The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
1HE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM |
Full Text Of Declaration Of Prln.
cipIes.
M'KINLErs ACTS ENDORSED.

Tho Party Renews Its Allegiance to the
Principle of the Gold Standard and
Favors Now Monetary Legislation-As-
serts Adherence to Monroe Doctrine,
Philadelphia, June 22AThe text in
full of the republican national plat
form adopted at the convention is as
follows:
The republicans of the United States.
Through their chosen representatives, met
IN national convention, looking back upon
an unsurpassed record OF achievement
and looking forward into great field of
duty and opportunity and appealing to
the judgment OF their countrymen, make
these declarations:
The expectation in which the American
ty intrusted power four years ago to a
republican chief magistrate and repub-
ican congress, has been met and salts
ned. When the people then assembled at
lation and administration business was
aeao. INDUSTRY was paralyxed and the ma
tional credit disastrously impaired. The
country's capital was hidden away and its
labor distressed and unemployed.
The democrats had no other plan with
which to improve the ruinous conditions
to coin silver at the ratio Of 10 to /. The
republican party. denouncing this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse
than those from which relief was sought,
promised to restore prosperity BY means
or two legislative measures-a protective
tariff and a law making gold the standard
of value.
The people, by great majorities. issued
TO the republican party commission to
enact these laws. This commission has
been executed. and the republican prom
and more abundant than we have ever
known has followed these enactments.
mere Is no longer controversy as to the
Every American dollar is gold dollar or
its assured equivalent, and American
credit stands higher than that Of any ma
abor Is p py sna
No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story OF what republican government
wsa to the ne country than thsthas
from 1850 to 1897 there was an excess of
exports over imports Of only $3.50. 02S, 4s7,
there has been in the short three years
enormous sum Of s. 4ss, ISL, os4. "
And And while the American people; sus-
tanned. by this republican legislation,
nave been achieving these splendid trt-
umphs in their business and commerce,
they have conducted and in victory con-
rights,
No thought Of national aggrandizement
furnished the high purpose with which
Was was war unsought and patiently re-
government was ready. Its fleets. were
field and the quick and signal triumph Of
Its forces on land and sea bore equal trib-
ute to the courage of American soldiers
sight of republican craftsmanship. To ten
millions OF the human race there was
given "a new birth of freedom" and to
rne Am naertta, people new and noble
We indorse the administration of Will
liam Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
home and abroad it has distinctly ele-
waited and extended the influence Of the
American nation. Walking untried paths
W McRin1es r. 1 bssn IN evsry
situation the true American patriot and
the upright statesman, clear in vision.
S Wa1s IN rm IN ACTION al
dence Of his countrymen.
IN asking the American people to in
new their commission to the republican
party, we remind them Of the fact that
the menace to their prosperity has al
Sna RESIDED s.s IN
the democratic party to conduct public
The prime essential Of business pros
n H.. its ability to dsal inteii!gent tly
MINI aen and eT That IT con aa
dence the democratic party has never
earned. 1t is hopelessly inadequate and
the country's prosperity, when democrat
ic success at the polls Is announced, halts
and ceases IN mere anticipation Of demo-
cratic plumbers and failures.
we renew allegiance to the principle
Of the gold standard and declare our con-
hdence in the wisdom of the legislation
OF the Fifty-sixth congress. by which the
parity Of all our money and the stability
~ frrn mn erfl1 ho,l t. H.
secured.
We recognize that interest rates are a
potent factor in production and business
equalizing and of further lowering the
rates of interest we favor such monetary
Legislation as will enable the varying
to be promptly met IN order that trade
may, be evenly sustained. labor steadily
employed and commerce enlarged.
never SO great per capita as it is today.
We. declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage Of sill
considered which was without the sup
Of the world
However firmly republican legislation
may seem to have secured the country
against the peril of base and discredited
currency, the, election of a democratic
ered. and to bring i% onee eas
into question the intention Of the Amer
lean people to maintain upon the gold
standard the parity of their money cir
culation. The democratic party must be
convinced that the American people will
never tolerate the Chicago platform
We recognize the necessity and propri-
ETY. of the honest cooperation Of capital
to meet new business conditions and es-
pecially to extend our rapidly increasing
foreign trade, but we condemn all con-
spiracies and combinations intended to
restrict business, to create mohopolies.
to limit production or to control prices
and favor such legislation as will efrectu.
ally restrain and prevent all such abuses
protect and promote competition and Sc
cure the rights Of producers, laborers
commerce.
We renew our faith in the policy of
protection to American labor In that
policy our Industries have been estab-
lished, diversified and maintained BY
protecting the home market the compe-
tition has been stimulated and produc-
ton cheapened. Opportunity to the In
ventive genius of our people has been Sc
cured and wages in every department Of
labor maintained at high rates, higher
now than ever before. always distinEuish-
ing our working people in their better
conditions of life from those Of any COM
peting country Enjoying the blessings
of American common schools, secure IN
the right of self-government and protect
ed in the occupancy of their own mar
kets, their constantly increasing knowl-
to enter the markets of the world.
We favor the associated policy Of reci-
procity, 30 directed as to open our mar
kets on favorable terms for what Wa do
not ourselves produce in return for free
foreign markets.