Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-08

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peril. We denounce the practice in the
Pension bureau, so recklessly and UNI
justly carried on by the present admins
tratlon, of reducing pensions and arbi-
trarily dropping names from the rolls as
deserving the severest condemnation of
the American people.
Vigorous Foreign Policy.
Our foreign policy should be at all
times firm, vigorous and dignified and all
our interests in the Western hemisphere
carefully 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
punt, owned and operated by the United
States. and by the purchase of the Dan
lsh islands we should secure a proper
and much-needed naval station in the
West Indies.
To Stop Armenian Massacres.
The massacres in Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy and just in
dlgnatlon of the American people, and
we believe that the United States should
exercise all the influence it can properly
exert To bring these atrocities to an end.
In Turkey American residents have been
exposed 10 the gravest dangers and
American property destroyed. There
ana everywhere American citizens and
lIblNiAS must bt dbSbluANAg
protected at all hazard and at any cost.
Monroe Doctrine Reasserted.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its
full extent and we rcaflirm the right of
the United States to give the doctrine eff
feet by responding to the appeals of any
American state for friendly intervention
IN case of European encroachment. We
nave not interfered and shall not inter
iere with the existing possessions OF any
European power in this hemisphere, but
those possessions must not, on any pre-
text, be extended. We hopefully look
forward TO the eventual withdrawal of
the European powers from this hcmis-
sphere and 10 the ultimate union Of all
the English-speaking part of the CON
tlnent by the free consent of its in
habitants.
independence for 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 TO
free themselves from European DONNA
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, and being unable 10 pro-
tect the property and lives of resident
American citizens, or to comply with its
treaty obligations, we believe that the
government of the United States should
actively use its influence and good offices
TO restore peace and give independence
10 the island.
Enlargement Of Navy.
The peace and security of the republic
and the maintenance of its rightful in
nuence among the nations of the earth
demand q naval power commensurate
with its position and responsibility. We
therefore favor the continued enlarge
ment of the navy and a complete system
of harbor and seacoast dcfenses.
Limitation of Immigration.
For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship and of the wage
of our w~orkingmen against the fatal COM
petition of low-priced labor we demand
that the immigration laws be thoroughly
enforced and so extended as TO exclude
from entrance to the United States those
who can neither read nor write.
Civil Service Enforcement.
The civil service law was placed on the
statute book 10y the Republican party,
which has always sustained il, and we
renew our repeated declarations that it
shall be thoroughly and honestly en-
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Fair Ballots for Citizens.
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.
Lynching is Condemned.
We proclaim our unqualified condemna-
tinn of tho unriviliznH md "a nphar oVC
practice well known as lynching, or kill
ing of human beings suspected or charged
with crime, without process of law.
National Arbitration Board.
We favor the creation of n National
Board of Arbitration TO settle and adjust
differences which may arise between en-
ployers and employed engaged in inter-
state
Free Homesteads Favored.
We believe in an immediate return TO
the free homestead policy of the Repub-
lican party and urge the passage by Con-
gress of the satisfactory free homestead
measure which has already passed the
House and is now pending in the Senate.
To Admit Territories.
We favor the admission of the remain
ing territories at the earliest practicable
date. having due regard to the interests
of the people of the Territories and of
the United States. Ali the Federal of
fcers appointed for the Territories should
be elected from bona-fde residents there
of, and the right Of self-government
should be accorded as far as practical
BILE.
Representation for Alaska.
We believe the citizens of Alaska
should have representation in the Con-
gress of the United States, TO the end
that needful legislation may be intelli-
gently enacted.
Stand for Temperance.
We sympathize with all wise and legit-
innate efforts TO lessen and prevent the
ity.
Welcome to Women.
The Republican party Is Mindful, Of
the rights and interests of women. Pro-
lection of American industries includes
equal opportunities. equal pay for eaua
work, and protection TO the home. We
favor the admission of women 10 wider
spheres of usefulness, and welcome their
cooperation in rescuing the country from
Democratic and Populist mismanagement
and misrule.
Appeal to Voters.
Such are the principles and policies of the
Republican party. BY these principles
we will abide and these policies we will
put into execution. We ask for them
the considerable judgment Of the Ameri-
can people. Confident alike i'm the his.
tory of our great party and in the JUS