The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-10-10
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

PAL ty of Maryland in Convention as
serlbled, direct the attention of the
people of this State to the signal fail
ure of the Democratic Administration
to reduce the high cost of living, or to
provide effective remedies for the eX-
listing prostration of business, and the
attendant unemployment of labor. In
its vain and misguided attempts to
accomplish these highly patriotic and
desirable uprposes We charge that the
Democratic Administration has passed
Tariff Law" admittedly designated
to remove protection from American
industry, resulting on a scale, almost
unknown to this country in the "idle
factory" and the "er.p;y dinner pail"
We are opposed to the practice of
vivisection upon the great body of
American business at the :lands of en-
perimentalists and doctrinaires. We
charge the National Administration,
under the guise of attempted regula-
ton, with enacting unnecessary and
oppressive legislation, which ha schill-
ed and demoralized industrial activity.
For the first time in fifty years the
country finds itself afflicted with
War Tax in times of peace. We assert
that this tax is to be levied to cover
deficit in the Treasury, condition
which has previously existed only dur
ing the second administration of Gro
yer Cleveland, fundamentally due to
| Democratic extravaganza and the de-
| fective financial measures OF Demo-
cratic theorists.
We call the attention of the voters
of this State to the fact that while
Democratic Administration is hatsen-
ing to impose upon US a so-called War
Tax of 100000, 100000, the Democratic
Congress, though specially pledged to
economy in public expenditures, has
already appropriated more than $780,
000,O00.00 in excess OF the amount
voted by the preceding Republican
Congress. In this connection we lay
emphasis upon the TACT that by the
successful opposition of a determined
Republican minority the Democratic
appropriation for Rivers and Harbors
familiarly known as the "Pork Barrel
Bill, has been reduced from S53,000,-
100000 to S20,000,000.00.
We believe our people are ready
again to intrust our Government into
the hands of the Republican party un-
der whose guidance our country has
hitherto experienced Astounding pros
perity and our Nation taken it's stand
in the very front ranks of the most
powerful States of the earth.
We reaffirm and declare anew our
allegiance to the grea; Republican
policy of protection to American In
dustry in accordance with which the
vast field of American business is con-
served for the benefit of the American
people, and is not considered as pro-
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capital and alien labor at the expense
of the American workingman, the
American farmer and the American
business man.
We affirm our belief in such liberal
advances in legislation and social jus
tice as the just spirit of the times may
demand and as are suited to the con-
ditions and requirements of our peo-
pie.
We favor the exemption from the
payment of Canal tolls of American
vessels engaged in Coastwise com
merce. We condemn the Democratic
party for having broken faith with the
American people upon this important
issue. We favor every legitimate en-
couragement to our struggling mer-
chant marine.
We condemn the so-called Colom-
bian Treaty proposed by the Demo-
cratic Administration, not only as a
sacrifice of National dignity and as an
unrighteous expenditure of the public
funds, but also as an unmerited slur
upon the integrity of former Repub-
lican Administration.
To starve the Railroads is to starve
the Nation and we believe that the de-
plorab!e condition of the Railroads of
the country calls for relief through the
proper Governmental Agencies, fully
without stint. freely without delay. for
the benefit of the Railroads as public
carriers and for their hundreds Of
thousands of EMPLOYEES.
Il is with feeling of pardonab!e