Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-23
REPUBLICANS IN CONVENTION
DECLARE FOR CONTINUATION
OF BENEFICIAL POLICIES,
THE NEW TARIFF PLANK
Protection is Declared to be the Source
of the Nations Prosperity-Pledse
is Made to Maintain Gold Standard
Reciprocity Not InimicaI to Protec-
tion Desirable.

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= Convention Hall, Chicago, June I
22. - Especially - The tariff plank !
will be stand pat with Just shade !
OF concession to the revisionists
y that the tariff schedules may be re-
vlsed some time in the future to !
meet changing business conditions. :
There were only two radical re. !
visionists on the resolutions com. !
mittee and they were showed un. :
der.
Reciprocity will be mentioned
only in general terms.
/" The illinois delegation this MORN
" ing decided not to present the :
name OF Hon. r. r. Hit for the :
vice presidential nomination and !
will join in making the norina-
y ton of Senator Fairbanks unanj.
nous.
a movement was on foot by the 1
admirers of Governor A. 3. Cum I
minis this morning to call him out
from various parts of the conven- I
: tlon hall for speech on the resoiu- 4
= tlons when they were presented 4
y to the convention.
The plan was not carried out, 4
however, and at 1886 Henry c, \
Lodge finished reading the resoIu- 4
= = tlons' which were adopted unani-
y mousIy without discussion.
A. w. Lee. )
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Chicago, June %. - The platform re-
cites. at length the history of the
fliCsenents since the cbuntry's birth
and says its record during the past
eight years may be read in the pledges
the republican party has fulfilled. Con
tlnuing, the platform says:
we propose to continue these pol.
lcies and we declare our constant ad
herence to the following principles:
Protection which guards and develops
our industries Is the cardinal policy
OF the republican party. The measure
Of protection should always at least
equal the difference in the cost
of production at home and abroad. we
insist upon the maintenance of the
of protection and therefore
the rates of duty should be readjusted
only when conditions have so changed
that the public interest demands their
alteration. But this work cannot safe
ly be committed to any other hands
than those of the republican party
To entrust it to the democratic party
is to invite disaster. Whether. as in
1892. the democratic party declined a
protective tariff unconstitutional, OF
whether it demands tariff reform OF
tariff revision, it's real object is always
the destruction Of the protective sys.
TEN. However specious the name the
purpose is ever the same. The demo
cratic tariff has always been followed
by business adversely, the republican
tariff by business prosperity. To a
republican congress and republican
president this great question can be
safely entrusted. When the only free
trade country among the great nations
agitates a return to protection the
chief protective country should not fal.
ter in maintaining it. We have ex.
tended widely our foreign markets, we
believe in the adoption of all practi.
cal methods for their further exten.
sion including com mercial reciprocity
WHSuSNSl lSClplcCdl can
be effected consistent with the princi.
pies of protection and without injury
to American agriculture, American la
Dor or any American industry.
To Maintain Gold Standard.
The platform pledges the mainte.
nance of the gold standard and favors
the encouragement and upbuilding of
the American merchant marine. 1t
pledges also the maintenance of a
navy powerful enough to defend the
United States against any attack, an.
proves the attitude of Roosevelt and
regarding the exclusion of
Chinese labor renews the former dec.
laration that the civil service laws
shall be thoroughly and positively en-.
forced.
The Pension Laws.
1t expresses belief in ample provis.
ion for soldiers anc sailors and a lib.
eral administration of the pension
laws.
Foreign Policy lndorsed.
The platform favors the settlement
of international difficulties by arbitra-
ton, commends the vigorous efforts
made by the administration to protect