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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The republicans of the United States,
through their chosen representatives met
In national convention, looking back upon
an unsurpassed record of achievement, and
looking forward into a great field of duty
(, ,v and opportunity, and appealing to the
-j», Judgment of their countrymen," make these
^declarations:
i-iv~ The expectation in which the American
people, turning from the democratic party,
-Intrusted power four years ago to a re1
feife publican chief magistrate and a republican
congress, has been met and satisfied. When
,*v\T"u the people then assembled at the polls,
after a term of democratic legislation and
'administration, business was dead, lndus
-try paralyzed and the national credit dls
,»strously Impaired. The country's capital
»was hidden and its labor distressed pad
'unemployed.
{, The democrats had no other plan with
"(Which to improve the ruinous conditions
which they had themselves prodnced, than
,'lAj.o coin silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The
tS "republican party, denouncing this plan as
sure to produce conditions even worse than"
those from which relief was sought, prom­
ised to restore prosperity by means of two
••^legislative measures—a protective tariff
y. -and a law making gold the standard of
Yalue. The people by great majorities is
,'sued to the republican parly a commission
cC\- i4o enact these laws.
This commission has been executed, and
v-1t\the
republican promise^ is redeemed. Pros
--p^-s"perHy more general and more abundant
..-•"'than we have ever known has followed
these enactments. There Is no longer
controversy as to the value of any govern
uient obligation. Every American dollar
Is a gold dollar or Its assured equivalent,
•'and American credit stands higher than
4that of any other nation. Capital is fully
employed and everywhere labor Is profit
•ably occupied.
yf/the
No single fact can more strikingly tell
t/C f, ,.'Vthe- story of what republican government
-'-means to the country than this—that
^S.swhile during the whole period of 107 years
from 1700 to 1897, there was an excess of
i,? exports over Imports of only 1383,028,497,
... U.' there has been in the short three years of
present republican administration sin
S($ /^excess of exports overimports in the enor
Kinous sum of $1,483,537,0
THE WAR
.fei'i And while the American people, sus
tallied by this republican legislation, have
been
achieving these splendid triumphs In
Uielr business and commerce, they have
conducted and in victory concluded a war
fs'^n'^for liberty and human-rights. No, thought
national aggrandizement tarnished the
:»fl$&lugh purpose with which American stand
^-"'ai'Us were unfurled. It was a war un
iy sought and patiently resisted, but when It
came the American government was ready.
Its rieets were cleared tor action. Its
armies were in the field, and the quick and
signal triumph of its forces on land and
sea bore equal tribute to the courage of
American soldiers and Sailors, and to the
skill and foresight of republican statesman
ship. To ten millions of the human race
there was given "a new birth of free­
dom" and to the American people a new
ami lioble responsibility.
We indorse the administration of WH
iin la ilcKinley. Its acts have been estab
liMhed la wisdom and In patriotism, and at
houte And abroad it has distinctly elevated
and extended the influence of the Amer
ican^nrlon. Walking untried paths and
fatIu*Mmf«rseeh responsibilities, President
lIcKEulef has been in every situation the
patriot and the- upright
clear In vision, strong in Judg-
troe American
statesman, cleai
uteut, firm iu action, always Inspiring and
deserving the confidence of his country­
men.
©EMCOCRATS AS A MENACE.
Jjs twking the Americas people toln
dorse this republican record and to renew
their commission to the republican party,
we remind them of the fact that the men­
ace to their prosperit.yhaa always resided
In democratic principles and no less fn the
general Incapacity of tbe democratic party
to conduct public affairs. The prime ea
««ntiftl of bus5u«ns prosperity' Is on bile con
Sdeace la the good sense of the govern­
ment and in Its ability to deal Intelligently
with each sew problem of administration
and legislation. That confldeaee the dem­
ocratic party has never earned. It Is hope
THE GOLD STANDARD.
lessly Inadequate and the country's pros
perlty, when democratic success at the
polls is announced, halts and ceases in
mere anticipation of democratic blunders,
and failures.
