The record-union., 1896-10-18

what we prouuce, tree admission for the
necessaries Of life which we do not
produce, reciprocal agreements of mu-
tual interests which gain open markets
in return for our open markets 10
others. protection builds up domestic
Industry ana trade and secures our own
market for ourselves; reciprocity builds
up foreign trade and finds an outlet for
our surplus.
SUGAR.
We condemn the present adroinistra-
ton for not keeping faith with the
sugar producers OF this country. The
Republican party favors such protec-
ton as will lead to the production ON
American soil of all the sugar which
the American people use, and for which
they paid other countries more than
S100000,000 annually.
WOOL AND MINES.
To all our products-to those or the
mine and field. as well as those of the
sheep and the factory-to hernp tn
wool, the product of the great indus
try of sheep husbandry as well as to
the finished woolens of the mill. we
promise the most ample protection.
OUR SHIPPING.
We favor restoring the early Ameri-
can policy of discriminating duties for
the upbuilding OF our merchant marine
and the protection of our shipping in
terasts in the foreign carrying trade to
American ships-the product of Ameri-
can labor, employed in American ship
yards, sailing under the stars and
stripes, and manned, Differed and
owned by Americans regain the
carrying of our commerce
SOUND MONEY.
The Republican party is unreservedly
for sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re-
sumption of specie payments in 1879;
since then every dollar has been as good
as gold. We are unalterably opposed
to every measure calculated to debase
our currency or impair the credit of our
country. We are. therefore opposed to
the free coinage of silver except by in
ternational agreement with the leading
nations of the world. which we pledge
ourselves to promote. and until such
agreement can be obtained the existing
gold standard must be preserved. An
our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold. and we
favor all measures destined to maintain
inviolably the obligations of the United
States and all our money, whether coin
or paper, at the present standard. the
standard Of the most enlightened ma
tions of the earth.
PENSIONS FOR VETERANS.
The veterans of the Union armies de-
serve and should receive fair treatment
and generous 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 to
secure the fulhllment Of pledges made
to them in the dark days of the coun-
try's peril. We denOunce the practice
of the Pension Bureau, SO recklessly
and unjustly carried on by the present
Administration, of reducing pensions
and arbitrarily dropping names from
the rolls as deserving the severest con-
deInnation Of the American people.
FOREIGN POLICY.
Our foreign policy should be at all
times firm, vigorous and dignified, and
all our interests in the Western hemis-
phere carefully watched and guarded
The Hawaiian Islands should be con-
trolled by the United States and no for
eign power should be permitted TO IN
terfere with them; the Nicaragua canal
should be built, owned and operateS by
the United States, and by the purchase
of the Danish Islands, we should secure
the proper and much-needed naval sta
ton in the West Indies.
AMERICA AND ARMENIA.
The massacres in Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy and just IN
dignation of the American people, ana
we believe the United States should
exert all the influence it can properly
exert to bring these atrocities to an end
In Turkey American residents nave
been exposed to the gravest dangers,
and American property destroyed
There and everywhere American cltl-
zens and American property must be
absolutely protected at all hazards ana
at any cost.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in
it's fullest extent, and we reaffirm the
right of the United States to give the
doctrine effect by responding to the
appeals of any American State of the
friendly intervention in case Of Euro
mean encroachment We have not inter-
fered and shall not interfere with the
existing possession of any European
power in this hemisphere, but those
extended. we hopefully look forward
to the eventual withdrawal OF the EURO
mean powers from this hemisphere and
to the ultimate union OF all Englsh-
spealzing parts of the continent by the
free consent of its inhabitants.
INDEPENDENCE FOR CUBA.
From the hour of achieving their own
independence the people of the United
States have regarded with sympathy
the struggles of other American people
to free themselves from European DOM
nation We watch with deep and
abiding interest the heroic battle of the
Cuban patriots against cruelty and OPP
pression, and our best hopes go out
for the full success of their determined
contest for liberty. The Government
of Spain having lost control of Cuba
and being unable to protect the prop
erty or lives of resident American citf-
zens, or to comply with its treaty OBJ
legations, we believe the Government
of the United States should actively use
it's influence and good offices to restore
peace and give independence TO the
island.
INCREASED NAVY.
The peace and security of the repub-
lie and the maintenance of its rightful
influence among the nations OF the
earth, demand naval power commen-
surate with its position and response
bility. We therefore favor the con-
tinued enlargement of the navy, and
complete system of harbor and sea-
coast defense.
IMMIGRATION.