The advocate., 1896-07-01

compromising principle Is the protection and
development Of American labor and industry,
The country demands q right settlement and
then 10 wants rest
We believe the repeal OF the reciprocity ar
rangements negotiated by the last republican
administration was a national calamity, and
we demand their renewal and extension ON
such terms as Will equalize our trade with other
nations, remove the restrictions which now
ObStruct the sale Of American products In the
ports OF other countries and secure enlarged
markets for the products OF our FARMS forests
and factories. Protection and reciprocity are
twin measures OF republican policy and so
hand in hand. Democratic rule has reckleSsly
struck down both, and both must be re-estab
liShed Protection for what we produce; free
admission for the necessarieS OF life which we
do not produce; reciprocal agreements Of
mutual interest which gain open markets for
US in return for our open market to others.
Protection builds up domestic industry and
trade, and secures our own market for our
selves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade and
finds an outlet for our surplus.
We condemn the present administration for
not keeping faith with the sugar producers Of
this country The republican party favors
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
other countries more than 800, 900 annually.
To all our products-to those OF the mine and
field as we'll as to those OF the shop and fac
tory, to hemp, to wool, the product Of the great
industry OF sheep husbandry, as we'll as to the
finished woolens Of the mlll-we promise the
most ample protection.
We favor restoring the early American poll
Icy Of discriminating duties for the up-build-
ing Of our merchant marine and the protection
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so that American ships-the product Of Amer
ican labor. employed In American shipyardS
sailing under the stars and stripes and manned,
oflcered and owned by Americans-may re-
gain the carrying Of our foreign commerce.
The republican party Is unreservedly for
sound money It caused the enactment Of the
law providing for the resumption Of specie
payments In 1879 since then every dollar has
been as good as gold We are unalterably OPP
posed to every measure calculated to debaSe
our currency, or impair the credit Of our coun-
try. We are, therefore, opposed to free coin
age Of silver except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations OF the
world, which we pledge ourselves to promote,
and until such an agreement can be obtained
the existing gold standard must be preserved.
All our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold, and we favor
all measures designed to maintain inviolably
the obligation OF the United States and our
money, whether coin or paper, at their present
standard, the standard Of the most enlightened
nations Of the earth.
The veterans Of the union army deserve and
should receive fair treatment and generous
recognition. Whenever practicable they should
be given the preference in the matter Of en-
ployment and they are entitled to the enact
ment Of such laws as are best calculated to Sc
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them in the dark days Of the country's peril.
We denounce the practice in the pension bu-
reau, so recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, Of reducing pen
Bions and arbitrarily dropping names from the
roll, as deserving the seveTest condemnation
Of the American people.
Our foreign policy should be at all times Arm.
vigorous and dignihed, and all our interests In
the western hemisphere watched and guarded.
The Hawaiian islands should be controlled by
the United States, and no foreign power should
be permitted to interfere with them: the Mica
ragua canal should be built owned and operated
by the United States, and by the purchase OF
the Danish islands we should secure a proper
and much-needed naval station In the West
Indies.
The massaores in Armenia have abused the
deep sympathy and just indignation OF the
American people, and we believe the United
States should exercise all the influence 1t can
properly exert TO bring these atrocities to an
END In turkey, American residents have been
exposed to graVest danger and their property
DESTROYED there and every American citizen
and American property must be absolutely
protected aS all hazards and at any cost.
We assert the Monroe doctrine In itB full eX.
tent, and we aflrm the right OF the United
States to give the doctrine etReot by respond
ing TO the appeals OF any American state for
friendly Intervention in case OF European en-
croachmsnt We have not interfered and
shall not interfere with the existing possess
Bions Of any European power in this hemls-
phere, but those possessions must not on any
preteKt be extended. We hopefully look for
ward TO the eventual withdrawal Of the Euro
peAn powers from this hemisphere and TO tho
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