The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-28

| anu lp-uttS, Wlln the way ended anu peace assured, all our people give hon
 or and praise to the president, who so
 bravely and so wisely enforced the na-
 tional will and upheld the national
 arms.
 We congratulate our army and navy
 upon the splendid victories of the war,
 and we welcome home our brave sol
 diers and sailors, who by their courage
 and sacrifices have added new dignity
 to American citizenship and given new
 power and meaning to our flag,
 We have abiding confidence that the
 president will conclude this peace upon
 terms that will satisfy the conscience,
 the judgment and the high purpose of | the American people. We realize that | when the necessities of war compelled
 our nation to destroy Spanish authority
 in the Antilles and in the Philippines
 we as" dmed solemn duties and obliga- | ticAs alike to the people of the islands
 we conquered and to the civilized world.
 We cannot turn these islands back to Spain. We cannot leave them, unarm-
 ed for defense and untried in state
 craft, to the horrors of domestic strife,
 or to partition among European powers
 We have assumed the responsibilities
 of victory, and wherever our flag has
 gone there the liberty, the humanity
 and the civilization which that flag em-
 bodies and represents must remain and
 abide forever. The republican party
 has been the party of brave conserva-
 tism and of triumphant faith in the na-
 tionality of this people, and we know
 that the president and statesmen and
 voters of the republican party will meet
 these issues as bravely and as triumph
 antly as we have met the issues of the
 past.
 We commend the annexation of Ha-
 waii in the interest of commerce, of na-
 tional security and of national develop
 ment
 We renew our allegiance to the doc-
 trines of the St. Louis platform. We
 continue to condemn and resist the
 democratic policies declared at Chicago.
 The organized democratic party of the
 nation adheres to these policies of free silver and free trade, and denies the
 right of the courts and of the govern
 ment to protect persons and property
 from violence. On the coming eighth of
 November we are to elect not only our
 state officers, but also representatives
 in congress and members of our state
 legislature. That legislature In it's turn
 will elect United States senator to
 succeed the present democratic senator
 from this state. Democratic leaders de-
 clare they will conduct this campaign
 upon state issues alone, But it is known that If the democratic party se- cures the state leislature, it will re-
 elect to the United States senate that democrat who now represents his party there and misrepresents the state. That senator supported the cause of free sil-
 yer; supported the nominees of the Chi
 cago convention in the last presidential election; gave his vote in the senate for ! the heresies of that Chicago platform, , and must, if reelected, continue to sup port those heresies Democrats may ; try to deceive the people by ignoring the anarchistic doctrines of that instru- . ment in their state platform, but their members of congress and their senator. if they shall succeed in re-electing him, cannot and will not ignore those doc
 trines at Washington. We are ready to meet the democrats on all state issues, but in large sense this campaign is
 national campaign, and our people
 cannot escape it's national conse- , quences The election of republican members to congress and of republi-
 can state legislature will mean that New York shall stand for the mante- nance of the gold standard and for such 3 a revision of the currency laws as will ) guarantee to the labor of the country } that every paper promise to pay dol lar issued under the authority of the , United States shall be of absolute and f equal value with a gold dollar always . and everywhere.
 The republican party is fulfilling the f pledges we made at St. Louis. We f have enacted conservative protective tariff, so wisely devised that the reve- , nue is amply sufficient to pay the ordi- i, nary expenses of the government in times of peace, while capital Is encour- aged to seek employment and the wages L of labor are maintained at that high
 standard which experience has proved to be necessary to the welfare of our , people. Our exports largely exceed our - imports. The gold of the world comes
 steadily to our shores and with a con- 3 tinuance of republican policy and re- publican national administration the : prosperous future of the nation is as- - sured.
 7 In the interests of American labor and commerce we believe that Ameri- ) can products should be carried in f American ships and we favor the up- :. building of an American merchant ma f rine, which will give us our share ir 3 the carrying trade of the world in time t of peace and constitute an effective - naval military in time of war.
 I We commend the administration ot l Governor Black. It has been wise 9 statesmanlike, careful and economical I l and has resulted in the lowest legiti- l mate tax rate which the state has had 3 since 1856.
 We commend the work of the Iegis- lature of 1898 in enacting laws looking to the betterment of the roads of the 3 state through proper local supervision by boards of supervisors in completing = through the direct agency of the gover- . nor, the capitol building at Albany; ir v | adopting for cities of the second class a uniform charter, in throttling all at.
 tempts to place socialistic taxes upor
 the fruits of industry and economy; il , meeting every demand required by the , war; in beginning the abolition of dan o | gerous grade crossings on railroads l ;,o fo ba co1Jiorc ;Iors