Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-06-29
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Never in the history of the repub-
Iican party has a national convention
of the party been held which attracted
so small an attendance of delegates or
which aroused as little interest gen.
orally in its deliberations as the one
which has just closed at Chicago. The
cause of these two conditions was the
fact that for months the republicans
of the nation as we'll as the American
people generally, were fully aware of
the action which would be taken by
the convention so far as the nominees
for president was concerned. Repub-
lIcRns all over this broad land in
their several conventions had given
voice to their choice for standard
bearer of the party next November,
and there was practically nothing to
be done by the delegates, except to
formally ratify their choice.
While the selection of a man for
second place on the ticket was left for
the convention to make the second
place on the ticket never seems to
arouse any great amount of enthu-
siasm among voters, and certainly net
the amount which the Importance OF
the place demands.
u1ha loIsb.,rofSons Of fbo convention
we're marked by speeches from the
ablest minds of the country. The
platform is an able embodiment of the
principles of the party principles
which have been in part in operation
in past years and which have marked
the rapid strides of progress of this
great country.
There is nothing evasive and roth
ing equivocsl in its utterances. 1t
reviews the administrative periods Of
the party's history and congatulates
the party upon the work accomplished
since the beginning of the present
period of complete supremacy. It en-
dorses the Dingley tariff bill, the
gold standard and points to the res
soration of the public credit.
1t cites with approval the freeing of
Cuba, and the establishment of the
Cuban government and also the
organization of a government in Porto
Rico. It recites: "In the Philip
pines we have suppressed insurrec-
ton, established order, given to life
and property a security never known
before, and have conferred npon the
people of those islands the largest
measure of civil liberty they ever en-
joyed."
1t points to the final realization CT
a route for the isthmian canal, so long
the dream of American craftsmanship.
and cites the passage of the arid land
irrigation laws. 1t also speaks of the
reorganization of the army, the ad-
vancement in the building of the navy
an honest and efficient administration
of the government departments, and
discovered. the republican admins
tration has not hesitated to bring the
offenders to justice without regard TO
party or political ties"
Touching the trust problem the
platform contains a scathing arraign-
ment of the democratic party by as
sorting that claws enacted by the re-
publican party. which the democratic
party failed to enforce and which are
intended for the protection of the
public against unjust determinations
by and the illegal encroachment of
vast aggregations of capital have been
fearlessly enforced by the republican
president, and new laws insuring re-
sponsible publicity as to the opera
tions of great corporations and provid-
ing additional remedies for the pre-
vention of discrimination in freight
rates have been passed by q republican
congress.
The platform stands pat on the tariff
question by declaring adherence to
the following principles: Protection
which guards and develops our indus
tries is cardinal policy of the repub-
hcan party, The measure of protec-
ton should always at lesat be equal to
the difference in the cost of pToduc-
ton, at home and abroad and there
fore rates of duty should be re-adiust-
ed only when conditions have so
changed that public interest demands
their alteration. We believe in the
adoption of all practicable methods for
the further extension of our foreign
markets. including commercial reel
prOcity wherever reciprocal arrange
.ments can be effected consistent with
the principle of protection and with
out injury to American labor and
American industry.
1t is the duty of the republican
party to maintain and uphold a gold
standard. 1t approves the creation Of
a merchant marine commission.
favors legislation to encourage and
upbuild an American merchant
marine. 1t calls for a navy powerful
enough to defend the United States
against any attack. to uphold the
Monroe doctrine, watch over our com
MERGE and the welfare of the American
people. 1t approves the administra-
tion's attitude toward Chinese exclus-
ion. 1t renews adherence to the civil
service. 1t recommends a liberal ad-
ministration on the pension laws. 1t
favors the arbitration of international
differences. 1t declares against pos
sible unconstitutional limiting of the
elective franchise in any state.
Goebel, the alleged socialist, during