The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-06-27

Of the American people and we I Ill
that the United States should exercise 81
the influence it can properly exert y, 5000
these atrocities to an end. In iuiaet -
American residents have been expos.u
the gravest dangers and American paor;.
destroyed. There and everywhere, An m,at
can citixens and American property. muss
no ahsolntelv protected at all hazards anu
ut any cost. - to
We reassert the Monroe doctrine IN lts
full extent and we reafirm the right o.
the United States to give the doctrlse o nv
feet by responding to the appeals VI a ,ov
American state for friendly interVentry u
In case Of European encroachment. we
have not interfered and shall not interfere
with the existing possessions OF any Eu nso
pean power in this hemisphere, Dut tnose
possessions must not, on any preteA., oe
extended. We hopefully look Forward "
the eventful withdrawal Of the Europeun
powers from this hemisphere, aha ~ ~
ultimate union of all the English-speaklns
part of the continent by the free consent
of its inhabitants.
From the hour of achieving their W
Independence, the people Of the united
States have regarded with sympathy '4e
struggles of. other American peoples ~
free themselves from European DONNA
ton. We watch with deep and abiding in
terest the heroic battle Of the Cuban pa,
triots against cruelty and oppression aha
our best hopes go out for the full success ol
their determined contest for liberty. me
government of Spain, having lost control OF
Cuba and being unable to protect the pro-
perty or lives of resident American citizens'
or to comply with It's treaty obligations, we
believe that the government of the United
States should actively use its influence 10
restore peace and give independence 10
the island.
The peace and security of the repubhc
and the maintenance of its rightful IN
fluence among the nations of the eartn'
demand a naval power commensurate win
its position and responsibility. We, there
fore, favor the continued enlargement OF
the navy and a complete system of harbor
and sea coast defenses.
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 I'M
migration laws be thoroughly enforced and
so extended as to exclude from entrance to
the United States those who can neither
read nor write.
The civil service law was placed on the
statute book by the Republican party,
which has always sustained it, and we re-
be thoroughly and honestly enforced and
extended wherever practicable.
We demand that every citizen Of the
United States shall be allowed to cast one
free n unrestricted ballot, and that such
ballot shall be counted and returned as cast.
We proclaim our unqualified condemna-
ton of the uncivilized and barbarous prac-
tice, we'll known as lynching or killing hui
man beings, suspected or charged with
crime, without process Of law.
We favor the creation of a national board
of arbitration to settle and adjust differ
ences which may arise between employers
and employed engaged in interstate COM
merce.
We believe in an immediate return to
the free homestead policy of the Repub-
lican 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.
We favor the admission of the remain
ing territories at the earliest practicable
date, having due regard to the interests Of
the people of the territories and of the
United States. All the federal officers ap-
pointed for the territories should be elected
from bona fde residents thereof, and the
right of self-government should be accord
ed as far as practicable.
We believe the citizens of Alaska should
have representation in the congress Of the
United States to the end that needful legis-
lation may be intelligently enacted.
We sympathize with all wise and legiti-
mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils
of intemperance and promote morality.
The Republican party Is mindful of the
rights and interests Of women. Protection
of American industries includes equal op-
%portunities, equal pay for equal work and
protection to the home. We favor the adj
mission of women to wider spheres Of USE
fulness, and welcome their cooperation In
rescuing the country from Democratic and
Populist mismanagement and misrule.
Such are the principles and policies Of
the Republican party. BY these principles
we will abide and these policies we will
put into execution. We ask for them the
considerate Judgment of the American
people. Confident alike in the history of
our great. party and in the Justice of our
cause. we present our platform and our
candidates in the full assurance that the
election will bring victory to the Repub-
lican party and prosperity to the people Of