The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-06-27

We favor home Iple for and the early
admission 80 statehood of the territories
of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
The Dingiey act, amended to provide
sufficient revenue for the conduct of the
war, has so well performed its work that
1t is possible to reduce the war debt in the
sum of $iO,t00,0OO. so ample are the gov
ernmcnts revenues and SO great is the
public confidence in the integrity of it's
obligations that its ncwly-funded , per
cent bonds sell Mt premium. The coun-
try is now justified in expecting, and it
will be the policy of the Republican party
to bring about, n reduction of the war
tax.
We favor the construction ownership,
control and protection of an isthmian ca
nal by the government of the United
States. New markets are necc Ssary for
the increasing surplus of our fam prod
ucts Every effort should be- made to open
and obtain new markets especially in the
Orient, and the administration is warmly
to be commended for its successful effort
10 commit all trading and colOnizing ma
lions to the policy of the "opcn door, in
China. In the interest of our expanding
commerce we recommend that congress
create department of commerce and in
dustries in charge of n secretary with n
seat in the cabinet. The United States
consular system should be rcorganized
under the supervision of this new depart
ment upon such basis of appointment
and tenure as will render it still more
serviccable to the nations increasing
trade
The American government must pro-
tect the person and property of every citi-
zen wherever they are wrongfully violated
or placed in peril.
We congratulatcthe women of America
upon their splendid record of public serv-
ice in the volunteer aid ASSOCIATION and as
nurses in camp and hospital during
the recent campaign of our armies
in the Eastern and Western Indies and
Weappreciutc their faithful cooperation in
all works of education and industry.
President Mckinley has conducted the for
eign affairs of the United States with distin-
guishcd credit to the American people. In re-
leasing us from the vcxatous conditions of u
European alliance for the government of Sa-
moa, his course is especially to be commended
BY securing to our undivided control the most
important island Of the Samoan group and the
best harbor in the Southern Pacific, every
American interest has been safeguarded.
We approve the annexation Of the Ha-
waiian 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-
hercncc to the policy announced in the
Monroe doc:rinc. The provisions of The
Hague conference were wisely regarded
when President Mckinley rendered his
friendly Offices in the interest of peace
between Great Britain and the South AT
rican republics. While the American
government must continue the policy
prescribed by Washington, affirmed by
every succeeding president and imposed
upon us by The Hague treaty, of non-in
terventiOn in European controversies, the
American people earnestly hope that a
way may soon be found, honorably alike
TO both contending parties, to terminate
the strife between them.
In accepting by the treaty of Paris the lust
responsibility Of our victories in the Spanish
war, the president and the senate won the I'M
doubted approval of the American people. No
other course was possible than to destroy
Spain's sovereignty throughout the Western
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 gov
ernment and for the performance of interna-
tional obligations. Our authority could not
be less than our responsibility, and wherever
sovereign rights We're extended it became the
high duty OF the government to maintain its
authority, TO put down armed insurrection
and to confer the blessings OF liberty and civil
lization upon all tho rescued people.
The largest measure of self-govcrnment
consistent with their welfare and our
duties shall be secured to them by law
To Cuba Independence and self govern
mcnt were assured in the same voice by
which war was declared, and to the letter
this pledge shall be performed.
The Republican party upon its history
and upon this declaration of its principles
and policies confidently invokes the con-
siderate and approving Judgment of the
American people.