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Show PLATFORM ADOPTED REPUBLICANS DECLARE THEIR POLICY FOR COMING ELECTION. Efforts to Regulate Trusts Approved, Gold Standard Upheld, Protection Declared Cardinal Policy of the Party, Powerful Navy Advocated. Tho flrst day's proceedings of tho Republican National convention nt .Chicago, was carried out llko clockwork, clock-work, not a discordant noto being ounded. An organization wns perfected per-fected preparatory to tho adoption of a platform and tho making of nominations nomi-nations In tho succeeding days of tho convention. Tho kcynoto to tho cnmpalgn of ,1901 was sounded by Ellhu Root In "his speech ns temporary chairman. Ills address was n review of tho accomplishments ac-complishments of tho present ndmln-lstratlon ndmln-lstratlon nnd a defenso of Republican policies In gcncrnl. Whon thnt hnd been delivered nnd tho vnrlous working work-ing committees dispatched to their labors la-bors tho business of tho session wns completed. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon wns tho control flguro nt tho second day's session ses-sion of tho Republican National convention. con-vention. From the stnndpolnt of political importance im-portance tho adoption of tho pnrty plntform was tho event of tho day. It contained declarations of party policy that aro to form tho basis of much of tho oratory In tho coming campnlgn. nni'unLicAN piatfohm. following Is tho platform adopted by tho Itepubllcan national convention: Mfty years ngo the Republican party came Into existence dedlcnted among other purposes to the grcnt task of arresting ar-resting the extension of hutnnn slavery. In 1SG0 It elected Its llrtU president During Dur-ing twenty-four of the forty-four years whlrh havo elnped since the election of Lincoln, the Republican pnrtv hns bold complcto control of the government. For eighteen moro of the forty-four yonrs Jt hns held partial control through tho possession of one or two branches of tho government, while the Democratic pnrty during tho samo period has had complete com-plete control for only two years. This long tenure of power by tho Republican part Is not duo to chance. It Is a demonstration dem-onstration that tho Republican party hns commanded the confidence of the American Ameri-can pooplo for nearly two generations to n degree never equalled In our history, and has displayed a high capacity for rulo ond government which has been made even moro conspicuous bv the Incapacity In-capacity and Infirmity of purposo shown by Its opponents. iho Republican party entered upon Its present period of completo supremacy In IROf. We have every right to congrnt-ulato congrnt-ulato ourselves upon the work since then accomplished, for It hos ndded luster even to the traditions of tho party which carried the government through tho storms of civil war. We then found tho country after four prenrs of Democratic rule In evil plight, oppressed with misfortune nnd doubtful of tho future. Public credit had been lowered, tho revenues were declining. ,the debt growing, tho administration's attitude toword Spain wns feeble and mortifying, the standard of values was threatened and uncertain, lnbor was crippled, business wns sunk In the depression de-pression which had succeeded the panic of 1S03; hope was faint and confldenco wns gone. Wo met theso unhappy conditions vigorously, vig-orously, effectively nnd nlnno. Wo re-plnced re-plnced n Democratic tariff law based on free trade principles nnd garnished with sectional protection by n protective tnrlff nnd Industry, which freed from oppression oppres-sion and stimulated by tho encouragement encourage-ment of wise lnws. hns expanded to n degree de-gree never beforo known, has conquered new mnrkets and lina created a volumo of exports which has surpnssed Imagination. Imagina-tion. ITndcr the Dlngley tariff labor has been fully employed. Wages havo risen and nil Industries havo revived and prospered. Wo firmly established tho gold standard stand-ard which was then menaced with destruction. de-struction. Confidence returned to busl-ncrs, busl-ncrs, nnd with confldenco an unexampled prosperity. For deficient revenues, supplemented by Improvident Issues of bonds, wo gnvo, tho country on Incomo which produced a largo surplus, nnd which enabled us onlv four years nfter tho Bnnnlsh war hnd closed to remove over JlOO.noo.Oflfl of nnnunl wnr taxes, reduce tho public debt nnd lower the Interest charges of the government. The public credit, which hnd been so lowered that In time of pence a Demo-critlo Demo-critlo ndmlnlstrtlon made largo loans nt extravngant rntes of Interest In order to pay current expenditures, rose under .Henubllcnn administration to Its highest point nnd enabled us to borrow nt 2 per cent even In tlmo of war. We refused to palter longer with tho miseries of Cuba, Wo fought n quick r.