The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-07-07


Armenians and the Cubans-and as
the traditions of this country would
have dictated.
We declare the Porto Rican law To
be not only a serious but a dangerous
departure from the principles Of our
form OF government We believe in =
republican form OF government and
are opposed to monarchy and to tho
whole theory of imperialistic control,
we believe in self government a
government by the consent OF the gov
erened and are unalterably opposed to
a government based on force II is
clear and certain that the inhabitants
OF the Philippine archipelago cannot
be made citizens Of the United states
without endangering our civilization.
We are therefore in favor of APPLYING
to the Philippine archipelago the prin-
ciple we are solemnly and publicly
pledged to observe i'm the case OF
Cuba.
There being no longer any necessity
for collecting war taxes. we demand
the repal of the war taxes levied to
carry on the war with Spain.
We favor the immediate admission
into the union Of the states the terri
tories of Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma
We demand that our nations prom
Use to Cuba shall be fulfilled in every
| particular
We believe the national government
should lend ia and assistance to-
ward the reclamation of the arid lands
of the United States and to that en6
we are in favor Of a comprehensive
/
certainment of the water supply avail
able for such reclamation, and we
believe it to be the duty of the general
government to provide for the con-
struction of storage reservoirs and ir-
rigation works so that the water sup
ply Of the arid region may be utilized
to the greatest possible extent in the
interests of the people while preserving
all the rights of the state.
Transportation is a public necessity
and the means and methods Of it are
matters of public concern. Railway
companies exercise power over in
dustries, business and commerce,
which they ought not to do and should
be made to serve the public interests
without making unreasonable charges
or unjust discrimination We observe
with satisfaction the growing senti-
ment among the people in favor OF
the public ownership and operation OF
public utilities.
Peace is the virtue of civilization and
war is it's crime. War is only justi-
fed when the oppressors or humanity
will heed no other appeal. and when
the enemies of liberty will respond to
no other demand However high and
pure may be the purpose of an APP
peal to arms in the beginning, war
becomes immoral when continued for
the purpose of subjNgation, or for ma
tional aggradizement. We are in favor
of expanding our commerce to the in
terests of American labor and for the
benefit of all Of our people, by every
honest and peaceful means-but when
war is waged to extend trade, forcs
commerce or acquire wealth 1t is ma
tional piracy. Our creed and our his
tory justify the nations of the earth
in expecting that wherever the Ameri-
can flag is unfurled in authority, hui
man liberty and political freedom will
be found We protest against the ad-
option of any policy that will change,
in the thought of the world, the mean
ing of our flag. We insist that it shall
never float over any vessel, or wave at
the head of any column directed
against the political independence of
any people, of any race, or of any
cline.
We are opposed to the Importation
of Asiatic laborers in competition with
American labor-and a more rigid en-
forcement of the laws relating there
to
The silver republican party of the
"a States in the foregoing princi-
plies seeks to perpetrate the spirit and
to adhere to the teachings of Abraham
Lincoln.
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