The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13


 peril. We denounce the practice in the Tension bureau, so recklessly and un- Justly carried on by the present adminis- tration, of reducing pensions and arbi- trarily dropping names from the rolls as deserving the severest condemnation of the American people.
 Vigorous Foreign Policy. Our foreign policy should be at all times hrm vigorous and dignified and all our interests in the Western hemisphere carefully 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 Nicaraguan canal should be built, owned and operated by the United states, and by the purchase of the Dan- ish islands we should secure proper and much-needed naval station in the West Indies.
 To Stop Armenian Massacres.
 The massacres in Armenia have aroused the deep sympathy and just in dignatiOn of the American people, and we believe that the United States should exercise all the influence it can properly exert to bring these atrocities to an end. In Turkey American residents have been exposed to the gravest dangers and American property . destroyed. There
 
 American property must be absolutely protected at all hazard and at any cost.
 Monroe Doctrine Reassertsd.
 We reassert the Monroe doctrine in it's full extent and we reatiirm the right of the United States to give the doctrine eff rect by responding to the appeals of any American state for friendly intervention Tn case of European encroachment. We nave not interfered and shall not inter- iere with the existing possessions of any European power in this hemisphere, but those possessions must not, on any pre- text, be extended. We hopefully look forward to the eventual withdrawal of the European powers from this hemis- sphere and to the ultimate union of all the English.speaking part of the con tinent by the free consent of it's in- habitants.
 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 peoples to free themselves from European domina- tion. 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 full success of their determined contest for liberty.
 The government of Spain, having lost control of Cuba. and being unable to pro- tect the property and lives of resident American citizens, or to comply with it's treaty obligations, we believe that the government of the United States should actively use it's influence and good offices to restore peace and give independence to the island.
 Enlargement of Navy,
 The peace and security of the republic and the maintenance of its rightful in tluence among the nations of the earth demand naval power commensurate with its position and responsibility. We therefore favor the continued enlarge ment of the navy and a complete system of harbor and seacoast defensss.
 Limitation of Immigration.
 For the protection of the quality of our American citizenship and of the wages of our wOrkingmen against the fatal com petition of low-priced labor we demand that the immigration laws be thoroughly from entrance to the United States those who can neither read nor write.
 Civil Service Enforcement.
 The civl service law was placed on the statute book by the Republican party, " renew our repeated declarations that it shall be thoroughly and honestly en- forced and extended wherever practica- ble.
 Fair Ballots for Citizens.
 We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot. and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast.
 Lynching is Condemned.
 We proclaim our unqualified condemna- tiOn of the unciviliZed and barbarous practice well known as lynching, or kill ing of human beings suspected or charged with crime, without process of law.
 National Arbitration Board.
 We favor the creation of National Board of Arbitration to settle and adjust differences which may arise between em- plOyers and employed engaged in inter- state commerce.
 Free Homesteads Favored.
 We believe in an immediate return to the free homestead policy of the Repub- lican party and urge the passage by Con- gross of the satisfactory free homestead measure which has already passed the House and is now pending in the Senate.
 To Admit Territories.
 We favor the admission of the remain ing territories at the earliest practicable date, having due regard to the interests of the people of the Territories and of the United States. All the Federal of- ficers appointed for the Territories should be elected from bOna-fide residents there of, and the right of self-government should be accorded as far as practica- ble. /
 Representation for Alaska.
 We believe the citizens of Alaska should have representation in the Con- gress of the United States, to the end that needful legislation may be intelli- gently enacted.
 Stand for Temperance.
 We sympathize with all wise and legit- innate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote moral ity.
 Welcome to Women.
 The Republican party is mindful of the rights and interests of women. Pro- tection of American industries includes equal opportunities, equal pay for equal work, and protection to the home. We favor the admission of women to wider spheres of usefulness, and welcome their cooperation in rescuing the country from Democratic and Populist mismanag cement and misrule.