Show DECLARATION OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES I Fifty Fity years ago ng the party I camo came Into existence dedicated among i other purposes to lo tho the great greut task taRk of ot or resting the tho extension of ot human hUlun slavery In 1860 It elected Its 18 first president During DurIn 21 I 1 of ot the 14 H years vears which have ive elapsed the election of ot Lincoln the time Republican party has hns hold complete te control of ot the tho government For 18 it 1 more of ot tho the It H ymca years It has mis held hel partial control through tho the possession of it one otto or two brandies branches of ot the time government while time the Democratic party pur during the tho same famo period has hns had hod complete completo control for tor only two tWI years This long bug tenure of ot power by IJ tho the Republican party Is II not nut duo to chafe It t la IS II n a demonstration that the tho Republican patty party has hns com corn commanded the confidence of ot the tho American people for tor nearly two generations to a u degree never hover equalled In our history his tor and mit has hll displayed a 1 high hh capacity toe for rule government which hau haa been berti bell made condo even een more ore conspicuous by b the tha Incapacity ant and Infirmity IY of ot purI shown by IH Its Is opponents The Tho Republican party entered upon Its 10 present period of oe complete COl pie Ie hu tu IU In 1691 We have every ever right to congratulate ourselves upon ulon the tho work since tutu accomplished ll for tor It to the tho traditions has hns added luster luoler even oen of ot the port party carried time tho govern meat through the storms of ot civil war AFTEU DEMOCRATIC Dg HU the country after We Wo then found Iter four years of ot Democratic rule In evil etl 0 plight oppressed with misfortune and al wih doubtful of ot the future Public C dl has hns ms been boost 10 the revenues I U el were scare the declining the tho debt was growing administrations attitude towards Spain was 11 feeble and Mie 11 he stan standard dard of ot values was n threatened and un on 11 certain labor WISH was crippled business which had hod was sync sunk In the tho depression lion succeeded the panic annie of ot 1803 18 3 hope hOlle was sync taint faint and ond confidence was 1 gone UNHAPPY CONDITIONS MET mT We met mot conditions vig sig vigorously ht effectively and alone We Se re replaced 11 placed a Democratic tariff law lass based on tree free trade principles and garnished with protection by n a 1 protective tar tarlet lit let and Industry freed treed from oppression and t stimulated by b the encouragement of ot wise wine laws lawn uric lias expanded toa ta t n do de degroo known Imon has cost con conquered groo greo nover naser before COl new markets not has hl created a volume of ot exports which line has his our cur surpassed a Imagination Under the Ding Dingley Dingley passed ley icy tariff labor has hns been fully employed Wages have hMo risen and all ni Industries have revived prospered GOLD STANDARD We Wo firmly established the gold stand standard ard ari which wart then therm menaced with n Confidence returned to business and with wih confidence nn on un unexampled exampled For deficient rev rv nu supplemented by Improvident of ot bonds bondi Ve ne t Income which pro produced gave no the tho country count in no In onil which en enabled ii n 55 1 large Inre Il bled n us UR only four years yens otter after RUeI the tho lib Jb var a bad cio 4 to over ove overS S of ot annual war taxes reduce the tho public debt and nod lower the tho Interest charges of ot tho the government Tho The credit which hint had been so 1 lowered that In time of ot peace a u Democratic administration nina large la loans at nt extravagant rates of ot Interest Int l t tIn In order to pay po 10 current expenditure rose under Republican administration to Its ts highest point and enabled us shi lS to tl time of ot borrow horrow nt at lt 2 per cent even een In Si 1 ar nr ii C SET FT ET CUlL UnA FRET FRETto Wo We refused to palter ller longer lon er with the tha nl of or Cuba Wo c 0 fought taught n a 1 Mick nod vigorous war M with wills Spain Wo We set Mt Cuba Cuhl free governed tho the Island for tor three thre and then cave gase CIe It to 10 the Cuban people with order r lorel with ample revenues with education and publIc health established tree freo front debt amid Ild connected with tho the United t States by wise provisions for tor or our mutual Inter Interests Interests ests TIlE THE PHILIPPINES I S Se We Vo e have hav organized the government of ot Porto Rico nod and Its people now no enjoy Il joy pence hence freedom order and It prosperity In 11 the Philippines wo o have ed Id Insurrection established llah hed order and old given to 10 lifo and property n a 1 i never ne cr known there before WO O 0 hose have hlo I organized civil government made 1111 It civi effective strong In its administration have hao conferred upon the Lisa people of ot Islands the Ih largest t civil liberty Ib they Ihl hase hn over Iel enjoyed Hy I ly our 0 of ot the Iho Philippines Phi I I we I were tumbled to take prompt and amid of the iso lo he effective In the relief lt nt at and a n part partin In preventing tho the partition and the tho lire serving of ot tim Integrity of ot China