Show PLATFORM adopted ED I 1 republicans DECLARE THEIR POLICY FOR COMING ELECTION efforts to regulate trusts trust approved gold standard upheld protection declared cardinal policy of the party powerful navy advocated the first days proceedings ot of the republican national convention at PhI chicago cago was as carried out like clockwork not a discordant note being toun bounded dod an organization was perfected fectea preparatory to the adoption of 0 a platform and the making of nominations in the succeeding days of the convention the keynote to the campaign of 0 1904 was sounded by ellhu root in his speech as temporary chairman his address was a review ii of the accomplishments of the present administration and a defense of republican policies in general when that bad been delivered and the various working committees dispatched to their labors the business of the session cession was completed speaker joseph G cannon was the central figure at the second days session of the republican national convention ven tion from the standpoint of political importance the adoption of tho the party platform was the event of the day it contained declarations of party policy that are to form the basis of much of the oratory in the coming campaign republican following Is the platform adopted by the republican national convention fifty years ago th the e republican party icamen came into existence dedicated among other purposes to the preat task of arresting the extension ot of human slavery in it elected its first president during twenty four of the forty four years which w aich have elapsed since the file election of lincoln the republican party has held complete control of the government for eighteen more of the orty forty tour four years jt has held partial control through the possession of one or two branches of the government while the democratic party during the same period has had complete control for only two years this long tenure of power by the republican party Is not due to chance it Is a demonstration on that the republican party has commanded the confidence of the american people for nearly two generations to a derree decree never enus tiled in our history and has displayed a high capacity for rule and government which has been made even more conspicuous by bv the it incapacity and infirmity of purpose shown by its opponents ahe I 1 he republican party entered upon its frodent present period of complete supremacy in we have every right to congratulate ourselves upon the work since then hed for it has added luster even to the traditions of the party which carried flip government through the storms of civil war we then found the country after four years of democratic rule in evil plight oppressed with ml fortune md and doubtful of the future public credit had been lowered the revenues wre were declining the debt growing crowing the administrations att attitude lUide toward spain was feeble and the stardard of values was threatened and uncertain labor was wag erlo crippled pled buiners bu iners s was park fork in the do d nn which had succeeded d the of IM hope was faint and confidence wm was gone we met thee the e un hapy vig roula rou lv effectively ard alone we replaced a democratic tariff law haca ba ed no n free trade principles and girnt hed with protection bv a protective tariff tarifa and india Ind try which treed freed from oppression ord end by the ment of wise I lows ws ha expanded expand e d to a degree decree never before known hs ha 1 new markets marketa and li lits his ts created create d a volume of exports which haq ha iiii pap rd tion the tingley tariff labor has been fully ernp employed loved wages have rhon ord and all ali industries have revived ord ard ato rn we firmly established the rold fold otard ord ard which w wa the then aronne d with d le artru ebion r eo returned to bai bul l nesa ard with confidence an unexampled pro pirn perla for den lent revenues supplemented b bv improvident issues cf herds we cavo cave th the ve country an income which rr d ced a carpp Pur plus P pd d which en idled us only four years yeara prior the fairl ath h wa bad closed to remove over wl willin non of annual war taxes reduce the public debt ord ard lower the interest charges charees of the government the public credit which had boon been SO 0 o lowered that in time of pence peace fl A T mn e c tic pd iiii artion ade inroe I 1 loans 0 anns at extravagant rates rf of interest In in ord ardt r to PRY pay current expenditures roe arder ad irl trofion in 1 its point red enabled ii to borrow nt at 2 per cent even in time of war wp we rafi retired d in ri itnyer with the miseries erlea of cuba we a 11 P pr r rn r pott wr r ath with si kv we e pet cuba tree free governed the ward for three years ord erd ahn cave it to tho th buhn n reo peo pie ale with order re restored with palo rov rev eipp wah ith adne flon erd rahlie h helth nith etabel hen hed free frn daht ard connect ed with the united states by wise pro Y gllnn I 1 inq for our mir rul ichini reff we live li v ve or orld oried I ed the rovern government ment of porto rico and it its pow dow enjoy fra fr A nedr nr i aro ft in the we have pup I 1 iii et e t fl order nod ard fv i 1 life and rrobert nr opert a ity never ian i ther before