The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-03-12

government, pursued from the begin
ming, to raise the bulk of our revenue
from taxes upon foreign productions
entering the United States. Nothing
has ever been made palmer at a gen.
eral election than that the controlling
principle in the raising of revenue from
duties on imports, is Jealous care for
American interests and American
labor. 1t is, therefore, earnestly hoped
and expected that congress will at the
earliest practicable moment enact reve-
nue. legislation that shall be fair, rea-
sonable, conservative and just, and
which, while supplying sufficient reve-
nue. for public purposes, will still be
signally beneficial and helpful to every
section and every enterprise of the
people.
Reciprocity.
"ln the revision of the tariff, especial
attention should be given to the re-en-
actment and extention of the reciproci-
ty principle of the law of 1890, under
which so great stimulus was given to
our foreign trade. The depression of
the past four years has fallen with
especial severity upon the great body
of toilers of the country Business
conditions are not the most promising.
1t will take time to restore the pros
perity of former years. However
troublesome the situation may appear,
congress will not, l am sure, be found
lacking in disposition or ability to re-
heve it, as far as legislation can do so.
The restoration of confidence and the
revival of business, which all parties
so much desire, depend more largely
upon the prompt, energetic and in
telligent action of congress than upon
any other single agency affecting the
situation.
Our Great Nation.
''It is inspiring, too, to remember
that no great emergency in the los
years of our eventful national life has
ever arisen that has not been met with
wisdom and courage by the American
people. Equality of rights must pre-
vail and our laws be always and every
where respected and obeyed. Lynch
ings must not be tolerated in a great
states; courtS-not mobS-muSt exc.
cute the penalty of the law. The de-
claration of the party now restored to
power has been in the past that of OPP
position to all combinations of capi-
tai organized in trusts, or otherwise,
to control arbitrarily the condition of
trade among our citizens and this
purpose will be steadily pursued, both
by the enforcement of the laws now
in existence and the recommendation
and support of such new statutes as
may be necessary to carry it into eff
feet. Our naturalization and immigra-
tion laws should be further improved
to the constant promotion of safer, a
better and higher citizenship. Reforms
in the civil service must go on. But
the changes should be real and genuine,
not perfunctory, or prompted by zeal
in behalf of any party, simply because
it happens to be in power. Congress
should give prompt attention to the
restoration of our American merchant
marine, once the pride of the seas in
all the great ocean highways of COM
merce.
Firm and Dignified Foreign Policy.
at has been the policy of the United
States since the foundation of the gov
ernment to cultivate relations of peace
and amity with all the nations of the
world, and this accords with my con-
ception of our duty now. 1t will be
our aim to pursue firm and dignified
foreign policy, which shall be just, inn
partial, ever watchful of our national
honor and always insisting upon the
enforcement of the lawful rights of
American citizens everywhere. We
want no wars of conquest; we must
avoid the temptation of territorial ag-
gression. War should never be en-
tered upon until every agency of peace
has failed; peace is preferable to war
in almost every contingency. Arbitra-
ton is the true method of settlement
of international as well as local or in
dividual differences" The president
urges the ratification of the Anglo
American treaty now before the sem
ate. He will convene congress in ex-
ira session on March Is with the object
of enacting legislation which will re-
heve the public treasury and at once
stimulate business.