The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-08-30

era VI uueAdllpleu prosperity HAS DCVh
inaugurated. Much of the success OF
the Republican policy adopted in 1896
is due to the good judgment, wise
counsel administrative ability, far
reaching diplomacy and broad minded
craftsmanship of our patriotic presi-
dent. We firmly support and fully in
! dorse his administration and place on
record the wish of the Republicans OF
| Pennsylvania that he be nominated to
lead the hosts to victory in the cam
paign of 1900. and to this end we rec
ommend the election of delegates who
will give his candidacy earnest and
vigorous support at the next national
convention.
We reaffirm the principles OF our
| party declared in the national platform
| by the st. Louis convention. The Re
publican party of Pennsylvania stands
uneQuivocally and unreservedly for
sound money, and favors a currency
with which to pay the wages of labor
and the earnings of capital, the soldier
and pensioner, as good as gold the
world over. To further these ends we
believe in maintaining the existing
gold standard, and are unalterably OPP
posed to the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of l6 to l.
We renew and emphasize our alle-
glance to the policy of protection,
which is the bulwark of our Industrial
development and the foundation Of the
prosperity Of our country.
We cordially endorse and heartily
approve the wise course pursued by
our representatives in congress in the
enactment OF the Dingley tariff law.
We congratulate the country on the
successful termination of the war with
Spain and recognize the wisdom OF
the policy President Mckinley has in
augurated in the management of the
affairs in Cuba and Porto Rico, and
promise him our faithful support in
the prosecution of the war in the Phil
ippines, in order that the supremacy
of the flag planted there by the valor
of our army and navy may be main
tained.
Pennsylvania is proud of the record
made by her soldiers at Gettysburg.
Antietam, Fredericksburg. the Wilder
ness, Chickamauga and upon other bat
tlefields of the civil war, and glories in
the fact that the spirit of the old vet
Grams has been handed down to their
sons, who heroically followed the des-
tiny of the flag at San Juan Hill, Co.
ANA. Malolos. La Lomas church and
Malate.
We feel a patriotic pride in the fact
that every battle fought in defense Of
our national honor has contained a
record of the brave deeds of Pennsyl-
vania soldiers. and we extend to those
now returning from the Philippine
Islands a hearty welcome and express
bravery with which they upheld the
flag Of their country and the honor of
our state. The Tenth Pennsylvania,
under the leadership of the courageous
and lamented Hawkins, occupies the
honorable position of being the only
regiment east of the Mississippi river
chosen for campaign work in the dis
tant Philippines, and it is now matter
of national history that they met the
highest expectations of those who Sc
lected them for this patriotic service.
To give continued employment to the
industry, ingenuity and skill of the
American mechanic and laborer we
must find new markets abroad for our
surplus products. The commercial
control of additional territory will af-
ford new markets which will necessa-
rily increase our commerce and de-
velop our manufacturing interests. We
have ceased to be content with supply
ing products for home consumption
alone
We must keep pace with other ma
tions in seeking new fields for our
commerce. and to this end we support
the policy Of industrial commerce and
national expansion. We favor for our
national defense and the promotion of
closer commerce relations between the
sections of our vast territory, now an
immediate necessity. the immediate
commencement and early completion Of
cation between the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans. as well as its protection
against foreign control
We believe the best interests of the
laborer will be conserved by the con-
tinuance of Republican supremacy in
state and nation. We express our ap-
proval of the right of labor to organ
ize as well as capital and believe that
such organization properly and lawful
ly controlled will accomplish better
results for both the employe and the
employer. We recognize that the per-
petuity of our institutions depends
upon giving to labor the fullest and
freest opportunity to better its condi-
tion by securing employment under the
most favorable circumstances.
We commend the wise, business like
and courageous administration of our
distinguished governor, William A.
Stone. AS chief executive he has
shown a disposition to serve the best
interests of the whole people and to
conduct his administration on lines Of
common honesty and business like sa-
gacity.
Like an individual, state must live
within its income. An individual who
pays out more money than he receives
becomes insolvent, and a state that
adopts the same policy must sink in
credit We, therefore, uphold the gov
ernor in his policy of reducing the ex-
penses Of the state so that they shall
not exceed our income. The largest
support should be given to our char
table, eleemosynary, penal and char
table institutions. but appropriations
should not be made, even for these
worthy purposes, beyond the annual
revenues of the state. If additional
revenues are required we favor the
taxation of incorporated capital and or
ganized trusts, so that the public bur-
dens may be more fully and equally
distributed