we hav pd d civil government ande it offe epe tive five rod fw f w 1 in fad tf ii and hive upon the conrin of abo thoe o I mord lord the lh ir art t civil liberty they have ever enjoyed uy by our ur r phelon n pion P ion lon of th the ar w we e were en enabled a blad to take ard rf fictive behrn ri in th of f the irei binns tit nt PI aln an fn at A A a delave delT ive ve pirt in preventing th the partition PA P v A the preserve dinv inv of 0 the of ahi phi q the ros rose earion Flon rf of A rote for nn an alth canal so BO lorg lore the dream of american mar hir pt 1 pow now or on arr p n f ct the crept work wor of ronreca rl nor abo th ord ad alar tl ar rc pe hv bv a tanal 1 iq at list bp han and it Is 9 due US t to 0 lh we hive posed ed law alen will sri aln the arid land f th h states tn ha aren of nf cultivation we have ave the py P tny y nna put P t in the highe t of efrIM apfl rev I 1 we have diwi for tho h improve ent and support rf of the militia we have pu hed forward th bi I 1 of the navy the def n e nod the t iroles 1 rotee tion of our mir lionor honor and inhere tp our of tho th great meta of the govern ont bo h boon bon hooft hop ft and td and li rear haa boon the th pdt rd rin has not hesitated to probe the evil and briam the off aders to lit ateo without regard to party or political tari laws enacted hv the republic ri tho the party failed to enforce and which wp wore for the I 1 I 1 protection of the public against aral pt the un ajust jutt of the illegal en c if vit t antion or of capital have been enforced by a ren u alican pre ident rd and new laws f on purina as to tho the operation of prent corporations corpora tlona and pro 1 f the he pre lon of discrimination in rates have been passed by a republican con erfft in this lepord of flir loi the part eight yearn mav he read the pl pled edgett jj which the republican party has haj fulfilled we propose to continue fill thin I 1 nj principle and wo we declare our consta constant adherence to the following principles protection which guards and develops our industries Is a cardinal policy ot 0 the th rep republican u alican party the measure of 0 protection on should always at least equal th the diff difference e in the cost ot of production at home t and ab abroad road we insist upon the tha maintenance of the principles of protection and therefore rates of 0 duty should bo be readjusted only when conditions have hava so 0 changed chanced that th tha public interest demands their alteration but this work cannot safely be b committed to any other hands than those of 0 the republican party arty to entrust it to the democratic party is 1 to invite disaster whether as in ISO 2 the democratic party declared the protective tariff unconstitutional or whether it demands tariff reform or tariff revision its real object Is always the destruction of the th protective system however specious the name the purpose 1 Is ever tho the same barne A Demo Democrat cratte la tariff has always been followed by bustness business adversity it republican tariff by business qs prosperity to a republican congress and a republican president this great creat queR question tIon can be safely In trusted when the only tree free trade country among the preat great nations agitated a return to protection the chief protective country should not falter in maintaining it IL we have extended widely our foreign forel markets and we believe in the adoption 0 of ill ali practicable methods methodi for their further extension including commercial reciprocity ip wherever reciprocal arrangement can bp be consistent with the tha principles of protection find vilt without hout in iury to american american labor or any american industry WP we believe it to be the duty of the re party to the cold nd standard and the and value of our national curr currency erey the maintenance of the gold fold standard established by the republican cannot safely be committed tied to tho democratic party which resisted re isted it ita adoption and has haq never riven given any ally pron aront rince ince that time of belief in it 0 or r fid lity allty to it while every over other industry hai ered andr upa r the fostering aid of republican legislation american shIT pInAr en in foreign trade in competition with the low cot coat of con low and heavy of foreign governments has not for many years received from the government of the unit d adequate encouragement of any kind we therefore favor leg legislation w which aich will encourage and build up the american merchant marine and we cor diaby approve the legislation of the last congress con eress which created the merchant marine rn arline commission e om mission to investigate and report upon this subject A davv powerful enough to defend the th united states against any attack to uphold u p the monroe doctrine rod and watch over our commerce Is essential to the safety and the welfare of the american people to maintain such it a navy is the fixed policy of the republican party we approve the attitude ot of president roosevelt and congress contress conR ress in regard to the exclusion of 0 chinese labor and kroml e it a continuance of the republican policy in that direct direction io n the civil service law was placed pac ed on the books