Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-09-17
TONOPAH BONANZA.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1904
THE CAMPAIGN.
Digest Of the Republican Ma
ton Platform.

dinal policy of the Republican party.
The of protection should
always at least equal the difference
in the cost Of production at home and
abroad. We insist upon the main
tenance of the principles Of protec-
ton and therefore rates Of duty
should be readiusted only when con-
ditions had so changed that the
public interest demands their alter
alton, but this work cannot be safely
committed to any other hands than
those OF the Republican party. To
intrust it to the Democratic party is
to invite disaster.
Whether, as in 1892, the Demo
cratic declares the protective tariff
unconstitutional, or whether it de-
msnds tariff reform or tariff revision,
its real object is always the destruc-
ton OF the protective system. A
Democratic tariff has always been
followed by business adversely; a
Republican tariff by business pros
perity.
We have extended widely u for
eign markets, and we believe in the
adoption of all practical methods for
their further extension, including
commercial reciprocity wherever re-
ciprocal arrangements a be effected
consistent with the principles OF pro-
lection and without injury to Amer
lean agriculture, American labor or
any American industry.
MoNEY.-We believe it to be the
duty Of the Republican party to up
hold the gold standard and the in
tegrity and value of our national
currency. The maintenance of the
gold standard, established by the
Republican party, cannot safely be
committed to the Democratic party,
which resisted its adoption and has
never given any proof since that time
Of belief in it or fidelity to it.
TRUSTS. Laws enacted by the
Republican party, which the Demo
cratic party failed to enforce anC
which were intended for the protec
ton Of the public against the unjus
discrimination or the illegal encroach
ment of vast aggregations of capital
have been fearlessly enforced by
Republican president and new law
insuring reasonable publicity as t
the operations of great corporation
and providing additional remedies TO
the prevention of discrimination
freight rates have been passed by
Republican congress.
NEGRO PRoBLEM.-We favor sue
congressional action as shall deter
mine whether by special discrimil
alton the elective franchise in an
state has been unconstitutional
limited, and if such is the case "
demand that representation in col
gress and in the electoral collee
shall be proportionally reduced f;
directed by the constitution of IL
United States.
THE PHILIPPINEs.-In the Phil
pines we have suppressed insure
ton, established order and given
life and property a security new
known there before. We have o
ganized civil government, made
effective and strong in administrati'
and have conferred upon the peoI
of those islands the largest eli
liberty they have ever enjoyed.
CAPITAL AND LABoR.-Combin
tions Of capital and OF labor are t
results OF the economic movement
the age, but neither must be pc
mitted to infringe upon the rigt
and interests of the people. Su
combinations, when lawfully form
for lawful purposes, are alike {
titled to the protection Of the Law
but both are subject to the laws a
neither can be permitted to bre
them.
IsTHMIAN CANAL.-The possess
of a route for an isthmian canal,
long the dream of American stat
manship, is now an accomplished IA
The great work of connecting I
Pacific and Atlantic by a canal is