Show republican PLATFORM adopted by the national convention at minneapolis june 10 the representative representatives of 0 the republicans of the tb united baates in gener general 1 convention on the shore ol 01 the river the everlasting bond ot of an indestructible republic whose most gorious gor lous chapter of 0 hist ra is the record 0 the republican party congratulate their n on the maj site march of the ration nation under the banners inscribed with the plea ol 01 our platform plat lorm ol 01 vindicated by victory at the polls and prosperity I 1 in U nui our fields workshops and mines and male make the following declaration of principles first we rr attire the american doctrine of protection vie we call attention to its growth abroad ati road we e maintain that tho the prosperous condition ot of our country li Is largely due ue to the tile wee revenue ol the republican congress wo we believe hint that all articles which cannot be produced in the united r tate except luxuries should be admitted almit ted free of duty and that on all import imports aming in competition with the products of american labor there should be levied duties equal to tho the difference between bages abroad and at home we assert that the prices of manufactured articles ol 01 general consumption hie have apen reduced under the tile operations of tho 1830 we denounce the efforts of 0 the democratic majority of the house of representatives to destroy our tariff laws piecemeal ai Is manifested by their attacks U upon don wool lead and lead ore ores the chief products ot of a number of slates state sand and wo we aalthe ask ahe people lor for their judgment judea ieni thereon second M cupol e pot it t to the success ot of the republican policy of reciprocity under which our export trade ha hall vastly increased and new and enlarged markets have been opened for or the products product of our farms and workshops vo we remind the people ol 01 the bitter opposition ot of the democratic party to this practical business measure and claim that executed by a republican administration our present laws will eventually give us control of the trade ol 01 the world third the american people from front tradition and interest favor bi and the republican party demands the use ol 01 both gold and silver il heras as standard money with such restriction restrictions and under uch such provisions to be determined ter mined by legislation is will swill secure the maintenance of the parity of 0 values ot of the two met ah als so tatt the Far purchasing chasing and debt pax pacing ing bovet of the dollar dolar i whether fillar ilav fill vr r gold 0 id or paper hall beat be all times equal theia li ests 0 I 1 the he P producers reducers cers of 0 the country its farmers and demand that every dollar paper or coin issued by the government obal shall caper be e as g good 0 od as any other we commend the wise a and 1 d patriotic steps already taken by our government to secure an international conference to 10 adopt elicit such measures meas urea as W will insure a parity of laue value between rold and silver tor for use us mone money throughout the world fou fourth raj ve we demand that every citizen of the tile united states shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all pubic elections and that such ballot shall b bi i counted and returned as cast that such laws hall shall be enacted and enforced as will elure to cey citi citizen zeu be he rich or poor native or foreign born 1 white I or black this sovereign right guaranteed by the constitution the tree free and bonest honest popular ballot the just juit and equal gen sen tation of all the people KS as well its a their lust just and slid equal protection under the laws are the foundation ot of our republican institutions and the party will never relax its efforts until the integrity Integ rny of the ballot and the purity of 0 elections shall be fully guaranteed granteed aran teed and protected in every state e denounce the continued inhuman outrages perpetrated on american citizens for p reasons in certain cra stater of the union fifth we favor the extension of our foreign cominer cf tho the restoration of our mercantile marine by home built ships and the creaton creation of a navy tor for toe the prot protection action of our national interests and the honor 0 of f our flag rag the maintenance of the most friendly relations with all foreign powers entangling alliances with none and slid the protection of ane rights of our hermen fishermen fl biath we reaffirm our approval of the slon on it roe doctrine and believe in ili the achievement of the manifest maul fest destiny of the republic in n its broades bevente ae we favor the enactment ot of more stringent law sand regulations for the re restriction of criminal pauper and contract immigration eighth we favor efficient legislation by congress to protect the life and limbs ot of employees of transportation companies engaged in carrying g on interstate commerce and recommend legislation by the respective states that will protect employees engage engaged d in state cm commerce merce in mining and manufacturing ninth ahe republican pirty has always been the champion of the and lecog re cog cizes the dignity of manhood irrespective il f faith color or nationality it sympathizes with the cause of homo home rulo in Ir ireland elAud and protests against the persecution of tho the jew jews in russia russa tenh the ultimate reliance of free popular government Is the intelligence of the people and the maintenance of freedom among men we jve therefore declare aidt anew v our devotion devo tiou to liberty of thought and conscience coris clence of speech and press e s s and find at ai prove proe all agencies and biffi t t s which contribute cou tribute to the tile education ct of the cil couldren coll dren ildren of the land but while insisting asting upon the ful fullest leitt measure of religious liberty we are opposed to aur any union of church and state eleventh we reaffirm our opposition declared in the republican platform of 1888 to all combinations of 0 capital in ili trusts or otherwise to control arbitrarily the condition ol 01 trade among our citizens we heartily indorse the action already taken upon this issue andrit and ask tor for suh su h further legislation as may may be required to renedy remedy any any defects in existing laws jaws and to render their enforcement more complete and efre effective tive twelfth we approve the policy of extending to towns villages and rural communities the advantages of the free delivery service now en 30 loved gd by the larger cities of the country and re rm th declaration contained in the republican platform of 18 pledging the reduction of letter kostige to one cent at possible moment consistent with the maintenance of the pos office deportment and the highest cla claig 11 ol 01 tal servi Eer vi thirteenth wo vo commend tho the spirit and arid evidence of reform in the civil bervice and consistent enforcement by the republican party of the laws regulating the same fourteenth the construction of the nicaragua canal Is of abe highest lilg hest importance to the american people but as ass a measure of national defense and to build up and american commerce it should be controlled by the united government fifteenth we favor fa or the admission of the re in 11 wing territories at the earliest practicable date havenor due regard to the inter fits of the le of 01 the t territories and arid of the united ala mates all the federal appointed for the territories should be sil bel eted ted froia from lle tile bona fide reAl residents dents thereof and the right of i elf government erol nent should bo accorded as s far aj practicable sixteenth we e favor casion subject to the homestead laws lairs of tho tile arid public le lands to the states and territories in ili which they tiley lie ile under tinder such restrictions as 98 to lion lon reclamation and find occupancy by beall rs ro as w will I 1 11 secure the maximum to the people seventeenth tho worlds columbian ex exposition st tion Is ajsa great national nalo oal undertaking and coo con greab p promptly enact duch reasonable lt gi in 1 aid as ai will insure a dish e ra ang of the arid obligations incident d tit thereto stud the at talu ment of result results commensurate meno with the dignity and progress of the ta nation eighteenth in temperance we sympathize w with till all wae and I 1 g amate to lemix and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote morality binet nineteenth e anth fer mindful ot of the services an and d fac of the men who saved tho the lite 11 ie ol 01 the nation Nai loii we pledge anew to the veteran ka 01 oldies of the 1116 actu lie a it watchful cre care and recognition of their just claims upon a grateful peor people le twentieth tw we coram commend ni the able patriotic an and d thoroughly amerlan amerl an administration of 0 I 1 r r a n under it the country has enjoyed remark remarkably ablo pro prosperity and the dignia dignity it and honor of the nat nation nt t hone home and gild abr have been faith fully maintained and we offer abe record of plede il edg ke kept as all a guarantee of faithful I 1 performance e lorm anft lu in t the C future |