We renew our allegiance to the principles
of the gold standard and declare our con­
fidence in the wisdom of the legislation of
the fifty-sixth congress by which the
parity of all-our money and the stability
of our currency on a gold basis has been
secured. We recognize that interest" rates
area potent factor in production and bus­
iness activity, and for the purpose of fur­
ther equalizing and of further lowering
the rates of interest we favor such moner
tary legislation as will enable the varying
needs of the season and of all sections to
be promptly met In order that trade may be
evenly sustained, labor steadily employed
and commerce enlarged. The volnme of
money in circulation was never so great
per capita as It is today.
We declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
No measure to that end could be consid­
ered without the support of the leading
commercial countries of the world. How-,
ever firmly republican legislation may seem
to have secured'the country against the
peril of base and discredited currency, the
election of a democratic president could
not fall to. impair the country's credit and
to bring once more Into question the inten­
tion of the American people to maintain
upon the gold standard the parity of their
money's circulation. The democratic
party must be convinced that the American
people -will never tolerate the Chicago plat­
form.'
THE TRUST QUESTION.
We recognize the" necessity and proprie­
ty of the honest co-operation of capital to
meet new business conditions and-espe­
cially to extend our rapidly Increasing for­
eign trade, but we condemn all conspira­
cies and combinations Intended to restrict
business, to create monopolies, to limit
production or to- control prices and favor
such legislation as will effectually restrain
and prevent all such abuses,, protect and
promote competition and Secure the rights
of producers, laborers and all who aretsn-.
gaged In Industry and commerce.
THE POLICY OF PROTECTION.
We renew our faith In the policy of
protection to American labor. In that
policy our Industries have been established,
diversified and maintained. By protecting
the home market the competition has been'
stimulated and production cheapened. Op­
portunity to the inventive genius of our
people has been secured and wages In every,
department of labor maintained at high
rates, higher now than ever .before, always
distinguishing our working people in, their
better conditions of life from those of any
competing country. Enjoying the blessings
of American common' schools, secure In. the
right of self-government and. protected in
the oceupancy of their own markets, their
constantly increasing .knowledge and skill
have enabled them finally to enter the mar­
kets of the world. We iavor the associated
policy of reciprocity, so directed as to open
our markets on "frivorablfc tterffls for what
we do not ourselves produce In return for
free foreign markets.
IN THE INTERESTS OF LABOS,-..
In the further interest of American
worklngraen, we favor a more effective re­
striction of the immigration of cheaper
labor fyom foreign lands, the extension of
opportunities of education for working
children, the raising of the age limit for
child labor, the protection of free labor, as
against contract convict labor, and an
effective system of labor Insurance.
RESTORATION OF OUR SHIPPING IN­
DUSTRY,
Our present dependency upon foreign
shipping for, nine-tenths or our foreign car­
rying is a jreat loss to the industry of this
country, S» a serious danger to our
trade for iw sudden withdrawal 5a the'
event of European war would seriously
cripple oar expanding foreign commerce.
The national defenses and the naval effl-
pl
among the trade-carrying fleets of this
world.
iiMP.
The nation owes a debt of profound grat­
itude to the soldiers and sailors who have
fought-its- battles, and it Is the govern­
ment's duty to provide for the survivors
and for the widows and orphans of those
who .have fallen In the country's wars.
The penslonilaws. founded In this just sen­
timent, should be liberal, and should be
liberally, administered and preference
should be given wherever practicable with
respect to employment in the public service
to soldiers and sailors and to their widowB
and orphans.
AN EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE.
We" commend the policy of the republican
party In maintaining the efficiency of the
civil service.. The administration has act­
ed wisely in its' effort to secure for public
service in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the Philippine islands only those whose fit­
ness has been' determined by training and
experience. We believe that employment
in the public service In these territories
should be confined as far as practicable to
their inhabitants.
It was the plain purpose of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution to prevent
discrimination on account of race Or color
in regulating the elective franchise. De-\
vices of state governments, whether stat­
utory or constitutional enactment, to avoid
the purpose of this amendment, are revo-:
lutlonary and should be condemned.
i''' GOOD. ROADS.
