The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-07-02

sno LuihS ana uncompromisng principle
the protection and development Of
american labor and industry. The country
demands right settlement and then Il
wants rest.
We believe the repeal OF the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last re-
publican administration was national
olsSrace, and We demand their renewal
anu extension on such terms as will equal
re our trade with other nations remove
the restrictions which now obstruct the
SAFE OF American products In the ports OF
otner countries, and secure enlarged mar
and factories ' ASAeS'"
protection and reciprocity are the twin
meas Z; or republican policy, and 60
lessly struck down both, and both must he
re-established. Protection, for what we
produce; free admissions for the necessar;es
oa ne which We do not prodRce: recip-
which gain open markets in return for our
open markets to others. Protec(ion builds
up domestic industry and trade and Sc
cures our own market for ourselves. re-
ciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds
an outlet for our surplus.
:. we condemn the present administra-
n n,on dor not keeping faith with the sugar
producers OF this country. The republican
party 1aVors such protection as will lead
70 the production on American soil of an
the sugar which the American people use.
ana Tor which they pay other countries
more than SLIGO, 600 annually
10 all or our products-to those of the
mine ana field, as we'll as those of the
s she ana the factory-to hemp to wool.
the product or the great industry of sheen
nusoandry, as we'll as to the finished WOOL
protection.
We favor restoring the early American
poilcy OF discriminating duties for the up-
building of our merchant marine. and the
protection of our shipping interests in the
t6n gn-earrylng trade, so American ships,
the product of American labor, employed
IA American shpyards, sailing under the
stars ana STRIPES, and manned Differed
anu owned by Americans, may regain the
carrying OF our foreign commerce.
Inc republican party is unreseryedly
Tor 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 az
gold: We are unaltsrably opposed 10 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 international
agreement. with the leading commerciai
nations OF the world. which we pledge
agreement can be obtained the existing
goid standard must be preserved
:, Al our SILVER and paper currency must
be maintained at parity with gold and we
favor all measures designed to maintain
lnvlolably, the obligations of the limited
states. and all our money, whether coin
or paper at the present standard, the
standard OF the most enlightened nations
of the earth.
Ihe veterans of the Union armies de-
serve S and should receive kind treatment
ana generous recognition. Whenever
practlcable they should be given the pref
erence In the matter of employment. and
they are entitled to the enactment of such
laws as are best calculated to secure the
fulhliment of the pledges made to them
In the dark days of the country's perii
we denounce the practice in the pension
bureau, so recklessly and unjustly carried
on by the present administration. of re-
duclng pensions and arbitrarily droppinp
names from the rolls as deserving ths
people.
our foreign. policy should be at all
times nrm, vigorous and dignified, and
an our interests In the western hemisphere
Hawaiian islands should be controlled nv
the United States. and no foreign power
s shem tb be N permitted to interfere with
owned. and operated by the United States
and by the purchase of the Danish islands
we should secure the proper and much
he .e1e naval station in the West Indies
aroused the deep sympathy and Just in
dlgnation of the American people and we
believe the United States should exert all
me influence 1t can properly exert to bring
these atrocities to an end. In Turkey
american residents have been exposed to
the gravest dangers and American proper
lean citizens and American property must
De absolutely protected at all hazards and
at any cost.
I'VE reassert the Monroe doctrine in ,ts
fullest extent. and we reaffirm the right
OF the United States to give the doctrine
erect, py responding to the appeals of any
american state for friendly Intervention
IN case or European encroachment.
We have not interfered and shall not in
terfere with the existing possessions of any
European power in this hemisphere. but
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 Notwithstanding
parts of the continent by the free consent
of its Inhabitants
From the hour of achieving their own
States have regarded with sympathy the
struggles Of our American people 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 success of their deter
mined contest for liberty.
The government of SPAIN having Iost
control of Cuba, and being unable to pro-
tect the property or lives of resident
American citizens. or to comply with its
ment of the United States should actively
use it's influence and good offices to re-
store peace and give independence to the
island.
THE peace and security of the republic
and the maintenance Of it's rightful infiu-
ence among the nations of the earth, de-
IIldHu d naval power commensurate with
it's position and responsibility. We, there
fore, favor the continued enlargement of
the navy and a complete system of harbor
and seacOast defenses.
For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship and the wages of
our workingmen against the fatal cOmpeti-
ton of low-priced labor, we demand that
the immigration laws be thoroughly en-
forced and so extended as to exclude from
entrance to the United States those who
can neither read nor write.
1.-The civil service law was placed on the
statute books by the republican party,
which has always sustained it, and we re-
new our repeated declarations that 1t shall
be thoroughly and honestly enforced and
extended wherever practicable.
I'VE demand that every citizen Of the
United States shall be allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot, and that
such ballot be counted and returned as
cast.
1--WE proclaim our unqualified condemna-
ton of the unciviliZed and barbarous prac-
tice, well known as iynching, or killing
of human beings suspected or charged
with crime. without process of law.
I'VE favor the creation Of a national
board of arbitration to settle and adjust
differences which may arise between en-
ployers and employees engaged in Interstate
commerce.
1--WE believe in an immediate return to
the free homestead policy of the republic
can party, and urge the passage by con-
gress of the satisfactory free-homestead
measure, which has already passed the
house and IS now pending IN the senate.
1--WE favor the admission of the remain
ing territories at the earliest practicable
date, having due regard to the interest OF
the territories and the United States. All
the federal officers appointed for the terri
tories should be selected from bona fide
residents thereof. and the right of self
government should be accorded as far as
practicable.
1--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 inteihgentiy
enacted. -.
1--WE sympatkize with all wise and legiti-
mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils
of intemperance and promote morality
sa'The republican party Is mindful of the
rights of women Protection of American
Industries includes equal opportunities.
equal pay for equal work and protection
to the home.