The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-28
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Convention Declaration of Par
ty's Position.
LIAITEDSELF-G -GOVERNAENTFORTHE PHILIPPINES
Large as Consistent With Their Welfare''
independence of Cuba is PrOmis-
ed-Laws to Restrain Trusts
Favored - Opposed to
Free Coinage of
Silver.

Following is the full text of the
platform adopted by the Republican
National Convention
1.-The Republicans of the United
States, through their chosen repre-
sentatives, met in national conven.
tion, looking back upon an unsur-
passed record of achievement and
looking forward into great field OF
duty and opportunity, and appealing
to the judgment of their countrymen,
make these declarations
The expectation in which the
American people, turning from the
Democratic party, intrusted power
four wears ago to a Republican Chief
Magistrate and a Republican Con-
gress, has been met and satisfied.
When the people then assembled at
the polls, after a period of Democratic
legislation and administration, bust
ness was dead, industry paralyzed
and the national credit disastrously
impaired. The country's capital was
hidden away and its labor distressed
and unemployed. The Democrats
had no other plan with which to i'm
prove the ruinous condition which
they themselves produced than to
coin silver at the ratio of 16 to /.
The Republican party, denouncing
this plan as sure to produce condi-
tions even worse than those from
which relief was sought, promised to
restore prosperity by means of two
legislative measures "a protective
tariff and law making gold the
standard of value. The people by
great majorities issued to the Repub-
lican party commission to enact
these laws. This commission has
been executed and the Republican
promise is redeemed.
Prosperity more general and more
abundant than we have ever known
has followed these enactments. There
is no longer controversy as to the
value of any Government obligations.
Every American dollar is gold dol
lar, or its assured equivalent, and
American credit stands higher than
that of any nation. Capital is fully
employed and labor everywhere is
profitably occupied.
mo single fact can more strikingly
tell the story of what Republican
government means to the country
than this-that while during the
whole period of 1O7 years, from 1890
to 1897, there was an excess of exports
over imports in the enormous sum of
81, ,4S3, ,537, 1894.
And while the American people,
sustained by this Republican legisla-
tion, have been achieving these
splendid triumphs in their business
and commerce, they have conducted,
and in victory concluded, a war for
liberty and human rights. No
thought of natural aggrandizement
tarnished the high purpose with
which American standards were un-
furled. 1t was war unsought and
patiently resisted, but when it came
the American Government was ready.
It's fleets were cleared for action; its
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 American soldiers and
sailors and to the skill and foresight
of Republican craftsmanship. To
100000 of the human race there
was given "a new birth of freedom
and to the American people new
and noble responsibility.
1--WE indorse the Administration of
William Mckinley. Its acts have
been established in wisdom and in
patriotism, and at home and abroad
it has distinctly elevated and extend
ed the influence of the American
nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities, Pres
ident Mckinley has been in every
situation the true American patriot
and the upright statesman, clear in
vision, strong in judgment, firm in
action, always inspiring and deserv-
ing the confidence of his countrymen.
I'm asking the American people to
indorse this Republican record and to
renew the commission to the Repub-
lican party, we remind them of the
fact that the menace to their pros
perity has always resided in Demo
cratic principles and no less in the
general incapacity of the Democratic
party to conduct public affairs. The
prime essential of business prosperity
is public confidence in the good sense
of the Government and in it's ability
to deal intelligently with each new