Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-18


such terms MS Will eQual2o our trade with other
nations remove the restrictions which now
| obstruCt the sale OF American products In tho
ports OF other countries and secure enlarged
markets for the products OF our farms, forests
and factories Protection and reciprocity are
twin measures Of republican policy and 90
hand In hand Democratic rule has rocklossly
struck down both ana both must DO ro-ostab-
lishod, Protection for what we produce; FREQ
admission for the nccessnros OF life which wa
do not produce; reciprocal agreements OF
mutual interest which gain open markets for
us In return for our open market TO others.
Protection builds up domestic industry and
trade, and secures our own market for our
selves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade and
finds nm outlet for our surplus
We condemn the present administration for
not keeping faith with the sugar producers OF
this country The republican party favors
such protection MS will lead to the production
ON American soil Of all the sugar which tho
American people use, and for which they pay
other countries more than SlO0,0)O,000 annually,
TO all our products--to those Of the mine ana
field, as well rs to those OF the shop and fac
tory to hemp, to wool the product OF the great
industry of sheep huSbandry, as well Us TO the
finished woolcns of the ml-wo promise the
most ample protection
We favor restoring the early American poll
icy OF discriminating duties for the up-bulld-
ing OF our merchant marine and the protection
Of our shipping In the foreign carrying trade,
| so that American Ships-the product OF Amer
! lean labor, employed in American shipyards,
smiling under the stars and stripes and manned,
,Nccrcd and owned by Amcrcans-may re-
q, ln the carrying OF our foreign commerce
The republican party is unreservedly for
| sound money IL caused the enactment Of the
law providing for the resumption OF specie
pnymNnts in 1870 since then every dollar has
! been as good as gold. We are unnterably OPP
posed to ovcry measure calculated to debaso
our currency, or impair the credit Of our coun-
try We are therefore opposed to free COIN
are Of silver except by international agreement
| with the leading commercial nations Of the
world, which we pledge ourselves 10 promote,
ana until such an agreement can be obtained
the existing gold standard must be preserved,
All our silver and paper currency must be
maintained at parity with gold ma We favor
all measures designed to maintain invlolably
| the obligation of the United States and our
money, whether coin or paper at their present
standard, the standard OF the most enlightened
nations Of the e0rth,
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 em-
| ploymcnt and they are entitled to the enact
mcnt Of such laws as uro best calculated to Sc
cure the fulnlment Of the pledges made to
them IN the dark duyS Of the country's peril.
We denounce the practice In the pension bu-
rcau, so recklossy and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, Of reducing PEN
sions and arbitrarily dropping names from tho
roll as deserving the seYerest condemnation
Of tho American people
our foreign policy should be at all times firm,
vigorous and dignned, ana all our interests In
the western hemisphere watched and guarded.
The Hawaiian Islands should he controlled by
| the United States, and no foreign power should
| be permitted to interfere with them; the NIcn-
ragua canal should be buIltownodan operated
| by the United States, and by the purchase OF
| the Danish Islands we should secure n proper
| and muCh-needed naval station In the West
| Indies,
The massacres In Armenia have abused tho
| deep sympathy and Just Indignation OF tho
| American people, and we believe the United
| States should exercise all the influence IL can
properly exert TO bring these atrocities to an
| end In turkey, American residents have been
exposed to gravost danger and their property
DESTROYED there and every American citizen
and American property must be absolutely
| protected at all hazards and nt any cost.
We assert the Monroe doctrine In It's full OK
! tent and we affirm the right Of tho United
States to give the doctrine effect by respond
| Ing to the appeals Of any American state for
| friendly Intervention In case Of European en-
! crOnchmcnt We have not interferod and
shall not interfere with the existing possess
sions Of any European power in this hemis-
phere, but those possessions must not on any
prcteXt be extended We hopefully look for
ward TO the eventual withdrawal OF the EurO-i
peun powers from this hemisphere and to tho
ultimate union Of ali the English spending
part Of the continent by tho free consent OF It's
inhabitants
From the hour OF achieving their own indie
pcndencc the people Of tho United States have
regarded with sympathy the struggles OF other
American people from European domination.
We watch with deep and abiding interest tho
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, md being unable
to protect the property or lives OF resident
American citizens or TO comply with rs treaty
obligations, we believe that the government Of
the United States should actively use It's infu-
cnce and good Offices to restore peace and give
independence to the islald
The peace and security Of tho republic and
the maintenance OF It's rightful influence
among the nations OF tho earth demand q
naval power commensurate with It's position
and responsibility We therefore favor the
continued enlargement Of the navy and COM
plet9 system Of harhor ana sea ooast defenseR
For the protection of the equality of our
American citizenship and Of the wages OF our
workngmcn against the fatal competition OF
low.prIced labor we demadd that the imml-
grafton laws be thoroughly enforced, and so
extended as TO exclude from entrance to the
United States those who can neither read and
write
Tho OWL service law was placed on tho
statute book by the republican party, which
has always sustained IL and we renew our re-
peated declarations that 1t shall be thoroughly
and honestly enforced and extended wherever
practicable.
We demand that every citizen Of .ne United
States shall be allowed TO cast 6no free and
unrestricted ballot and that such ballot shall
be counted and returned "a cast.
We proclaim our disqualified condemnation
OF tho uncivi(ised and barbprous practices.
well kG9yA as lynchiny o, killing OF human
h0llYs suspected OF Charged with crime, With.
put process Of law,
We fayor shs creation OF national Poarl OF
arbitration to settle and adjust Sinerences
which may arise between employers and en-
plQyed engaged in interstate Commerce
We believe in an hnpailate return to the
homestead policy Of the republican party and
urge the passage by congress- OF the free home
RN0ad measure which has already passed the
house
We favor tho addition Of tho remaining ter
ritories At the earliest practicable date, hav-
ing due regard to the interests to the people Of
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