Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-13
REPUBLICAN, NATIONAL PLATFORM.

The republicans of the United States,
through their chosen representatives met
In national convention, looking backSupe9
an unsurpassed record of achievement, and
looking forward into a great held OF dniy$
and Opportunity, and appealing to- the
judgment of their countrymen. make these
declarations:
The expectation in which the Amerasah
people, turning from the democratic party,
Entrusted power four years ago to a re-
publican chief magistrate ana a fepupicaA
congress, has been met and atlsned.sN men
the peopie then assembled at the polls,
after a term of democratic legislation and
administration business was dead, lndns-
try paralyzed and the national credit Gus,
astrouslS Impaired. The country.s capItai
was hidden and It's LABOR aastfesseu anu
unemployed.
The democrats had no other plan with
which to improve the ruinous conditions
which they had themselves .produced, t MAJ
to coin silver at the ratio OF 10 to j.. Inc
republican party, denouncing this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse thanl
those from which relief was sought, prom
ised to restore prosperity by means OF tW9
legislative measures-a protective tariff
and a law making gold the standard OF
value. The people by great ma3orlties IS
sued to the republican party a COMMISSION
to enact these w
This commission has been executed, and
the republican promise is redeemed. Pros
perity more general and more anunaahI
than than we s. nane ever T FheWh is nas no loi ienger
controversy as to the value of any govern
ment obligation. Every American doilar
is a gold dollar or its assured equivalent,
and american credit stands higher than.
that of any other nation. Capital is fully
employed and everywhere labor IS profit
ably occupied.
the story of what republican government
means to the country than tnis-that.
while during the whole period of 10I' years
from 1890 to 1885,, there was an excess OF
exports over imports of only 1888 ,02S,4 9I
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 S1s4S3,537 ,0s4.
THE WAR.
And while the American people, sus-
tanned by this republican legislation, 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 thonght
of national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT furnished the
high purpose with which American stands
ards were unfurled. 1t was a wal un-
sought and patiently resisted, but when 1t
Its fleets were cleared for action. Its
armies were in the field, and the quicksand
signal triumph of Its forces on land and
sea bore equal tribute to the courage Of
skill and foresight of republican statesman
ship. TT ten millions of the human race
there was given "a new birth of free
DOM and to the American people a new
and noble responsibility.
We indorse the administration of Viii
liam Mckinley. Its acts have been estab-
lfshed in wisdom and in patriotism, and at
home and abroad it has distinctly elevated
and EXTENDED the influence of the Amer
lean nation. Walking untried paths and
facing unforeseen responsibilities, President
Mckinley has been in every situation the
true American patriot and the upright
statesman, clear in vision. strong in judg-
ment, firm in action, always Inspiring and
deserving the confidence Of his country
men.
/. DEMOCRATS AS A MENACE.
In asking the American people&3to in
dorse this republican record and to renew
their commission to the republican party,
we remind them of the fact that the men
ace to their prosperity has always resided
in democratic principles and no less In the
general incapacity of the democratic party
to conduct public affairs. The prime es-i
sentiaI of business prosperity is public con-
fidence in the good sense OF the govern
ment and in its ability to deal intelligently
with each new problem Of administration
and legislation. That confidence the dem
ocratic party has never earned. It is hope
Iessly inadequate and the country's pros
perity, when democratic success at the
polls is announced, halts al ceases in
mere anticipation of democratic blunders
and failures.
THE GOLD STANDARD.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
of the gold standard and declare our con.
fdence in the wisdom of the legislation of
the hfty-sixth congress by which the
parity of all our money and the stability
of our currency on a 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 fur
Their equalizing and of further lowering
the rates of interest we favor such none
tary legislation as will enable the55varying
needs of the season and of all sections to
be promptly met in order thatAtrade may be
evenly sustained, labor steadily employed
and m enlarged. The&#yoiume Of:
money in circulation was never SO great
per capita as it is today.
We declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
No measure to that end could be consid-
cred without the support of the leading
commercial countries of the world. How
ever firmly republican legislation may seem
to have secured the country against the
peril of base and discredited currency, the
election of a democratic president could
not fail to impair the country's credit and
to bring once more into question the inten-
tion of the American people to maintain
upon the gold standard the parity of their
moneys circulation. The democratic
party must ~beEconyinced that the American
people will never tolerate the Chicago plat
form.
THE TRUST QUESTION.
We recognize the necessity and proprie-
ty OF the honest cooperation of capital to
meet new business conditions and eSpe-
gcially to extend our rapidly increasing for
eign trade, but we condemn all conspira-
8cies and combinations intended to restrict
business, to create ~monopolies, to limit
production or to control prices and favor
such legislation as will effectnally restrain
and prevent all such abuses protect and
promote competition and secure the rights
Of producers, laborers and all who are en-
gagged in industry and commerce.
THE POLICY OF PROTECTION.
w renew our faith in the policy of
protection to American labor. In that
policy our Industries have been established,
diversified and maintained. BY protecting
the home market the competition has been
stimulated and production 4cheapened. OPP
portunfty to the inventive genius Of our
people has been secured and wages in every
department of labor maintained at high
rates, higher now than ever before, always
distinguishing our working people in their
better conditions of life from those of any
competing country. Enjoying the blessings
OF American comnlon schools, secure in the
right of self-g0Yernment and protected in
the occupancy of their own markets, their
constantly Increasing knowledge and skill
have enabled them finally TO enter the mar
ketssof the world. We favor the associated
policy OF reciprocity, so directed as to open
our markets on favorable terms for what
we 90 not ourselves produce In return for
free foreign markets.
IN THE INTERESTS OFSLABoR.
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