Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-20
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

l an unsurpassed record OF acnleVeWenIs Ahu
looking forward into g great field q duty
and opportunity, and appealing to- the
Judgment OF their countrymen, make these
Ideclarations:
people. turning from the democratic party.
Entrusted power. four years ago to {. re-
publican chief magistrate ana q repu14cah
congress, has been met n satlshsd. SWhen
\ the neople then assembled at the polls,
| after a term of democratic legislation anu
administration, business was dead. andns-
try paralyzed and the national credit als,
astrously impaired. The country's capital
VAS hidden and its labor distressed and
unemployed.
which to improve the ruinous condltlons
which they had themselves produced nan nan
to coin silver at the ratio Of l6 to I. q
republican party, denouncing this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse than
those from which relief was sought, prom
ised to restore prosperity by means OF W
and d law making gold the standard OF
value. The people by great maJorities rs
| sued to the republican party q COMMISSION
This commission has been executed. and
the republican promise is redeemed. Pros-
perity more general and more abundant
than we have ever known has followed.
these enactments. There is no longer
controversy as to the value OF any govern
nent obligation. Every American doliar
is u 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 proft-
ably occupied. :.
No single fact can more strikingly tell
the story Of what republican government
means to the country than this-thaE
while during the whole period Of loa years
exports over imports of only $3S3,O2S,491
there has been in the short three years Of
the present republican administration an
excess Of exports oyer r. Imports nIs res N tne enor-
| nous ~ Sf,m OfEX1 AKA. OST Oy4. EESE HETTaSG#GSS&4
THE WAR.
And while the American people, sus-.
| tanned by this republican legislation have
been achieving these splendid IN
their business and they nave
conducted and in victory ~concludedga war
for liberty and human rights. NO thought
Of national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
sought and patiently resisted. but when 1t
came the American government was reaqy.
Its fleets were cleared for action. Its
armies were IN the field and the ne 9a M ana
sea bore equal tribute to the courage or
American soldiers and sailors, and to the
skill and foresight of republican Statesman
ship. To 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 indorse the administration OF VIII
ram Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
lished in wisdom and in patriotism, and at
home and abroad 1t has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence Of the Amer
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
Mckinley has been in every situation the
true American patriot and the upright
statesman. clear in vision strong IN q
ment, firm in action, always inspiring and
deserving the confidence OF his country
men. 4i
DEMOCRATS AS A MENACE.
In asking the American people to In
dorse this republican record and to renew
their commission to the republican party,
we remind them OF the fact that the mem
ace to their prosperity has always resided
In .democratic principles and no less in the
general incapacity Of the democratie party
~sential Of business prosperity is public CON
fdence5 In the good sense OF The govern
ment and in its ability to deal intelligently
and legislation. That confidence the dem
~ocratic party has never earned. It Is hope
THE GOLD STANDARD.
lessly inadequate and the ~country's pros
perity, when democratic success at the
polls is announced, halts and ceases in
and failures.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
Of the gold standard and declare our con-
tdencs IN the wisdom aaan,s Ct che legislation gls;nIi t Of
| parity of all our money and the stability
Of our currency on a gold basis has been
secured. We recognize that interest rates
are a potent factor In production and bus
mess activity, and for the purpose of fur.
Their eqnalizing ana 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 to.
be promptly met In order that trade may be,
evenly sustained, labor steadily employed
md enlarged. The volume Of
money In circulation was never 30 great
per capita as 1t is today.
We declare our steadfast opposition to.
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
No measure to that end could be seonsid-
commercial countries of the world. How
ever firmly republican legislation may seem
to have secured the country against the
peril Of base and discredited currency, the
election Of a democratic president could
not fail to Impair the countryss credit and
to bring once. more into question the inten-J
upon 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 proprie-
ty Of the honest cooperation of capital to
meet new business conditions and espe-
ciaHy to extend our rapidly increasing for
eies and Combinations Intended to restrict
business, to create monopolies, to limit.
production or to control prices and favor
Sucn legislation as WILL efectuaIly restrain
and prevent all such abuses, protect and
promote competition and secure the rights;
of producers, laborers and all who are en-
gagged in industry and
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.
portunfty to the inventive genius of orr
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 common schools, secure In the
right of self-goyernnent 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 on favorable terms for what
we do not ourselves produce In return for
free foreign markets.
IN THE INTERESTS OF LABOR.
In the further interest OF American
workingmen, we favor q more effective re-
s%trfction OF the immigration OF cheaper
labor from foreign lands, the extension OF
opportunities Of education for working
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