, 1900-09-24
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
PLATFORM. 1900.

IN i'P''lANtH' Vi a. ~
States, through their chosen repre-
net in national convention,
looking back upon an unsurpassed rec
ord of achievement and looking for
ward into a great field of duty and OPP
p%ortunity, and appealing to the Judge
ment of their countrymen, make these
~declarations:l
The Action of 1896 Justified. &C..
The expectation in which the Amer
lean people. turning from the demo-
cratic party, entrusted power four
years ago to a republican chief magis-
tate and a republican congress-, has
been met and satisfied. When the peo-
pie then assembled at the polls, after
n term of democratic legislation and
administration, business was dead, in
dustry p~aralyzed and the national cred
it disastrously impaired. The coun-
try's capital vas hidden away and
The democrats had no other plan with
which to irSrToye the ruinous condi-
tons which they had themselves pro-
duced thar I coin silver at a ratio of
sixteen to one. The republican party,
~denouncing this plan as sure to pro-
duce conditions ven worse than those
from which relief was sought, prom
ised to restore prosperity by means of
two Legislative measures,-a protect
great majorities issued to the repub-
liCan party a commission to enact
these laws. The commission has been
executed, and the republican promise
is redeemed. Prosperity more gener-
al and more abundant than we have
e, er known has followed these enact
ments. There is NJ longer controver-
sy as to the value of any government
obligations. Every American dollar is
and American credit stands higher
than that OF any nation. Capital is
fully employed and labor everywhere
is profitably occupied. No single fact
al more strikingly tell the story Of
what republican government means to
the country than this-that during the
whole period of n hundred and sew
en- years from 1890 to 1897 there was
an eXces Of exports over imports of
np1u GOO nos iaT tborn hoe hnnn in thn
short three years of the present repub-
lican administration an excess of eX-
ports over imports in the enormous
sum of s1,4S3,5 7 ,O94.
The War With Spain.
And while the american people. sus-
tanned by this republican legislation,
have Deer achieving these splendid
triumphs in their business and COM
merce, they have conducted and in vic
human rights. No thought of national
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT furnished the high
| purpose with which American stand
| ards were unfurled. 1t was a var I'M
sought and patiently resisted, but
when it came the American govern
ment was ready. It's fleets were clear
ed for action. It's armies were in the
field, and the quick and signal triumph
| of its forces on land and sea bore
| equal tribute 10 the courage of amer
lean soldiers and sailors, to the skill
and foresight of republican statesman
ship. To ten millions of the human
race there was given "a new birth of
freedom" and to the American people
a new and noble responsibility.
President Mckinley's Administration.
We endorse the administration of
president William Mckinley. Its acts
have been established in wisdom and
in patriotism. and at home and abroad
it has distinctly elevated and extended
| the influence of the American nation.
| Walking untried paths and facing I'M
| f~orseen responsibilities, president Nc
kinley has been in every situation the
tue american patriot and the upright
| statesman, clear in vision, strong in
judgement. firm in action, always in
| spring and deserving the confidence
| of his countrymen.
Prosperity and the Public Confidence.
In asking the American people to en-
dorse this republican record and to re-
new their commission to the republi-
can party, We remind them of the fact
| that the menace of their prosperity
has always resided in democratic prin-
ciples and no less in the general inca
pacity of the democratic party to con-
duct public affairs. The prime essen,
tial of business prosperity is public
confidence the democratic party has
government and it's ability to deal in.
diligently with each new problem of
administration and legislation. That
confidence the democrats party has
+ never earned. 1t is hopelessly mad
equate, and the country's prosperity,
when democratic success at the polls
is announced, halts and ceases in mere
anticipation of democratic blunders
and failures.
Currency.
We renew our allegiance to the prin-
ciple of the gold standard and declare
our confidence in the wisdom of the
legislation Of the fifty-sixth congress