Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-06-24

OF American inuulSUr1A lf1tcpeuucuCo ana
the foundation of American development
and prosperity. This true American pol
icy taxes foreign products and encourages
home industry; it puts the burden of reve-
nue. on foreign goods; it secures the Amer
lean market for the American producers;
it uphoids the American standard Of
wages for the American workinginan; it
puts the factory by the side of the farm
and makes the American farmer less de-
pe,adcn. on foreign demand and price it
Giifuses general thrift and POUNDS the
strength of all on the strength of each. In
its reasonable application 1t is just, fair
and impartial, equally opposed to foreign
control and domestic monopoly, to Sec
tionas discrimination and individual fl-
voritisn.
We condemn the present administrs
tion for not keeping faith with the sugar
producers OF this country. The Repubii-
can party favor such protection as will
lead to the production on American soil
of al the sugar which the Americans use,
and for which they pay to othor countries
more than 800, ,GO0, 900 annually.
1he Republican party is unreserveily
forsornd money. 1t tcaused the enactment
of the law providing for the resumption of
specie payments in 1879. Since then every
dollar has been rs good as gold.
We arc unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase cur cur
rency or impair the credit vi our country.
We arc, therefore, opposed to tine free coin-
age of silver except by international agrec-
ment with the leading commercial nations
of the world, and until such agreement
can be obtained we believe tae existing
gold standard must be preserved. All our
hp
tanned at parity with gold, and we favor
all measures designed to maintain in
violabic the obligations of all our money,
whether coin or paper, atthe present stan
dar,l-the standard of the most cnliGht-
cned nations of the earth.
From the hour of achieving their own
independence the people of the United
States have regarded with ymrathy the
struggle of other American peoples to free
themselves from European 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 fun success of
their determined contest for liberty.
The governments of spain, having LOST
control of Cuba, and being unable 10 pro-
tect the property or lives of resident Amer
lean citizens or to comply with It's treaty
obligations, we believe tilat the govern
ment of the United States should actively
use its influence and good Offices 20 restore
peace and give Independence 10 the island.
The peace and security of the republic
and the maintenance OF its rightful iniiu-
encc among the nations of the earth de-
mand n naval power commensurate with
its position and responsibility. We, there
fore. favor tie continued enlargement of
the navy and n complete system of harbor
and sea coast deienses.
For the projections OF the quality OF oar
American citizenship and OF the wages of
our wurSin smen against the fatal compc-
tition OF low priced In bor, We demand that
the immigration laws be thoroughly en-
forced, and 81 extended a. to exclude from
entrance to the United States those who
can neither read nor write.
Civil service reform Is approved and the
extension OF the principle wherever prac-
ticable. The use of public money for sec
tartan purposes aud the union of church
and state are opposed. ! declaration is
made in favor OF arbitration between en-
ployes and employers, bur no specific leg
isiation is demanded.
A declaration is made in favor of liberal
pensions and the present administration is
denounced for dropping from the rolls
without examination deserving soldiers.
The restoration OF discriminating duties
for the upbuilding of the merchant marine
is favored.
A plank favorins liberal reciprocity is
incorporated and the repeal of the rcciproc
ity agreements is condemned.
There are rlanlls favor.ng the extension
of civil service reform; "A declaration
against the use of money for scctarian
purposes; in favor OF labor arbitration;
for liberal pensions. and the building OF
the Nicaragua canal by the United States
government.