Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-11
REPUBLICAN NAT1oNALPLATFoRM

III republicans of the United States,
through their chosen representatives met
In national convention, looking pack upon
looking forward Into a great field OF duSgs
n opportunity, and appealing 70. ING
Judgment OF their countrymen, make these
declarations;
people, turning from the democratic party,
Entrusted owe four years ago to /, =
publican chief magistrate ana ~epunusa
congress, has been met and satlSIed. MI y
the people then assembled ats.tne poiis,
utter ii term Of democratic%l Legislation anu
administration, business was dead,
try paraiszed and the national. eTedaa n atsi
was hidden and its labor distrsssed anu anu
unemployed.
h democrats had no other plan with
which to improve he r aa assa,, eondli fban
to coin silver at the ratio Of IL to IL Inc,
Republican party, denouncing tn,S pian "
sure to- produce conditions even worse lhah
these from which relief was sought, prom
ised to restore prosperity by means OF tWo
Legislative measures-a protective. 5arif
and q law making gold the standard oI
value. The people by great majorlties rs.
sued toAthe republican party u coHilhAsssiioh
to enact these laws.
This commission has been executed, and
the republican promise is redeemed. FIos.
perity more general and more apuhuaaSs
Than we have ever known has Followed
these enactments. There is no longer
controversy as to the value of any govern
nlent obligation. Every American dollar
is d gold dollar or its assured equivalent,
and American credit stands higher than
that Of any other nation. Capital is IulIv
employed and everywhere labor is pront-
ably occupied. !,
No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story of what republican government
means to the country than this-thal
while during the whole period Of 10I years
from 1Te0to 1887, there was an excess Ges ,o OF
exports over imports of only S3S3,02S,49I.
there has been in the short three years OF
the present republican administratlo an
excess of exports over Imports IN the enor-
nous sum Of $1.4S3, 53I ,Oe4.
THE WAR.
And while the American people, sus-5
tanned by this republican legislation have
been achieving these splendid triumphs IN
their business and commerce, they nave
conducted and in victory concludeua WE
for liberty and human rights no thohght
Of national ACKNOWLEDGMENT furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. It was a war IN
sought and patiently resisted, but When "
Its fleets we're cleared for action. Its
armies were In the field, and the quick anq
signal triumph of its forces on8land and
sea bore equal tribute to the courage. or
skill and foresight of republican statesman
snip. T ten millions of the human race
there was given "a new birth of free
dom and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility.
We indorse5 the administration OF VII
liam Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
lished In wisdom and in patriotism, and at
home and abroad it has distinctly eleFated
and extended the influence of the Amer
lean nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
Mckinley has been in every situation the
true American patriot and the aprlglt
sfofaSpaa. = 81 aJoa ~ in yici0nE 4 SfrOnp in ZiIl6I p
ment, firm 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
we remind them Of the fact that the men
ace 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-
sential OF business prosperity isgpabhc CON
fdence in the good sense of the govern
ment and in its ability to deal inteiligently
With each new pr Thas ao0 Of adnln ase ae@o
Ocratic party has never earned. It Is hope
lessIy Inadequate and the country's pros
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
Of the gold tandard and declare our con-
fdence in the wisdom of the legislation, ol
the hfty-sixth congress by which the
OF our currency on a gold basis has been
secured. We recognize that Interest rates
are d potent factor in production and bus
mess activity, and for the purpose OF fur
ther equalizing 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 te
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.
declare our SteadfaSt opposition tt
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
No measure to that end could be consid-
cred without the support OF the leading
c0mmerciaI countries of the world. How.
eyer firmly republican legislation may Seen
to have secured the country against thu
peril of base and discredited currency, thu
election of a democratic president coult
not fail 10 impair the country's credit ant
to bring once more into question the inten
tfon of the American people to maintain
upon the gold standard the parity of thell
moneys circulation. The demoerati.
people will never tolerate the Chicago plat
THE TRUST QUESTION.
w recognize the necessity and: proprie
ty of the honest corporation of capital Il
meet new business conditions and espe
cialIy to extend our rapidly increasing for
eign trade, but we condemn all consptra
cies and combinations intended to restric
business, to create monDpolies, to limi
production or to control prices and fayol
such legislation as will effectually restrain
and prevent all such abuses, protect AMI
promote competition and secure the right
of producers, laborers and all VINO are en-
gagged In industry and commerce.
THE POLICY OF PROTECTION.