Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-06
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.

The repub. leans of the United States,
through their chosen representatives. met
In national convention, looking Dack upon
an unsurpassed record of achleVemenf and
iooking forward into a great field of duty
and opportunity, D appealing 20 thes
OF their countrymen, make these
declarations:
people, turning from the democratic party,
{fntrusfed power four years ago to q re-
publican chief magistrate and a repu1llcan
congress, has been met ana saIlsnea. y nyaagean
the people then assembled at the polls,
after a@term of democratic Legislation and
administration, business was dead, nous
try paraiyzed and the national credit als7
astrousIy Impaired. The country capital
was hidden and its labor distressed and.
unemployed. Z,
TIE democrats had no other plansswith
which to improve the fuinous cohalll sas
which they a themselves produced, tnan
to coin silver ut the ratio Of 10 70 10 Inc 2
republican party, denouncing this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse tnan
those from which relief was8soughts prom
ised to restore prosperity by means 8of two
and a law making gold the standard OF
value. The people by great majorities IS
sued to the republican party p ommlsSl
TO enact these WI @ss,i
This commission has been executed. ana
the republican promise is redeemed. Pros-
perfty more general and more abundan
than we have ever known has followed
these enaetments. There Is no longer
controversy as to the value of any govern
ment obligation. Every AInef1can doEaE
is a gold dollar or its assured equivalent,
and American credit stands higher than
that OF any other nation. Capita. IS fuliy
employed and everywhere labor ls prchL-t
ably occupied. :.
No single fact can more s%trikingly tell
the story OF what republican government
means to the country than fhis-tnau
while during the whole period OF l0ayeaEs
from 1896 TO 1897, there was an excess .0f
experts over imports of only $3S3,02 s49l,
there has been in the short three years OF
the present republican administration an
excess OF exports over imports In the enor-
NOUS sum OF SLASH. 537 1884.
THE WAR.
And while the American people, sus-
tained by this republican legislation, have
been achieving these splendid lump N
their business and commerce, they nave
eordIlcted and in victory concluded q war
for liberty and human rights. No thought
;8cfs national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT furnished the
high purpose with which American stand
ards we're unfurisd It was q war unt {
came the American government was ready.
Its fleets were cleared tor actor. LIS
armies were in the field, and the quick ana
signal triumph OF Its forces on land IN
sea- bore equal tribute to the courtge OF
American soldiers and sailors, and TO the
skill and foresight Of republican statesman
ship. 70 ten millions Of the. human race
there was given IA new birth of free
daI.i', and 70 the American people q new
and itoble responsibility.
We fndorse the administration Of Will
1.ain Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
Ished In wisdom and In patriotism, and ut
home and abroad it has distinctly elevated
and extended the Influence Of the Amer
ian isniian: walking antrIed paths ana
Sftssug unforeseen responsibilities, President
MerklMless has been in# every situation the
trae American patriot and the upright
statesman. clear In vision, strong In judy
Ileils, firm III action, always inspiring and
gfasaryinfr tIe9 confidence of his rOIlIltry-