Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-25
DECLARATION OF
PARTY PRINCIPLES
Platform Adopted by the Re-
publican National Con-
vention at Chicago.
WHAT is SAID OF The TARIFF
Resolutions Insist Upon the Main
tenance of the Policy of
Protection.
Combinations Must Not Be Permitted
to Infringe Upon the Rights and
Interests of the People Of
Our Land.
WHAT is SAID OF The TARIFF

The platform adopted by the Repub-
lican national convention, after recit-
ing the birth of the Republican party
fifty years ago, congratulates the Re-
publicans upon the work since then &C.
complished, particularly since 1897; in
its recent achievements having added
ulster even to the traditions Of the par
ty which carried the government
through the storms of the civil war. It
then proceeds:
I'VE then found the country after
four years of Democratic rule in evil
plight, oppressed with misfortune and
doubtful of the future. Public credit
had been lowered, the revenues were
declining, the debt was growing, the
administration attitude toward Spain
was feeble and notifying, the stand
ard of values was threatened and un-
certain, labor was unemployed, bust
ness was sunk in the depression which
had succeeded tile panic of 1903, hope
was faint and confidence was gone.
We met these unhappy conditions Wig
orously, effectively and at once. We
replaced Democratic tariff law, based
on free trade principles and garnished
with sectional protection, by a consist
ent protective tariff, and industry, freed
from oppression and stimulated by the
encoura cement of wise laws, has ex-
banded to degree never before
known, has conquered new markets
and has created volume of exports
which has surpassed Imagination.
Return of Prosperity.
Under the Dingley tariff labor has
been fully employed; wages have risen,
and all industries have revived and
prospered. We firmly established the
gold standard which was then men
aced with destruction. Confidence re-
turned to business and with confidence
an unexampled prosperity. For def
cient revenues, supplemented by i'm
provident issues of bonds, we gave the
country an income which produced a
large surplus and which enabled us
only four years after the Spanish war
had closed to remove over one hundred
millions of annual war taxes, reduce
the public debt, and lower the interest
charges of the government. The pub
lie credit, which had been so lowered
that in time of peace Democratic adj
ministration made large loans at ex-
travagant rates of interest in order to
pay current expenditures, rose under
Republican administration to it's high
est point and enabled us to borrow at
2 per cent. even in time of war.
Fought a War with Spain.
"We refused to palter longer with
the miseries of Cuba We fought a
quick and victorious war with Spain.
We set Cuba free, governed the island
for three years, and then gave it to
the Cuban people, with order re-
stored, with ample revenues, with edu-
cation and public health established.
free from debt and connected with the
United States by wise provisions for
our mutual interests. We have organ
lied the government of Porto Rico, and
it's people now enjoy peace, freedom,
order and prosperity.
I'm the Philippines we have sup
pressed Instruction, established order
and given to life and property Sc
curity never known there before. We
have organized civil government, made
it effective and strong 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 en-
abled to take prompt and effective ac-
ton in the relief of the legations at
Pekin and decisive part in prevent
ing the partition and the preserving of
the integrity of China.
The Panama Canal.
"The possession of a route for an
isthmian canal, so long the dream of
American craftsmanship, is now an ac-
complished fact. The great work of
connecting the Pacific and Atlantic
oceans by a canal is at last begun and
it is due to the Republican party. We
have passed laws which will bring the
arid lands Of the United States with
in the area of cultivation. We have re-
organized the army and put it in the
highest state of efficiency. We have
passed laws for the Improvement and
support of the militia. We have
pushed forward the building of the
navy, the defense and the protection of
our honor and our interests.
''Our administration of the great de-
partments of the government has been
honest and efficient, and wherever
wrongdoing has been discovered the
Republican administration has not hes
itated to probe the evil and bring Of
tenders to justice without regard to
party or political ties.
Laws Fearlessly Enforced.