The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-06-29

ing materials as we'll as those directly employed
In our. ship yards We demand Appropriations
Tor the early rebuilding OF our navy; for the con-
struction OF coast Notifications and modern ord
nance, and other approved modern means Of de-
Tense, for the protection CT sur defenseless har-
bors ami cities; for the payment OF just pensions
TO our soldiers; for necessary works or national
importance in the improvement Of harbors and
the channels Of internal, coastwise and foreign
commerce.; for the encouragement of the ship
ping interests of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific
states, as well as for the payment of the maturing
public debt. This policy viii give employment To
our labor, activity to various industries, In
crease the security Of country, promote trade,
open new and direct markets for our
produce and cheaper the cost of trans
portation. We affirm this to be far
better for our country than the Democratic
policy OF loanng the governments money without
interests to pet banks.n
The conduct of foreign affairs by the present
administration has been distinguished by It's inef
ficiency and its cowardice. Having Withdrawn
from the senate all pending treaties effected by
Republican administrations for the removal OF for
eign burdens and restrictions upon our commerce,
and for its extension into better markets, II has
neither effected nor proposed any Others In their
stead. Processing adherence TO the Monroe doc
trine, IL has seen with idle compacency the extern
sion of foreign influence 10 Central America, and
Of foreign trade everywhere among our neigh
bors II has refused to charter, sanction or en-
courage any American organization for construct
ing the Nicaragua cana, work of vital Importance
TO the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine, and
of our national influence in Central and South
America, and necessary for the development OF
trade with our Pacific territory, with South Amer
ica and with the islands and farther coasts Of the
Pacific ocean.
We arraign the present Democratic admins
tration for its weak and unpatriotic
treatment Of the fisheries question and
its pusanimous surrender of the
essential privileges to which our fishing vessels
are entitled in Canadian ports under the treaty
of 1918, the reciprocal maritime legislation of
1890, and the comfy of nations, and which Ca
madam fishing vessels receive in the ports Of the
United States. We condemn the policy of the
present administration and the Democratic ma
jority In congress toward our fisheries as I'M
friendly and conspicuously unpatriotic, and as
tending to destroy a valuable national industry
and an indispensable resource of defense against
foreign enemy
The name of American applies alike to all citi-
zens of the republic, and imposes upon all alike
the same obligation of obedience 10 the laws. At
the same time that citizenship is and must be the
panoply and safeguard of him who bears it, and
protect him. whether high or low, rich or poor
In all his civil rights. 1t should and must, afford
him protection at home and follow and protect
him abroad in whatever land he may DO ON a
lawful errand. N'
The men who abandoned the Republican party
In 1884, and continue to adhere to the Demo-
cratic party, have deserted not only the cause of
honest government, Of sound finance Of freedom
and purity of the ballot, but especially
have deserted the cause of reform In the
civil service. We will not fail to keep our pledges