The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
=r.r1ONAI REPUBLIoAN PLATFORM.

adopted by the National Re-
DLI;can Convention at Philadelphia,
lime 20, 1900:
The Republicans of the United
,,+os through their chosen repre-
natives, met in national conven-
.:,n looking back upon an unsur-
rsssed record of achievement and
i,,ting forward into a great field of
5,+v and opportunity and appealing
1.-THE Judgment of their co~untrymen,
lie these declarations
The expectation in which the
american people, turning from the
nomocratic party, entrusted power
s,nr years ago to a Republican chief
.napistrate and a Republican Con
-ross. has been met, and satisfied the
Soonle then assembled at the polls.
,f+ar a term of Democratic legisla-
lon and administration, business
/ uss dead, industry paralyzed and the
rs+ional credit disastrOusly impaired.
The country's capital was hidden
WAY and its labor distressed and I'M
omnIoved. The Democrats held no
other plan with which to improve
tho ruinous condition which they
had themselves produced, than to
ooin silver at the ratio of Is to 1.
The Republican party, denouncing
this plan as sure to produce condi-
+ions even worse than those from
which relief was sought, promised to
restore prosperity by mea of two
legislative measures-a protective
tariff and a law making gold the
Standard of value. The people by
GREAT majOrities issued to the Re-
rnblican party a commission to enact
these laws. This commission has
bpan executed and the Republican
nromise is redeemed. Prosperity
more general and more abundant
than we have ever known has fol,
loved these enactments. Every
American dollar is a gold dollar or
its assured equivalent, and Ameri-
can credit stands higher than that of
any nation. Capital is fully en-
ployed and labor everywhere is
proftabIy occupied. And while the
American people, sustained by this
Republican legislation, have been
achieving these splendid triumphs
in their business and commerce, they
have conducted and in victory con-
cluded a war for liberty and human
rights. No thought of national
aggrandizement furnished the high
purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. 1t was a war un-
sought and patiently resisted, but
when it came the American govern
ment was ready. To 10000, 900 of
the human race there was given "a
new. birth of freedom" and to the
American people Il new and double
responsibility.
MCKINLEY ENDORSED.
We endorse the administration of
Vim. Mckinley. It's acts have been
established in wisdom and in patriot
ism, and at home and abroad it has
distinctly elevated and extended the
influence of the American nation.
Walking untried paths and facing
unforeseen responsibilities, Presi-
dent Mckinley has been in every
situation the true American patriot
and the upright statesman, clear in
vision, strong in Judgment, firm in
action, always inspiring and deserv-
ing the confidence of his country
men.
THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES MENACE
TO PROSPERITY.
In asking the American people to
1ndorSe 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 Demo
cratic party to conduct public affairs.
The prime essential of business pros
perirT i public confidence in the
good sense of the government and in
Its ability to deal intelligently with
each new problem of administration
and legislation. That confidence the
Democratic party has never earned.
Ii hopelessIy Inadequate, and the
eo0nry's prosperity when Dem
"cratlc success at the polls is an
A'1need, halts and ceases in mere