The sun., 1900-09-05

| amended by substituting for TIE last five words
| in the sentence these words their use has de-
creased"
The platform as reported by the Committee
on Resolutions and rs unanimously adopted
bv the convention is us follows
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The Republicans Of New York assembled
by their representatives in state convention
declare the following facts and principles upon
which they appeal to the voters to support the
Republican ticket and the candidates o. this
convention NJ the approaching general election:
The continued prosperity Of the country
| and OF the individual citizens is the para
, mount" issue before tho people. Why vote
for change which tested by experience Is
hound tn be- for the worse The country was
never so prosperous as Il has been since the in
auGuration Of william Mckinley. Capital was
never 60 actively occupied. the volume Of
money In circulation was never So great labor
never so fully employed, wages never so high,
prices never so generally good. There WA
a period of great prosperity between 1880 and
1909, when the Republicans were in control
OF the Federal Government But the voters
listened TO Democratic plants and promises
and the election of 1892 installed Democratic
President in the White House and Democratic
Congress in the Capitol. The policies then
put into execution and from which resulted
such universal distress are not abandoned
by the party that learns nothing and forRets
nothing. on the contrary. just as such poll
cics we're maintained in 1890 in the face OF the
havoc they had caused. so now they are in
sisted upon in spite Of present prosperity.
The Chicago platform is still the Demo
cratic programme. II was no argument nj
Kansas City for the abandonment Of the Demo-
a.
act our foreign commerce for the year 1900
exceeds that Of any preceding year in the great
sum Of s3i7. 72a $50. and for the first time in
our history exceeds 5000. 600 600, that in this
year our exports have been more widely dis
tributed than ever before and that the balance
oftrade in favorof this country since the DinRlcy
hin went into operation amounts TO nearly
81 100 OooOdO II was not accepted ns a sufl-
cent argument for the abandonment Of Ia o.
that no single Democratic prediction rs 10 the
effect of the Gold standard law haS been Jusi-
fed that prices instead Of declining have inn
proved that the volume Of money in crcula-
ton instead OF contracting. has greatly eN-
banded and that the farmer and merchant,
instead Of receiving smaller proportion of
the benefits Of their labor receive greater.
THE SHAM OF "ISpERI,LIsM
These facts. known and admitted. were
without influence on the platform makers
al Kansas City; but conscious Of the weakness
pioded, aud OF ignoring facts that are self-eyi-
dent the Democrats are undertaking to push
into consnic9us position oefoT" ore me pSTEe
they are characterlstically dishonest: first,
because there Is no sentiment in the United
states that deserves 10 be called "imperialism:"
and second, because the Democrauc party
does not come with clean hands INTO dis
cussion OF popular sovereignty and the consent
Neither in the Philippines nor elsewhere
will the cause OF human liberty look TOT Us
tanning power lies In the suppression OF human
rights and in an organized conspiracy TO null
ify the guarantees with which the Constitu-
tion endeavors to surround the citizen. From
thousands Of polling places In thts election. In
which the Democratic party Il so much con.
cerned about the consent OF the governed,
the negro citizen will be excluded by laws so
contrived as to keep out the negro Republ-
both present themselves with precisely similar
qualifications except as 10 color. The party
which will not allow the Constitution to follow
| sissippi, Louisiana and Texas has no occasion
10 distress itself about the Constitutions jour
ney OF 1900 miles across the OCEAN. .,
| bility for the government Of the Philippines
and abandoning them 10 be seized by some
other great Power. The democratic ,S0 Rin9,n R9,nn
pinos and at the same time establishing pro-
| tectorate over them IA impracticable. II Il
responsibility Without "a suh9T The Teasons ,hosS
with constant dr1culty. 10 exercise influence
| for the protection OF Central and South Ameri-
can countries against European aggression
| cannot he made TO apply TO an Asiatic country
| AS matter OF duty. because we are responsible
Of right, because our title Is perfect, and OF
interest because they are valuable TO our COM
merce and necessary TO our Just Influence in
the Fast We are bound 10 regulate and provide
for the government OF the Philippine Islands
and the policy OF the Republican party comedies
10 the native Inhabitants Of the islands every
! measure Of self-governinent consistent with
the maintenance OF American sovereignty. The
situation In China to-day, where II Is evident
that the integrity Of the Chinese Empire should
be maintained completely Justifies the course
II the Administration with regard TO the Philip
pines and supplies new reason for their re-
tention. ,,,-.,. -, r,,
Mckinley and urge his reelection as the sure
pledge Of four more years OF development and
prosperity at home and OF honorable influence
and renown abroad, We congratulate the
Of Gov Theodore Roosevelt. whose high place
in the admir- ton and confidence OF his coun-
ESPECIALLY by his vaor and success on the field
Of battle has been distinc lyadvanced by his
splendid record as the Governor OF New York.
TAXES LOWERED.
The Republican party has been in control Of
the state government for the last seven years.
During that time the state has increased en9r-
tive annual increase In expenditure for many
public purposes. This Ia illustrated in the in
creased appropriations for the common schools,
which in ten years have grown from four To hve
millions OF dollars. Within the period Of Re-
publican control. moreover. the state has as
sumed the expense OF caring for the INDECENT
and Insane That item OF expense seven
wears ago when the maintenance of charitable
| institutions was principally charge upon the
| counties amounted rs against the state 10 only
| about two and half millions. The great re-
forms inaugurated by state control which
| have done so much for the Improvement OF the
condition OF the helpless and unfortunate
| compelled the expenditure In 1899 OF nearly
| nine millions.
| Notwithstanding these great and increasing
| burdens Republican legislation and admins
| tration have brought about gradual lowering
| OF the tax rate until this year II has reached
| the amazingly low point OF one and ninety-sx
| hundredths mills on the dollar OF the eqalzed
| valuation OF real and personal property. This
| great lowering OF the tax rate II due not onTy
| 10 the new Republican laws placing their just
norton OF the public burdens upon special
| interests which have heretofore escaped ta1.
| alton but also 20 careful economies enforced
| bv the Republican legislators and TO the better
| and more complete execution by Republican
| administrative officers OF laws enacted by Re-
| publican Legislatures prior 10 the present
| period Of complete Republican control and
creating "a special and indirect taxation. These
laws were not properly enforced by Dem
| ocratlc state officers. Tie law taxing
| corporations. for instance. was enacted in 1880
by a Legislature Republican In both branches
but during the seven years Of Democratic
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