Crawford avalanche., 1896-08-06

| them In the dark days of the country's
peril. We denounce the practice In the
Pension bureau, so recklessly and un-
justly carried on by the present admins
tratlon. OF reducing pensions and arbi-
trarily dropping names from the rolls as
deserving the severest condemnation Of
the American people.
Vigorous Foreign Policy.
Our foreign policy should be at all
| times firm vigorous and dignified and all
our interests in the Western hemisphere
carefully watched and guarded. The
Hawaiian islands should be controlled by
| the United States. and no foreign power
should should be permitted to interfere with t
them; the Nicaraguan canal should be
| built. owned and operated by the United
states. and by the purchase of the Dan
ish islands we should secure a proper
and much-needed naval station in the
| West Indies.
To Stop Armenian Massacres.
The massacres in Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy and just in
dignation of the American people, and
we believe that 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
protected at all hazard and at any cost.
Monroe Doctrine Reasserted.
| 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 inter
iere with the existing possessions OF any
European power in this hemisphere, but
those possessions must not, on any pre-
text, be extended. We hopefully look
forward to the eventual withdrawal of
the European powers from this hemis-
| sphere and to the ultimate union Of all
the Englsh-speakng part of the CON
tlnent by the free consent of its in
habitants.
independence for Cuba.
| From the hour of achieving their own
independence the people of the United
| States have regarded with sympathy the
struggles of other American peoples 10
| free themselves from European domina-
ton. 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 10 pro-
tect the property and 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 influence and good offices
TO restore peace and give independence
TO the island.
| Enlargement of Navy.
The peace and security of the republic
and the maintenance of its rightful in
| hn nf N nar rf
demand naval power commensurate te
with its position and responsibility. We
| therefore favor the continued enlarge
ment of the navy and a complete system
of hurbor and seacoast defenses.
Limitation of Immigration.
For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship and of the wages
| of our workingmen against the fatal COM
| petition of low-priced labor we demand
that the immigration laws be thoroughly
enforced and so extended as to exclude
from entrance to the United States those
who can neither read nor write.
Civil Service Enforcement.
The civil service law was placed on th..
statute book by the Republican party,
| which has always sustained il, and we
renew our repeated declaratioS-. t!at it
shall be thoroughly and honestly en-
forced and extended wherever practica-
BILE.
Fair Ballots for Citizens.
We demand that every citizen Of the
United States shall be allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot. and
that such ballot shall be counted and
returned as cast.
Lynchipg is Condemned.
We proclaim our unqualified condemna-
ton of the unciviliZed and barbarous
| practice well known as lynching, or kill
| ing of human beings suspected or charged
with crime, without process of law.
National Arbitration Board.
We favor the creation of National
Board of Arbitration to settle and adjust
differences which may arise between en-
ployers and employed engaged in inter
state commerce.
Free Homesteads Favored.
We believe i'm 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
To Admit Territories.
We favor the admission Of the remain
ing territories ut the earliest practica bls
date. having due regard to the interests
of the people of the Territories and ot
the United States. All the Federal of
ficcrs appointed for the Territories should
be elected from bona tide residents there
of. and the right of self-governmen
should be accorded as far as practica
BILE.
Representation for Alaska.
We believe the citizens of Alask;
should have representation in the Con
! gress of the United States. to the en-,
that needful legislation may be intelli
gently enacted.
Stand for Temperance.
We sympathize with all wise and legit
innate efforts to lessen and prevent tn,
evils of intemperance and promote moral
ity.
welcome to Women.
The Republican party is mindful O
+, the rights and interests of women. Pro
lection of American industries include
: equal opportunities. equal pay for euua
, work, and protection to the home w
favor the admission of women to wide
spheres of usefulness. and welcome thei
cooperation in rescuing the country iron
Democratic and Populist mismana gemen
and misrule.
Appeal TO Voters.
Such are the principles and policies of tn
!. Republican party. BY these principle