Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-29

whether IN any corresponding period so
| much has been done to promote his inter
| eStS and whether in a continuance and eX-
tension of these methods there is not a bet
ter prospect of food to him than IN the
invitation of the Democratic party to give
our home market to foreign manufacturers
and to abandon the reciprocity policy. ana
better also than the radical and untrled
methods of relief proposed by other
parties which are soliciting his support.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
have often expressed Ivy strong con
victiOn of the value Of the Nicaragua
ship canal to our commerce and to our
navy. The project is not one of conven
fence, but of necessity. 1t iS,qute posi-
bic, believe. ii the United States will sup
port the enterprise. to secure the speedy
completion Of the canal without taxing
the treasury for any direct contribution,
and at the same time TO secure to the
United States that influence IN its manage
ment which is imperative.
FOREIGN POLICY.
1t has been the purpose of the admins
tratlon to make its foreign policy not \
matter OF partisan politics. but of patriot
ism and national honor and have very
great qualification i'll being able to state
that the Democratic members or the Com
mittee of Foreign Affairs responded IN
| true American spirit. | have not heSitated
| to consult freely with them about the most
! confident lal and delicate affairs, and |
cooperation. They did not regard
patient but firm insistence upon American
rights and upon immunity from insult and
| injury for our citizens and sailors in for
| eign ports as 4 policy OF Irritation and
buster" They did not believe as some
others seem to believe, that to be a Demo
| crat one must take the foreign side OF every
international question, If Republican
| administration is conducting the American
side. [ do not believe that tame sub
| m Insult f.
| ion at the hands Of any other can ever
| form the basis of a lasting trienGship-the
necessary element OF mutual respect Will
be wanting. The Chlian incident. now
| so happily and hOnOrably adjusted, will,
| do not doubt, place our relations with
| that brave people upon a more friendly
| basis than ever before. This already APP
| pears in the agreement since negotiated by
Mr.. Egan for the settlement by commits
| sion to the long unsettled claims between
| the two governments. The work of Mr..
| Egan has been highly advantageous to the
! United States. The confidence which [
refused to withdraw from him has been
abundantly justified
In our relations with the great European
| powers, the rights OF the United States and
| of our citizens have been insisted upon
with tirmness. The strength OF our cause
| and not the strength of our adversary has
given tone to our correspondence The
| Samoan question and the Behring Sea
| question, which came over from the pre-
ceding administration, have been the one
settled and the other submitted to arbltra-
! tiOn upon fair basis. Never before,
| think in a like period, have so many inn
pOrtant treaties and commercial agree
mentS been concluded, and never before,
| | am sure have the honor and influence,
national and commercial, of The United
| States been held In higher estimation in
| both hemispheres.
VETERANS OF THE WAR.
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veterans of time as we'll as of war. The
| parallels OF age have approached close to
| the citadels OF life and the end, for each,
| of a brave and honorable struggle, is not
remote. lncreasln. intrmy and years give
| the minor tones of sadness and pathoS to
| the mighty appeal of service and suffering.
| The ear that does not listen with sympathy
| and the heart that does not respond with
generosity, are the ear and heart Of an
| alien, and not an American. Now soon
| again the surviving veterans are to parade
upon the great avenue of the national capt.
| tai and every tribute of honor and love
should attend the marcn. "A cOmrade in
the column of the vctors' parade in 1865,
| am not less cOmrade now.
MODS SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED.
l have used every suitable occasion to
urge upon the people OF all sections the
consideration that no good cause can be-
promoted upon the lines of lawSleSSneSS
MObS do not discriminate, and the punish
mentS inflicted by them have no repreSSive
or salutary influence. Un the contrary
they Deget revenge and perpetuate feudS.
1t is especially the duty OF the educated
and influential to see that the weak and
ignorant. when accused OF crime, are fairly
tiled before lawful tribunals. The moral
sentiment of the country should be aroused
and brought to bear for the suppression OF
these Otfenses against the law and social
order
CARE IN ADMITTING IMMIGRANTS.
Tue necessity for careful discrimina-
ton among the emigrantS seeking our
shores becomes every day more apparent.
We do not want and should not receive
those who by reason OF bad character or
habit are not wanted at home. The indus
trlous AMI Self-respecting, the lovers of
law and liberty should be Disseminated
from the pauper, the criminal and the
anarchist who come only to burden and
disturb our communities. Every effort has
been made to enforce the laws and some
convictions have been secured under tho
contract labor law.
PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY.
The: general condition Of our country is
one of great prosperity The blessing of
our people. The annual value of our for
eign commerce has increased OO,000,OO
over the average Tor the preceding ten
years and more than $210, 100000 over 1890,
the last year unaffected by the new tariff.
by more than $172, 100000, and the annual
| average for ten years by S265,OO0,OO0. Our
exports of breadStutfs increased over those
of 1890 more than S144,0O0000 of prOvi-
sions over S4,000,O00.; and OF manufactures
over 50. Zoo, 900, The merchandise balance
OF trade in our favor in 1892 was $202,944,-
342 No other nation can match the COM
| mercial progress which those figures dis
close. Our compassion may well go out to
those whose party necessltates and habits
still compel them to declare that our
people are oppressed and our trade res
trlcted by protective tariff.
EFFECT OF A CHANGE OF POLICY.
1t is not posi- BILE for me to refer, even in
the briefeSt way, 10 many OF the topics
presented in the resolutions adopted by
the convention. Upon all that have not
been discussed / have before publicly
expressed my views. A change in the
personnel OF national administration is