-n vi'-nrau1' wnr with Bnnln. Wo set Cuba free, governed the Islnnd for three years nnd then gave It to the Cuban people peo-ple with order restored, with ample revenues, rev-enues, with education nnd public henlth estnhlMied, free from debt nnd connected connect-ed with the United Stntes by wlso provisions pro-visions for our mutunl Interests. We hve orgnnl7cd the government of Porto Rico nnd Its peonle now enjoy pence freedom, order and prosnerltv In tho Philippines we linve suppressed riirreetlnn. established order nnd glvr l life nnd nropertv n security nfver known thero befnre. Yn have organlred civil f;ovomment. innde It effertlve and strong n irtlntMrotlnn, nnd hnve conferred upon tlio twpnln of thoo Islands tho lr-st civil liberty they havo ever enjoyed. en-joyed. lly our possesion of tho Philippines wo were onnblrd to tnko prompt nnd cf. feetlvo action In tho relief of tho legations lega-tions nt P"'-ln. nnd a deel-lve pnrt In proventlng the partition nrd tho preserver preserv-er of tho Integrity of China. The possession of n routo for nn Isthmian Isth-mian cnnnl so long tho dream of American Ameri-can ptatomorhlp. Is now nn neenm-pllshed neenm-pllshed f-ot. The grcnt work of connecting connect-ing the Pec'flc nril Atlantic ocenns by a canal Is nt Inst begun, and It Is duo to ti Jienubllcnn nnrty. Wo hnve passed laws which will brine the nrld land" rf thp 1'nltrd Stntes within with-in he area of cultivation. We have reorganised the army nnd put It In tho highest state of ofnenev W hnve pnsed laws for tho Improvement Improve-ment nnd support of the mllltln. Wo havo pushed forward the bi.ildtmr of the navy, tho defen-e and tho protection protec-tion of our honor nnd Interests. Our nrt-"lnltrntlon of the grent departments depart-ments of the government hns been honest and efficient, nnd wherever wrong has been dlpcovered tho Republican administration admin-istration hns not hcsltnted to probe the evil nnd brlni? the offenders to Justice without regard to party or political ties. Laws enacted bv the Renuhllcnn Tarty I which tho Democratic party failed to enforce nnd which were Intended for the protection of the publ'c ngnlnst tho unjust un-just discrimination of the Illegal en-cronehment en-cronehment of "nst mrrrcgnt'ons of enp-Ital enp-Ital hnve been fnrleslv enforced by a Republican pre-'dpnt nnd new laws ensuring en-suring res-errlhle puhllcltv ns to tho o"emtlon cf grent corporations nnd pro-Vldlni- nf!,pinnl re rdles for tho prevention pre-vention of rtipHmnntlnn In f-chrht rates linvo been passed by a Republican con-eres. con-eres. In this record of achievements durlnc the rinrf light vears mov bo rtnd tho pUteai whb'h the Republican patty haa fitlnlled. We propose to' continue Ihl principle, and we declnre our constant ndheropeo to the following principles: Protection which guards and dovolopi our Industries Is a cnrdlnnl policy of the Republican pnrty Tho mensuro of protection pro-tection should nlwoys ot least equal tho difference In the cost of production at homo nnd nbrnnd We Insist upon tho maintenance of the principles of protection protec-tion and therefore rates of duty should bo readjusted only when conditions hnva so changed thnt the public Interest demands de-mands their alteration. Hut this work cannot safely be committed com-mitted to any other hnnds than thoso of the Republican party. To entrust It to tho Democrntlc pnrty Is to Invito disaster. disas-ter. Whether ns In 1RI2 tho Demncrntlo parly declared the protective tariff unconstitutional, un-constitutional, or whether It demands tariff reform or tnrlff relslon. Its real object Is always the destruction of tha protective system. However specious tho name, the purpose pur-pose Is ever the same. A Democratlo tariff has nlways been followed by business busi-ness adversity; a Republican tariff by business prosperity. To a Republican congress nnd u Republican president this great question can be safely Intrusted. When the only free trade country among tho grent nntlons ngttnted a return to protection the chief protective country should not falter In maintaining It. Wo havo extended widely our foreign mnrkets and wo believe In tho ndnptlor. of nil practicable methods for their further fur-ther extension. Including commercial reciprocity rec-iprocity wherever reciprocal nrrange-ments nrrange-ments can be effected consistent with tho principles of protection nod without In-lurv In-lurv to American agriculture. American labor or anv American Industrv. We believe It to be the duty of the Re-publican Re-publican pnrtv to uphold the gold stnnd-ard stnnd-ard and tho Integrity nnd value of our natlonnl currencv The maintenance of the gold standard, established bv tho Itepubllcan partv. cannot snfelv be committed com-mitted to the Democrntlc pnrty. which resisted lis ndoptlon nnd hns never given nny proof since that tlmo of belief In It, or fidelity to It. Whllo every other Industrv hns prospered pros-pered under the fostering nld of Republican Repub-lican legislation. American shipping engaged en-gaged In foreign trndo In competition with the low cost of construction, low wnges nnd henvv subsidies of foreign governments, has not for mnnv vears received re-ceived from tho government of the United Unit-ed Stntes ndequato encourngement of anv kind. Wo therefore favor legislation which will encourage nnd build up the American merchant mnrlno nnd wo cor-dlni.y cor-dlni.y approve tho legislation of the last congress which crcnted the merchant marlno commission to Investigate nnd report upon this subject. . .. A nnvy powerful enough to nerena me United States against nny nttnek. to uphold up-hold tho Monroo doctrine and watch over our commerce Is essentUl to tho safety and the welfnro of tho American pcorle. To maintain such a navy Is tho llxed policy of the Republican partv. Wo cordially approve tho attitude of President Roosevelt nnd congress In regard re-gard to the exclusion of Chlneso lnbor and promise a contlnunnco of tho Republican Re-publican policy In that direction. Tho civil servlco law was placed on the stntuto books