Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-06-25
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS THURSDAY NOON, JUNE g. 1896

them in the darn days OF the country's peril.
We denounce the practice In the pension bu-
reau, so recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, OF reducing PEN
s!ons and arbitrarily dropping names from the
roll, us deserving the severest condemnation
OF tho American people
Our foreign policy should be at oil times firm,
vigorous and dignlhed, and oil our interests In
the western hemisphere 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 Mica
ragua canal should be built, owned and operated
by the United States, and by tho purchase OF
the Danish islands we should secure o proper
and much-needed naval station in the West
Indies
4, The massacres in Armenia have abused the
deep sympathy and just indignation of the
American people, and we believe the United
States should exercise all the influence 1t can
properly exert to bring these atrocities to an
end In turkey American residents have been
exposed to graveSt danger and their property
DESTROYED there and every American citizen
and American property must be absolutely
protected at all hazards and at any cost,
We assert the Monroe doctrine in It's full ex-
tent, and we afflrm the right OF the United
States to give the doctrine effect by respond
ing to tho appeals Of any American state for
friendly Intervention in case OF European en-
cronchment. We have not interfered and
shall not interfere with the existing possess
siOns OF any European power In this hemis-
phore but those possessions must not on any
pretext be extended. We hopefully look for
ward to the eventual withdrawal OF the Euro
pean powers from this hemisphere and to the
ultimate union Of all the English speaking
part Of the continent by the free consent OF Its
Inhabitants,
From the hour OF achieving their own indc-
pendence the people Of the United States have
regarded with sympathy the struggles OF other
American people 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 full success OF their determined
contest for liberty The government of Spain,
having lost control Of Cuba, and being unable
to protect the property or lives OF resident
| American citizens, or to comply with Its treaty
| obligations, we believe that the government Of
the United States should actively use its iniiu-
ence and good oflces to restore peace and give
Independence to the island.
The peace and security of the republic and
| the maintenance OF its rightful influence
among the nations Of the earth demand a
naval power commensurate with its position
|
| continued enlargement Of the navy and COM
! plete system OF harbor and sea coast defenses.
! For the protection of the equality OF our
! American citizenship and OF the wages OF our
| workngmen against the fatal competition oil
| low-priced labor, we demadd that the immi-
grafton laws BIO thoroughly enforced, and SC
extended as to exclude from entrance to the
United States those who can neither read and
| write.
The civil service law was placed on thC
statute book by the republican party, which
has always sustained 1t and we renew our re
peated declarations that It shall be thorough,
and honestly enforced and extended whereve
practicable.
We demand that every citizen Of the Unite
States shall be allowed to cast one free an
unrestricted ballot and that such ballot shall
be counted and returned as cast.
We proclaim our unqualified condemnation
of the uncivili2ed aud barbarOus practices
well known as lynching or killing OF human
beings, suspected or charged with crime, with
| out process OF law
We favor the creation OF national board Of
arbitration to settle and adjust differences
which may arise between employers and EN-
ployed engaged in interstate commerce.
We believe In an immediate return to The
homestead policy of the republican party ant
| "
stead measure which has already passed thu
house.
We favor the addition Of the remaining ter
ritories at the earliest practicable date, hav-
ing due regard to the interests to the people oil
the territories and to the people OF the United
States All the 70 icral officers appointed fol-
the territories should be selected from bona
ilde residents thereof, ana the right OF self
government should be accorded as FAR Us prac-
| ticabe.
We believe the citizens Of Alaska should
have representation in the congress OF the
United States to the end that needful legisla-
tion may be intelligently enacted
We sympathize with oil wise aud Legitimate
efforts to lessen and prevent the evils OF in
! temperance aud promote morality.
The republican party is mindful Of the rights
aud interests Of women. Protection Of American
| industries includes equal opportunities, equal
pay for equal work, and protection to the home.
| We favor the admission Of women to higher
| spheres OF usefulness, and welcome their CO.
operation in rescuing the country from demo-
cratic and populist mismanagement and mis-
rule. such are the principles and policies OF
the republican party. BY these principles we
will abide and these policies we will put In ex-
ecutlon. We ask for them the cOnsiderate
| Judgment Of tho American people.
Confident alike in the history Of our great
party and in the justice OF our cause, we pre-
sent our platform and our candidates In the
| full assurance that they will bring victory TO
| the republican party and prosperity to the
/ pnonln ~ TTnitNd States.