Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-06-26

American peoples to free themselves from Eu-
ropean domination We watch with doep and
abiding interest the h,roic battle OF the Cuban
| patriots against crueltr and oppression, and
our best hopes GO out for the full success of
their determined contest for liberty Tho gov
eminent of Spain having lost control OF Cuba
and being unable to protect the property or
| lives OF resident American citizens, or to COM
| ply with its trca'y obligations, we believe the
United States should actively use its influen, o
| and good offices to restore peace and give indie
pandence to the island
The Navy.
| "The peace and security Of the republic and
the maintenance of its rightful influen @ among
the nations of the EARTH demani naval power
commensurate with its position and respon,i-
bility We therefore, favor tho continued en-
largement of tho navy and complete systom of
harbor and seacoast defensss.
Foreign Immigration.
| For the protection of the Quality OF our
American citizenship and of the wages of our
workingmcn against the fatll competition of
low pricoi labor, we demand that tie immigra-
ton laws be thoroughly enforced. and SO ex-
tended as to ex 'lude from entrance to the
United States thoso who can neither read nor
write.
Civil Service.
THE civil service law was placed on the
statute b. oks by the Republican party, which
has always sustaine it, an we renew our re-
Pc atel declarations that it shall be thoroughly
and honestly enforced AMI extended wherever
practicable,
Free Ballot.
I'VE demand that every citizen of the United
States shall be above to cast one FREQ and
UNRESTRICTED ballot and that such ballot shall
be counted and returned as cast
LynchinGs
"We proclaim our unqualified condemn alton
of the uncivilized and barbarous practice, we'll
known us lynching or killing of human beings
suspected or harged with crime without pro-
cess of iaw
National Arbitration.
1--WE favor tho creation of national board
OF arbitration to settle and adjust differences
which may arise between employers and en-
ployed engaged in interstate commerce.
Homesteads.
1--WE believe in the immediate return to the
free homes. cad policy of the Republ lean party
and urge the passage by Congress OF the salts
factory fee homestead measure which has
ALREADY passed tho House and 10 now pending
in the Senate
Territori es.
"We favor tho admission of the remaining
territories at tho earliest practicable date,
having que regard To tne interests OF the people
of the territories and of the United Statos All
the federal officers appointed for the territories
should DO elected from bona fide residents
thereof and tho right of self-y government
shonld be accorded far as practicable We
believe the citizens of Alaska should have rep
ressntation in tho Congress of the United
States to the end that needful legislation may
b. inteliigently enacted
Temperance.
'Wc sympathize with all wise and legitimate
efforts to lessen and prevent tho evils of intcm-
perancc and promote morality.
Rights of Women.
"Tho Republican party is mindful Of the
rights of W men. Protection of American in
dustres includes equal opportunities, equal
pay for equal work AMI protection to the
home We favor the admission of women to
wider spheres of usefulness, and wslc ONE their
cooperation in rescuing the country from DEM
ocratic and Populist mis- man agemsnt and mis-
rule
Such are the principles and policies Of the
R,publican party. By these principles we will
abids and these policies we will put into X
ecution. We ask for them the cons!derate
judgment OF the American people. Confident
alike in tho history of our great party and in
the justice of our cause, We present our plat
form and our candidates in the full assurance
that the election will bring victory to tho Re-
publican party and prosperity to the people Of
tho United States"