Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-25
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

IN nat p'oraassea record of achievement, ana
looking forward into q great iisau ~ 70 the
and opportunity, and appeai'is 10 these
Judgment OF theAr Il ~ -" IT'S. .
g : eNnectation in which che Amerigan
,eonin. turning from the democtattc - 70,
Entrusted power lour !e"hS . ,cnublican
nnhlican chiet magistrate ana u WEem
peanrress has been met and SatlSlleu. VII W.
the people then AZ a tion and
after a term of democrallc !esi snh indns-
"dI,fn i-tra,i ion. business was oeau' -
NV nornlyzcd and the national cieoas Gts
.S,rausIv impaired. The counttys cap ,"a
Hns hiiden and it's labor dlstfesseo NnN
unemployed. Val ,o other. plan with
r.hinh to Improve the ruinous conuit INN
which they had themselves ptouucsu' Thn
70 coin silver ut the ratio OF 10 No t1 Man as
.onnhiicnn marty, denouncing TINS plan , "n
repueiten nrodmce conditions even worse thah
SUI sur ~ tronI which relief was sought pit rn,
ised TO restore prosperity by means Y t,riff
legislative , meaSarcs goid 1he Standard Of
ana !" IA" Tnn nnnnIe ny great majoritles Is
s,led to the republican party "
to enact these Jaws; ,o, oxecured, and
.a rnn1Ihlicun promise is redeemed. ih amt
tne more general and more anunu" "a
ttSan we have ever known mas InnreT
thasa enactments. There IS Nv nynTn-
eness Hnrsv as to the value of any goNSi n
coner ,ohifs,tiou. Every American u1aiai
ny uold dollar or its assured eHul. , tnn
and american credit STANDS lisneii s fully
Jhot of any other nation. Cap.."i l. nroft-
employed ana eNels "A
ably occupied. s+r;kinr,y tell
Go single fact can more strlhinS,S mont
the story of what fepuo''th ca, this-that
mems TO the country than 1nE vears
n III during the whole period OF loI se"aPP
frnIn 1190 10 1897, there was ' IN; ne Ia7
exports over imports Oh hoU ohi fnrre Years Of
~ nreseut republican ADMINISTRATOR 49,
.ne Of eSnorts over imports IN the enoi-
mons sum Of 81. 4S3,oa' IVA.
THE WAR.
And while the American people s's-
tanned by this repuolcan AZ t"iunlnhs in
haan achieving these splenolu titulnp b,rn
hair business and commerce, Ivy w,r
conducted and in victory cohclu Ne thnncht
for liberty and human rights. NJ n9 5he
ri national uggrandizement tatnisneu tond-
Siyh purpose with which American slanu-
ards we're unfurled. 1t was Il Wai ~ !.
sought and patiently resisted, put "nen ~
came the American government Won It's
.rnias were in, the field, and tue QUICK any
signal triumph of its forces on lahu any
sea bore equal tribute to the c od ts the h
an,eric1n soldiers and sailors, ana TO the
skill and foresight of republican statesman
snip. To ten millions OF the huhlah - o
there was given "a new birth OIL Tree
dom and to the Amerlcah peopie ~"
we indorse the administration OF WIZ
,..m McItinIay, It's acts have been estab-
lished in wisdom and i'll PATRIOTISM, ana ~
home and abroad it has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence of the Amer,
lean nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
Mckinley has been IN every SITUATION ny
true American patriot and the upright
statesman. clear in vision, strong IN Juus,
nent, firm III action, always Inspiring ana
deserving the confidence OF his country
men.
DEMOCRATS AS A MENACE.
81. " IT. ~1u;n,r ,Annn1a fn In
dorse this republican record ana 10 renew
their commission to the republican party
we remind them Of the fact that the men,
ace to their prosperity has always resiueu
in democratic principles and no less IN the
general iucapacity OF the democratic party
to conduct public affairs. The prime es-
sential of business prosperity is pubic con-
fidence in the good sense of the govern
. ment and in it's ability to deal intelligently
with each new problem of administrator
and legislation. That confidence the DEM
ocratic party has never earned. IL Is nope"
THE GOLD STANDARD.
lessly inadequate and the country's pros
perity, when democratic success at the
polls is announced, halts and ceases in
mere anticipation of democratic blunders
and failures.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
of the gold standard and declare our con-
! fdence in the wisdom Of the legislation of
the fifty-sixth congress by which the
parity OF all our money and the stability
OIL our cuTJelCy oH d Soit uhslS IA tSSA
secured. We recognize that interest rates
are Il potent factor in production and bus
<iness activity, and for the purpose OF fur
Their equalizing and OF further lowering
the rates OF interest we favor such none
Etary legislation as will enable the varying
I needs of the season and of all sections to
be promptly met in order that trade may be
4 evenly sustained, labor steadily employed
! and enlarged. The volume of
! money in circulation was never so great
N per capita as it is today.
We declare our steadfaSt opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
z No measure to that end could be consid-
erred without the support OF the leading
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 country's credit and
Ito bring once more into question the inter
e~tion Of the American people to maintain
upon the gold standard the parity of their
: moneys circulation. The democratic
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-
cially to extend our rapidly increasing for
eign trade, but We condemn all censpira-
cies and combinations intended to restrict
business. to create monopolies. to limit
production or to control prices and favor
such legislation as will effectually 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 commerce.
THE 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. On
portunity to the inventive genius of our
people has been secured amt 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-goyernlneut and protected In
the occupancy of their own markets, their
constantly increasing knowledge and skill
ave enabled them finally to enter the mar
Acts 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 a more effective re-
striction of the immigration Of chea ner
labor from FOREIGN iands tho ayta,sio,, nf