Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-24

The platform presented and adopted oy lne Naaonal hepupLcan convention IS as follows:
 rny years ago the Republican party came into existence. oedlealed among otner purposes to the great task or ar .esllDg me extension O. human slay- cry. In ls6V it elected its nrsL presi- dent.
 During the twenty-four Of forty-four years winch have eiapsed since the eiect.on oI Lincoln the Republican par " has held complete control Of the government. For eighteen more of iorty-iour years it has held partial control through possession of one or two branches or 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 is not due to chance. 1t is a demonstration that the Repub- ncan party has commanded the conti- dence oT the American people for near ly two generations to a degree never equaleG in our history, and has d.s- pIayed high capacity for rule and gov CT Inment which has been made even more conspicuous by the incapaclty and infirmiJy of the opposition
 The Republican party entered upon its present period of complete suprem- acy in 1897. We have every right to congratulate ourselves upon the work since then accomplished, for it has added lustre even to the traditions Of the party which carried the govern ment through the storms of the Civil War.
 We then found the country. after four years of Democratic rule, in an evil plight. oppressed with misfortune and doubtful of the future. The pub lie credit had been lowered, the reye- nues were declining, the debt was growing, the dm4nistration's attitude toward Spain was feeble and mortify- ing, the standard of values was threat ened and uncertain, labor was crippled. business was sunk in the depression which had succeeded the panic of 1893. hope was faint and confidence was gone.
 We met these unhappy conditions vigorously, effectively and alone We replaced the Democratic tariff law based on tree rade pr.nciples. and garnlshed with sectional protection, by a protective tarllI. and industry, freed rom opp essIon ana sumulated by en- couragement or wise laws. mas ex- panded to degree never before known. has conquered new markets and has created a volume of exports which has surpassed imagination.
 Under the DIngiey tarlII, labor has been fully employed, wages have risen and all industries have revived and prospered. We firmly established the gold standard, which was then meE- aced with destruction. Confidence cs- turned to business. and with this con ndence unexampied prosperity.
 For deficient revenues. supplement- ed by impToyident issues of bonds, We gave the country an income which pro duced a large surplus and which en- abled us only four years alter the spanish war had closed to remove over one hundred millions Of the an- nual war taxes. reduce the public de5t and lower the interest charges to the government.
 We refused 10 palter longer with the miseries of Cuba. We fought a quick and vigorous war with Spain. We set Cuba free. governed the island for three years, and then gave it to the t'Ilhan with ample revenues, with education and public health established. free from debt and connected with the United States by wise provisions for our mutual interests.
 We have organized the government of Porto Rico and its people now en- joy peace. freedom. order and pros perity.
 In the Philippines we have suppress ed an insurrection, established order and given to life and property security never known there before. We have organized a civil government. made ef- ,ective and strong its administration, and have conferred upon the people of those islands the largest civil liberty they have ever enjoyed. By our pos session of the Philippines we were enabled to take prompt and effective action in relief of the legations at Pc k.n. and decisive part in preventing I partition and preserving the integri- y of China.
 The possession of the route for an isthmian canal. so long the dream of American statesmanship. is now an accomplished fact.