A DREAM DM M FULFILLED D Th Tb possession of ot a n route for tor or nn an ni lath Isthmian minim mian canal mi so long lent the tho dream of ot Ameri Macri American Amer Is 18 now tin an accomplished can 1 11 eom fact The Tho great groat t work of ot con connecting the Pacific anti and Atlantic oceans by h n ti canal IH is at nt last begun helln it Is duo due to tho Republican party narty ARID AmU LAND IA D LAWS Wo Vi have paused laws which will wil bring the arid lands lunds of o the tho United States Hta Is within the area IJ of ot cultivation We e hlo reorganized the army minI and put pitt U It In Irs the thu highest stain of ot We I have ne passed laws for tor time the t Im Improvement provement and und support of ot limo tho militia We have pushed forward the building of ot the 1110 navy nan imaS the Ihl defense defence anti and the probe tied lon of ot our honor anti Interests WHEAT DEPARTMENTS Our Administration of the great de do of o the government has hO been hottest honest and wll wrong Iong has hM been bern discovered the tho Republican ad 01 administration adminIstratIon ministration has hn not hesitated he to probe proba tho the evil CI and nn brinK bring the offenders to Jus Justice Ju tIre tice without regard to 10 party or political poll cal ties tl Laws enacted by b the Republic lie lic tn n party which the th Democratic party failed to enforce und and which were cro In Intended intended tended for tor the protection of ot th the public against the unjust discrImInation ot of the tho encroachment of ot vast aggregations gols of ot o capital have been fearlessly enforced by b a IL Republican president nail and now cow nw IWI ensuring responsible publicity ns na a to 10 the operation of ot great ireat corpora corporations lono anti providing additional remedies tot for to tho the prevention of ot discrimination lon In lit 11 freight rates rale have been passed by a 1 Re nee Republican publican Congress A RECORD OF O ACHIEVEMENTS during In lit this record of ot the Ihl past eight years may mn he read rent the Pledges which time the Republican party has fulfilled We propose to continue this principle and In 1 we 1 declare our con slant plant adherence to 10 the tho following prin principles principles Protection which guards anti devel deel develops ops opi our Industries Is 10 n a cardinal carlna policy party The Time measure of or the tho Republican of ot protection should always at nt least equal the difference In the tho cost coot of ot pro production po at nt homo and amid abroad We e Insist upon Ullon the time maintenance of ot the principles of ot protection anti and therefore rates ratos of ot 1111 should bo ho ane readjusted only when whon conditions have Imae Pt FO o changed NI that the limp tion Interest demands rands their altera alteration CANT TRUST DEMOCRATS DE limit Hut this work cnn can not smut safely steh be he com committed commuted muted to any misty other oilier hands bonus tuRn than those of ot timo tho Republican party part To fo entrust It to 10 the Democratic party Is I to 10 Invite Inte duster disaster dl a ter Whether an as I In 1 2 the III Dem Iem Democratic Jem pOrt party declared time tho protective tariff unconstitutional or whether It demand tariff reform or tariff revision us Its IR real o ert jeet Is 1 ii always the tho destruction tion f tic the e protective system lon I However specious the name the tho pur put purpose pose pope Is ever thy the 11 same caine A Democratic tariff linn line always been followed by bud busi budness ness adversity a I Republican tariff by b prosperity To a II Republican antI a n Republican president this great question cnn cats bo bu safely feiy In trusted When Shen the only emily tree free trade country among the great nations agi agitates I tates a is return to protection the IhA chief country rould not falter Jn III maintaining It It FOREIGN FOI ION MARKETS Wo e 0 have extended widely our foreign market and o til we WI believe helle In time the adoption n tInts tion of ot nil 11 practicable methods for tor their further extension Including wherever reciprocal reciprocity cal arrangements can cnn bo he effected con cost consistent Rl teu with the principles of ot protection mind and without wih Injury to 10 American agri agriculture Isrl Amer American AmerIcol culture American labor or any ny least ican Industry MAINTAIN Tl GOLD OO STANDARD Wo Wu believe It I to bo 10 time the duty ot or tho time Republican party to uphold the tho gold gol standard anti and the integrity and value Rlue of ot our national currency The Tho manIa main maintenance of or the gold lold standard established t 1 sh I by hy the tho Republican parly party can cannot cannot cannot not safely bo be committed to 10 the Ih Doom Demo Democratic DIlo erotic cratic ern tc party which resisted 1 Its IA adoll lion inn anil hits has never ner given any proof prot protIn since ity In to o that Hint tt it time of ot belief belet In It I or fidel Idel fidelity I I AMERICAN While every other Industry has hRs pros prospered pored erNI under tinder r the tho fostering aid nl 1 of ot Re Republican publican legislation American Amerlean shipping engaged In foreign trade In competition lion tion lon with wih the time low loss cost of ot construction low law wages wage and heavy subsidies of ot for tor foreign