The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-01

We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our curren-
cy or impair the credit of our country. We
are therefore opposed 10 the free coinage
Of silver 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
standard must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor all measures de.
signed TO maintain inviclably the obliga.
tons of the United States and all our
money. whether coin or paper, at the
present standard, the standard Of themOst
enlightened nations of the earth.
Favor Liberal Pensions,
The veterans of the Union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment and
generous recognition. Whenever practi-
Fable, they should be given the preference
In the matter of employment, and they
are entitled to the enactment OF such laws
as are best calculated to secure the fulfill
ment of the pledges made to them in the
dark days of the country's peril. We de-
nounce the practice in the pension bureau,
80 recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, OF reducing
pensions and arbitrarily dropping names
rom the rolls as deserving the scverest
condemnation of he American people.
Our Foreign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
hrm, vigorous and dignifed, and all our
Interests in the Western hemisphere care
fully watched and guarded. The Hawaiian
Islands should be controlled by the United
states, and no foreign power should he
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
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
the American people and we believe that
the United States should exercise all the
it can possibly exert TO bring
these atrocities to an end. In Turkey,
residents lave been exposed to
the gravest dangers and property do.
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 it's
Full extent, and we reafiirm the right of
the United States to give the doctrine ef-
'ect by responding to the appeals of any
American state for friendly intervention
n case of European encroachment. We
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With the existing possessions of any Euro
pean power in this hemisphere, but those
possessions must not, on any pretext, be
We hopefully look forward to i
.he eventual withdrawal of the European :
from this hemisphere inc TO the !
union of all the English-speak- !
ng part of the continent by the free con- :
'ent of its inhabitants.
Should Interfere in Cuba.
From the hour of achieving their own 8
Independence the people of the United {
states have regarded with sympathy the :
Of other American peoples to I
rec themselves from European domino d
ion. We watch with deep and abiding =
interest the heroic battle of the Cuban o
PATRIOTS against cruelty and oppression, t
nd our best hopes go out for the full sue G
ess of their determined contest for ',
The government of Spain, having lost /
ontrol of Cuba and being unable to pro- =
ect the property or lives of resident n
citizens, or TO comply with its II
realty obligations, we believe that the !,
government of the United States should o
ctively use its influence and good offices q
o restore peace and give independence to =
he island. q