Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-22

drawal in the event Of European wa
would seriously cripple our expandinl
foreign commerce. The national defens
and naval efficiency Of this country
legislation which ii viii enable Is to Re
cover. our former place among the trade
carrying fleets Of the world.
gratitude e. the soldiers and sailors VIII
have fought its battles, and II is tn
governments duty to provide fol-, thu
survivors and for, the widows and or
country's wars The pension laws
founded in this Just sentiment, shoulG
be liberal, and should be literally admin
ar he tS resnect to
ployment in the public service to soldiers
and sailors and to their widows and or
phans.
We commend the policy Of the repub
lican party in maintaining the, etficienc,
of the civil service. The administration
has acted wisely in its effort to secure fo1
wall, and the Philippine islands only
those whose fitness has been determined
by training and experience. We believe
that employment in the public service
| in these territories should be confined as
tar as practicable to their Inhabitants:
1t was the plain purpose of the tif-
| teenth amendment to the constitution to
prevent discrimination on account Of race
chise. Devices Of state governments:
whether by statutory or constitutional
enactment, to avoid the purpose of this
| amendment are revolutionary and should
! be condemned.
Public movements looking to a perma-
rent Improvement of the roads and high
ways of the country meet with our cor
dial approval and we recommend this
subject 10 the earnest consideration of
the people and of the legislatures of the
several states.
We favor the extension of the rural
| free delivery service wherever its extern
sion may be justified"
In further pursuance Of the constant
policy of the republican party to provide
ommend adequate national legislation to
! reclaim the arid lands of the United
States. reserving control of the distribu-
tion of water for irrigation to the re-
spective states and territories.
We favor home rule for and the early
of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
The Dlngley act. amended to provide
war, has so well performed its work that
1t has been possible to- reduce the war
debt in the sum of $4,000, OCO So ample
are the governments, revenues, and so
tegrity OF its obligations, that it's newly
funded per cent bonds sell at a, pre-
MUM. The country is now justified in
expecting and it will be the policy OF
reduction of the war taxes.
We favor the construction, ownership.
control and protection of an isthmian
CANAL by the government of the United
States.
New markets are necessary for the in
creasing surplus Of our farm products.
Every effort should be made to- open and
obtain new markets. espec ally in the
orient and the administration is warmly
to be commended for it's successful effort
TO commit all trading and coioniZing ma
tons to the policy of the. open door in
China.
MERGE, We recommend that congress Gre
ate department of commerce and in
dustries IN the charge of secretary with
a seat in the cabinet. The United States
consular system should be reorganiZed
under the supervision of this new depart
ment, upon such a basis of appointment
and tenure as will render it still more
serviceable to the nations increasing
trade.
The American government must protect
the person and property Of every citizen
wherever they are Wrongfully violated or
placed in peril.
upon their splendid record of public serv
ice in the Volunteer Aid assoc aticn, and
as nurses in camp and hospital, during
the recent campaigns of our armies in the
Eastern and Western Indies, and we APP
preciate their faithful cooperation in all
works of education and industry.
President Mckinley has conducted the
foreign affairs of the United STATES with
distinguished credit to the American peo-
pie. In releasing us from the vexatious
conditions of a European alliance for the
government of Samoa, his course is espe
cially to be commended. BY securing to
island Of the Samoan group and the best
harbOr in the southern Pacific every
American interest has been sateguarded.
We approve the nnexation of the Ha-
,li in ~, ISIn md, tnr ", t<,I
We commend the part taken by our
government in the peace conference at
The Hague,
We assert our steadfast adherence to
trine
The provisions of The Hague convention
We're wisely regarded when President Nc
k!nley rendered his friendly offices In the
and the South African Republic. While
the American government must continue
the policy prescribed by Washington, az
hrmed by every succeeding president and
non-intervention in European controver-
sizes, the American people earnestly hope
that way may soon be found, honorably
alike to both contending parties. to terni-
nate the strife between them.
In accepting by the treaty of Paris the
just responsibility Of our victories in the
Spanish war, the president and senate
won the undoubted approval of the Amer
BILE than to destroy SPANS sovereignty
throughout the West Indies and in the
Philippine islands. That course created
our responsibility before the world and
with the unorganized population whom
our intervention had freed from Spain, to
provide for the maintenance of law and
order. and for the establishment of good
government and for the performance of
international obligations.
Our authority could not be less than
our responsibility, and wherever sover-
ejSn rights were extended it became the
high duty of the government to maintain
its authority, to put down armed insur-
rection and to confer the blessings Of
liberty and civilization upon all the res
cued peoples. The largest measure of
se!f-government consistent i with their
welfare and. our duties shall be secured
to them by law.
To Cuba independence and self-govern-
rnent were assured in the same voice by
which war was declared and to the let
ter This pledge shall be performed.
The republican party. upon it's history
and upon this declaration of its princi-
pies and policies confidently nvokes the
considerate and approving judgment Of
the American people.
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South Bend Ind, June 22-One man