Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-06-24
REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM
Insists Upon Maintenance OF
the Principles Of
Protection.
FOR COMMERCIAL RECIPROCITY
Favors Maintenance of Gold Standard,
Building Up of Merchant Marine,
Enforcement of Civil Service and
\. Arbitration of international Disputes

Chicago June 23-The full text OF
the platform as adopted by the con.
vention is as follows:
Fifty years ago the republican party
came into existence, dedicated among 9th.
er purposes to the great task Of arresting
the extension of human slavery. In 1850
1t elected its first president. During TWEEN.
ty-four years which have elapsed since
the election of Lincoln the republican par
ty has held complete control Of the gov
eminent. For eighteen more of the forty
four years 1t has held partial control
through possession of one or two branches
of the government, while the. democratic
party during the same period Has had com.
plete 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 had commanded
the confidence of the American people Aor
nearly two generations to a degree never
equalled in our history and has displayed
high capacity for rule and government
which has been made even more conspicu-
GUS by the incapacity and infirmity OF pur-
pose shown by it's opponents.
The republican party entered upon its
present period Of complete supremacy in
1907 We have every right to congratulate
ourselves upon the work since then accom-
plished for it has added fuster to the tradi-
tions 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 an evil plight
oppressed by misfortune and doubtful of
the futue. Public credit had been low
cred, the revenues were declining, the ueot
was growing, the administrations attitude
toward Spain was feeble and notifying.
the standard of values was threatened and
uncertain. Labor was unemployed, business
was sunk in the depression which had sue
InI h. f,s, -
and confidence was gone.
We met these unhappy conditions Wig
orously, effectively and at once. We re-
placed democratic tariff law based on
free trade principles and garnished with
sectional protection bv a protective tariff
and industry. freed from oppression and
stimulated by the encouragement of wise
laws has expanded to a degree never be-
fore known. has conquered new markets
and has created a volume Of exports which
has surpassed the imagination. Under the
Dingley tariff labor has been fully employ
ed. wages have risen and ali industries
have revived and prospered. We firmly
established the gold standard winch US
then menaced with destruction. Confidence
returned to business and with confidence an
uneXampled prosperity.
For deficient revenues supplemented by
lmprovident 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 internal charges of government. Public
credit, which had been so lowered that In
time of peace democratic administration
made large loans at eXtravagant rates OF
interest in order to pay current expendi-
lures, rose under republican administration
to its highest point, and enabled us to hor-'
row at two per cent. even in time of war.
We refused to palter longer with the
miseries Of Cuba. We fought 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 restored. with ample revenues. with
education and public health established.
free from debt and connected with the
United States by wise provisions for our
mutual interests.
We have organized the government of
Porto Rico, and its people now enjoy peace,
freedom. order and prosperity.
In the Philippines. we have suppressed
insurrection. established order and given TO
life and property a security never known
there before. We have organized civil gov
eminent. made it effective and strong in
admiristraN on and have conferred upon the
people of those islands the largest civil lib
ertv they have ever enjoyed.
BY our possession of the Philippines. we
were enabled to take prompt aud effective
action in the relief of the legations at
Picking and a decisive part in preventing
the partition and the preserving of the in
tegrity of China.
The possession Of a route for an 18TH
nian canal. so long the dream Of Ameri-
can craftsmanship, is now an accomplished
fact. The great work Of connecting the
Pacific and Atlantic oceans by canal is
at last begun, and it is due to the republi-
can party.
We have passed laws which will bring
the arid lands of the United States within
the area of cultivation.
We have organized the army and put
1t in the highest state of efficiency.
We have passed laws for the improve
ment 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 admins
ira ton of the great departments of the
government sas been honest and efficient.
and wherever wrong doing has been ciscov-
cred. the repu jlican administration has not
hesitated to probe the evil and bring Of
tenders to Justice without regard to party
or political ties. Laws enacted by the re-
publican party which the democratic party
failed to enforce and which were intended
for the use of the public against unjust
discrimination or the Illegal encroachment
of vast aggregations of capital, have been
dent. and new laws irsuring reasonable
publicity as regards the great corporations
and providing additional remedies for the
prevention of discrimination In freight
rates have been passed by republican con-
gress.
g. tH$s, .s<ssS. So achievement during the
past eight years may be read the pledges
which the republican party has fulfilled.
They propose to continue these policies.
and we declare our constant adherence to
the following principles
Protection which guards and develops
our industries Is a cardinal principle OF
the party The measure of protection
should always at least equal the difference
in the cost of production at home and
abroad We insist upon the maintenance
of the principles OF protection. and there,
only when conditions have so changed that
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The dummy editor" Is very useful
in japan. When the paper on which
he is employed extensively crticises
the government the publication is
suppressed, and the dummy editor"
goes to Jail The real editor changes
the name of the paper, and continues
to publish it as before.
In Turkey, Moslem grave, when
once it has been filled in, is never re-
opened on any account. With a view
to remove the slightest chance Of
grave being thus defiled, the Moslems
plant cypress tree on every grave,
Immediately after the burial-thus
making their cemeteries resemble for.
ests.
Are you in favor Of clubs for wo-
mem" asked the female with the
square chin. Sure" answered the old
bachelor; clubs, sandbags, or any
old thing" Chicago News.
Father-"What are you crying
about, Bobby" Bobby (between
sobs)-'T don't want to go to school
today" Father-"Why not?" Bobby