Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-31
REPUBLICAN, NATIONAL PLATFORM,

i tu0Sh y AAtA SASSS
The expectation in which the American
people, turning from the democratic party,
Entrusted power four years. ago to q re-
| congress, has been met n satisfied. When
the people then assembled at the polls,
after q term of democratic legislation and
administration, business was dead. Indus
try paralyzed and the national credit dis
astrously impaired. The country's capital
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 4. The
republican party, denouncing this plan as
those from which relief was sought. prom
ised to restore prosperity by means of two
Legislative measures-a protective tariff
and a&law making gold the STANDARD of
value. The people ~ great majorities 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 n more abundant
chan we have ever known has followed
these, enactments. There Is no longer
controversy as to tn. value Of any govern
Is a gold dollar or Its assured equivalent,
and American credit stands higher than
that of any other nation. Capital is fully
employed and everywhere labor is profit
No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story of what republican government
means to the country than ~this-that
f walle i Gsg1n 3 t ass7 wa e4ere ps Mas an N excess aSe ssa e
exports over Imports OF only 1888, q ,497,
there has been in the short three yearseof
the present republican administration an
nous sum 81 sI,4sa,5s7 ,Os4.
THE WAR.
And while the American people, sus-
tained by this republican legislation, have
been achieving these splendid triumphs In
their business and commerce, they have
conducted and In victory. concluded q war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
Icf national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. IT was a war un-
came the American governments was ready.
Its fleets were cleared for action. ss Its
armies were In the field, and the quick and
signal triumph Of its forces on land and
American soldiers and sailors. and to the
skill and foresight of republican statesman
ship. To ten millions Of the human race
d 5ssps M saa e g1yf fRe American aag o people q ! f neg
and noble responsibility.
We indorse the administration Of Viii
liam Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
home and abroad 1t has distinctly elevated
n extended the Influence Of the Amer
lean nation. Walking untried paths n
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
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
sdorse this republican record and to renew
their commission to the republican party,
we emindsthem OF the fact that the men-
An 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 i~ntelligently
with each new problem of administration
and legislation. That confidence the DEM
~ocratic party has never earned. It is hope
THE GOLD STANDARD.
EIessly inadequate. and the country, St. PROS
perity, when democratic success at the
polls Us announced, haitS and ceases In
mere anticipation Of democratic blnnders
and failures.
of the gold standard and declare our CON
idenee In the wisdom of the legislation Of
the ffty-sixth congress by which the
parity Of all our money and the stability
secured. We recognize that Interest rates
are a potent factor In production and bus
mess activity, and for the purpose of fur
ther equalizing and OF further lowering
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.
Nh mo0S n %fnL Pho ~ nnH .npY,1dE In%nnrc;14
cred without the support of the leading
commercial countries Of the world. How
ever firmly republican legislation, may seem
peril Of base and discredited carreney. tie
election of q democratic president could
not fall to impair the cOnntry's credit and
TO bring once more Into question the inten-
Eupon the gold standard the parity of their
moneys circulation. The democratic
party must be convinced that the American
people will never tolerate the Chicago plat
form.
THE TRUST QUESTION.
We recognize the necessity and proprfe-
Ity of the honest corporation of capital to
meet new business conditions and espe-
cially to extend our rapidly increasing for
cles and combinations intended to restrict
business. to create m%onop0Iies, to limit
production or to control prices and favor
such LEGISLATION a. VIII effectually restrain
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
~portunity to the Inventive genius OF our
people has been secured and wages In every
department OF labor maintained at high
rates, higher now than ever before, always
distinguishing our working people In their
better conditions of life from those Of any
competing country. Enjoying the blessings
of American omnlon schools, secure In the
right OF self-goyernnaent and protected IN
the occupancy of their own markets, their
Econstantly increasing knowledge and skill
have enabled them finally to enter fhe mar.
lkets OF the world. We favor the associated
policy of reciprocity, so directed as to open
our markets OF favorable terms for what
we do not ourselves produce In return FOL
free foreign markets,
IN TIE INTERESTS OF1LABOR.
In the further Interest OF American
w~orkingmen, we favor a more effective re.
striction OF the immigration of cheaper
labor from foreign lands the extension Of
opportunities of education for working