The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-01
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The Following Platform Was Adopted at Convention Hall, Chicago,
Illinois. June y, 1904.

uTTeStlnE inc extension OF nuUlun slaN-
cry. In 1860 It elected its first prcsi-
dent. During twenty-four OF the forty
four years which have elapsed since
the election OF Lincoln. the republican
part yield and had complete control of
the government: for eighteen more of
the forty-four II has held partial con-
troll through the possession of n or
two branches Of the government. while
the democratic party during the same
period has had complete control for
only two years. This long tenure OF
power by the republican party was moi
due to nance. II Is "A demonstration
that the republican party has COM
manded the confidence OF the Amcri-
can people for nearly two generations
TO n degree never eQualled in his
tory and has displayed a high capacity
for rule and government which has
been made even more conspicuous by
the ~incapacity and infrmity of pur-
pose shown by its opponents.
The republican party entered upon
It's present period of complete SUI
premacy in 1897. We have every right
to congratulate ourselves upon the
work since then accomplished. for II
has added lustrc ever "a the traditions
of the party which carried the govern
ment through the storms of civil war.
We then found the country, after
four years of democratic rule. I'm an
evil plight. oppressed by misfortune
and doubtful of the future. Public
credit had been lowered. the revenues
were declining, the debt was growing.
the administrations attitude toward
Spain was feeble and notifying, the
standard OF values was threatened and
uncertain. Labor was unemployed,
business was sunk In the depression
which a succeeded the panic in 1893.
hope was faint and confidence was
gone. We met these unhappy condi-
tons vigorously. effectively and at
once. We replaced q democratic tariff
law, based on free trade principles and
garnished with sectional protection. by
a protective tariff: and industry, freed
from oppression and stimulated by the
encouragement of wise laws, has cX-
banded to a degree never before known
and has conquered new markets and
has created n volume Of exports which
has surpassed the imagination. I'm
der the Wngley tariff labor has been
fully employed. Wages have risen and
all Industries have revived and pros
pered. We firmly established the gold
standard which was then menaced
with destruction. Confidence returned
to business and with confidence an I'M
exampled prosperity.
SURPLUS IN PLACE OF BONDS.
For deficient revenues, supplemented
by improvident issues of bonds, we
gave the country an income which
produced a large surplus, and which
enabled us. only four years after the
Spanish war had closed, to remove
over one hundred millions OF annual
war taxes, reduce the public debt and
lower the internal charges OF the gov
eminent.
The public credit. which had been SO
lowered that In time OF peace a demo-
cratic administration made large loans
at extravagant rates Of interest in or
der to pay current expenditures, rose
under republican administration to It's
highest point and enabled us to Dor
row at 2 per cent even in time OF war
We refused to palter longer with the
miseries OF Cuba. We fought a Quicl
and victorious war with Spain. w,
set Cuba free. governed the island for
three years and then gave IL to the
Cuban people when order was restored
with ample revenues. educational ant
public health institutions established
free from debt and connected with tn,
United States by wise provisions fol
our mutual interests.
We have organized the government
OF Porto Rico, and its people now en-
Joy peace, freedom. order, prosperity
In the Philippines we have sup
pressed instruction. established or.
der and given to life and property /;
security never known there before
We have organized civil government
made 1t effective and strong in admin
istration and have conferred upon tn,
people OF those islands the largest civi
liberty they have ever enjoyed.
BY Il possession of the Philippine;
We were enabled to take prompt an,
effective action in the relief of tn,
legations at Picking and a decisive par
in preventing the partition and thu
preserving OF the integrity Of China.
THE IsTHMIAN CANAL.
The possession OF a route for al
isthmian canal, so long the dream o
American craftsmanship, is now an ac
complished fact. The great work o
connecting h Pacific and Atlanti,
oceans by a canal Is at last begun ant
II tsdue to the republican party.
We have passed laws which will
bring the arid lands OF the United
States within the area of cultivation
We have organized the army and put
1t In the highest state OF efficiency.
We have passed laws for the i'm.
provement and support OF the militia
We have pushed forward the building
OF the navy, the defense and the pro-
lection OF our honor and our interests.
Our administration of the great de.
partments of the government has been
honest and efficient, and wherever any
wrong has been discovered the repub-
lican administration has not h~esitated
to probe the evil and bring offenders
to Justice without regard to party or
poIitica ties. Laws enacted by the
republican party which the democratic
party failed to enforce, and which were
Intended for the use of the public
against unjust discrimination or the
standing Committees Named.
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