Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-06-29

Following is the full text of the plat
form OF the Republican party as adopt
cd by the National Convention in ses-
sion in the city of Chicago Oh June
22nd:
Fifty years ago the Republican
party came into existence, dedicated.
among other purposes, to the great
task of arresting the extension OF
human slavery. In 1860 it elected its
drst President. During twenty-four
y. the fortyfour years which have
slapsed since the election OF Lincoln.
The Republican party has held COM
plete control of the government. For
eighteen more OF the forty-four years
1t has held partial control. through
the possession of one or two branches
OF the government. while the Demo
cratic 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 demonstration that the
Republican party has commanded the
confidence of the American people for
nearly two generations TO degree
never equaled in our history, and has
displayed high capacity for rule and
government which has been made even
more conspicuous by the lncapacity and
irirmity of purpose shown by its OPP
ponents.
The Republican party entered upon
its present period OF complete supre-
macy in 1897. We have every right to
congratulate ourselves upon the work
sirce then accomplished for it has
aGded lustre even to the traditions of
the party which carried the govern
ment through the storms of civil war.
We 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. tho revenues We're
declining, the debt was growing. the
administration attitude towards Spain
was feeble and notifying, the stand
ara ot values was threatened and UNI
certain. labor was unemployed, bust
ness was sunk in the depression which
had succeeded the panic of 1898, hope
was faint and confidence was gone
Unhappy Conditions Met.
We met these unhappy conditions
vigorously. effectively and at once.
We replaced a Democratic tariff
law. based on free trade principles and
Salnished with sectional protection. by
a consistent protective tariff: and in
cGStry, freed from oppression and stim-
"4"tSu ny the encouragement OF wise
Laws. has expanded to a degree never
before known, has conquered new mar
hotS and has created q volume of eX-
ports which has surpassed magma
ton. Under the Dingley tariff. labor
mas been fully employed. wages have
risen. and all Industries have revived
and prospered.
We firmly established the gold
standard. which was then menaced
with destruction. Confidence returned
10 business. and with confidence an
theXampled prosperity.
FOR deficient revenue. supplement-
eli 6y improvident issues OF bonds. We
save the country an income which pro-
duced large surplus and which en-
aOled 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 govern
ment
The public 6tbt. which had been so
lowered that in time OF peace a Demo
cratic administration made large loans
at eXtravagant rates of interest in or
Ger to pay current expenditures. rose
under Republican administration to its
highest point, and enabled us to borrow
at per cent. even in time of war.
Expansion Record.
e refused to palter long with tbs
m!Serles OF Cuba. We fought a quick
ana VlctorloGs war with Spain We SET
CnDa free, governed the island for
three years, and then gave it to the
Cuban people. with order restored with
ample revenues, with education and
public health established. free from
DEBT and connected with the United
states by wise provisions for our mn
tual interests
We have organized the government
CT Porto Rico; and it's people now on.
10Y peace, freedom. orCNr and pros
perity.
In the Philippines. we have sun.
pressed insurrection. established order
and given to life and property a secu-
Tity never known there before. we
rave organized civil government. made
!: enective and strong in administra
tlon anu have conferred upon the peo
PIE OF those islands the largest civil
'oerty they have ever enjoyed.
by our possession OF the Philip-
pines. we were enabled 10 take promp,
ana effective action in the relief of
She legations at Pekin and a decisive
part In preventing the partition and
preserving the integrity of China.
Inc possession OF route for ny
isthmian canal. so long the dream n
american statesmanship. is now an ac.
complished fact. The great work o,
connecting the Pacific and Atlantic by
a canal is at last aesun. and II is du.