Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-23

money, whether coin, or paper, at the present
standard, the standard OF the most enlightened
nations OF the earth.
PENSIONS.
Veterans OF the union army deserve aud
| should receive fair treatment and generous
| recognition, and whenever practicable should
be given preference In the matter of employ
ment, and the are entitled to the enactment OF
such laws As are best calculated to secure the
fufliment Of pledges made them In the dark
days of the country's peril. We denounce the
practice In the pension bureau, so recklessly
and unjustly carried on by the present admins
| tratiOn OF reducing pensions, arbitrarily drop
ping names from the rolls, MS deserving OF the
| severest condemnation OF the American people.
FOREIGN POLICY.
Our foreign policy should be ut all times firm,
vigorous and dignincd, and all our interests in
the western hemisphere carefully watched and
| guarded. The Hawaiian islands should be
controlled by the I'm ted 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 Danish Islands we
| should secure proper and much needed naval
station In the West Indies.
The massacres In Armenia have aroused the
deep sympathy and just indignation OF the
American people and we believe 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, and everywhere,
American citizens and American property must
be absolutely protected ut all hazards and Mt
any cost.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine In its full
extent and we reafirm the right eff the United
States to give the doctrine effect by responding
| to the appeals OF any American state for our
friendly Intervention in case OF European eu-
crOachment. We have not interfered, and
shall not interfere, with the existing possessions
OF any EurOpeOn power in this hemisphere, but
these possessions must not, on any prctext, be
extended. We hopefully look forward to the
eventual withdrawal OF the European powers
from this hemisphere and to the ultimate union
OF al the English speaking part OF the continent
BY the free consent OF its inhabitants.
From the hour OF achieving their own indie
dependence the people of the United States
have regarded with sympathy the struggles OF
| other American people to free themselves from
European domination. We watch with deep
| Cuban patriots against cruelty and oppression,
| and our best hopes 90 out for their full success
| Of their determined contest for liberty The
government OF Spain having lost control of
Cuba and being unable to protect the property
OF resident American citizens or comply with
| Its treaty obligations we believe the govern
ment OF the United States should actively use
its influence and good Offices to restore peace
and give independence to the island.
NAVY AND DEFENSES.
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 and RESPONSE
biltty. We, therefore, favor the continued en-
largement Of the navy and the complete system
| OF harbOr and seacoast defenses.
IMMIGRATION.
For the protection OF the quality of our
American citizenship and OF the wages of the
worglngmen against the fatal competition of
low priced labor, we demand that the immigra-
ton laws be thoroughly enforced and so ex-
tended as to exclude from entrance to the
United States those who can neither read nor
write.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The civil service law was placed on the
statute book by the republican party, which
has always sustained 1t and we renew our re-
peated declarations that 1t shall be thoroughly
and honestly enforced and extended wherever
practicable.
ON THK BALLOT.
We demand that avery citizen OF the United
States shall he allowed u cast one free ballot
and that such ballot shall be counted and re-
turned as cast
ON LYNCHING.
We proclaim our unqualified condemnation
of the upcivlized and barbarous practice well
known as lynching or killing human beings,
suspected or charged with crime, without the
process OF law.
NATIONAL ARBITRATION.
We favor the creation of a tional board OF arbi-
traton to settle and adjust differences which
may arise between employer and employees en-
gagged in interstate commerce.
FREE HOMESTEADS.
We believe in an immediate return to the free
homestead policy Of the republican party and
urge the passage by congress OF the satisfactory
free homestead measure which has already
passed the house and is now pending in the
senate.
ON THE TERRITORIES.
VIC idfOi tHC dululSSIOu VI Tile TellldlTlS Lerrl-
tories at the earliest practicable date having
due regard to the interests OF the people of the
territories and OF the United States. All fed
eral officers appointed for the territories should
De elected from bona ide residents thereof and
the right OF self government should be accorded
so far as practicable.
We believe the citizens of Alaska should
have representation in the congress OF the
United States to the end that all needed legisla-
ton may be intelligently effected.
ON TEMPERANCE
We sympathize with all wise and legitimate
efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of in
temperance and promote morality.
wOMAN'S RIGHTS.
The republican party is mindful OF the rights
and interests Of women. Protection OF Ameri-
can industries includes equal opportunities,
equal pay for equal work, and protection to the
the home. We favor the admission of women
to the wider spheres OF usefulness and well
come their cooperation in rescuing the country
from democratic and populist mlsmanagement
and misrule.
PLEDGE.
Such are the principles and policies OF the
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