The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-19

ules. The question OF rates isl practical
question, to be governed by the conditions
Of the time and production; the ruling and
uncompromising principle is the protec-
tion and development Of American labor
and industry. The country demands a
right settlement and then it wants rest.
Repeal of Reciprocity Was Calamitous.
We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Re
publican administration was "a national
calamity, and we demand their renewal
ani extension Oh such termsas will equal
ize our trade with other nations, remove
! the restrictions which now obstruct the
sale of American products in the ports Of
other countries and secure enlarged mar
kets for the products of our farms, forests
and factories
Protection and reciprocity are twin
measures Of Republican policy and go
hand in hand Democratic rule has reck
lessly struck down both. and both must
he re-esta ablished.
Protection for what we produce; free
admission for the necessaLies of life which
we do not produce; reciprocal agreements
| of mutual interests which gain open mar
kets for us in return for our open markets
to others. Protection builds up domestic
| industry and trade. and secures our own
market for ourselves; reciprocity builds up
foreign trade and finds an outlet for our
| surplus.
Protection For Sugar.
We condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with the sugar pro-
ducers of this country. The Republican
| party favOrs such protection as will lead to
the production on American soil of all the
sugar which the American people use. ard
| for which they pay other countries more
| than 500 coo. .OU annually.
Wool and woolens.
To all our products-to those OF the
mine and the field as we'll as those of the
| shop and the factery-to hemp, to wool,
| the product of the great industry of the
sheep husbandry, as well as TO the finished
woolens of the mill-we promise the most
ample protection.
Merchant Marine.
We favor restoring the early American
| policy of discriminating duties for the up
building of our merchant maSine and the
| protection of our shipping in the foreign
carrying trade, SO that American ships
| the product of American labor, employed
| in American ship yards. sailing under the
stars and stripes, and manned, officercd
and owned by American.-may regain the
carrying of our foreign kmmerce
The Financial Plank.
The Republican party unreservedly is
Tor sound money. 1t caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the resump-
ton of specie payments in 1877; since then
| every dollar Is az good as gold.
We are unalterably opposed to every
| measure calculated to debase our curren-
cy or impair the credit of our country. We
are therefore opposed to the free coinage
of silver except by international agree
ment with the leading commercial ma
tions of the world, which we pledge our
selves to promote. and until such agree
ment can be obtained the existing gold
standard must be maintained at parity
with gold. and we favor all measures de-
signed to maintain inviolably the obliga-
tions 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.
| Favor Liberal Pensions.
The veterans of the Union army deserve
! and should receive fair treatment and
generous recognition. Whenever practi
cable they should be given the preference
in the matter of employment. and they
are entitled to the enactment of such laws
as are best calculated to secure the fulfill
| ment of the pledges made to them in the
dark days of the country's peril. We de
nounce the practice in the pension bureau
SO recklessly and unjustly carried on by
| the present administration. of reducing
pensions and arbitrarily dropping names
| from the rolls as deserving the severes,
| condemnation of the American people.
Our Foreign Relations.
| Our foreign policy should be at all times
firm, vigorous and dignified, and all oul
interests in the western hemisphere care
fully watched ard guarded. The Hawaiian
islands should be controlled by the United
States, and no foreign power should be
permitted to interfere with them; the
NicaraguaD canal should be built, owned
and operated by the United States; and by
the purchase of the Danish islands W.
should secure a proper and much needed
naval station in the West Indies.
| The Armenian Massacres.
| The massacres in Armenia have aroused
the deep sympathy and just Indignation
of the Aerican people and we believe that
| the United States should exercise all the
influence it can possibly exert to bring
| these atrocities to an end. In Turkey
American residents have been exposed to
the gravest dangers and property de
stroyed. There and everywhere, Ameri
can citizens and American property must
be absolutely protected at all hazards and
at any cost.
The Monroe Doctrine.
| We reassert the Monroe doctrine in Its
full extent and we reaffirm the right OF
the United States to give the doctrine ef
feet by responding to the appeals of any
| American state for friendly intervention
in case of European encroachment. We
have not interfered and shall not interfere
with the existing possessions Of any Euro
pean power in this hemisphere. but those
possessions must not, on any pretext, be
extended. We hopefully look forward tc
the eventual withdrawal of the European
powers from this hemisphere and to the
ultimate union of all the English-speak
ing part of the continent by the free con
| sent of its inhabitants.
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