I'NITKD STATKS. 



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Tin- following delegates were selected to represent 

 the United States ; Senators William B. Allison, 

 va, and John P. Jones, of Nevada ; Con- 

 niin James B. McCreary, of Kentucky ; E. 

 <> I.eech, Director of the Mint; E. Benjamin 

 Andrews, President of Brown University ; Ron- 

 ald I*. Falkner. of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania ; H. W. Cannon, President of the Chase 

 National Bank ; and James T. Morgan, Thomas 

 T. Keller, and Thomas W. Cridler. The Con- 

 fere i ice met at Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 22. 

 The proposals submitted by the United States 

 delegates and the substitute plan suggested by 

 the Hritish representatives, as well as other sug- 

 gestions, were not easy to harmonize, and the 

 divergent views and interests of the various 

 countries admitted of no speedy compromise or 

 satisfactory conclusion. For that reason the 

 Conference suspended its sittings on Dec. 17, 

 and adjourned till May 13, 1893. 



Republican Convention. The 10th National 

 Convention of the Republican party met at Min- 

 neapolis on June 7, 1892. Three days before, 

 James G. Blaine had resigned the post of Sec- 

 retary of State in order to compete for the nomi- 

 nation. The contest was chiefly between his 

 supporters and those of President Harrison, 

 though ex-Governor McKinley of Ohio, the 

 author of the new protective tariff, was also a 

 strong candidate. J. Sloat Fassett, of New 

 York, was elected temporary chairman. The 

 Committee on Resolutions, of which Joseph B. 

 Foraker, of Ohio, was chairman, drew up the 

 following platform, which was unanimously 

 adopted by the Convention in the evening session 

 of June 10. 



The representatives of the Republicans of the 

 United States, assembled in general convention on 

 the shores of the Mississippi River, the everlasting 

 bond of an indestructible Republic, whose most 

 glorious chapter of history is the record of the Re- 

 publican party, congratulate their countrymen on 

 the majestic march of the nation under the banners 

 inscribed with the principles of our platform of 1888, 

 vindicated by victory at the polls and prosperity in 

 our fields, workshops, and mines, and make the fol- 

 lowing declaration of principles : 



Protection. We reaffirm the American doctrine of 

 protection. We call attention to its growth abroad. 

 We maintain that the prosperous condition of our 

 country is largely due to the wise revenue legisla- 

 tion of' the Republican Congress. We believe that 

 all Articles which cannot be produced in the United 

 States, except luxuries, should be admitted free of 

 duty, and that on all imports coming into competi- 

 tion with the products of American labor there 

 should be levied duties equal to the difference be- 

 tween wages abroad and at home. We assert that 

 the prices of manufactured articles of general con- 

 sumption have been reduced under the operations 

 of the tariff act of 1890. We denounce the efforts 

 of the Democratic majority of the House of Repre- 

 sentatives to destroy our tariff laws piecemeal, as is 

 manifested by their attacks upon wool, lead, and 

 lead ores, the chief products of a number of States, 

 and we ask the people for their judgment there- 

 on. 



Reciprocity. We point to the success of the Re- 

 publican policy of reciprocity, under which our 

 export trade has vastly increased, and new and en- 

 larged markets have been opened for the products 

 of our farms and workshops. We remind the people 

 of the bitter opposition 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 of the world. 



Silver. The American people, from tradition and 

 interest, favor bimetallism, and the KepuMiean 

 party demands the use of both cold and M!\ era- 

 standard money, with such restrictions and under 

 such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as 

 will secure the maintenance of the parity of values 

 of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt- 

 paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold, 

 or paper, shall beat all times equal. The interests 

 of the producers of the country, its farmers and its 

 workingmen, demand that every dollar, paper <>r 

 coin, issued by the Government shall be as good as 

 any other. We commend the wise and patriotic steps 

 already taken by our Government to secure an in- 

 ternational conference to adopt such measures as 

 will insure a parity of value between gold and 

 silver for use as money throughout the world. 



Free Ballot and Fair Count. We demand that 

 every citizen of the United States shall be allowed 

 to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all pub- 

 lic elections, and that such ballot shall be counted 

 and returned as cast ; that such laws shall be en- 

 acted and enforced as will secure to every citizen, 

 be he rich or poor, native or foreign born, white 

 or black, this sovereign right guaranteed by the 

 Constitution. The free and honest popular ballot, 

 the just and equal representation of all the peo- 

 ple, as well as their just and equal protection 

 under the laws, are the foundation of our Re- 

 publican institutions, and the party will never re- 

 lax its efforts until the integrity of the ballot and 

 the purity of elections shall be fully guaranteed 

 and protected in every State. 



Southern Outrages. We denounce the continued 

 inhuman outrages perpetrated upon American 

 citizens for political reasons in certain Southern 

 States of the Union. 



Foreign Relations. We favor the extension of 

 our foreign commerce, the restoration of our mer- 

 cantile marine by home-built ships, and the creation 

 of a Navy for the protection of our National inter- 

 ests and the honor of our flag; the maintenance 

 of the most friendly relations with all foreign 

 Powers, entangling alliances with none, and the 

 protection of the rights of our flshermen. We re- 

 affirm our approval of the Monroe Doctrine, and 

 believe in the achievement of the manifest destiny 

 of the Republic in its broadest sense. We favor 

 the enactment of more stringent laws and regu- 

 lations for the restriction of criminal, pauper, and 

 contract immigration. 



Miscellaneous. We favor efficient legislation by 

 Congress to protect the life and limbs of employes 

 of transportation companies engaged in carrying on 

 interstate commerce, and recommend legislation by 

 the respective States that will protect employes en- 

 gaged in State commerce, and in mining and manu- 

 facturing. 



The Republican party has always been the 

 champion of the oppressed, and recognizes the 

 dignity of manhood, irrespective of faith, color, or 

 nationality : it sympathizes with the cause of Home 

 Rule in Ireland, and protests against the persecu- 

 tion of the Jews in Russia. 



The ultimate reliance of free popular government 

 is the intelligence of the people and the mainte- 

 nance of freedom among men. We therefore declare 

 anew our devotion to liberty of thought and con- 

 science, of speech and press, and approve all 

 agencies and instrumentalities which contribute to 

 the education of the children of the land ; but, 

 while insisting upon the fullest measure of relig- 

 ious liberty, we are opposed to any union of Church 

 and State. 



Trusts. We reaffirm our opposition, declared in 

 the Republican platform of 1888, to all combina- 

 tions of capital organized, in trust or otherwise, to 

 control arbitrarily the condition of trade among 

 our citi/.c-ns. \Ve heartily indorse the action 



