Show liON Of PRINCIPLES BY REPUBLICANS Kansas City July Is the adopted by the Ihan ian national convention We the tho silver Republican party In atonal delare declare these as our principles and invie invite the cooperton cooperation of al all who agre agree therewith we c rec recognize that the principles set forth In the declaration of oC Independence ar are fundamental ad and everlastingly true In their application to governments among men We Ve be believe levo lieve the patriotic words of Washing tons addres address to be the words of soberness ad and wisdom Inspired by byth bythe th the spirit of right and truth We e treasure the words of Jefferson as asI f I priceless gem gems of American statesman statesmanship statesmanship ship We e holl hold in sacred remembrance the brad broad and patriot lam ism or of Lincoln who wa Was the seat great In interpreter of American history and the grat great apostle of human rights and of industrial freedom and we declare as was VHS declare declared by the convention that nominated the gret great emancipator that the maintenance or of the principles pro in the declaration of Inde and embie embodied In the federl federal constitution that al all men are arc created equal that they Are endowed by their I wih with certain inalienable right rights that among thes these are tho those of le life Jb lib liberty erty rt aD cud the pursuit of happiness that thatto to secure the these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just luM rights from the consent of oC the essential to the preservation vaton of our Republican We We declare our Gur adherence to the principle of a aa te the right basis of a monetary system under our national constitution A principle that found piece repeatedly 13 In Republican platforms coin thE the o oner of silver ner In ISS 1573 to Uw St Louis Itcan convention of 1 that convention A Republican conge congress and a Republican president at the dictation ot of the tn trusts t and money power p passed and approved a currency bi bill In I itself el i Is a re repudiation n of the doctrine of advocated theretofore by th the president and eve every gt great leader of his party Thi This currency law Jaw destroys th the ful full money power of the silver dollar mOD pr pro videR videa for the payment or of al all govern Silent ment obligations and the redemption of al all fOr forms of paper money In gold Id the and greenbacks constituting one sixth of the money in circulation and surrenderS to banking corporations the sovereign function or of al all paper money thus enabling the these crr corpora corporations to the prices f C labor and pr property by increasing or diminishing I Ithe the volume of money In hi circulation thul thus gln giving t the banks power to create rate panics and bring disaster upon busi business nes ness enterprises The of this currency law lew aking the bonde bonded dt debt of the r re payable In gold alone changes chang the between the government and the t tithe th advantage an of oC the late latter and Is In n direct opposition to the declaration or of t the Matthews resolution passed by congress n 18 for p the Ro publican then a member ember of CIC voted oU d n a dId also Is al all leding leading t I Republicans both in the house and in the senate FE FREE COl COINAGE AGE We Ve declare it to be our intention to lend our efforts to the repeal of this cur currency currency rency law which not only repudiates the ancient and plea of the Aerian American people before the Constitution was adopted but Is rio 10 laUe of the principles of the itself and we shall not cea cease const our efort efforts until there has been a monetary system based upon the free fre and unlimited colna coinage e of silver and gold into money at the present legal ratio of sixteen to one by the Inde Independent Independent pendent action of the United States under which system aU all paper money shah be Issued by the government and andal andall al all such mone money coined or issued shall be a ful full legal tender In payment Isue of ofal al all exception debt debts public and private without TA TAX We I are In favor faor of a graduated tax upon incomes and i if necessary to nc ac accomplish th we favor au an amendment to the constitution We belIeve that Unie United States seria tor tois ought to b be elected b by a direct vote of the tue Jle People an and we favor r suh such amendment to the constitution and such as may be n necessary to t that hat end ende We e aver t maintenance hd n the extension wherever of the merit system In the public service stem th serl ap to b be made to c ly ascertained and public servants to he be in office a as long as sail b be compatible wIth of the sMIle service TRUST TRUSTS AN AND MONOPOLIES Combinations trusts an and monopolies contrived and arranged for the purpose of controlling the price prices and d quantity of artcle articles supplied to th public are unlawful and Not only do the unlawful conspiracies cles fx fix the price of In man many r cases but thy they invade ever every brn brandh h of the state an and Dato with their Ih L and nd control the actions or of theIr employees nd de In Je life until tHeir In actually ls and the liberty of tl citizen declare against them We Ve d demand mand the most stringent laws for tor tHeIr destruction and th the most sere severe or of their and maintainers and the enforcement f such laws laws b by the curb courts MONROE DOCTRINE We e bleve believe the Monroe 0 be sund Sound In principle and a wise national