The Globe-republican., 1900-06-28
The NATIONAL PLATFORM
rs Adopted by the Republican Con-
vention in Philadelphia
ON THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE.

Following is the platform adopted
THE Republicans of the United States.
| In national convention looking back upon
an unsurpassed record of achievements.
and looking forward into a great field of
duty and opportunity and appealing to the
these declarations:
The expectation In which the Ameri-
can people. turning from the Democratic
party. entrusted four years ago to Re
publican chief magistrate and Republics
congress has been met and satisfied
When the people then assembled at the
polls after term OF Democratic legis1a-
| ton and administration, business was
dead. industry paralyzed and the national
credit disastrously impaired. The
try's capital was hidden and its labor
distressed and unemployed The Demo
| Gratis had no other plan with which to
| improve the ruinous conditions which they
had themselves produced than to coin
silver a the ratio of Is to l. The Repub-
1ican party, denouncing this plan as sure
| to produce conditions even worse than
| those from which relief sought,
| promised to restore prosperity by means
| of Legislative measures-a protective
tariff and a law making gold the stand
ard value. The people, by great majorit-
les, 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 Prosper
tty more general and more abundant than
we have known has fo1lowd these
| eElse tnents- There is no longer con-
troversy to the value of any govern
is gold dollar or its assured equivalent
and American credit stands higher than
that of any other nation Capital is
fully employed and everywhere Dor is
DrofitabIy occupied No single fact can
more strikingly tell the story of what Re
publican government means to the coun-
try than -this-that while during the whole
period of 1o7 years froz-1 1Tso to 1897. there
was of exports imports
of only 1888. o2s,4e7, there has been in the
| short three years of the present Republi-
| adni abstraction excess of exports
| over imports in the enormous sum of ST.
| asa, 73s Oe4. and while the American people,
sustained by this Republican legisla ton,
| have been achieving these splendid
| triumPhs in their business and commerce.
| they have conducted and in victory con-
Guided a for liberty and human
rights No thought of national agrandize-
| 1nent tarnfshed the high purposes with
| which American standards were unfurled
| It was a unsought and patiently re-
| sisted, but when it came the American
| COVE nnent was ldy- Its fleet were
/ cleared for action It's armies We're in
/ the field and the quick and signal
rriuprah of its forces on land and sea
| bore equal tribute to the courage of
| American soldiers and sailors and to the
| ekiIl and foresight of Republican states
| tuan~hlp- To ten millions of the human
| race there was wen "a new birth OF
| freedom and to the American people
| new and noble responsibility.
| I'VE endorse the administration of
| William Mckinley It's acts have been
esta blished in wisdom and in patriotism,
elevated and extended the influence Of
| the American nation Walking untried
| paths and facing unforeseen responsible
tiles. President Mckinley has been in
every situation the true American patriot
| and upright statesman, clear in vision,
| strong in judgment, firm in action, always
| Inspiring and deserving the confidence of
| his countrymen.
| I'm asking the American people to on
dorse this Republican record and to re
| new their commission to the Republican
| party, remind them of the fact that
the menace to their prosperity has always
resided in Democratic principles and no
less in the general inca pacity of the
| Democratic party to conduct public at
fairs The prime essential of business
prosperity is public confidence in the
good sense OF the government and its
ability to deal inte1ligently with each
new problem of administration ana leg
islation. That confidence the Democratic
| party has never earned 1t Is hopelessly
ina deQuate and the country's prosperity.
when Democratic success at the polls is
announced. halts and ceases in mere an
ticipation of Democratic blunders and
failures.
I'VE renew our allegiance to the princi-
pie of the gold standard and declare our
| confidence In the wisdom of the Hesitation
of the Fifty-sixth congress by which the
parity of all our money and the stability
of our currency on 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
further edualizing and of further lower
monetary legislation will enable the
varying needs of the season and OF al
sections to be properly met in order tina [
trade may be evenly sustained, labor
| steadily employed and commerce eniarg-
ed The volume money in circulation
was never so great per capita as it is to-
| day. We declare steadfast opposition
to the free and unlimited coinage of sill
! | yer. No measure to that end could be
| considered which was without the sup
| port Of the leading commercial countries
| of the world However firmly Republicar
. | legislation may seem to have secured the
| country against the peril of base and
discredited currency. the election of
| Democratic president could E6t fail Il
5 | fnDair the country's- credit and bring
once more into question the intention o.
rhe American people to maintain upon the
gold standard the parity of their mones
circulation The Democratic party mus
: be convinced that the American peopl'
: ETi never tolerate the Chicago platform
I've recognize the necessity and pro
o7SzT * ~ honest cooperation OF cap
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