Show V ai I 1 f 0 O r rw 4 at ak feka pa 11 a 11 P PLATFORM 1904 fifty year years age g the republican party came into existence dedicated among other purposes to the great task of arresting the extension of 0 human slavery in 1860 it elected its first president during 24 of the 44 years which have elapsed since the election of lincoln the republican party his held complete control ot of the govern gover n ent for 18 it nore ore of the 44 years it has I 1 0 d partial control through the poss posses ea sin of one or two bran hes of the govern r ent while the demo ratio party during t e in on P period has had hod romp compete ete control for only two rears this long icing ten re of power by the rep b lean party to 1 cot rot d e to chan e it is 1 a demo derno qt ration that the pep b I 1 an pirth his commanded the con lien e of tle t le ie american people for nearly t to tn n ene rations to a mcgree never equaled in our MR 0 07 y ad a d h hia his is I 1 ap ayed a hi hl h cpa ltv for rule and government h aps h s teen 1 cen made even mo e bonsy consy consile lc ous bv th the e incapacity and infirmity of purpose shown by its opponent conditions in 1807 1897 the rep alican party entered open upon its pros nt period of con a s in n 1897 we have every krisht to con ratu late into orr on relves elves upon the work since rine then shed for it has emed I 1 iter ster ean to the traditions of the pirty h efale carrvel I 1 the government the storms of cl et 11 war we then found the country after loir years of democrat c r te in evil plight op or pressed with milfort ne tie and do b fu for of the f t r re P alic c ed t had been low pred the reven es vere deceli aln the debt wai was browin irrow ln the al a ministrations s atrit de toward pain WB haq feeble a d sr the standard of val es ee was threatened ird t r d uncertain labor was vas unemployed bu I 1 ess was sunk in the which had bad e C ceedee the panic of 1893 hope was faint and confidence was gone we met thebe unhappy conditions vigor basly effectively and at once the tariff law we replaced a R democratic tariff law based on free trade principles and far nihed with sectional protection by a con alstedt protective tariff and industry freed from oppression and stimulated by the en on coura gement of wise laws has expanded to a degree never before known has con new markets and has lips created a volume ef of ex exports arta which his surpassed imagine imagination t ion nl anler ler the dingley tariff labor has been f lly ily employed wa we es have risen and all industries have revived and prospered we firmly established the gold stand erd ard which was then menaced with de a truc tion confidence returned to b sl at ness and with confidence an unexampled exampled an prosperity revenues for deficient reven es s supplemented by improvident isa iss es of bonds we gave the country an income which produced prad a large surplus and which enabled BS us only four years after the spanish war had closed beirs to remove over of ann al at war taxes reduce the public debt and lower the interest charges of the government the pahl c credit restored the public credit which had beet been so lowered that in time of peace a democratic administration made large loans loan a at extravagant rates nf of interest in order to pay current expenditures rose under be re publican administration to its highest point and enabled a to borrow at 2 per cent even in time of war cuba croba we refused to palter longer with the ml serles ef of cuba we fought a quick and victor victorious tous war with spain we set cuba free governed the liland wand tor for three years and then gave it to the cuban people with order restored with ample reven eq with education and public health established free from debt and connected with the united states by wise provisions for our mutual interests porto rico we have organized the government of porto rico and its people now enjoy peace freedom order and prosperity the pines in the phi we hive suppressed sed insurrection established order and given 1 to life and property a security never known there before we have organized civil government made it effective and strong in administration and have con berred upon the people of those islands the largest civil liberty they have ever en by our possession of the philippines we were enabled to take prompt and effective action in the relief of the degati legations at peking and a decisive part in pr preventing venting leventini the partition and preserving the le integrity of china the canal the poes possession sion ot of a route for an lath mian canal so long the dream of american amerlean states statesmanship in an r hip la Is now an becom polished fact the great work of connect ing the pacific and atlantic by a canal I 1 Is a at t last begun and it la Is due to the rl republican es party the arid band lands we have passed the tte laws which wilt will batni bring the arid lands bf the united state stat es within L the area of cultivation the army and nary navy we have reorganized the army and put it in the highe wt t state of efficiency we have passed laws tor