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Republican Platform Denounces Democratic Rule and Embraces Gold Standard
The St Louis Republican convention platform denounces Democratic governance as calamity and pledges support for protectionist policy, a gold standard, and expansion of the navy. It calls for reciprocity, disputed tariffs, veterans’ pensions, and aggressive foreign policy including Cuban aid, the canal, and a Danish island purchase for a West Indies naval base. It also champions immigration checks, civil service enforcement, national arbitration, free homesteads, and territorial governance reforms.
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