The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-06-26
THE VOTE FOR PREsIDENT
THE NOTE on FINANCE

governed BY the conditions OF the time and d,
production. the ruling and uncompromisiug
principle is the protection and development OF
American labor and industry. The country
demands right settlement. and then II wants
rest
We believe the repealot the reciprocity ar
rangements negotiated by the last republican
administration was national calamity, and
we demand their renewal and extension on
such terms as Will equallze our trade with
other nations, remove the restrictions which
now oostruct the sale Of American products In
the ports OF other countries. and secure en-
larged markets for the products of our farms
forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity arc twin meas
ures OF republican policy and 20 hand in hand
Democratic rule has recklessiy struck down
both. and both must be re-established. Pro-
lection for what we produce. free admission
for the necessuries Of life which We do not
produce; reciprocal agreements of mutual In
terest which gain open markets for Us IN re-
turn for our open market TO others Protee-
tion builds up domestic industry and trade
and secures our own markets for ourselves.
reciprocity builds up foreign trade and nnds
m outlet Tor our surplus
We condemn the present NATURALIZATION Tor
not keeping faith With the sugar producers Of
this country. The republican party fayors
such protection as willlead 70 she production
on American soil OF all the sugar which the
American people use. and for which they pay
other countries more than si0o.0oo.oOo an
nuaily.
To all our products-to those Of the mine
and field rs well rs 10 those OF the shop and
faetory-to hemp, TO WOOL the product OF the
great Industry Of sheep hus oandry. as well as
to the finished woolens Of the mill. we ptomise
tne most ample protection
We favor restoring the carly American poll
icy of discriminating duties for tine ur- naiiis-
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 aud stripes and man
nod, oficered and owned by Americnns-mny
regain the carrying Of our foreign commerce
The republican rty is unreservedlv 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 Us gold
We are unnlterablv opposed to every meas
ure calculated 70 debRss our currency or i'm
pair the credit OF our country. We nre there
fore opposed TO the free coinage of silver eX-
ecpt -by international agreement with the
leading commercial nations OF the world.
which we pledge ourselves TO promote, and
until such agreement can be OBJ
tained. the existing standard must be
preserved. All our silver and paper currency
must be maintained Ut parity with gold. and
we favor all measures designed TO maintain
inyiolAbly the obligations Of the United States
and all our money. whether coin or paper ut
the present standard. the standard OF the most
enlightened nations OF the earth
The veterans OF the union armies deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gener-
Gus recognition. Whenever practicable they
should be given the preference in the matter
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enactment OF such laws as are best calculated
70 secure the fuifIlment OF the pledges made
10 them in the dark days OF the eountrys
peril We denounce the practice In the PEN
sion bureau so recklessly and uuIustly car
Tted on by the present administration OF re-
ducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping
names from the rolls, as deserving the Sc
verest condemnation OF the American people.
Our foreign policy should be At all times
firm. vigorous and 'dlgnihed, and all our inter-
ests Ia the western hemisphere carefully
watched and guarded The Hawaiian Islands
should be controlled By the United States and
no foreign power should be permitted 70 inter-
fere with them; the Nicaragua canal should
be built. owned and operated by the United
States: and by the purchase OF the Danish is
lands we should secure a proper and much
needed naval station IN the West Indies
The massacres IN Armenia hore aroused the
deep sympathy and Just Indignation OF the
American people, and We believe that the
United States should exercise all the infiu-
ence II can properly exert TO bring these
atrocities TO an end. In Turkey American
residents have been exposed to the grayest
dangers and American property destroyed
there, and everywhere American citizens and
American property must be absolutely pro-
.ected at ali hazards and a. any cost.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its full
,xteut. and we reaffirm the right Of the United
States 70 give the doctrine effect By respond
ing 10 the appeals OF an American state for
friendly Intervention In case OF EUROPEAN en-
,roachmenL We have not interfered
and shall not interfere with the exist
Ing possessions OF any European power IN
mis- hemlspher. but their possessions must
aot. on any pretext, be eItenaed We hope
h,lly look forward 10 the eventual withdrawal
AZ The European powers from this hemisphere
sd 10 the ultimate union OF all the E.glish-
IpeAking part OF the continent by the free con-
cent OF us It's Inhabitants.
From the hour OF achieving their own inde-
nendenee the people OF the United States have
regarded with sympathy the struggles OF
nther American peoples TO free themselves
from European domiuAtlon. 70 watch with
deep and abiding interest the heroic battle OF
the Cuban patriots against cruelty and oppres-
,iou. and our best hopes so out for the fun
success Of their determined contest ior hb-
srty.
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