The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

selves to promote, and until such agree
ment can be obtained the existing gold
standard must be maintained ut parity
with gold, and we favor all measures de-
signed to maintain ~inviolably the obliga.
tions Of the United States and all our
money. whether coin or paper, at the
present standard, the standard of themost
enlightened nations Of the earth,
Favor Liberal Pensions.
The veterans Of the Union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment apd
generous recognition. Whenever practi-
cable, 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 fulfill
ment of the pledges made to them in the
dark days of the country's peril. We de-
nounce the practice in 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
condemnation of the American people.
Our Foreign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
firm, vigorous and dignified, and all our
interests in the Western hemisphere care
fully 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
N~ioaraguan 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 Armenian Massacres.
The massacres in Armenia have aroused
the deep sympathy and just Indignation
Of the American people and we believe that
the United States should exercise ali the
influence it can possibly exert to bring
these atrocities to an end. In Turkey,
American residents have been exposed TO
the grayest dangers and property de-
stroyed. There and everywhere, Ameri-
can citizens and American property must
be absolutely protected at all hazards and
at any cost.
The Monroe Doctrine.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its
full extent, and we reatfirm the right of
the United States to give the doctrine eff
feet by responding TO the appeals OF any
American state for friendly intervention
In case of European encroaChment. We
nave not interfered and shall not interfere
with the existing possessions of any Euro
pean power in this hemisphere, but those
possessions must not, on any pretext, be
extended. We hopefully look forward to
the eventual withdrawal of the European
powers from this hemisphere and to the
ultimate union of all the English-speak-
ing part of the continent by the free con-
sent of its inhabitants.
Should Interfere in 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 domino
ton. 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 sue
cess of their determined contest for
liberty.
The government of Spain, having lost
control of Cuba and being unable to pro-
tect the property or lives Of resident
American citizens, or to comply with it's
treaty obligations, we believe that tho
government of the United States should
actively use it's influence and good offices
to restore peace and give independence TO
the island.