The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-14

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balance Of trade, kept perpetual menace
hanging over tho redemption fund. pawned
4 American credit TO alien syndlcntes and re-
verscd allthe measures and results Of sue
ccesfui republican rule. In tho broad eff
feet OF It's policy II has prccipita-
with prolonged depression. closed factories
reduced work and wages. halted enterprise
ana crippled American production for the
American market Every consideration Of
g public safety and Individual interest demands
thAt,the government shall be rescued from
tho hands Of those who have shown them.
,Aieelves Incapable OF conducting II without dis.
astef Ut home and dishonor abroad. and shall
pc restored 70 the party which for 10 years nd.
snintsteredit with unparalleled success and
prosperity. And In this connection we heart
NV. indorse the wisdom, the patriotism, and
tho success OF tho administration OF President
Harrison
We renew and emphasize our allegiance 10
the policy Of protection ~ the bulwark Of
American industrial independence and tho
Foundation OF American development and PROS
peritH This true American policy taxes for
eign products and encourage homes industry:i,
puts tue burden OF revenue on foreign goods:
It secures the American market for the Ameri-
can producer: II upholds the American stand
Ard OF wages for the American orkingman.
It puts the factory by the side OF the farm and
makes the American farmer less dependent
on foreign demand and price: 1t diffuses gem
ersl thrift and POUNDS tho strength Of oil on
the strength Of each In It's reasonable appli-
cation II 10 Just. fair and impartial. equally
opposed TO foreign control and domestic mo.
nopoly. to sectional discrimination and indi-
viduAl fayoritIsm
We denounce the present democratic tarif
- sectional. Injurious TO the public credit and
destructive TO business enterprise We de-
tnaud such IN equitable tariff on foreign i'm
ports which come into com petition with Amer
lean products rs will not only fur
nish adequate revenue for tho nee
essary expenses Of the government. but will
protect American labor from degradation
TO the wage level Of other lands We are not
pledged to any particular schedules. Tho
question Of rates is u practical question. TO DO
governed by the conditions Of the time and Of
production: the ruling and uneompromising
principle Is the protection and development Of
American labor and industry. The country
demands right settlement, and then II wants
rest
We believe the repeal OF the reciprocity ar.
engagements negotiated by the last republican
administration was u national calamity, and
We demand their renewal and extension on
such terms Is will equalze our trade with
other nations, remove the restrictions which
now obstruet the sale Of American productsi Ia
the ports Of other countries, and secure enc
larged markets for the products OF our farms,
forests and factories.
Profession and reciprocity are twin meas
ures Of republiean policy and. 20 hand In hand.
Democratic rule has recktessly struck down
both. and both must be re-established Pro.
tection for whatwe produce; free admission
for the necessnries OF life which we do NOT
produce: reciprocal agreements OF mutual In
terest which gain open markets for US 10 re-
turn for our open market to others Protec-
ton builds up domestic industry and trade.
and secures our own markets for ourselves.
reciprocity builds up foreign trade aud nuds
an outlet for our surplua
We condemn the present admins ration for
not keeping faith With the sugar producers 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. and for which they pay
ether countries more THAI tl0o.0o0o 600 an.
nually
! To oil our products-to those Of the mine
and held rs well rs TO those of the shop and
factory-to hemp. to wool. the product Of the
great industry OF sheep hus pandIy. as well ms
10 the finished woolens OF the mill We promise
the most ample protecuun
We favor restoring the early American poll
Icy OF discriminating duties for the TN na!is.-
ING OF our merchant marine and the protection
ofour shipping in the foreign carrying trade,
50 that American ships--the product OF Amer
lean labor. employed in American shipSnrds,
sailing under the stars and stripes and man.
ned ofiicered and owned by Americans may
reeain the carving OF our foreign commerce
The republican p rty is unrcscrycdlv for
sound money 1t caused the enactment of the
law providing for the resumption OF specie
payments in is'9 SINCE then every dollar has
been Us gold
HONEST MONEY.
We are uunitcrabig opposed to every meas
ore caicnl',ed to dcbnse our currency or Inn
pair the credit OF our country. We are there.
fore opposed 10 the Gree coinage of silver eS-
eepthy International agreement with the
leading commercial nations OF the world
which We pledge ourselves TO promote. and
until such agreement can be OBJ
uined, 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
invtolahly the obligations 81 the United States
ana ull our money. whether coin or paper. ut
the present standard, the standard of the most
enlightened nations OF the earth.
Tue veterans Of the union armies deserve
and should receive fair treatment and gcncr-
Gus recognition. Whenever practicable they
should be given the preference In the matter
OF employment. and they are entitled to the
enactment OF such laws as are best calculated
70 secure the fulnllment OF the pledges made
30 them In the dark DAYS Of the country's
peril We denounce the practice In the pen.
sion bureau, so tecklessly and untustiy car.
saSu Uu py7tut present ADMINISTRATION OF re.
ducinH pensions and arbitrarily dropping
names from the rolls ns deserving the SO.
yerest condemnation OF the American people
Our foreign policy should be ut all time,
firn. vigorous and digntted, and all our inter
-ests In the western hemisphere CAREFUL,
watched and guarded. The Hawaiian island,
should be controlled by the United States ant
no foreign power should be permitted TO inter
fere with them: the Nicaragua canal shoult
be built, owned and operated BIZ the United
States; and by the purchase Of the Danish ID
lands We should secure \ proper and mucl
needed naval station IN the West lndieS
The mussacres in Armenia have aroused tn
deep sympathy and Just Indignation OF tn
American people, and we believe that tn
United States should exercise oil the intiu
lonce 1t can properly exert TO bring thes
atrocities 70 IN end In Turkey America
residents have been exposed 20 the graves
dangers and American property destroys
There. and everywhere American citizens an
American property must be absolutely pro
teeted Ut all hazards and At any cost
We ,eassert the Monroe doctrine In IL. full
txteut, and we reainrm the right OF the Unite,
States TO give the doctrine effect by respond
Ing 70 the appeals OF an American state 10
friendly Intervention In case OF European en-
troaehment We have not interfere,
and shall not interfere with the exist
ing possessions Of any European power {,
this hem!spher. but their possessions my.
not, on any pretext, be extended We hone
tully look forward 70 the eventual Withdrawal
80 70 the ultimate union Of all the Esgiish
speaking part Of the continent BY the free con
eent Of Its It's Inhabitants.