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measure calculated TO debase our curren-
cy or impair the credit of our country We
1 are therefore opposed to the free coinage
Of silver except by international agree
ment with the leading commercial IA.
tons Of the world, which we pledge our.
selves 20 promote. and until such agree
mcnt can be obtained the existing gold
standard must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor all measures Gle.
signed to maintain inyiOlably the oblig "a.
tions Of the United states and all our
money. whether coin or paper, at the
present standard, the standard Of thcnost
enlightened nations Of the earth
Favor Liberal Pensions,
The T-tgrans Of the Union army deserve
and should receive fair treatment srd
generous recognition. Whenever praoti-
gable, 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-
nounc 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 severest
condemnation of ne American people.
Our Foteign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
arm, vigorous and dignifed, and all our
interests in the Western hemisphere care
fully watched and guarded. The Hawaiian
Islands should be controlled by the United
States, and no foreign power should be
permitted TO interfere with them; the
N~icaraguan 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 III the West Indies.
The Armenian Massacres.
The massacres in Armenia have aroused
the deep sympathy and Just Indignation
OF the American pcOpleand we believe that
the United States should exercise all the
influence it car possibly exert to bring
these atrocities to on end. In Turkey,
American residents have been exposed TO
the eravcst 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 rsassert the Monroe doctrine in it's
full extent, and we raa1irm the right of
the United States to give the doctrine eE.
feet by responding 20 the appeals of any
American state for friendly intervention
in case Of European Cncroachment. We
have not intcrfercd and shall not interfere
with the existing possessions of any Euro
,Ca 4, 1,gy,-a, -, thts I,a,f-nh,., J,.~ tI,-,
possessions must not, on any pretext, be
extended. We hopefully look forward to
the eventual withdrawal Of the European
powers from this hemisphere and 20 the
ultimate union of all the Engltsh-speak-
ing part of the continent 10y the free CON
sent Of its Inhabitants.
should Interfere in 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 to
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 sue
cess Of their determined contest for
liberty.
The government Of Spain, having lost
control Of Cuba and being unable to pro-
tcct the property or lives Of resident
American citizens, or to comply with its
treaty obligations, we believe that tho
government Of the United States should
actively use its influence and good Offices
to restore peace and give independence to
the island.
Would Increase tiLe Navy.