The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-13

are [ therefore, opposed TO the free coinage
Of sill yer except by international agree.
ment with the leading commercial ma.
tions of the world, which we pledge our.
selves to promote, and until such agree
ment can be obtained the existing gold
standi .rd must be maintained at parity
with & old, and we favor all measures de-
signed to maintain inviolably the obliga.
ticns Of the United States and all our
money whether coin or paper, at the
presaa t standard, the standard of themoSt
enlightened nations of the earth.
Favor Liberal Pensions,
The V rtcrans OF the Union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment and
rcnerou recognition. Whenever practi-
cable, II oy should be given the preference
In the ! natter of employment, and they
are EMIT jed to the enactment OF such laws
rs are be 1t calculated to secur the fulill.
ment of the pledges made TO them in the
zar,, day $ OF The ~country's peril. We de.
nounce t he practice in the pension bureau,
so reckle ssly and unjustly carried on by
the pres ent administration, of reducing
pensions and arbitrarily dropping names
from the rolls as deserving the severest
condemnation Of the American people.
Our Fore Ign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
firm, vigorous and dignified. and all our
interests in the Western hemisphere care
fully watched inc guarded. The Hawaiian
Islands should be controlled by the United
States, and no foreign power should be
permitted to interfere with them: the
Nicaraguan canal should be built, owned
and operated by the United States; and by
the purchase OF the Danish islands we
should secure a proper and much needed
naval station in the West Indies.
The Armenian Massacres.
The massacres in Armenia have aroused
the deep sympathy and just Indignation
of the American peOpleand we believe that
the United States should exercise all the
influence it car possibly exert TO bring
these atrocities to an end. In Turkey,
American residents have been exposed to
the Sravest dangers and property de-
stroyed, There and everywhere, Ameri-
can citizens and American property must
be absolutely protected at all hazards and
at any cost.
The Monroe Doctrine.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its
full extent, and we reaflirm the right of
the United States to give the doctrine eff
feet by responding to the appeals Of II
American state for friendly intervention
in case of European enCroachment. We
have not interfered and shall not interfere
with the existing possessions of any Euro
pean power in this hemisphere, but those
possessions must not, on any pretext, be
extended. We hopefully look forward to
the eventual withdrawal of the European
powers from this hemisphere and TO the
ultimate union of all the English-speak-
ing part of the continent by the free con-
sent of its inhabitants.
hould Interfere in Cuba.
From the hour of achieving their own
independence the people of the United
States have regarded with sympathy the
struggles of other American peoples 10
free themselves from European domino
ton. We watch with deep and abiding
interest the heroic battle of the Cuban
patriots against cruelty and oppression.
and our best hopes go out for the full sue
cess of their determined contest for
liberty.
The government of Spain, having lost
control of Cuba and being unable to pro-
tect the property or lives of resident
American citizens, or to comply with it's
treaty obligations, we believe that the
government of the United States should
actively use its influence and good offices
to restore peace n give independence to
the island.
Would Increase the Navy.
The peace and security of the republic |
and the maintenance of it's rightful influ-
ence among the nations of the earth de-
mand n naval power commensurate with
its position and responsibility. We, there.
fore, favor the continued enlargement Of
the navy and a complete system of harbor
and sea coast defenses.
As to Foreign immigration.
For the protection Of the quality of our
American citizenship and of the wages of
our w~orkingmen against the fatal compe-
tition oflow priced labor, we demand that
the immigration laws be thoroughly en-
forced, n so extended as TO exclude from
entrance to the United States those who
can neither read nor write.
The Civil Service.
The civil service law was placed on the
statute book by the Republican party,
which has always sustained it, and we re-
new our repeated declarations that it shall
be thoroughly and honestly enforced and
extended wherever practicable.