The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-28

! the s=a=alId Of value. The people by
/ great mdJptidss issued 10 the Republi-
/ can patty a commission to enact these
/ laws. This commission mas been eX-
! ecut.az "a .d fae ltepabaioan promise is
redeemed. Prosperity more general
and abundant than we have ever known
has followed these enactments.
And while the American people, sus-
| tanned By this Republican legislation
/ have been achieving splendid triumphs
| In their business and commerce. they
! have conducted and in victory concluded
a war for liberty and human rights. No
| thought of national ACKNOWLEDGMENT
| furnished the high purpose with which
| American standards were unfurled. 1t
was a war unsought and patiently re-
! sisted but when it came the American
government was ready. Its fleets were
| cleared for action. Its armies were in
! the field and the quick and signal tri-
Lmph of its forces on land and sea bore
! equal tribute to the courage of Ameri-
can soldiers and sailors. and to the skill
and foresight of Republican statesman
ship. To 100000 600 of the human race
| there was given "a new birth of free
| dom and to the American people new
and noble responsibility.
We indorse the administration of
| William Mckinley. Its acts have been
established in wisdom and in patriotism,
| anu dt HbIIe anu dDfOdu II mas dis
tinctlY elevated and extended the in
| fluence of the American nation
Aunered 10 90 Il Standard
We renew our allegiance to the prin-
ciple of the gold standard. and declare
our confidence in the wisdom of the
| legislation of the Fixty- Sixth congress
by which the parity of all our money
and the stability of our currency upon
gold basis has been secured. We
| recognize that interest rates are potent
/ factors in production and business ac-
| tivity. and for the purpose of further
| equalizing and of further lowering the
! rates of interest we favor such mon
! etary legislation as will enable the
varying needs of the season and of all
| sections to be promptly met in order
that trade may be evenly sustained.
| labor steadily employed and commerce
| enlarged The volume of money in cir
! culation was never so great per capita
| as ii is today. We declare our steadfast
| opposition to the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver No measure to thai
end could be considered which was with
| out the support of the leading COM
mercia countries of the world.
We recognize the necessity and pro-
| priety of the honest cooperation OF
| capital to meet new business conditions
| and especially to extend our rapidly in
! creasng foreign trade, but we condemn
| all conspiracies and combinations in
| tended to restrict business, to create
monopolies to limit production or to
! control prices, and favor such legisla-
| ton as will effectively restrain and pre-
| vent all such abuses protect and pro
| mote competition and secure the rights
! of producers, laborers and all who are
engaged in industry and commerce.
We renew our faith In the policy o.
! protection to American labor In thai
! policy our industries have been estab
| lishe Il. diversified and maintained. BY
! protecting the home market competition
! has been stimulated and production
i cheapened. Opportunity to the in
/ Veative genius of our people has beer
secured, and wages in every depart
/ ment of labor maintained al high rates
higher now than ever before, and al
ways distinguishing our working people
in their better conditions of life from
+ those of any competing country. W.
! favor the associated policy of reciprocity
, so directed as to open our markets or
| favorable terms for what we do moi
! ourselves produce in return fof free for
! eign markets.
R strcton Of immigration Favored.
In the further interest of American
workmen, we favor more effective re
labor from foreign lands, the ex
tension of opportunities of education fol
! working children, the raising of the agt
limit for child labor the protection d
| free labor as against contract conVie
labor, and an effective system of labor
| insurance.
Our present dependence upon foreign
shipping for nine-tenths of our foreign
carrying is a great loss to the industr,
of this country. The national defens,
| and naval efficiency of this country
! moreover, supply a compelling reasol
for legislation which will enable us t,
recover ou FORMER place among tbs
trade carrying fleets Of the world
The nation owes debt of profount
. gratitude to The soldiers ana sailors VIII
have fought its battles and 1t Is t
| governments duty to provide for tn
survivors and for the widows and or
uhans of those who have fallen in tht
| countrys wars.
We commend the policy of the Repub-
lican party In maintaining the efficiency
Of the civil service.
Neg o. franchsement ondem ed
| 1t was the plain purpose of the 15i h
! amendment to the constitution to pre-
| vent discrimination on account of race
| or color in regulating the elective fran
| chiSe. Devices of state governments,
| whether by statutory or constitutions
enactment. to avoid the pu! pose of til.
! amendment are revolutionary, and
| should be condo mned.
| Public movements looking to per
| mament Improvement Of the roads d
highways of the country meet with our
| cordial approval.
We favor the extension of the rural
free delivery service wherever its ex-
| tension may be justified
The Dngley act, amended to providt
| sufficient revenue for the conduct of the
| war, has so we'll performed its work tina
| it has been possible To reduce the war
debt in the sum of SAC. 900, 600 The coun-
| trv Is now justified in expecting ana Il