Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-19
BURLINGTON

degree unparalleled in our industrial his
tory and opened wider and more lucrd-
tive markets to the products of the farm
and of the factory: meeting after the poll
cy firm though cautious, vigorous though
conservative. of an administration repuh-
lican in both its branches, Loyalty sup
ported by the patriotic zeal and devotion
OF the people without distinction of par
ty. has brought out country successfully
through a war, undertaken for humanitys
sake and the protection of the rights and
properly of American citizens to it's con-
cluson in an honorable and advantageous
peace; do hereby solemnly reaffrm our al
legianco to all those great historic prin-
ciples for which our party has stood from
its foundation as the consistent advocate
and champion.
we believe in the policy of protection,
in such system of tariff and internal
revenue duties as shall be adequate to
meet all the necessities of the govern
ment. economically administered, and at
the same time encourage domestic indus
tries. as shall impose the burden of i'm
portduties chiefly on such products of for
eiGn countries as come into direct compe-
tition with those OF the home market.
We favor, al the same time the policy
of establishing and maintaining by treaty
such reciprocal trade relations with other
friendly nations as shall be best calculat-
ed to equalize our trade with them, 20 re-
move restrictions, and to secure enlarg-
ed markets for the products Of American
labor and free admission to our own ports
for the products of American labor and
free admission to our own ports for the
necessares of life which We do not our
selves produce.
We favor the upbuildng and protection
of the American merchant marine, an
adequate and constantly improving sys-
TEN of coast and harbor defenses firm,
vigorous and dignified foreign policy, tho
a a a roc y n
immigration, and a Just and liberal adj
ministration of the pension laws
We advocate the continual improvement
and enlargement of the navy and the
maintenance of both army and navy at
that high degree of efficiency requisite to
uphold our national honor, to establish
and preserve the accendency of the feder-
al government throughout all our domains
and to protect everywhere the interests
of our citizens and of all who may be de-
pendent upon us.
We acknowledge with fervent gratitude
the merits and distinguished services Of
our veteran soldiers and sailors, both Of
the civil war and of the late war with
Spain.
We desire and look forward with eager
authorization to the building and early
completion of the Nicaragua canal, under
American control as the needed thread OF
commercial connection between the two
great spheres of American influence, in
the hast and in the West and to the lay
ing of "A cable line across the Pacific
The republicans of Vermont are to-day
as they have ALWAYS been in the past
unalterably opposed to every measure or
policy calculated 10 debase the currency
or impair the credit of this nation and
are therefore, opDosed in the absence of
International agreement on that subject
among the leading nations of me world
TO the free coinage OF silver and are
strongly and heartily in favor of the
maintenance of the single gold standard
All silver and paper currency should be
maintained at parity with gold. and
every dollar bearing the imprint of the
! national government should carry with II
full faith and credit at it's face value and
he of equal purchasing mower in all the
markets of the world
we believe that this country should
manfully accent and shoulder the increas
ed duties and RESPONSIBILITIES that have
come to It during the present adinutstra-
l tion-through the wish and free choice
of the peoples concerned in the accession
, of the Hawaiian Islands-though the for.
, tunes of war and as the glorious fruit OF