Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-27
THE REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM
It Sets Forth Succinctly and Clearly
the Position Of the Repub-
lican Party.
MANY POLITICAL PROBLEMS
The Party Has Redeemed the Promises Made
In l896-ItW ill Also Keep the Pledges
Made At Philadelphia Prosper
GUS Administration.

The following Is the text of the Re
publican platform, as adopted by tn
national convention at Philadelphia:
The Republicans of the United State.
through their chosen representatives /
national convention, looking back upo
an unsurpassed record of achievement,
and looking forward into a great fel
of duty and opportunity and appealin
to the judgment of their countrymer
make these declarations:
PROMISES REDEEMED.
The expectation in which the Ameri
can people, turning from the Democrat
ic party, intrusted power four year
ago to a Republican chief magistrat
and a Republican congress, has beef
met and satisfied. When the peopl
then assembled at the polls after a tern
Of Democratic administration business
was dead, industry paralyzed and tn
national credit d~isastrously impaired
The country's capital was hidden ava!
and its labor distressed and unem
pleyed.
The Democrats had no other plan will
which to improve the ruinous condi'
tions which they had themselves pro
duced than to coin silver at the ratio
Of 16 to l. The Republican party, de
nouncing the plan as sure to produce
conditions even worse than those from
which relief was sought, promised tt
restore prosperity by means of two ex'
ecutive measures-a protective tariff
and a law making gold the standard Of
value. The people by great majorities
issued to the Republican party a com
mission to enact these laws. This com
mission has been executed and the Re-
publican promise is redeemed.
SOLID PROSPERITY.
Prosperity more general and more
abundant than we have ever known has
followed these enactments. There Is nc
longer controversy as to the value of
any government obligations. Every
American dollar Is a gold dollar, or its
assured equivalent, and American cred
it stands higher than that Of any ma
ton. Capital is fully employed, and ev-
erywhere labor is probably occupied.
No single fact can more strikingly
tell the story Of what Republican gov
eminent can to the country than
this-that while during the whole pc
riod of 107 years, from 1890 to 1897, there
was an excess of exports over imports
Of only $3.50, 026. 497, there has been In the
short three years Of the present Repub-
lican administration an excess of ex-
ports over imports in the enormous sum
of $1,4S2. 1885, s4.
A SUCCESSFUL WAR.
And while the American people sus-
tained by this Republican legislation
been achieving these splendid tri-
in their business and commerce,
they have conducted and in victory
a war for liberty and human
No thought of national aggran-
dizement furnished the high pdrpose
which American standards were
unfurled.
It vas a war unsought and patiently
resisted, but when 1t came the Ameri-
can government was ready. It's fleets
were cleared 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 to the courage of
soldiers and sailors and to
the skill and foresight Of Republican
craftsmanship. To l 1900, 900 Of the hui
nan rae there was given "a new birth
freedom" and to the American peo-
pie a new and noble responsibility.
PRESIDENTS CRAFTSMANSHIP.
We indorse the administration Of
William Mckinley. It's acts have been
in wisdom and patriotism,
md at home and abroad 1t has distinct
Y elevated and extended the influence
If the American nation. Walking un-
.nied paths and facing unforeseen re-
possibilities, President Mckinley has
,een In every situation the true Ameri-
AN patriot and the upright statesman,
lear in vision, strong in judgment, firm
n action, always inspiring and deserv-
ng the confidence of his countrymen.
DEMOCRATIC INCOMPETENCE.
In asking the American people to in
lorse this Republican record and to re-
lew their commission to the Republican
IN ,kxr xryn vrovoir1 %harn - fhn Font khok Il
he menace to their prosperity has al
Ways resided in Democratic principles, /
md no less in the general in%capacity Of
he Democratic party to conduct public
The prime essential Of business
prosperity is public confidence in the
rood sense Of the government and its
lbility to deal intelligently with each
lew problem of administration and leg +
That confidence the Democrat
c party has never earned. 1t is hope
essly inadequate, and the country's
Prosperity when Democratic success at
he polls is announced halts and ceases
n mere anticipation of Democratic
lunders and failures.
THE GOLD STANDARD.
We renew our allegiance to the prin-
lples of the gold standard, and declare
confidence in the wisdom of the leg
Of the ffty-sixth congress by
,hich the parity Of all our money and
he stability Of our currency on a gold
asis has been secured.
We recognize that the rates of inter-
st are q potent factor In production
nd business activity. and for the pur-
ose Of further equalixing and Of low
ring the rates Of interest WI favor
UGH monetary legislation as will en-
BILE the varying needs Of the season
nd Of all sections to be properly met
order that trade may be evenlv sus-
aimed, labor steadily employed and
,mmerce enlarged. The volume Of
loney In circulation was never 80 great
or Caplta al Il IL to-day.