The Forrest City times., 1896-06-26

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 | Pensions. The veterans of the Union armies deserve
 and should receive fair treatment and gener- | ous recognition. Whenever practicable 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 l to secure the tultlment of the pledges made l to them in the dark days of the country's | peril. We denounce the practice in | the pension bureau, so recklessly and | unjustly carried on by the present admin | istration. Of reducing pensions and arbitrarily | dropping names from the rolls as deserving
 the severest condemnation of the American people.
 Foreign Relations. l Our foreign policy should be at all ] times firm, vigorous and dignided, and l all our interests in the western hemi- | sphere carefully watched and guarded ] The Hawaiian islands should be con- trolled by the United States, and no for eign power should be permitted to interfere with them; the Nicaragua canal should be 1 built, owned and operated by the United States; and by the purchase of the Danish | islands we should secure proper and much
 needed naval station in the West InGies
 Armenian Massacres. The massacres in Armenia have aroused a deep sympathy and just indignation of the
 American people, and We believe that the | United tates should exercise all the in- fuence 1t can properly exert to bring these atrocities to an end In Turkey American
 residents have been exposed to tie grayest dangers, and American property destroyed There and everywhere Amelie citizens and
 American property must be absolutely protect
 ed at all hazards and at any cost.
 Monroe Doctrine. We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its full extent. and we reaffirn the right of the United
 States to give the doctrine effect by respond 1 ing to the appeals of any American
 state for friendly intervention in case of European encroacEment. We have
 not interfered and shall not interfere. with the existing possessions of any European power in this hemisphere, out those possess slons 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-sp speakng part of the continent by
 the free consent of its inhabitants Cuba. From the hour of achieving their own inde- l pendenee the people of the United States have
 regarded with sympathy the struggles of other ! American peoples to free themselves from Eu-
 ropean domination. 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 success ot | their determined contest for liberty. 1 The government of Spain having lost control ! of Cuba and being unable to protect the prop l erty or lives of resident American citizens or 1 to comply with it's treaty obli gationS. we be- | lleve that the government of the United States
 should actively use it's influence and good 1 offices to restore peace and give independence 1 to the island.
 The Navy
 The peace and security of the republic and l the maintenance of it's rightful influence | among the nations Of tle earth demand a naval ! power commensurate with it's position and re- l sponsibihty. We therefore favor the con- l tinued enlargement of the navy and con- l plete system of harbor and sea-coast de- | lenses.
 Foreign Immig ration. ! For the protection of the equality of our
 American citizenship, and of the wages of our | workingmen against the fatal com petition Of 1 low-priced labor We demand that the immi- 1 grafton laws be thoroughly enforced and SC l extended as to exclude from entrance to the l United States those who can neither read nor l write.
 i Civil Service. | The civil-seryice law was placed on the
 statute by the republican party. which has al- ways sustained it, and we renew our repeated | declaration that it shall be thoroughly and 1 honestly enforced and extended whenever | practicable.
 Free Ballot. We demand that every citizen of the United
 States shall be allowed to cast one free and | unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot shall
 be counted and returned as cast Lynchings. ! We proclaim our unqualified condemnation i of the uncivilized and barbarous practice well | known as lynching or killing of human beings 1 suspected or charged with crime without pro- 1 cess of law.
 National Arbitration. We favor the creation of national board ot l arbitration to settle and adjust differences which may arise between employers and em- l ployed engaged Tn interstate commerce. Homesteads. 1 We believe in an immediate return to the i free homestead policy of the republican party and urge the passage by congress of the satis- ! factory free homestead measure which has already passed the house and is now pending 1 in the senate.
 Territories. 1 We favor the admission of the remaining territories at the earliest practicable date | having due regard for the interests of the peo- l pie of the territories and of the Unttei States | All the federal officers appointed for the terri
 tories should be selected from bona hde resi- 1 dents thereof, and the right of self-government l should be accorded as far as practicable Alaska. we DelltNe the clIlZenS or Alaska should have representation in the congress cf the United States, to the end that needful legisla-
 tion may be inteiligently enacted. Temperance. | We sympathize with all wise and leeitimate | efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of ln- temperance and promote morality
 Rights of Women. i The republican party is mindful of the rights
 and interests of women Protection of Amer