Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-23
!, ODE PLATFORM
Text Of the Decla ration ~ Which the
; Republicans Will Stand in the Coming
Campaign. 3 > = > .


Fifty years ago the republican party
| came into existence, dedicated among
other purposes. to the great task of ar
resting the extension of human slavery.
in 1860 it elected its first president.
During twenty-four of the fort yfour
years which have elapsed since the cleo
tion of Lincoln, the republican party
has held complete control of nile gov
eminent. For eighteen nore of the
forty-four Years it has held partial
control through possession of one or
two branches of TIE government: while
the democratic party during the same
period has held complete control for
only two years.
THIS long ,en,n.e Of mower nv the re-
publican nariv Is. MOI due to chance. 1t
is n demonstration that the republican
nartv has con,nnnded tre condolences OF
tho a ,ne,cor ,,,..nIa for. nenrlv two
| renerations 10 :, 3apree never enualed
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since llen accomplished, Tor II mas
adaed lus'ef even 70 me traditlons OF
inc party Whicn carried the govern,
hlchl thfoush me Storm OF the clVll
war. we then lollhd inc country. a1ter
lour years OF denocralic RUE, IN eVli
plisft. oppressed with nlisfortune
doubtful of the future. The public
credit had been lowered, revenues We're
declining. debt growing, the admins
tration's attitude towards Spain was
feeble and notifying. the standard of
values was threatened and uncert ain.
labor was unemployed, business sunk in
the depression which had succeeded the
panic of 1898, nope was faint and con-
fidence gone.
We met these unhappy conditions
vigorously, effectively and al once. We
replaced a democratic tariff law based
on free trade principles and garnished
ent protective tariff, and Industry
freed from oppression and stimulated
by the encouragement of wise laws
has expended TO a degree never before
known, and has conquered new markets
and crested volume of exports which
has surpassed the imagination.
Under the Ioingicy tariff labor has
been fully employed, wages have risen.
and all industries have revived and
piospered.
w. FIRMLY established the gold
With destructi"n Confidence returned
to business, ANA with confidence. uneN-
alEp!ed prosperity For deficient rev
enues supplemented by inprovident is
sues OF bonds, we gave he country an
income winch produced a large sur
Plus ana enabled us. only -FOUR wears
III.
IetloHe over aiVooVoVoo on me annual
war taxes reduced tile pubic DEBT, ana
efhiheht. Ihs public credit, which
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peace defnocfatlc administration
llaue iarse IoanS az eNtfiiNaSant rates
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