Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-22
Contents of the Platform.

The platform adopted by the Repub-
dean state convention was as follows:
In 1896. near the close Of the last Dem.
oeratie administration, the business inter
ests of the country were Frustrated, capt.
tai remained uninvested, and IabOr was
idle and Hnproduetive. The election of
Mckinley revived our languishing Indus
tries and started the nation Oh an era Of
prosperity suel as IL never knew before
We congratulate the American people on
the gs4od sense shown III the reelection of
President Mckinley. His administration
has met every question with which 1t has
Teen confronted in Il wise, patriotic and
statesmanlike manner. In all the vexed
questions growing out Of the WAR with
Spain, our national administration has
sloWed itself entirely capable aud worthy
nf The greatest public confidence Under
this administration great armies and ma
tles We're raised, our flag was carried III
honor aud triumph to distant parts of the
world, and our supremacy On land and
sea sustained until are recognized as
one of the greatest world powers.
We congratulate the people of PennsyI-
Vania Oh the splendid prosperity which
they enjoy. The farmer. the mechanic
the laborer and the professional man all
either have. or may have, nemunerative
employment. We regret that under such
prosperous conditions contests should
arise between capital aud labor, but we
hope and believe that these disputes will
be finally settled on equitable basis
that will do full justice to the contending
parties. The right of capital TO make
proper and legal combinations has been
recognized by legislative enactments in
many of the states, and this carries with
1t the right of labor IL organize In proper
and legal ways for its protection and al
yantage: but neither capital nor labor has
the right 10 resort to violence Illegal
methods to redress wrongs or obtain
rights. The spirit of mediation and con
cession should prevail in all disputes be-
tween capital and labor.
Harmony Is Restored.
We congratulate the Republicans of
pennsylvania that there is no longer
any division in the Republican party
that harmony has been restored; that re
spect for the will of the majority prevails,
and that we present united front ar
rdyed only against the common enemy,
the Democratic party. Our past troubles
rrd dissensioas are forgotten In the de-
termination ~ stand firmly together in
the future. fractional disputes benefit
only the. Democratic party, and our pnr
poses and actions should be to avoid all
cause Of dissension.
We are amused, rather than eoncernea.
~ the declarations OF the late Demo
cratic state convention, for we readily
ActoEHlNt, dS alt lHe people must the CO.
operation OF certain newspapers in their
preparation, which papers, failing in their
attempt 70 disrupt the Republican party.
have crawled under the tents IF the
democracy with their stale and false
charges and succeeded in having them
adopted as a Democratic platform. The
platform of the late Democratic state con
Vention will he found in the files of the
so-caHed yellow journals during the nast
few months. We believe in surroundin,t
the press with every constitutional guar
antee Fouchsafed to It since the foun1a.
Ton of our government, but it il nublir
flenace that these constitutional nnaran-
Ices should he so misused as To have do
generated into the yellow journalism. s1feh
rs Is detrimental to any STATE or conn
Try. We charge the so-callcd yellow io1f
Eais with being subsidized by the full
kage advertisements which they carry
1he advertiser Is permitted t. dictate
their policy and at his behest these news.
papers have perverted the news columns
and the editorial pages from being an hon
est record of daily events b5 a Iaborcd
af9empt to misrepresent facts
Democrats Accused of lncompetencv.
We afrdgn the Democratic party rs
incompetent, incapable. inslncere and nm
trustworthy. The citizens OF our state,
within very few days. have Witnessed
a spectacle seldom seen in the history
of political party asking the SURFACES
IF the people. The Democratic party
ashamed Of its record In the past, and
AFRAID 10 name single Issue Of a ma
tonal character on which II IS willing 10
tnpeal for support, asks the people 10
forget that Ia the past, when entrusted