The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-07-01
REPUBLICANS DECLARE THEIR
POLICY FOR COMING ELECTION.
Efforts to Regulate Trusts Approved
Gold Standard Upheld, Protection
Declared Cardinal Policy Of the
Party Powerful Navy
Advocated.

convention.
The keynote to the campaign OF
1904 was sounded by Elhu Root in
his speech az temporary chairman.
Ills address was a review Of the nc.
oomplishments Of the present admin.
istrntlon and a defense Of Republican
policies In general When that had
been delivered and tho various work.
Ing committees dispatched To their Ia.
bors the business Of the session
was completed
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon was the
central figure at the second days SOS.
sion Of tho Republican National con.
ventlon.
From the standpoint Of political I'm.
portance the adoption Of the party
platform was the event Of tho day. II
contained declarations Of party policy
that are TO form the basis OF much Of
The oratory In the coming campaign.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Following b. the platform adopted by
mo Republican national convention:
Fifty years aro the Republican party
tAiho INTO existence dedicated among
Vther purposes Go the great task u ar
resting tho extension M human slavery.
~ lsao II elected lu first president DUR
which h4v. ,t4r..1 ,i,...' ~ ~, ~ :
lAncoln, the Republican marty has held
/ Vemplctc control ui tho government. For
po. Nv n,', p,Il',l control through The
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durirr tbo s",mc ri,,,b 'h' '' , unity
peio control f9r 6niy t,yn ~ yo5 ,.' yrrbbii-,
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marty Al ~ ,ttMM "a Wy tho N,punll oan
enstraii,n ~, nv y'la,,V,; ~ W u,in-
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can peo,ie a.. ~, ol Wv an, =
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sspsci, ~, n.y. n, uu,t plSuous by the IN
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present rcriod nv. unur ~ ~
H isai NJ. H." ", Ou,h pi,,. huprenhoN
uiite ourSolv"S vpon Ike yo,,, s,no. NV,
se.e,,,,,iil,, "a up"ii VIC WORK since thei
s sSeo' w Nv, i3t ~ heA added nstei
e,yriod ~ ~ tne hrty Whis1
s,at,a ,hs goyernment through the
we ths, s1,,vd ~ ,,,,.,... 80. g.,
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onnressrd Win ,ntisor,,,,,o "a aor,,,i,s,,
III me S,,,,re p,,hiic n,.Si, naS ~,
lowered. Inc revenues were deellnInr
s,, w asot growang s .hS sa,nin ,ns
s,iirtifvinE. me rt2ndard ~ Sn,ur- 80
threatened and uncertain, labor M
crippled. business was sunk in tho do
preston which had succeeded the mani
OF 1893, hope was faint and conndenc
was gone.
We met these unhappy conditions Wig
orouaiy. effectively and alone. we ~
placed a Democratic tarlff law based d
sectional protection by n protective tnril
md Industry. which freed from onprca
sion and stimulated hy the encourage
mont OF wise laws. has expanded 20 n do
new markets and has crented n volume 4
exports which has surpassed lmnrlnn
tion. Under tho Dlnglcy tariff labor hn
been fully employed.
Wages have risen and MI induatrie
have revived and nrosncrod
ard which was thon monnccd with 4,
Ftructlon. Confidence returned 10 bus
ness, and with confidence an unexnmple
prosperity
by improvident issues of bonds We rny
the country an income which produce
a iarge surplus ana which enabled h
only four yenrs after tho Rpanish WI
had closed 20 remove over $4,000 ON
annual war taxes, reduce the public del
and lower the Interest chargea Of m
government.
The public credit, which had been ;
lowered that IN time OF peace Demt
cratic administration made large loans
eKtravAEnnt rates OF interest in order
pay current expenditures. rose und,
ReBublican administration 20 ita htrhpi
point and enabled us 10 borrow at u,
cent even IN time OF war.
We refused 10 palter Longer with m
miseries OF Cuba. We fought duic
a~n virorons war with Gnnin. We ~
Cuba free, governed the island for thr'
years and then gave II 20 tho Cuban pee
pie with order restored. with ample re'
enues with education md public henlt
established. free from debt and conncc
ed with the United Rtntoa by wise PR
visions for our mutual Interests.
We have organized tho government Z
Porto Rico and it, poonle now enic
pence. freedom. order and prosperity.
In the Philippines we have upnreart
irsurrection. established order and glvr
life and nrOpcrtv n security never know
there before. We have ORGANIZED civ
government made II effective and stror
IN ADMINISTRATION ana have corfcrr.
ppon tho peonle OF those islands n
iareest civil liberty they have ever 81
jOyed.
By eur posaessian m the phllirrln'
we were enabled 10 take prompt and q
fective action IN tho relief ~ the leg
lions NJ Pelln, md a decisive part
preventing tho partition nrd tho prescrl
ing OF tho integrity Of china.
The poagesnion ~ n route for nm lstl
milan canal so long tho dream Of Amer
can Htntosmnnshin r. now nm nccou
plished fact. The great work ~ couucc