I eign een governments ha has hal not for Cor many man years received front from the th government of ot the time United States Slates adequate encourage encouragement ment shoOt of lt any ammy an kind We WI e therefore favor legislation leg I toil which will Sr 1 Ill encourage und and ml iiI build up tsp the American merchant mar marine marIne ine lime and wn isa I cordially approve the leg legislation III which cre created 1 of the hue lat last Congress cited the time marine scion to 10 Ii Investigate and report Cohort upon Opal 01 this Ills subject 11 I A POWERFUL NAY NAVY NAYA A Y YA I A navy nl powerful enough to In defend time the United against any an attack doctrine and itt to tn uphold mm th the Monroe ti a watch over 11 our Or commerce Is to tho tiso and tint thu welfare of ot tile the Asimor least people e To fo maintain a sh oh oha n a nn M nitty vy Y Is 18 tho time ull policy oll nf nt the Republican leash lican I party y EXCLUSION 1 OF Ol CHINESE eINI SI We WI c approve time the Ihl attitude of or President and M In iii tl regard to In time the th exclusion of nt Chinese hiMI la In labor habet bet bor and promise Iso a mm continuance I of or the thu 11 In Iii direction dIrect hum Republican policy imol Icy II that Ihal CIVIL 11 SERVICE LAW JAW I A Ahr The hr civil service law 11 ws WA placed on time the Ihl statute hooks books hok hy by the Republican party whirl Uns isac hlll always It I and wo WI renew nur former that It shall shah hll be ho thoroughly and honestly honell enforced en 0 seoul PENSIONS We Ve nn HI is re mindful m uI mu 11 til ot of limit 1111 onn OUI tn debt leht to In the tim soldier sailors of or o time Iho United States Sin I and 1111 we sue l In 11 1 A II ample provision for tor them and a In II I is hue Ihl I liberal I I administration itil omi uit lt tho time pension lol laws INTERNATIONAL iNTEl A Wo e favor time tile settlement of ot International I ii I dl by iy arbitration mm ADMINISTRATION AIM Wo so cornmeal commend tho time vigorous I orol efforts made by h tho Iho administration to protect Americium American In iii II foreign lands 1111 pudge ourselves to 10 Insist upon time tho Just mid equal protection of ot all oi our Ol polls abroad It i h In tho the unquestioned duty of ot the tue government to 10 procure for tor nit all ni our omit without distinction th thi rights of cit ft travel and ald sojourn In iii II friendly countries amid we declare Oll lf In iii II favor that fn end ell of or mill all 11 proper roer efforts tending lo to POLICY IN I CHINA Our great groat Interests our row grow InK ing e in Iii 11 time the Ihl orient render the tho condition of ot China im of ot It Importance I to the tue th United Unite Wo Ye 0 commend tho tile policy pursued in iii 11 that direction by h the administration of ot resIdents Presidents I 1111 Roosevelt I DISFRANCHISEMENT We e favor such congressional action as shall shah determine whether by h I special epochal discriminations time the elective franchise II iii n any nn has imas been unconstitutional ly b United and amid If Ie such Is tho timo I caw cn e we wo demand that representation in iii Con Coat greas nod In him the th electoral college shall bo ho proportionately reduced as IR directed by b States estates the constitution of oC tho time United CAPITAL AND ANI AN LABOR Combinations of o it capital mad and ot of labor inter are 1110 the Iho results of or tho time economic move ment mont of at o the age o IN hut but neither must be bl to 10 upon the tha rights f time the p plo when lawfully tul formed for tor lawful purposes are arc nr alike entitled to the time protection of ot time the laws las but both holh ore tiro subject to 10 time the laws and neither cnn can bo be permitted to break bInk them thorn WILLIAM I f fhe TIme The he great rent statesman nod patriotic American William McKinley who wan OA reelected by b time tho Republican party to time tho presidency four years eRS ago was WIO as just at lit time the threshold of ot lila his seCOnd R term Tho Tue entire nation mourned his imis hi untimely 1111 death droll anti mIld did that Justice to great qualities 1111 of ot mind and RII character which history will wi confirm mind repent repel HIS 1115 IS SUCCESSOR lAu Time Tho tV People wom fortunate In mis successor to 10 whom truant they turned lurl I lurl with Wil n a trust anti and confidence which have hao been fully tUlly justified Pre I en brought to 10 time the great reat ro re ibn I fr d upon him a n clear head bend a 0 bravo heart heri an aim In earnest patriotism anti ot of public duty anti and service True to time the principles of ot tho time Republican It party part arid and to 10 the tho duties duleA to vS cl time the hind Imd declared he ho also Im has hns lown holn himself ready rod for fOl Os every overy emergency and has mIl met mita and ond vital wit wIth ability anti with lh success CONFIDENCE CONI IN HIM l r Tho The confidence nf ot the tho people In his justice i 1 hil imis 1 public c career carer re I en allied aided him butt to 10 render renor personally an all In ps service to the tho country by h about a 0 or of time tho strike which such 1011 results itt at Ihl time opening ot of the winter II iii 1902 Ills HIS FOREIGN POLICY Our foreign toI policy po I under his admin has IS not nol only emily been able vig sig hr |