Public movements lookihg to a perma­
nent improvement of the roada and high­
ways of the country meet with our cordial
approval and we recommend this subject to
the earnest consideration of the people and
the legislatures of the several'' states.
We favor the extension of the rural free
delivery service wherever Its extension may
be justified.-
ARID LANDS.
In further pursuance of the constant pol­
icy of the republican party to. provide/ree
homes on the public domain, we reStm
mend ..adequate national legislation to re­
claim the Arid lands of the United States,
reserving control of flte distribution of wa­
ter for irrigation to the respective states
and territories.
We favor home rule for and the early*
admission to statehood of the territories of
New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
A. REDUCTION OF WAR TAXES.'
The Dlngley act amended to provide suf­
ficient revenue for the. conduct of the war
has so well performed its work that it has
been possible to reduce the war debt in
•the sum of 940,000,000. So ample are the
government's revenues, and so great is the
public confidence in the integrity of its ob­
ligations that its newly funded 2 per cent
bonds sell at a premium. The country is
now justified in expecting and it will be
the policy of the republican party to bring
about a reduction of the war tuxek.
v, TRADE EXPANSION.
l!i
We faVor the construction, ownership,
control and protection of an isthmian cabal
by the government of the. United States.
New markets are necessary tor the in­
creasing surplus of our farm products.
Every effort should be made to open and
obtain new markets, especially in the oil
ent, /and the 'administration is warmly to
be commended for its succesafutBeffort ^to
compilt all trading and coIonlziiSTnations
(hroigh the policy of the opem door in
China. In interest of our expanding .com­
merce, we recommend that congress create
a department of commerce and industries
In the charge of a secretly with a seat in
the cabinet The. consular system should
be reorganized under the supervision of
this new department upon'Such a basis of
appointment and tenure as will render it
•still more serviceable to the nation's in­
creasing trade.
The American government must protect
the person and property of every dtlMs
wherever they are wrongfully violated or
placed in periL
We congratulate the women of "Ame'rlca
npon their splendid record of public service
in the volunteer aid association and
nurses' in camp and hospital during there
cent campaigns of our armies in the' east­
ern and western Indies, and we appreciate
their faithful co-operation in all works of
education *nd industry.
President McKlnley has conducted the
foKrfgn affair* of the United States with
distinguished credit to the American peo­
ple. In releasing the United States from:
the grievous conditions of a European air
llance-for .the government of Samoa his
course Is especially to' be commended. By
his: securing to our undivided control the
most Important island of the Samoan group
and the best harbor in the southern Pacific,
every American Interest has been safe­
guarded.
We -approve the annexation of the Ha­
waiian islands to the United States.
We commend the part taken by our gov­
ernment in the peace conference- at the
Hague. We assert our steadfast adherence
to the policy announced in the Monroe doc-4
.-trine.
The provisions of tthe Hague convention
were wisely regarded when -President Mc­
Klnley tendered his friendly, offices in the
interest of peace between Great Britain
and the. South'African republic. While the
American government must continue the
policy prescribed by Washington, affirmed
by every succeeding president and" Imposed
upon us by the Hague treaty of non-inter­
vention in Eurppean controversies,' the
American people earnestly hope that a way
may soon be found, honorably alike to both
contending parties, to terminate the strife
between them.
In accepting by thetreaty of Paris the
just responsibility of our. victories In the
Spanish war, the president and the senate
won the 'undoubted approval of the Ameri­
can people. No other course was possible?
than to destroy. Spain's /Sovereignty
throughout the western Indies and in the
Philippine islands.
That .course created our- responsibility
before the world, and with the unorganized
population' whom our intervention had
freed from Spain, to provide, for Jthe main­
tenance of law and order, and for the es­
tablishment of good government and for
the performance of international obliga­
tions. Our authority could not be less than
our responsibility and wherever sovereign
rights were extended it became the high
duty of the Government to maintain Its au­
thority, to put down ar.med insurrection
and to confer the blessings of liberty and
civilization qpon all the rescued peoples.