for t the e impre afro ment and support of the mili militia tl we have pushed forward the building of f the navy the defense and protection of our ur honor and our interests our administration of the great depart ments of the government has been honest and efficient and wherever wrongdoing wrong dring has been discovered the republican adminis has not hesitated to probe the evil and bring the offenders to j stice without regard to party or political ties the great corporations laws enacted by the republican party which the democratic party failed to en force and which were intended tor for the protection of the public against the unjust discrimination crimination Is or the illegal encroachment of vast aggregations of capital have been fearlessly enforced by a republican prest dent ent and new laws insuring reasonable publicity aty as to the operations of great corporations po rations lObS and providing additional reme rem e dies for the prevention of discrimination I 1 0 in freight rates have been passed by a lean congress in thil this record of achievement during the past eight years may be r read e ad ath the e ful pledges e lilge s which the lean pa t ty y has s fulfilled f d we promise ro arse to continue these po ides and we ne declare clare our constant adherence to the following principles protection to american industries protection which guards and develops our industries is a cardinal policy of the republican party the measure of pro lection should always at least equal the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad we enat upon the maintenance of the principle of krotec tion and therefore rates of daty duty should be readjusted boniv when conditions have EO so changed wat that the public interest de mauds mands their alteration but this work can not safely be committed to any other hands than those of the republican party to it to the democratic part party Is to invite disaster whether as in 1802 the democratic party declares the protective tariff unconstitutional or whether it de n ands ta iff reform or tariff revision its real object Is always the destruction of the protective system however specious the name the purpose is ever the same A democratic tariff has always been fol lowed by business adversity a republican tar tariff 11 by business prosperity to a be re pub publican ife congress and a republican prest dent this great question can be safely in trusted when anhert the only free trade conn couri try among the great nations agitates a return to protection the chief protective country should not falter in maintaining it foreign marfels markets extended we have extended widely our foreign markets and we believe in the adoption of 0 all practicable methods for theli f arther extension including commercial reci proc ity wherever he reser reciprocal can be effected cons stent with the princia es of protection and will without out injury to ame I 1 can arrieu ture american labor or any an au ericie industry the gold standard we believe it to he be the d tv of the re p allcan party to epho d the gold stan lard and the into rity and a ue of 0 r natio violin a al curre cy the instate ance of the in 10 d standard estabill bed by the re ab I 1 in cannot safe y be dmn I 1 ted to the den socratic party which res te I 1 its a al I 1 p tion and has ha never gi e a v i root roof sill e that tin e of belief in it or fidelity to it A neriman whipping Ship pine writ e every other ind stry has hag prospered ed adder the fosta ing aid of republic an ie Is ratio ame lean shipping encased I 1 for eign plon trade in competition with the low cost of construction low and heavy a I 1 sidles of fo elpel gover in n e ts has hag r ot f r many beirs re ro otter 11 f om the go e n ment of the UT ile I 1 states ad q ate en 0 r ap or me t f any kin I 1 NN e th tb fa or leath aaion which ill encourage an I 1 I 1 ul of d up the americ n mer hant n r a I 1 e and ve e cordial y ampro e the ie e is 1 atlo atto of the last congress congre s ahl h e cited the na mer e r nt ut ma me line comiel lo 10 to investigate and lenoit po this s hjort A navy powerful enough to d the united stites against any attack to d the mo roe do t I 1 e a ad d natch ver our amp erce Is essential for the safety and the ve fare of the american p opie ople lo 10 mal mat tain fain a e ch cb a navy Is the fixed po icy ley of the b lean can party chines labor we cordially approve the ie Is of president ilo ito sevelt ani co ress in re gard to the elc alto of chi ese la in or aal an 1 p oralce a contin a ce of the republican policy la in that dl di action civil service the civil service law was placed on the statute books by the republican party which has always sustained it and we re new our former declarations that it shall be thoro ehly and honestly enforced the soldiers Sold lera and W we e are always mindful of the count country ry a debt deb t to the soldiers and sailors of the lulled states and we believe in making 9 amp e e provi ions tor for them an I 1 in the 1 lib lb eral administration of the pens on laws arbitration i 0 we favor the I 1 settlement of in ter national