Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-02
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LICANNATIONALC CONVENTION.

The republicans of the Unite d States
through their chosen representatives
met in nation convention, looking
back upon an unsurpassing record of
achievement and looking forward into
a great flea OF duty and opportunity
and appealing to the judgment of their
countrymen, make these declara-
tions:-
The expectat ton in which the Amer :
lean people, turning from the demo-
cratic party, entrusted power four
years ago to republican chief mag
istrate and republican congress has
been met and satisfied. When people
then assembled at the polls, after a
term of democratic legislation and
administration, business was dead,
industry paralyzed and the national
credit disastrously impaired. The
country's capital was hidden away
and it's labor distressed and unem-
ployed. The democrats had no other
plan with which to improve the ruin
Gus conditions which they had them
selves produced than to coin silver at
the ratio Of Is to 1. The republican
party, denouncing this plan as sure to
produce conditions even worse than
those from which relief was sought,
promised to restore prosperity by
means of two legislative measures
protective tariff and a law making
gold the standard of value. The peo-
pie by great majorities issued to the
republican party commission to
enact these laws. This commission
has been executed, and the republican
promise redeemed.
No single fact can more strikingly
tell the story of what republican gov
eminent 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 of 1888, 1920, 497, there has been
in the short three years Of the present
republican administration an excess
of exports in the enormous sum of
81, 483, 527 ,O94.
tanned by this republican legislation
have been achieving these splendid
triumphs in their business and COM
MERGE they have conducted and in
victory concluded war for liberty
and human rights.
&: It was war unsought and patiently
resisted, but when it came the Ameri
can government was ready. 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.
We indorse the administration of
William Mckinley. It's acts have been
established in wisdom and patriotism,
and at home and abroad it has dis
tinctly elevated ane extended the
influence of the American nation.
We renew our allegience to the
principle Of the gold standard and
declare our confidence in the wisdom
of the legislation Of the 56th congress,
by which the parity of ali our money
and the stability Of our currency upon
a gold basis has been secured. We
recognize that interest rates are
potent factors in production and bust
ness activity, and for the purpose of
further equalizing and Of further low
ering the rates of interest we favor
such monetary Legislation as will
enable the varying needs Of the season
and of all sections to be promptly met
III order that trade may be evenly
sustained, labor steadily employed
and commerce enlarged. The volume
of money in circulation was never 50
great per capita as today.
We declare our steadfast opposition
to the free and unlimited coinage of
silver. No measure to that end could
be considered which was without the
support of the leading commercial
countries of the world. However
firmly republican legislation may
seem to have secured the country
against the peril Of base and discred-
tied currency the election Of a demo-
cratic president could not fail to i'm
pair the country's credit and to bring
once more into question the intention
of the American people to maintain
upon the gold standard the parity of
their money circulation. The demo
cratic party must be convinced that
the American people will never toll
crate the Chicago platform.
We recognize the necessity and
propriety of the honest cooperation
of capital to meet new business con-