by the republican party which has always sustained it and wo we renew our former declarations that it shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced wo vo are always mindful of the count rys debt to the soldiers and sailors of tho the united states anti and we believe in making ample provision tor for them and in the liberal administration of the pension laws we favor the peaceful settlement of international difficulties by arbitration we ve commend the vigorous efforts mado made oy the administration to protect american citizens in foreign lands and pledge ourselves to insist upon the just and equal protection of a our citizens abroad it la is the duty of the government to procure tor for all our citizens without distinction the rights right ol 01 travel and sojourn in friendly coun tries and ye we declare ourselves in favor favo of all proper efforts tending to that end our great interests and our growing crowing commerce in the orient render the condition of china of high importance to the united states we ve cordially com the policy pursued in that direction by the administration of presidents denta uc Kinley and root velt we favor such gressional congressional action as aj shall determine whether by special discriminations crimi nations the dhe elective franchise ain in tny any state h has as been un unconstitutionally institution y limited and i such euch Is the case we demand that representation in congress ird in the electoral college shall be proportionately reduced as directed by tho the constitution of the united states combinations of capital and ot of labor are the results of 0 the economic movement of 0 the age but neither must be b permitted to infringe uvon the tha rights ind interests of the people such combinations hl bi nations when lawfully formed tor for lawful puru poses are alike entitled to the protection ct cf the laws but both ora are subject to the laws and neither can bo be permitted to break them the great Pta statesman and patri oUa american william mckinley who was elected reelected re by the republican party to the presidency four year ago was as OPrIna a ted just at the threshold of his second term the entire nation mourned his untimely death and did that justice to his great qualities of mind and character which history will confirm and repeat 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 the great respond responsibilities abill ties thus thu sadly forced upon him a clear head a brave heart on an earnest patriotism anoy an high ideals of public duty and publio service true to the principles of th republican party ard to the dutle duties 3 10 t which the party hod declared he 1 also I las shown himself ready tor for every emergency and has ham met new and vital questions with ability and with success th cor ald ce of the leonle in ill hl a justice inspired by his public career wm r elrd rt mm him in render personally an inestimable service to the country u try by about a of the c oal coal strike which Cd such puch disastrous results at the opening of the winter or of did 1902 0 f pou v arder his nd administration minla tins has not only ben able vigorous and dignified but in the highest degree ful th aim afons which arose in arre fettled in uch ft 1 way hv bv roosevelt that the darine waa vinal 31 ted ard and tho anil caire e or nf peace and abbl tr arlon afon greatly advanced his t and vigorous action in prama which wp we in the nighat nigh at term ro rot t or lv to us the c ani rout hut but vp dd foreign campil 1 which might have been of 1 a verv serious ne ite haq h coni and in ohp 0 cf d rit mainley Mc Inley in th ord ard our in china I 1 by our recent commercial I 1 treav with that empire has never been I 1 so BO high ire ile the tribunal by which the th eard nod ard norlin ner llois lis wip tion rt of he alas waa final ettler whenever crimes humanity linao ben been b en fitch which havo have shocked eur ur peri per I hn h protest h ha been rondo ard our rc q have boen been ten dred hut but al alas As with due regard to in to eions under under hn gul ud dirce irce we ald fl ourselves tit nt pence peace with nil fill the world ard and never were we gnor r e or ovir wishes anro b bv forrin n nation nation pre P acce in regard r ard to our foreign re latona he h hns been equally fartunato in dealing with domestic bucs tion aiom the th country has brown that the public credit and tho th nat rint loTin ional curre nev ans absolutely safe io in the hard of cit his edmini in the enforcement of the tha laws lawa lie his rhawn not boniv courage nBC but the wi aldom dorn which birder bands that to permit lawi to be violated or dire di re ir crded opera open the door to anarchy while the lust just of tho the law la is the nur dept cor erviti m lie ile haq held firmly to the th americ Amerl cin in doctrine that all pien ien mirt milet oly the law thore may be tin no distinction between rich ard poor r between and wank nit bt that nod equal rt protection antee tho th I lw iw w anut hp be to every volt without hout regard recard to race cr ard 4 or 01 erdl ml III tr finn tin bar ha V haan en thor 1 I if ard hr h im bl li h hh h irdi d and i it etli 1 I em d 1 1 it I w i tit lit trotter aloft to the c I ju dament of i i the american people |