Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-06-26

otuef countries, and secure enlarged mar
sets s;a ior inc products Of our farms, forests
protection and reciprocity are the twin
measures Of republican policy. and 10
i.aln slu ln nand democratic rule has reck-
lessly struck down both, and both must be
re-establlsned. Protection, for what we
produce; free admissions for the necessariea
VI eAie Aie which we do not produce: recip-
7 IOeal agreements OF mutual infereafa
which gain open markets In return, for o,,r
( open markets to others Protection builds
Up domestic industry and trade and Sc
! s.,,,ta cnrss our Own market for ourselves: re-
cipfoclty builds up foreign trade and firids
an outlet for our surplus
/ ,."s condemn the present adminlstra-
1ro non ia ior not keeping faith with the sugar
party favors such protection as viii Iasd
g the production on American soil. Of an
sre e sugar which the American people uss.
aho Iof which they pay other Countries
more than $4,000 900 annually.
10 all OF our products--to those Of the
nlhe ana Held, as well as those OF the
shsep shs & ano tne factory--to hemp. to wool.
sns pro9uct Of the great industry OK gneep
husDanury, as well as TO the finished wool
srs, ~ u ins MIL We promise the most ample
We favor restoring the early American
/ poicy OF discriminating duties for the up-
puIdlng OF our merchant marine. and the
pfroasscalon faass oI our shipping interests in the
IoTeiBn-carrying trade, so American ghius
tne product Of American labor. ernployed
~ american shipyards. sailing under the
/ stars and Stripes, and manned, ofhcered.
carrv,ssi cair ymneu Dy americans, may regain the
Carrying or our foreign commerce.
/ ine republican party Is unregeryedly
Ior SOUND money. 1t caused the enact
men, snsnt OF me law providing for the re-
sumption OF specie payments In 1878: since
tnsn every dollar has been as good as
gold; We are unalterably opposed 20 every
measure calculated to debase our currency
| or impair the credit OF our country
I'VE are, therefore. opposed to the free
| coInage OF silver except by international
agreement; se with the leading commercial
ourselves to promote, and untjl snch
agreement can he obtained the existing
gold standard must be preserved.
~, Al .,,a,, OUT silveI and paper currency must
pc maintained at parity with gold, and we
iavor Al measures designed to maintain.
lnvioiabiy. the obligations Of the IJnifed
ora,es; 81 IS "a ana an our money. whether coin
o. paper, az the present standard the
i of the earth. s'o''s
The veterans Of the Union armies de-
serve and should receive kind treatment
ano generous recognition. Whenever
practicable they should be given the pref
erence In the matter OF employment. and
i tney are entitled to the enactment OF such
! laws as are best calculated 10 secure fha
fuiniiment OF the pledges made 10 them
10 the dark days OF the country's peril.
We denounce the practice in the pension
bureau, so recklessly and unjustly carried
| on Dy the present administration. Of re-
/ ducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping
names from the rolls. as deserving the
! severest condemnation OF the American
/ people.
Our foreign. policy should be at an
times nrm vigorous and dignified, and
an our interests In the western hemisphere
i carefully watched and guarded. The
Hawaiian islands should be controlled by
the United States, and no foreign power
should be permitted to interfere with
| them; the Nicaragua canal should be built.
| owned. and operated by the United States
and by the purchase Of the Danish Islands
We should secure the proper and much
| hss1so naval station In the West Indies.
Ine massacres In Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy and Just In
algnation OF the American people. and we
| the influence It can properly exert 70 bring
tnese atrocities to an end. In Turkey
american residents have been exposed 70
| the gravest dangers and American proper
| ty destroyed There as Everywhere. Amer
lean citizens and American property must
be absolutely protected at all hazards and
I'VE reassert the Monroe doctrine In its
FULLEST extent. and we reaffirm the righf
| OF the United States to give the doctrine
sness; ames;cy ~ responding 70 the appeals Of any
IN case OF European encroachment
we nave not interfered and shall not In
sertere with the existing possessions OF any
european power In this hemisphere, but
/ those possessions must not on any pretexf
| De extended, We hopefully look forward to
the eventual withdrawal OF the European
4 4OAlA tl4hS uctulSQleTG and TO the
ultimate union OF all the EnglIsh-speaki king
parts OF the continent by the free consent
/ OF Its inhabitants
Prom Prom the hour Of achieving their c'vn
| independence. the people Of the United
states have regarded with sympathy the
/ struggles of our American people ia free
themselves from European domination We
watch with deep and abiding interest the
neroic battle OF the Cuban patriots AGAINST
| cruelty ana oppression and our best hopes
go out for the full success Of their deter
mined contest for liberty.
The government of Spain. having lozt
control OF Cuba, and being unable to pro-
| tect the property or lives OF resident
Aericah ,nasn ah,,e citizens or to comply with its
ment Of the United States should actively
use its influence and good Offices to re-
store peace and give independence to the
The peace and security OF the republic
ana the maintenance OF its rightful fnfiu-
| ence among the nations OF the earth. de-
It's position and responsibility we. there
fore. favor the continued enlargement OF
the navy and complete system of harbor
and seacoast defenses
For the protection OF the quality Of onr
american citizenship and the wages OF
our workingmen against the fatal competi-
.loh oI loM-priced labor we, demand that
forced and so extended as 10 exclude from
entrance to the United States those who,
can neither read nor write
statute books by the republican party,
which has always sustained It, and we re-
new our repeated declarations that II shall
be thoroughly and honestly enforced and
extended wherever practicable.
we demand that every citizen of tho
United States shall be allowed to cast
/ one free and unrestricted ballot, and that
such ballot be counted and returned as
cast.
I'VE proclaim our unqualified condemna-
ton OF the uncivilized and barbarous prac-
tlce, well known as lynching, or killing
OF human beings suspected or charged
with crime. without process OF law
I'VE favor the creation OF a national
board of arbitration to settle and adjust
differences which may arise between en-
ployers and employees engaged in interstate
commerce.
I'VE believe in an immediate return to
the free homestead policy of the republI-
can party. and urge the passage by con-
gress OF the satisfactory free-homestead
measure. which has already passed the
house and Is now pending in the senate.
We favor the admission of the remain
ing territories at the earliest practicable
date. having due regard to the interest OF
the federal officers appointed for the terri
tories should be selected from bona fide
residents thereof. and the right OF self
government should be accorded as far az
practicable.
I'VE believe the citizens OF Alaska
should have representation In the con-
gress Of the United States to the end that
needful legislation may be intelligently
enacted.
1--WE sympathize with all wise and legiti-
mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils
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