The largest measure of self-government
consistent with their "welfare and our du­
ties shall be secured to them by law. To
Cuba Independence and self-government
were assured in the same voice by which
war was declared, and to the letter this
pledge shall' be performed.
The republican party, upon its history
and upon.this declaration of its principles
and pollcleis confidently invokes the con­
siderate and approving .judgment of the
American people.
Editorial Cpmment on the Pioneer
"Nothiiig'Tlclier has everSften pro­
duced by any ra^oad."—8L ?aii]l Pio
neer Preatf. M&
"It's a world beater.**—St. Paul
Globe.
"The 'best thins' the railroad world
can produce,"—St. PaujUDispatch.
"Prominent and discriminating peo­
ple marvel at the creation of elegance
and comfort wrought by modern car
b'nllders."—Minneapolis Tribune.
"The Pioneer limited stands t^ay
perfect in construction, gorgeous in
finish and the acme of luxury and com'
fort"—MliineapoliB Journal.
"The closest inspection be^raS&rs
and takes the breath away, for the
magnificence and beauty :of it all is
simply tremendous/' Minneapolis
Times.
The Pioneer Limited leaves Minne­
apolis at 7:80 and St Paul at 8:lD
every evening in ths year for Milwau
fe.ee and Chicago, via Chicago, Milwau­
kee & St. Paul Railway^ (No extra
charge on this train.)
For tickets, berths or information,
apply to any ticket agent, or address,
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Ass't. Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn.
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STATE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
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The republicans of North Dakota In,
convention assembled reaffirm the prln*
clples of the platform of the republican
national convention held at Philadelphia:
in June, 1000
The present happy and prosperous co'n-fa^
iple ls the result
dltlon of the American people is the result i*
of the wise administration of the repub­
lican party and the enactment into law of
the more Important principles of the plat-4
form of 1896.
Four years of democratic rule had para-v^'
lyzed the industries of the country, ren
dered farming unrenumeratlve, lmpover
lshed labor, unsettled all monetary values
and practically bankrupted the United
States treasury. In a time of profound
peace a democratic administration was
forced to sell government bonds to pay the
necessary and current expenses of the gov­
ernment. Under the- wise, business-like
Ifhd patriotic administration^^ of President
aicKinley these conditions have all been
changed. All branches of industry remain
active and successful agricultural Interests
more prosperous and labor more generallv
and continuously employed and better paid
than at any previous time. Monetary
values hfive been fixed and settled and in
the treasury of the United States, instead
of a deficit, one of the marked features of
a democratic administration, 'we find a
revenue adequate to meet all the demands
of the government.
We favor such legislation as will de
«troy all unlawful combinations of capital
formed for the purpose of limiting produe
tlon or Increasing the price of manufactured
products. All aggregations of capital
formed for this purpose are detrimental to.
the-Aest interests of trade and hostile to
,the laboring people.
SP^ffi-American war was de-"
clared In obedience 10 tlie universal de~
'"a,nd,s under, a republican admlnistratloa
and the. splendid achievements of our sol
diers and sailors In that war formed some-.''
°f brightest pages In American history."
bfen
made
free from Spanish
a
stable government es-
tabllshed there. Porto Rico and the Phillp-t
thoeTTSilnis „?a,ve ftecomf~possessfons of
the United States as the inevitable and
unavoidable results of that war, and we
Dakota volunteers
We congratulate the people of the' eouuw^.
try upon the enactment Into law of the^i
currency bill which provides the gold
S1* the monetary unit of valuer
,opse)P
d'8tnrb
the
business conditions of our people and all
«USfilSoS
.kJ?8?®®"8protection
bave
Placed on
ft basis that insures- tp capital
J^^couragement to the employment of
are
heartily in accord with the poUcy
national^ administration toward our
acquired possessions.
the present prohibition law
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falthfnl enforcement of the same as
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lawB of
the
«ite, especi-
J?0?®1*1,the penal and criminal codes
heir strict and impartial enforcement
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to coin, po«t«i or money order. 'Waeannct
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