The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19

measures of republican policy, and go
hand in hand. Democratic rule has reck-
lessly struck down both, and both must
Protection for what we produce: free
admission for the necessaries Of life which
we do not produce; reciprocity agreements
OF mutual interests, which gain open mar
kets for US in return for our open market
to others. Protection builds up domestic
industry and trade and secures our own
market for ourselves reciprocity builds
up foreign trade and finds an outlet for
our surplus.
We condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with the sugar pro-
ducers of this country The republican
party taVors such protection as will lead
TO the production on American soil of all
the sugar which the American people use,
ana Tor which they pay other countries
more than S100,OO0000 annually
To all market products-to those of the
mlne m tbol. and the field, & as well
the faetory-to hemp, to wool, the pro
duct of the great industry of sheep hus-
Dandry, as well as to the finished woolens
Oh the mlil-We promise the most ample
protection.
We favor restoring the early American
Poiicy or discriminating duties for the up
Dullding of our merchant marine and the
protection of our shipping in the foreign
carrying trade, so that American ships
tne product of American labor, employed
IN American shipyards, sailing under the
stars ana stripes and manned, differed
and owned by Americans-may regain the
carrying of our foreign commerce.
The republican party is unreservedly for
SOUND money. 1t caused the enactment
OF the law providing for the resumption
or specie payments in 1879; since then
every dollar has been as good as gold.
we are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our curren-
ey or impair the credit of our country
We are therefore, opposed to the free
coinage OF silver, except by international
agreement with the leading commercial
naIons OF the world, which we pledge
ourselves to promote and until such can
pc oDlalned, the existing gold standard
must be preserved. All our silver and pa-
per currency must be maintained at a par
lty with gold, and we favor all measures
designed to maintain inviolaby the obli-
cations of the United States and all our
money, whether coin or paper, at the pres
ent standard, the standard of the most
enlightened nations of the earth
The veterans Of the union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment ana
generous recognition. Whenever Dracti-
cable they should be given the preference
in the matter of employment and they are
entitled to the enactment of such laws as
are pest calculated to secure the fulfill
ment or the pledges made to them in the
dark days of the country's peril. We de-
nounce the practice in the pension bureau
SO recklessly ana unJustly carried on by
the present administration, of reducing
pensions and arbitrarily dropping names
from the rolls as deserving the seVerast
condemnation of the American people.
our foreign policy should be a all times
nrm, vigorous and dignified and all out in
terests in the western hemisphere care
fully watched and guared. The Hawaiian
Islands should be controlled by the United
States and no foreign power should be
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
should secure proper and much needed
naval station in the West Indies
The massacres I'm Armenia arouse the
deep sympathy and just Indignation ot
the American people ana we believe thar
the United States should assert all the
influence it properly can exert to bring
the atrocities to an end. In Turkey.
American residentst have been exposed
to the gravest dangers and Ameri-
can property destroyed. There and every
where American citizens and American
property must be absolutely protected al
all hazards and at any cost
We re-assert the Monroe doctrine IN its
full extent ard we reafiirm the right of
the United States to give the doctrine
effect by responding to the appeals Of any
American state for friendly Intervention
in case Of European encroachment. We
have not 1nterfereds and shall not inter-