The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26

We are not pledged % any particular ScheG~
ul5s. The question Of rates is 4 practical
question to be governed by the conditions Of
the time and production the ruling and IN
compromising principle is the protection and
development Of American labor and industry,
The country demands right settlement, and
then il wants rest
We believe the repeal Of the reciprocity ar
rangemeRts negotiated by the last republican
administration was q national calamity, and
We demand their renewal and extension on
such terms as VIII equalize our trade with other
nations, remove the restrictions which RCW
ObstrUct the sale Of American products in the
ports Of other countries and secure enlarged
markets for the products Of our farms, forests
ana factories. Protection and reciprocity are
twin measures Of republican policy ana go
hand In hand Democratic rule has fecklessiy
struck down both, and both must be ge-estab-
iished. Protection for what We produce; free
admission for the necessaries OF life which We
do not produce; reciprocal agreements Of
mutual interest which gain open markets for
US in return for our open market TO others.
Protection builds up domestic industry and
trade, and secures our own market for our
selves reciprocity builds up foreign trade and
finds an outlet for our surplus.
We condemn the present administration for
this country. The republican party faVoTs
such protection as will lead to the production
on American soil OF all the sugar which the
American people use, and for which they pay
other countries more than s10O,O2OOOO annually.
To all our produets-to those Of the mine and
field, as well as TO those OF the shop and fac
tory, to hemp, to wool, the product OF the great
industry Of sheep husOandTy, as well as to the
finished WOOlens Of The milI-We promise the
most ample protection.
We favor restoring the early American pol
icy Of discriminating duties for the up-build-
ing Of our merchant marine and the protection
of our shipping in the foreign carrying trade,
so that American ships--the product Of Amer
lean labor, employed in American shipyards,
sailing under the stars and stripes and manned.
Otlcered and owned By AmeTicans-may re-
gain the carrying OF our foreign commerce.
The republican party is unreservediy for
sound money II caused the enactment Of the
law providing for the resumption Of specie
payments in 1879; since then every dollar has
been as good as gold We are unaIterably oP-
posed to every measure calculated to debase
our currency, OF impair the credit Of our cOun-
try. We are, therefore, opposed to a free coin
age Of silver except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations OF the
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and until such an agreement can be obtained
the existing gold standard must be preserved
All our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold, and we favor
all measures designed to maintain inyolably
the obligation Of the United States and our
money, whether coin or paper, at their present
standard, the standard Of the most enlightened
nations OF the earth
The veterans Of the union army deserve and
should receive fair treatment and generous
recognition. Whenever practicable they should
be given the preference in the matter Of en-
plOyment and they are entitled to the enact
ment of such laws as are best calculated to Sc
cure the fuifliment OF the pledges made to
them in the dark days OF the cOuntry's peril
We denOunCe the practice in the pension bu-
reau, so recklessly and Unjustly carried on by
the present administration, Of reducing pen
s!ons and arbitrarily dropping names from the
roll, as deserving the seVerest condemnation
Of the American people
Our foreign policy should be at all times frm
vigorous and digniied, and all our interests in
the western hemisphere watched and guarded.
The Hawaiian islands should be controlled by
the United States, aud no foreign power should
be permitted to interfere with them; the Mica
ragua 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 mucb-needed naval station in the West
Indies.
The massacres in Armenia have abused the
deep sympathy and just indignation Of the
American people, and We believe the United
States should exercise all the influence it can
properly exert to bring these atrocities toGn
end. In turkey. American residents have been
exposed to grayest danger and their property
destroyed there and every American citizen
and American property must be absolutely
protected at all hazards and at any cost.
We assert the Monroe doctrine In its full exc
tent, and we affirm the right of the United
States to give the doctrine effect by respond
ing to the appeals of any American state for
friendly intervention in case Of European en-
croachment We have not interfeTed and
shall not interfere with the existing posses
stons Of any European power in this hemis-
phere, but those possessions must not on any
! preteXt be extended. We hopefully look for
ward to the eventual withdrawal Of the Euro
! pean powers from this hemisphere and TO the
ultimate union Of all the English speaking
part of the continent by the free consent Of its
| inhabitants.
From the hour Of achieving their own inde-
pendence the people of the United States have
regarded with sympathy the struggles OF other
| American people from European DON'T 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 success Of their determined
| contest for liberty. The government Of Spain,
/ having lost control Of Cuba, aud being unable
| to protect the property OF lives Of resident
! American citizens, OF to comply with its treaty
/ obligations, We believe that the government Of
the United States should actively use its inf1u-
/ ence and good Ofices to restore peace and give
independence to the island
! The peace and security Of the republic and
the maintenance Of its rightful influence
among the nations Of the earth demand q
naval power commensurate with its position
/ and responsibility. We therefore favor the
continued enlargement Of the navy and a COM
! plete system Of harbOr and sea coast defenses.
! For the protection OF the equality Of our
American citizenship, and Of the wages of our
/ WOrkingmen against the fatal competition Of
/ loW-prieed labor, we demadd that the immi-
| grafton laws be thoroughly enforced, and so
! extended as to exclude from entrance to the
! United States those who can neither read and
write.
/ The civil service law was placed on the
statute book By the republican party, which
Alu1 9tlslt-AiiItA AZ t-AN y AS+S' Jul
/ peated declarations that it shall be thoroughly
ana honestly enforced and extended wherever
! practicable.
We demand that every citizen of the Uaited
/ States shall be allowed to cast one free and
unrestricted ballot and that such ballot shall
/ be counted and returned as cast
We proclaim our unqualified condemnation
Of the uncivilized and baTbarous practices,
well known as lynching OF killing Of human
beings, suspected or charged with crime, With
/ out process Of law.
We favor the creation Of a national board Of
! arbitration TO settle ami adjust difersnces