by tho Itepubllcan party, which has always sustained It, and wo renew our former declarations thnt It shall bo thoroughly and honestly enforced. en-forced. Vo nro always mindful of tho country s debt to tho soldiers nnd sailors of tho United States anil wo bcllovo In making nmplo provision for them und In tho 11b-cral 11b-cral administration of tho pension laws. Wo favor tho peaceful settlement of International difficulties by arbitration. Wo commend tho vigorous efforts mado by tho administration to protect American Amer-ican citizens In foreign lnnds, and pledge ourselves to Insist upon tho JubI nnd equal protection of a our citizens abroad. It Is tho unquestlonlzcd duty of tho government to procuro for all our citizens, without distinction, tho rights oi travel nnd sojourn In friendly countries coun-tries nnd wo declnre oursclvea In favor of all proper efforts tending to that end. Our great interests and our growing commerce In tho Orient render tho condition con-dition of China of high Importance to tho United Stntes. Wo cordially commend com-mend the policy pursued In thnt direction direc-tion by tho ndmlnlstrntlon ot Presidents McKlnley nnd Root tvclt. Wo favor such congressional action as shnll determine whether by special discriminations dis-criminations tho elective frnnchlso In any stato hus been unconstitutionally limited, nnd U such Is tho caso wo do-mnnd do-mnnd thnt representation In congress nnd in tho elecloral collcgo shall be proportionately pro-portionately reduced ns directed by tho constitution of tho United States. Combinations of cnpltnl nnd of labor nro tho results of tho economic movement move-ment of tho ngo, but neither must bo permitted to lnfrlngo upon tho rights and Interests of tho people. Such combinations, com-binations, when lawfully formed for lawful law-ful puruposes, aro nllko entitled to tho protection of tho laws, but both nro subject to tho lnws and neither enn bo permitted to break them. Tho groat stutcsmnn nnd pntrlotlo American, Wllllnm McKlnley, who was re-elected by the Republican party to tho presidency four yenr ngo, was assassinated as-sassinated JUBt nt the threshold of his second term. Tho entlro nation mourned his untimely death and did that Justlco to his great qualities of mind and character char-acter which history will confirm nnd repeat. re-peat. Tho American pcoplo were fortunate In his successor, to whom they turned with a trust nnd confldenco which hnvo been fully Justified. President Roosevelt brought to tho grent responsibilities thus sndly forced upon htm n clear head, a bravo heart, on earnest patriotism nn high Ideals of public duty nnd publlo service True to tho principles of th Republlcnn party and to tho duties to which the pnrty hnd declared, ho also lias shown himself ready for every emergency nnd hns met new and vital questions with ability nnd with success. The confldenco of tho people In his Justice, Inspired by his publlo career, enabled him to render personnlly nn In-estimable In-estimable service to tho country by bringing nbnut a settlement of tho coal strike, which threatened such dlsnstrous results at the opening of the winter of IVK. Our foreign pnllev under his ndmlnlstrntlon ndmlnls-trntlon hns not only been nblo, vigorous and dignified, but In the highest degrco successful. Th complicated questions which nroso In Venezuela were settled In such n way bv President Roosevelt thnt the Monroo doctrlno wns signally vindicated vindi-cated nnd the causo of pcaco and arbitration arbi-tration greatly advanced. His prompt and vigorous nctlon In Pnnnma, which wo commend In the highest terms, not onlv secured to us the cnnnl route, but avoided foreign complications compli-cations which might have been of n very serious character. He hns con-tinned con-tinned the pollcv of President McKlnley In tho Orient, and our position In China, signalized bv our recent commercial trontv with that empire, has never been no high. He secured tho tribunal by which th vexed nnd perilous ouestlon of ho Alaskan Alas-kan boundary was flnnllv settled. Whenever crimes against humanity hnvo been perpetrated which havo shocked our people, his protest has been mado and our good oillces have been tendered, ten-dered, but nlw-ivs with due regard to International In-ternational obligations. Under his guidance wo find ourselves nt peaco with all the world and never wcro we more respected or our wishes moro regnrdrd bv foreign nations. Pre-eminently successful In regard to our foreign relntlons. he has hven equally fortunate In dealing with domestic questions. ques-tions. The country baa known thnt tho public credit ond tho natlonnl currency wns absolutely snfo In tho hands of hi" ndmlnlstrntlon. In the enforcement of the laws he has shown not only courage, but tho wl'dom which understnnds that to permit laws to bo violated or dlcre-garded dlcre-garded opens the door to nnarchy, whllo tho Just enforcement of tho law Is the soundest conservatism. Ho has held firmly to the fundamental American doe-trine doe-trine th.it all men must obey tho law, thnt there may bo nn distinction between -loll and poor, between strong and wenk, but that Justice and fqunl protection protec-tion tinder the Inw must bo secured to everv citizen without regard to raco, creed or condition. Ills ndmlnlstrntlon has been thorough, virornjis and honornbln. high-minded slid nntrlotlo Wo commend It without reservation reser-vation to the considerate Judgment of tho American pcoplo. |