The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1900-07-19
MEN AND PRINCIPLES.
M'klNLEY AND ROOSEVELT, THE RE.
PUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
A Ticket Nominated Unanimously
For the First Time In History and
q Platform That Epitomises Grand
Results Accomplished.

. Platform That Epitomiscs Grand
Results Accomplished.
Tho candidates placed before the peo-
pie OF the United States by the Repub-
lican national convention on the 2lst
OF June occupy n unique position In the
history OF American politics. Both
were nominated without single dis.
scntlng vote. No parallel to this una
nimty of thought and action IL to be
found I'm the records Of national con-
vcntions IN this country. Both candl-
dates would have been nominated by
acclamation did not the time honored
rule require the formnllty OF n ballot.
The reason for this remarkable ac-
cord In the choosing of the Republican
1900 IL not far to seek. In the case Of
President Mckinley n denomination
was a foregone conclusion almost from
the moment he took the oath Of Office
on the 4th Of March, 1897. This GER
talnty was only made more certain by
n chain of events which served to show
how wisely the people chose In the cleo
tlon OF 1896 and to forcshadow the pop
ular demand that was to make itself
felt with regard to n second term. Just
as William Mckinley was the logical
candidate of his pnrty ut time when
his country was suffering the pangs Of
bankruptcy and ruin rs the result Of
running after false guides so was VIII
liam Mckinley the logical, the inevita-
Bile candidate of his party ut a time
when his great mission of restoring
prosperity stood accomplished and
when new and trying problems grow
Ing out of unprecedented and difficult
conditions required for their safe solu-
tion the same clear brain and the same
lofty craftsmanship that served the
country so well in It's time Of trial.
Hence there was and could be no can
dldatc other than William Mckinley.
Equally patent and potent reasons
impcllcd the unanimous nomination of
Theodore Roosevelt rs candidate for
vice president No other man consider
ed In connection with that office so fill.
ed the public eye and the public mind.
Civilian and soldier, citizen and man,
student and ranchman, scholar and
rough rider, his character, his name
and his record appealed lrresistlbly to
American appreciation Of brains, ener.
gy and pluck.
Mckinley and Roosevelt, q wonder
full combination of abilities and quail
tics Match them IL you can.
With nothing to be ashamed of, moth.
ing to apologize for, nothing to defend,
the platform makers of the Republican
national convention found an easy task
set before them. But easy tasks are
not always so we'll performed, as was
the case In the framing of this plat.
form. 1t Is platform at once sound
and sensible, truthful and courageous,
asscrtlve and aggressive, positive and
unmlstakablc. AS an epitome of one of
the most brilliant, most notable and
most successful periods Of government
nj administration In our country's his
tory the platform Is clear, concise, con-
vincing. In all ways admirable. Briefly
outlined its salient features are these:
Unqualified Endorsement Of the ad-
mlnistration Of President Mckinley.
Adherence to the principles of sound
money and 100 cent dollar.
Condemnation of commercial combi-
nations and conspiracies which restrict
business.
Reatfirmation Of the policy Of protec-
ton to American labor and industry.
Reciprocity with foreign countries in
noncompetitive products.
Restriction of the immigration of
cheap foreign labor.
Restoration of the American mer-
chant marine.
Grateful appreciation of the splendid
services of American soldiers and sail
ors and liberal pension policy befit-
ting such appreciation.
No discrimination on account of race
or color.
Statehood for New Mexico, Arizona
and Oklahoma.
Reduction of war taxes.
An isthmian canal and IN open door
| In China.
Reform of the consular service.
Person and property Of every citizen
must be protected.
| Monroe doctrine reatfirmed.
Tender of good offices to end the war
in South Africa approved.
Restoration Of order and establish
ment of self government in the Philip
pines.
Pledge of independence to Cuba re-
peated.
This is platform of principles
brought down to date, a platform
which every American citizen can and
ought to adopt as his own.
| Hard to Match.
The Republican platform makes a