The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-07-05

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statesman. for the presidency. and tri
umphantly elected him with a Republi-
can Congress to support him.
We redeemed every one of our prom
Uses: promptly repealed the Wilson law:
enacted into law the Dingley bill So
called; restored to vigorous life the
dying and dead industries: established
others, gave courage to capital, employ
| ment to all who sought it, restored and
| increased wages: enacted into law a
financial bill adopting the gold stand
ard, making every dollar minted, and
| every government promise to pay, the
| equal OF every other dollar and every
other government promise i'll the world,
| and under the terms of the same law,
we authorized the issue of two per cent.
| bonds. the lowest rate of interest ever
| provided for on amy national bond. yet
! the first of last May. we had exchanged
| for outstanding bonds bearing a higher
rate of interest 500, 00o. 600, and saved
the government $4,000, 600 i'll interest.
Prosperity has been restored, greater
and more widespread than ever before.
The farmer, the miner and the manu-
facturer, all have participated in it.
| Our exports of agricultural products
| during the last three years have been
500 millions greater than in the proceed
! ing three years. While of our manufac-
| tured goods they We're i'll 1898 and 1899
one hundred percent. greater than those
i'll 1896, reaching i'll 1898 to one million
day, and for the last eight months to
one and one-quarter millions daily. In
March last they reached "a, 100000
ltraa tinpC Uraa for hon, in, NJ Su,
The balance of the trade in our favor
during the three years of Mckinley's
administration was 81 ,534. 3349, 900, while
from 1896 to March /. 1897, it was $685.
600 600.
We have exceeded our promises
We have annexed the Hawaiian islands.
the Paradise of the Pacific. In the
present fiscal year our exports to them
will amount to $4,000. 600 100 per cent.
greater than in 1896. We have acquired
magnificent harbor there: have estab-
lished naval and coaling station, and
! taken a most important step toward
commercial supremacy i'll the east. At
the last session of Congress we provid-
ed government for the island and the
President appointed all the necessary
officers, citizens OF Hawaii
We automatically escaped from the
Tripartite treaty with Germany and
England for the preservation of the
autonomy of Samoa aud saved to our
selves Tutuila, with the finest harbor of
our entire war fleet. and have a naval
and coaling station established. already
equipped with Wharves, docks and nee
essary structures, another advance fol
us in the commercial war upon which
the world has entered
Humanity and a decent Self-reSpect
compelled Congress to declare war Will
Spain The conflict was sharp, short
and decisive. In a few months that
proud empire was a suppliant for peace
We readily accorded it, for we loved
peace and hated war A treaty was
made Under its terms Spain yielded
the sovereignty of Cuba and Porto Rico
withdrew its despotic power from this
hemisphere, removing from us forever
what had been for years a constant
: source of veXation and serious men
ace to peace. This, too, will be Of com
mercial Importance to us. Our exports
J to Cuba alone will reach this fiscal veal
$4,000 900, while in 1896 they were onl!
seven and one-haH millions We arr
using our best endeavors to aid the Gu
bans in establishing an independent
government, capable of protecting Lift
and property, maintaining peace ant
order. When success shall have crown
ed our efforts, and the promise of it i:
brighter now than ever before capita
will pour into the island and its com
, merce will increase amazingly. 1t viii
be ours, for gratitude and contiguity
will surely give it to us.
, We also provided a government TO
Porto Rico, and it's people are to enjo,
{ for the first time in many generation
| all the rights and privileges of freemen
, We also acquired Guam, importan
for the landing OF a cable and for
coaling station, and we have alread
+ appropriated money for improving it
harbor.
= The most important acquisition wa
5 the Philippine Archipelago, right on tn
5 Threshold of the Orient, with it's 700,
r great distributing point for our prod
1 ucts, more valuable to us than Hong
: kong has been to Great Britain. All o
! these Pacific islands will be to us wa
! stations Ell route for the east, and o
vital Importance from commercial
point of view Fortunate it is that W
are there close to China just now, no
: to seize upon any portion of the empire
but to protect American citizens. w
E will do that, and we will see to it that n
doors are closed against us and that gu
e treaty rights are respected.
4 William Mckinley was commander
) in-chief of the army and navy in thi
war and as such conducted himself s.
admirably as to elicit the commenda
$ ton of all intelligent and patriot
a American citizens regardless of party
' 1t is true that Sec. Alger was deluge
with criticism, and equally true that tn
e most of them had no foundation in fact
: and were shortly thrown into Time
; waste basket History will record tina
: the increasing of our army from $500
0 to 275,0OO in few months and CON
' pletely preparing it for active service
4 was one of the most magnificent achieve
f ments known in the annals OF warfare
What is our position as we enter tn