, 1896-08-29
md generous recognition. Whenever

ment, and they are entitled to the en-
actment of such laws as are best cal
culated to secure the fulfillment of the
pledges made 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 admins 'r-tion, of reduc-
ing pensions I'D arbitrarily dropping
names fro~l the Tolls. as deserving the
severest rond, nnation of the Ameri-
can pc spl..
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Orr foreign policy should be at all
tim firm, Vigorous and dignifed and
ail u. interests in the western hemis-
phe-e carefully watched and guarded.
The i.IT alien Islands should be con-
lroiFed by the United States, and no
!'oT !gn lower shouid be permitted to
int 7fCrc with them: the Nicaragua
.5ln. | should be built, owned and oper-
aztec by the United States, and by the
pure llse of the Danish islands we
ahot ID secure the proper and much
neeG 4 naval station in the West In
dies.
ARMENIAN MASSACRES.
Thu massacres in Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy and lust
indignation of the American people
and we believe the United States
should exercise all the influence it can
properly exert to bring those atrocities
to an end. The Turkey-American resi-
dents hive been exposed to the gravest
danger. and American property de-
s%troyet. There and everywhere Amerl-
can pi pperty must be absolutely pro-
tected 1t all hazards and at any cost.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
We l'assert the Monroe doctrine in
LIS fullt extent, and we reaffirm the
right of re United States to give the
doctrine eli by responding to the ap-
peals of any american state for friend
ly intervention il case of European en-
~croachment. We have not interfered
and shall not Interfere with une exist
ing possessions of any European power
in this hemisphere; but these possess
sions must not on any pretext be ex-
tended. We hopefully ooh forward to
The eventual withdrawal of the Euro
pean powers from this hemisphere. and
to tle ultimate union of all English
speaking parts OF the continent by the
free consent OF its inhabitants.
CUBA.
From the hour of achieving their
own Independence, the people of the
United States have regarded with SYM
pathy the struggles of other American
people to free themselves from Euro
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 Of their deter
mined contest for liberty.
The government of Spain, having
lost control of Cuba, and being unable
to protect the property or lives of resi-
dent American citizens, or to comply
with its treaty obligations, we believe
the government of the United States
should actively use its influence and
good offices to restore peace and give
independence to the island.
THE NAVY.
The peace and security of the repub-
lie and the maintenance of its rightful
influence among the nations of the
earth, demand a naval power common
surate with its position and RESPONSE
bility. We, therefore, favor the con-
tinued enlargement of the navy and a
complete system OF harbor n sea-
coast defenses.
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.
For the protection of the quality of
our American citizenship and of the
wages OF our workingmen against the
fatal competition of low-price labor, we
demand that the immigration laws be
thoroughly enforced, and so extended
as to exclude from entrance to the I'm
tied States those who can neither read
nor write.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The civil service law was placed on
the statute books by the republican
party. which has always sustained it,
and we renew our repeated declara-
tons that it shall be thoroughly and
honestly enforced and extended wher-
ever practicable.
A 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 returned and
counted as cast.
LYNCHINGS.
We proclaim our unqualified con-
domination Of the uncivilized and bar
parous practice well known as lynch
ing, or the killing OF human beings sls-
pected or charged with crime, without
process OF law.
NATIONAL ARBITRATION.
We favor the creation of a national
board of arbitration to settle and adj
1ust differences which may arise be-
tween employers and employed en-
gagged in interstate commerce.
HOMESTEADS.
We believe in an immediate return RI
the free homestead policy Of the re-
publican party, and urge the passage
Dy congress OF the satisfactory frea