differences by arbitration protection of citizen citizens abroad we commend the efforts made by the administration to p american citizens in foreign lands and pledge our selves to insist upon the just and equal protection of all 0 r citizens abroad it is the unquestioned duty of the govern ment to procure for a I 1 our citizens with aut ut distinction the rights of travel and sojourn y in I 1 in n friendly counties count les and we declare ourselves es in favor of all proper effort efforts e g to that end the orient our great interests and our growing corn com merce tn in the orient render the condition 0 of f china of high importance to the united states we cordially commend the policy purs pure ed in that direction by the adminis orations trat ions lons of president mckinley and president Roose roosebelt the elective franchise we favor each such congressional action us at shall determine whether by special die dis criminations the elective franchise in any state has been unconstitutionally limited ay and if such is the case we demand that representation in congress and in the elee toral colleges shall be proportionally re deuced as directed by the constitution of t the united states combination combinations of capital and of labor combinations of capital and of labor are the results of the economic movement ef of th the e age b but u t neither must be permitted to in infringe f rl rinee jig u upon p 0 n the rights and interests of the people sach such combinations when law fully formed for lawful purposes are alike entitled tu to the protection of the laws but both are subject to the laws and neither can be permitted to break them our lamented president the great 1 1 t statesman and patriotic anier amer lean william 11 aam mel mckenley inley who was re elected by the republican party to the presidency four years afro ago waa was assac just at the threshold of his second term the entire nation mo arned his un timely death and did that justice to hie his great qualities of mind and character which history will confirm and repeat president roosevelt the american people were fortunate in his successor to whom they turned with a trust and confidence which have been fully justified president roosevelt brought to t the he great atles thus sadly forced upon him a clear head a brave heart an earnest patriotism and high ideals of pub lie dut duty and public alic 9 service r lee true to the fri principles n capt of the e re republican publican party and te to the h e which that party had declared he has also shown himself ready for every emer emergency and has met new and vital questions emergene geng wit with ability and with success the confidence of the people in his justice inspired by his p bile hire career enabled him to render personally an inestimable service to the country by bringing about a settlement of the coal strike which ened such a results at the opening of winter in isoa our foreign po icy ley under his hi tion has not only been able vigorous and di dignified but in the highest degree access success tul K the comp tested q estrous which arose in venezuela were settled in such a it way by president roosevelt Foo sevelt that the monroe doc trine was signally vindicated and the cause of peace and arbitration greatly advanced his prompt and a action in pan ama which we commend in the highest arms not only secured to us the canal route but avoided foreign complications which might have been of a very serious character he has continued the policy of prest dent mckinley in the orient and our position in china signalized by our recent commercial treaty with that empire has never been so high lie ile secured the tribunal by which the vexed and perilous question of the alaskan bo andary wa was finally settled whenever crimes crime against humanity have been perpetrated which have shocked our people his protest has been made and on our r good es have been tendered b t alwaes always with due regard to al ob 11 9 tons under der his g we find end ourselves at i peace with all the world and never were we more ted or 0 r wishes mole mote re carded by foreign natio a pre eminently sf 1 la regard to our foreign relation a he has been equally tor for in dealing with domestic questions the country has know that the public credit and the national ional cur ency were ab sol sate safe in the bands hands of his adminis ration in the anfor ement of the laws he has sho not only cou con age but bu the wisdom which understands that to per mit laws to be violated or disregarded opens open the door to a archy e the just enforcement of the law Is to the soundest conservatism he lie hag has held firmly to the fundamental american doctrine that all men must obey the law that there must be no distinction between rich and poor between strong and weak but that lus jus tice ties and equal protection under the law must be secured to to every citizen without regard to race c creed r ed or condition ills administration has been throughout vigorous and honorable high minded and patriotic we commend it without reser to the considerate judgment of the american people |