The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-06-27


vexatious conditions OF European al
lance for the government OF Samoa his
course is especially to be commended.
BY securing to our undivided control
the most important island of the Sa-
moan group and the best harbor in the
Southern Pacific evccy American inter
est has been safe-guarded
We approve the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands to- the United States.
We commend the part taken by our
Government in the peace conference at
The Hague. We assert our steadfast ad-
herence to the policy announced in the
Monroe doctrine. The provisions OF
The Hague convention were wisely re-
garded when President Mckinley ten
dered his friendly Offices in the interest
of peace between Great Britain and the
South African republics. While the
American Government must continue
the policy prescribed by Washington, af
frmcd by every succeeding President
and imposed upon us by The Hague
treaty, OF non-intervention in European
controversies, the American people ear
nestly hope that a way may soon be
found, honorable alike to 10th contest
ing parties, to terminate the strife be.
tween them.
The Philippine Problem.
In accepting. by the treaty of Paris.
the just responsibility of our victories
in the Spanish war the President and
the Senate won the undoubted approval
of the American people. No other
course was possible than to destroy
SPANS sovereignty throughout the
Western Indies and the Philippine Isl
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sibility before the world and with the
unorganized population when Our inter
vention had freed from Spain. to pro-
vide for the maintenance of law and or
der and for the establishment of good
government and for the performance oi
international obligations. Our authority
could not be less than our responsibility
and wherever sovereign rights were eX-
tended il became the high duty of the
Government to maintain its authority
to put down armed instruction and TO
confer the blessings of liberty and civil
ization upon all the rescued peoples The
largest measure OF self-government con-
sistent with their welfare and our duties
shall be secured to them by law. To
Cuba independence and self-government
were assured in the same voice by which
pledge shall be performed
The Republican party, upon its history
and upon this declaration of its princi-
Piles and policies, confidently invokes
the considerate and approving jndg-
ment OF the American people.
The Republican Determination.
We will not abandon our task. w.
will neither surrender nor retreat We
will not write failure across this page
of Our history. We will do our duty.
our full duty, to the people of the Phil
ippines, and strive by every means TO
give them freedom. contentment and
prosperity. We have no belief in the
old shareholders doctrine that the Con
stitution OF its own force marches into
every newly-acquircd territory, and this
doctrine. which we cast out in 1860, we
still reject. We do not mean that the
Philippines shall come without our tariff
system or become part of Our body
polite.
We do mean that they shall, under
our teaching. learn to govern them
selves and remain under our flag with
the largest possible measure OF home
r..le.
We make no hypocrtical pretensc OF
being interested in the Philippines Who'll
ly on account oi others. While we re-
gard the welfare of those people as a
sacred trust, we regard the welfare of
the people first. We see our duty to
ourselves as well as to others. We be-
lievc in trade expansion. By every le-
gitimatc means within the province OF
Government legislation. we mean TO
stimulate the expansion of our trade
and to open new markets.
The Trade Of the Orient.
Greatest OF all markets is China. Our
trade there is growing by leaps and
bounds. Manila, the prize of war, gives
us incstimable advantages in developing
that trade. 1t is the corner stone of our
Eastern policy, and the brilliant diplo-
macy OF John Hay in securing from all
nations a guarantee of Our treaty rights
and OF the open door in China rests up
on L.
We ask the American people whether
they will throw away these new markets
and widening opportunities for trade
and commerce by putting in power the
Democratic party. who seek, under
cover OF newly discovered affection for
the rights OF man. to give us these isl
ands OF the East and make Dewey's vic
tory fruitless. The choice lies between
this Democratic policy OF retreat and
the Republican policy, which would hold
the islands. give them freedom and
prosperity and enlarge those great op-
portunities for ourselves and our pos
tcrity. We are true to our own. We
have no distrust OF the honor, the hu-
manity, the capacity of the, American
DcODlc To feel or do otheryyise ;s to