L. y was aes 4, q W whan vi y
cam The. American government was ready.
Its fleets were cleared Tor actlon. lls
armies were In the field, and the quick ana
signal triumph q Us forces " a innu aa Of
American soldiers and sailors, and TO the
skin and foresight Of republican, Statesman
ship. To ten millions OF the. human f Taee
DOM and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility. w
we indorse the administration of VII
liam MCKINLEY. Its acts haye been es1aD.
lished in wisdom and In patriotism, and az
home and abroad it has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence of the Amer
lean nation. Walking untried paths ana
facing unforeseen responsibilities, PresldehI
Mckinley has been in every situation the
true American patriot and the upright
statesman. clear in vision, strong In judg-
ment, firm in& action, always inspiring and
deserving the confidence OF his country.
men.
DEMOCRATS AS A MENACE.
IN asking the American people to in.
dorse this republican record and to renew
their commissioning the republican party,
we remind them of the fact that the mem
ace to their prosperity has always Sreslded
in democratic principles and no less in the
general incapacity of the democratic party
to conduct public affairs. The prime es-
sentiaIfof business prosperity is pubnc5 CON
n ment and ID IN MI its s aSinty e deal i~ntelihigently
with each new problem Of administration
and legislation. That confidence the dem
ocratic party has never earned. It Is nope
THE GOLD STANDARD.
lessly Inadequate and the country's pros
perity, when democratic success at the
polls isl announced, halts and ceases in
mere anticipation OF democratic plumbers
and failures.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
IS DISLQe& pOluI StAuu1iu fduu SOhI
idenee in the wisdom of the legislation OF
the ffty-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
Their equa1izing and of further lowering
the rates Of Interest we favor such none
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
and commerce enlarged. The volume of
money in circulation 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 that end could be eonsid-
cred without the p 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 countrYss credit and
to bring once more into question the inten-
upon the gold standard the parity of their
moneys circulation. TIL democratic
party must be convinced that the American
people will never tolerate the Chicago plat
form.
THE TRUST QUESTION.
We recognizeathe necessity and proprie-
ty% Of the honest cooperation OF capital to
meet new business conditions and espe-
cially to extend our rapidly increasing for
eign trade, but we condemn all conspira-
eieS and combinations intended to restrict
business, to create monopolies, to limit
production or to control prices and favor
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 en-
gagged in industry and commerce.
TIE POLICY OF PROTECTION.
We renew our faith in the policy OF
protection to American labor. In that
policy our industries have been established,
diversified and maintained. BY protecting
the home market the competition has been
stimulated and production cheapened. OPP
portGnify to the inventive genius of our
people has been secured ana wages in every
department of labor maintained at high
yatcs, higher now fhan ever before, always
Distinguishing our working people in theil
better conditions of life from those Of any
competing country, Enjoying the blessings
OF American common schools, secure in the
right of self-gofernment and protected IL
the occupancy f their own markets, theii
constantly increasing knowledge and skill
tn have enabled them finally to enter the mar
Eets of the5world. We fayof%&tle associated
policy OF reciprocity, SO directed as to oper
our markets on favorable stermis for whai
we 10 not ourselves produce In return fol