Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-17
REPUBLICAN, NATIONAL PLATFORM.

HG 5IEpuUilCdAS M ~ SAG8L ShASSh
through their chosen representatives met
In national convention, looking back upon
an unsurpassed record of achievement, and
looking. forward inso i great field ot duty
and opportunity, ana appearing 10 the
judgment Of their eohntrSlne1i make these
declarations:
The expectatioh in which the American
people, turning from the democratic party,
sintrusted power four years ago to a re-
publican chief magistrate and a. repuDncan
congress-, has been met and satisfied. When
the people then assembled at the polls.
after a term of democratic legislation anu
administration, business was dead, indus
try para1yzed and the national credit dis
astrously Impaired. The country's capltaI
was hidden and its labor distressed and
unemployed.
The democrats had no other plan with
which to improve the %ruinous conditions
which they had themselves produced, than
to coin silver at the ratio Of 16 to Il the
republican party, denouncing this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse than
those from which relief was sought, prom
Used to restore prosperity by means of two
aaa ! lave m meahareg goid f Rpe'e Standard daft Of
value. The people by great majorltles Is
sued to the republican party a commission
to enact these laws.
This commission has been executed, and
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
COQCIONeGSHEuS IL Lit lluIt " -
ment obligation. Every American dollar
is q gold dollar or its assured equivalent,
and American credit stands higher than
that of any other nation. Capita! is fully
employed Inc everywhere labor IS pront-
No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story Of what republican government
means to the country than this-that
While during the whole period Of 107 years
from 1890 to 1897. there was an excess OF
exports over imports of only $$aSsS,02s, 49l,
there has been in the short three years of
the present republican administration an
NOUS sum of $1,4S3,5 37 ,O94.
THE WAR.
And while the American people, s,is-
tanned by this republican legislation, have
been achieving these splendid triunphs in
their business and commerce, they nave
conducted and In victory concluded a war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
of national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. It was a war un..
sought and patiently resisted. but when it
came the American government was ready.
Its fleets were cleared for action. Its
armies were in the field, and the quick ana
sea bore equal tribute to the courage Of
American soldiers and sailors, and to the
skill and foresight of republican statesman
there was given "a new birth Of free
DOM and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility.
Weg9indorse the administration of Will
liam Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
Iished In wisdom and in patriotism, and at
home and abroad it has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence of the Amer
icall nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
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
EJacarrs N a. fhaF oon fin pnapE nf - his pnlIntrV-I
men.
DEMOCRATS AS A MENACE.
In asking the American people to in-f
dorse this republican record n to renew
their commission to the republican party,
we remind them of the fact that the men
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
fdence In the good. sense of the govern
ment and in its ability to deal intelligently
with each new problem of administration
n legislation. That confidence the DEM
ocratic party has never earned. It Is nope
perity, when democratic success at the
polls is announced, halts and ceases in
mere anticipation of democratic plumbers
and failures.
THE GOLD STANDARD.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
@tl9luC SOlu&SldUudlu IL uSCld1C&
fdence 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
Their equalizing and of further lowering
the rates OF interest we favor such none
needs Of the season and of all sections to
be promptly met in order that trade may be
evenly sustained, labor steadily employed
and enlarged. The volume Of
money in circulation was never SO great
per capita as it is today.
We declare our steadfact 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
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 inten-
upon fhe gold standar the parity of their
moneys circulation. The democratic
party must be convinced that the American
people Will never tolerate the Chicago plat
form. 8}s
THE TRUST QUESTION.
We recognize the necessity and proprie-
ty of the honest cooperation of capital to
meet new business conditions and espe-
cialIy TO extend our rapidly increasing for
eign trade, but we condemn all conspira-
cies 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
GOf producers, laborers int all who are en-
gagged in industry and
THE POLICY OF PROTECTION.
We renew our faith In the policy Of