Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-06-26

apolis and st. Louis. Senator Lodge re-
ceived each Of these presentations with a
graceful speech.
The Platform.
AT this point the convention threa tened
to get into parliamentary tangle over
the adoption of the rules, and proposed
amendments. Mr.. Quay's motion finally
prevailed, that rules aone and, twelve with
MS amendment, go over until tomorrow
after which the other rules were agreed
to without dissent.
With this out of the way, Senator
Fairbanks of Indiana, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, was recognized
TO present the platform to the conven-
ton, which was adopted:
The Republicans of the United States,
through chosen representatives met in ma
tional convention looking back upon an
unsurpassed record of achievement and look
ing forward into great field Of duty and
opportunity, and appealing to the judgment
OF their countrymen, make these declara
tions:
The expectation in which the American
people, turning from the Democratic party,
entrusted power four years ago to Re
publican chief magistrate and a Republican
congress has been met and satisfied. When
the people then assembled at the polls,
after term of Democratic legislation and
ton, business was dead; Industry
trously impaired. The country's capital was
hidden away and its labor distressed and
unemployed. The Democrats had no other
conditions which they had themselves pro
duceds than to- coin silver at the ratio of
Is to 1. The Republican party denouncing
this plan as sure to produce conditions from
which relief was sought, promised to re-
store prosperity by means Of two legislative
measures-a protective tariff and ? law max
Ing gold the standard of value. The people
by great majoritieS issued to the kepub-
l1can party u commission to enact these
laws. This commission has been executed
and the Republican promise is redeemed.
dant than we have ever known has fol-
lowed these enactments. There is no longer
obligations. Every American dollar is
gold dollar or its assured equivalent, and
American credit stands higher than, that
of any nation. Capital is fully employed
and everywhere labor is proftabIy occupied.
NO single fact can more Strikingly tell the
story of what government means to the
country than this, that while during the
whole period of 100 years from 1870 to 1897
there was an excess of exports over inn
ports of only 1888, $50, 497 There has been
in the short three years of the present Re
publican administration an excess of exports
over imports in the enormous sum of ST.
4S3. 037 ,934, and While the American people
sustained by this Republican legislation
have been achieving these splendid tri-
umphs in their business and commerce they
have conducted and in victory concluded Il
war for liberty and human rights. No
thought of national aggra abatement tar
nished the high power with which American
standards were unfurled. 1t was a
unsOught and patiently resisted, but when
it the American government was
ready. It's fleets were cleared for action
Its armies were in the field and the quick
and signal triumph Of its forces on land
aud sea bore equal tribute to the courage of
American sailors and soldiers and to the
skill of the Republican craftsmanship.
Administration Endorsed.
To ten millions of the human race there
was given "A new birth of freedom" and
to the American people a new and noble
nj hav
been established in wisdom and in patriot
ism, and at home and abroad it has distinct
the American nation. Walking uhtried
paths and facing unforeseen responsible
ties, President Mckinley has been In every
situation the true American patriot and up
right statesman, clear in vision, strong in
judgment, firm in action, always inspiring
and deserving the confidence of his country
men.
In asking the American people to indorse
this Republican record and to renew their
commission to the Republican party, we
remind 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 Democratic party
to conduct public affairs The prime essen
tial of business prosperity is public conf
dence in the good sense OF the government
the problems of administration and legisa-
tion. That confidence the Democratic party
mas nd earned It is hopeeST
Democratic success at the polls Is an
nounced, halts and ceases in mere antici
patton of Democratic plumbers and failures.
We renew allegiance to the principle
of the gold standard and declare our conf
dence in the wisdom of the legislation Of
the Fifty sixth Congress, by which the par
ity of all our money and the. stability Of
our. currency on gold basis. has been Sc
cured. We recognize that interest. rates
are a potent factor in production and bust
ness activity and for the purpose of fur
Their equalizing and of further lowering the
rates Of interest, we favor such monetary
lpUi 81 of &c will mol 10 irwin do
of the season and of all sections to be
promptly met III order that trade may be
and commerce enlarged. The volume of
money in circulation was never so great
per capita az it is today. We declare our
steadfast Opposition: IL the free and unlim-
tied coinage Of silver. No measure to that
end could be considered which was without
the support or the leading commercial coun-
tries OF the world. However firmly Repub-
ucan legislation may seem to have secured
the country again against the peril of base
Democratic President could not fail to i'm
pair the cOuntry's credit and to bring once
more into question the intention of the
American people to maintain. on the gold
standard the parity of their money circula
ton. The Democratic party must be con-
vinced that the American people will never
tolerate the Chicago platform.
Combinations Condemned.
We recognize the necessity and propriety
of the honest cooperation Of capital TO
meet new business conditions and especially
to extend our rapidly INCREASING foreign
trade, but we condemn all conspirac ies and
combinations intended to restrict business,
to create mOnOpolieS, to limit production,
to control prices and favor such legislation
as will effectually restrain and prevent all
such abuses, protect and promote competi-
ton and secure the rights OF producers,
labOrers and all who are engaged in indus
try and commerce.
We renew our faith in the policy of pro-
lection to American labor. In that policy
industries have been esta blished, diver
sif1ed and maintained. by projecting the
home market the competition has been slim
ulated and production cheapened. OppOr-
tunity to the inventive genius OF our people
has been secured and wages in every de-
partment of labor maintained at high rates,
higher now than ever before always dis
tinguishing working people in their
better conditions of life than of those of any
competing country. Enjoying the blessings
of American common school secure in the
right of self-government and protected in
the occupancy of their own markets, their
constantly increasing knowledge and skill
have enabled them finally to enter the mar
kets of the world. We favor the associated
policy of reciprocity, so directed as to open
our markets favorable terms for what
we do not ourselves produce in return for
free foreign markets
In the further interest of American work
men we favor more effective restriction
of the immigration of cheap labor from
foreign lands, the extension of opportunities
of education for workingmen's children, the