Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-09
REPUBLICAN, SENTIMENTS.
Principle of Protection and General
Policy of Reciprocity Advo-
Gated Everywhere.

AS the various state conventions are
held and the sentiment of the republi-
cans of the country is made known, it
! is seen that the convention at Chicago
will be composed of men who will de-
| clare anew and Enthusiastically their de.
| Votion to the historic and fundamental
! principles of republicanism. AS it is
! clear, and becoming clearer every day,
that the tariff will be a chief element
of discussion in the coming campaign,
it is most gratifying that even in those
| portions of the country where the cause
of tariff revision might be supposed to
have the strongest support the declara-
tions for the Dingley law and the
maintenance of the protective princi-
pie are as emphatic as they can be
| made.
The republicans of Iowa adopted
unanimously and with cheering the
platform presented by the committee
on resolutions, which committee had
voted down by a large majority
plank declaring that tariff rates should
be changed from time to time and
favoring a general policy Of recipro-
city. 1t was felt that in the state
which had given the name to the Iowa
| idea there should be an unmistakable
stand taken against those policies of
tariff reduction which are the stock in
trade of the democratic party. So a
| platform which favored reciprocity in
non-competitiVe products only and
which gave no encouragement what
ever to the revisionists was unani-
| mously chosen. Even Gov. Cummins,
who has been the sponsor of the Iowa
idea" in speech after the platform
was adopted said that he would stand
squarely on the resolutions which the
convention had approved Gov. Cum
, minis said about the platform that was
| adopted: From this moment | stand
upon it, and | want you to observe
hat l am standing upon it's very CEN
ter and am neither teetering on it's
edge nor peering over it's corners"
The resolutions declared that protec-
| tive principles found their fulfillment
in the Dingley law, and that it was un-
wise to seek markets abroad by sacri-
ficing some parts of the markets at
home
The Ohio republicans declared for
"continued protection of American in
dustry and labor" for sound finance.
expanding trade and increasing COM
merce; for an American merchant ma
rine adequate for commerce in peace,
and a navy commensurate with our i'm
portance as a nation, and for a pure
hn11 i H.
use.
Michigan also declared for the tariff
policies of Blaine and Mckinley and
against the free admission of any ar
ticle manufactured in this country. A
declaration in favor of increasing mer-
chant shipping on the oceans was also
included. Nebraska upheld protection
and sound money, declaring the pro-
tective principle to be a fundamental
party doctrine.
The unanimity on these foundation
principles, says the Troy IN. "
Times, was no more marked than was
the unanimous Endorsement of Presi-
dent Roosevelt for reelection. The
Ohio republicans-and Ohio was the
state of Mckinley and Hanna-adopted
the following explicit words:
Because of his earnest devotion and un-
fnching fidelity to republican principles,
and the signal ability displayed by Presi-
deaf Roosevelt in his great office as the sue
ccssor of our lamented Mckinley, we renew
our declaration of confidence and admtra-
tion. pledging him our enthusiastic support
for his nomination. in the full assurance of
his triumphant and merited election next
NOVem her