Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1894 — Republican Platform. [ARTICLE]

Republican Platform.

■We, the Republicans-of Indiana, in delegate convention assembled, reaffirm our faith in tlie progressive principles of tire Republican party. We believe its policies, past and present, best calculated to iwoinote the happiness- and prosperity of tiie people. The administration of President Harrison and the Congressional legislation of thab party were: wisp, pure and patriotic, and we point "to the contrast between the home and foreign policies of that administration—and the travesty oh government inflicted on file whole people. We believe in tlie Republican doctrine of reciprocity, which furnishes a home Market for Jlie-productions.-irLmur. factories andour farms and protects tlie American laborer against the pauper labor of Europe. We denounce the unwise and unpatriotic action of the Democratic party in attempting to climate the reciprocity ■ principle from our tariff system, thereby closing a large foreign market to products of American i farmers and depressing agricultural interests. I We denounce the present attempt of a 'Democratic Congress to overthrow and destroy tlie American industrial system, a course that, with a general .fearviolent readjustment of he country's business to a free-trade basis, has increased tlie-nafionai debt and has plunged the country into themost disastrious business depression of its history. has closed large luimliers of banks and factories throughout the country, lias thrown au unprecedented number of Amier can citizens outAif employment, has compelled thousarids of able bodied men to humiliate them-e ve-, by asking for charity, and has filled our broad land with free souphouses and food markets. We believe in currency composed of gold, silver and paper. Jreadily convertible at a fixed standard of value, ami entirety, under national control, and we favor the imposition of increased duties upon the imports from all countries which oppo.-e the coinage of silver upon a basis to be determined by an international congress for such purpose. We denounce the avowed purpose of tlie Democratic party to restore the era of ‘w ild-cat" money. We believe in a liberal construction of our pension laws, and we condemn the unjust policy of the present ; administration of depriving cx-soldters of their pension without a hearing—a policy intended to east odium upon loyalty and patriotism, We believe it to be the: duty of the State, as well as a nation, to make suitable provision for tlie care and maintenance of all indig en soldiers, their wives, and widows. We, there sore, favor the establfstinient by the State of a* suitable soldiers’ home.for the receptionof stieb soldiers, their wives and widows as may be overtaken by adversity. We demand a rigid enforcement of all existing Immigration“laws liyAheTfatWliir and demand such further legislation as will protect'our people and institutions against the influx bf tlie criminal and vicious-classes.-We denounce tlie unpatriotic action of the Cleveland administratioir in hauling down tlie American flag at Hawaii, and condemn tlie arrogant assumption of power displayed in tlie effort to restore a tyrannical Queen oVefla free people'who Had thrown otrnieyiikeof despotism.

We condemn the outrageous bargain and sale of Federal patronage by the Cleveland adminls tratlon in its unblushing efforts to usurp the prerogatives of the legislative braneli.of the government to force a favorite measure through Congress and compel the confirmation of Presidential appointments by the Senate. We condemn the reckless and extravagant administration of tlie financial affairs of tins state whereby the people are subjected to unjust and unnecessary burdens of taxation, by an Increased asessmen t of property and Increased rate of taxation. and by multiplication of ofllwstqbe sup ported by the tagpayers of the State. We believe that the benevolent, educational and correctional Instlltitlous of the Stale should be placed under non-partisan control. We believe in such legislation, State and National, as will protect the Ilves and limbs of employes of railways.mines and factories. We condemn the policies steadily pursued by the Democratic Legislature of li.diana In so gerryiniuidering the State as to deny the people a fair representation of their views in tne State legislature and National Congress, thus imperiling tlie foundations bf our institutions.