The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-24

hey OF discrimins ting duties for the upbuildinG
of our merchant marine and the protection 1T
our shipping In the foreign carrying trade.
so that American shps-the product of Amsri-
can labor. employed In American shipyards
sailing under the stars and stripes. and
manned. ofioe ed and owned by Americans
may regain tie carrying OF our foreign com
merce.
The republican party Is unreservedly for sound
money. IL caused the enactment OF the law
provid ng for the resumption OF specie pay
ments in 1872: since then every dollar has been
as good a. gold.
Against Free Coinage.
We are unalterably opposed to every meas
ure calculated 10 debas+ OF currency or impair
the credit Of our country We are therefore
oppose 10 the free coinage II silver exc pit by
international agreement with the lie ding COM
mercial nations OF the W rid, which We pledge
ourselves To promote. and until such agree
ment can be obtained the existing gold stand
arc must be preserved All our silver and pa.
per currency must be maintained at parity
with gold. and we favor all measures designed
10 maintain inviolably the Oh igstions Of the
United States and all our money whether coin
or paper, at the present standard-the standard
of the most enlightened nations of the earth
The veterans Of the Union army deserve and
should receive fair treatment and generous
recognition. Whenever practicable they should
be given the preference In the matter of EN-.
"a
ment of such laws as are best calculated 10 Sc
cure the fulfllment of the pledges made TO
them in the dark 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.
sions and arbitrarily dropping names from the
rolls as deserving the severest condemnation OF
the American people
Our foreign policy should be at all times
Arm, vigorous and dignlfed, and all our inter
ests 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 10
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 a proper and
much needed naval station in the West Indies
Armenian Massacres and Cuba.
The massacres in Arm enia have aroused the
deep sympathy and just ndi nation Of the
American people, and we believe that the
United States should exercise all the influence
ii can properly exert TO bring these atrocities
to an end In Turkey American resi- tents have
been exposed 10 the gravest danger and Amer
lean property destroyed. There and every
where American citizens and American prop
cry must be absolutely protected at all haz-
ards and at any cost
We reassert the Monroe doctrine in its full
extent. and we reaffrm the right of the United
States 10 give the doctrine effect by respond
ing 10 the appeals of any American state for
friendly intervention in case of European en-
croachment We have not interfered and shall
not interfere with the existing possessions OF
any European powers 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 10 the ultimate un-
ion of all the English speaking part of the con-
tinent by the free consent of its inhabitants.
From the hour of achieving their independ-
ence the people of the United States have re-
garded with sympathy the struggles of other
American peoples TO free themselves 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 70
comply with the treaty obligations, we believe
that the government of the United States
should actively use its influence and good Of
fees 10 restore peace and give independence to
the island.
The peace and security of the republic and
the maintenance of its rightful influence
amoug the nations of the earth demand
naval power commensurate with its position
ana responsibility. We therefore favor the
continued enlargement Of the navy and a com
plete system of of harbor and seacoast defenses.
Foreign Immigration.
For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship and the wages of our
workingmen against the fatal competition of
low priced labor, we demand that the immi-
grafton laws be thoroughly enforced and
extended 10 exclude from entrance TO the
United States those who can neither read nor
write.
The civil service law placed on the stat
ute book by the Republican party. which has
al SttGta ff naA n and at
our declarations that il shall be Thoroughly and
honestly enforced ami extended wherever
practicable.
We demand that every citizen of the United
States shall be allowed to cast one free and un-
restricted ballot and that such ballot shall be
counted and returned as cast.
We proclaim our unqualified condemnation of
the uncivilized and barbarous practice. well