policy and we demand a ir firm adherence adherence ence t We Ve condemn act acts In Inconsistent inconsistent consistent with it it and that ten teed to tomake tomake make us pres parties t to the interests ad and to involve us In the controversies or of Euro European pan nations and the recognition b by pending treaty or of the rIght of England to b be considered in te the construction an Inter canal canal We Ve declare that such canal when hen con ought to tob tobe b be controlled by the Stat s In Inthe inthe the int eS of American PUBLIC DOMo DOMAIN We re observe with Wih a the Inre ship or of American lads lands byal bir nb and their growing control over Or our international transportation natural re resources sources oU our and our inter international national commerce and to keep them fre free and maintain their independence of f al all foreign monopolies Institutions and influences and we delare declare our op opposition position to the leaning of the public lads lands of the United States whereby corporations and syndIcates s wi will be able to seure secure control thereof and thus mo monopolize the domaIn the heri bent age of the We Ve are In favor of the principles of direct legislation In view of the rat sacrifices made and patriotic services rendered rendered we are In favor or of liberal pensions to deser deserving Ing soldiers their widows orph orphans ns and other dependent dependents We Ve beleve believe the en enlistment and service should be ac accepted as conclusive proC proof that the sol aol dier was fre free from dieas disease and dis disability ability at the time of his enlistment We Ve condemn the ton tion of the pension la laws s SYMPATHY FOR OR BOERS Ye We tender to the patriotic people of the South African republics our sym pathy and express our admiration for them in their heroic attempts to pre preserve ser serve their political freedom and main maintain tain tam their national independence We delare declare the destruction of these I republics and time the subjugation of their I people to be a crime against I ton tion Ye We beleve believe this sympathy should have been yoked voiced by the American con congress I gess gress r an wa was done In the case of the French the GreeKs the Hungarians I the Panders the Armenians and the as the traditIons of this countr country would have dictated i We Te decare declare the Porto Rican tariff law to be not only a serious but a I dangerous departure from the pes plea of our form of government AGAINST We bleve believe In a form of I government are opposed to mon monarc monarchy arc archy and and to the wh whole le theo theory of at im control control We beleve believe In self government government by consent of the governed and are arc opposed to a government based on force I It Is clear ad certain that the inhabItants of th tIle l archip l lano n ano o cannot b be mar made citizens of the United State States wih without nt endangering our civilization We aT are therefore In favor of applying to the Philippine pelago the principle we ar are solemnly and publicly pledge pledged to observe in the cas case of Cub Cuba There bing being no longer any necessity I for collecting war war tae taxes we demand the repeal of the war taxes levied to carry on the war with Spin Spain We Ve favor the immediate I Into the Union 8 as states the t of Arizona New Mexico and nd OkI homa We e demand that our n nations prom promises to Cuba shah be fled filled in ever every particular lar AI ARID LANDS V We e beleve the national sov government should lend ever every aid and assistance tance toward the of arid lands of the UnIe United States and to that end we are in t favor vor ef t a corn m survey thereof and an im immediate mediate ascertainment of f the water supply available fOsh for such reclamation and we belee believe I it to be te the duty of the generl general government to provIde for the of storage and irrigation on works s so that the water supply of the ard arid region may be ut util utilIzed to the greatest possible extent In Inthe Inthe the interests of th the people while pre preserving serving an all right rights of th the state Transportation Is a public necessity and the means and methods of I it are mater matters of public concern Railway companie companies exercise a Dwer power over in industries busine business and commerce which they ought not to do and be made to serve te the public interests wIh with without out asking unreasonable changes s or unjust discrimination We observe wih with satisfaction the gowing growing sent sent mont ment among the people in favo favor of the public ownership and operation of p pub b bIc Ic lie utilities OPPOSED We Oe ar are In favOr or e our commerce In the Interests of American labor and for the benefit of al all our people by eve every honest and peaceful means Our creed and our history justifies the nations of the erth earth ex expecting that wherever the American fag flag Is unfurled human liberty and po political liberty wi will b be found We Ve pr uro test against te the adoption of an any policy that wi nill change change in the thought of the world the meaning of our fag flag We Ve are opposed t to the of Asiatic laborer laborers Ii In competition wIth I American labor an and favor r a ire more rigid enforcement of the laws relating there thereto to The silver RepubliCan an party of te the United States In the foregoing twin prin seek seeks to perpetuate the and to adhere to the teachings of Abrham Abraham Lincoln Lincoln |