The age-herald., 1901-06-26
OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
 DABBLES IN SOUTHERN AFFAIRS
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a reduction of direct taxation approM-
 mating $40, ,OOO, ,OO0 and our national treas
 ury shows that a growing surplus has
 succeeded a Democratic deficit.
 "The principal of protection mas
 achieved its most signal triumph in the
 results of the Dingley tariff law. It has
 given us marked prosperity at home and
 n rapidly growing export trade, which are
 the envy of the world. The Republican tariff policy has made the farmer ana la-
 borer more prosperous than ever, ano no
 legislation should ever be permitted which will imperil the interests or either. Tariff schedules which will protect American labor against the low wages maid foreign labor must be maintained. We reafirm all declarations heretofore made by the Republican party Tn laVor of reciprocity and urge them aklng or such additional treaties based on the pro tective principals as will further eXteho our commerce. eve favor the further strengthening .oh our navy and such legislation as will re- store our merchant marine to pre-eml- hence upon the sea, so that our growing foreign trade may be carried in Ameri- can built vessels manned by American sailors, under the American flag "We urge the speedy constructor or an American ship canal through the American isthmus as an imperative pup lie need.
 ssWe recognize the right of both labor and capital to combine when such com
 binations are wisely administered for the
 general good; but combinations Whlch create monopolies to control prices or limit production are an evil which must be met by effective legislation, vigorous ly enforced. The only legislation natlonai or in Ohio on this subject has been en- acted by the Republican party, and that
 party can be safely trusted to deal with this problem.
 "The near expiration by limitation of the Chinese exclusion act calls for re- newal of the wise provisions by which the unrestricted immigration of Chinese into this country has been prevented, and we ask that Congress and the treaty making power enact just, humane and reasonable laws and treaties for the continued pro lection of American labor.
 "The soldiers and sailors of the United States for their valor and suffering In de- fense of their country deserve its never
 ceasing gratitude. A grateful country will ever hold them in deep and affection ate rememberance and will care for their widows and their orphans.
 "The Republican party has. enacted the most generous pension legislation ever known, and we ask for its most liberal application, so that no needy or deserving veteran may suffer want. The law giving to veterans preference in public employ
 ment should be strictly enforced.
 '"The right of franchise is youch-safed to every American citizen by the federal
 constitution We denounce as no less criminal when committed by theft than
 when accomplished with tse shotgun and by ballot box stuffing and as antagonistic
 to the spirit of our institutions all att tempts to deprive of their inalienable rights millions of our fellow citizens in
 certain States of the union.
 we therefore call upon our Senators and Representatives in Congress for such
 legislation as shall secure the strict en- forcement of constitutional measures
 guaranteeing to every citizen the right
 of franchise without distinction as to race, color or previous condition of servi-
 tude, and we demand that representation in Congress and5the electoral college shall
 be based on the actual voting population as provided in the constitution, propor- donate reduction being made for any State in which the right of suffrage is de- nied except for crime.
 "All criminals should be punished by due process of law, and we denounce the crime of lynching as foul blot upon civil ization.
 "A war forced upon our country was waged to a successful close fin 100 days and Spain driven forever from the west ern hemisphere. Our victory imposed re- responsibilities and obligations greater than any which have arisen in a generation. The blessings of liberty have been extend ed to millions of human beings
 The Monroe doctrine has been firmly upheld. The Republican principle that Congress has power to govern our new possessions according to the needs of their own people and in the interest of the people of the United States and .n the policy of the Republican administra- ton in dealing with the territory which has come to us as the result of the Span ish war have been justified and sustained by the final decision of the Supreme Court.
 "The momentous determination that the Republic is nation with the power of a nation in acquiring and governing terri tory has been fixed by the Supreme Court decision. upholding the Foraker law, a measure framed by our senior Senator, enacted by Republican Congress and approved by a Republican President.
 '.The prudent and successful manage ment of American interests in China by President Mckinley has added new glory to American diplomacy. The petition of the Chinese people that our soldiers be kept in Pekin to protect that portion of the city assigned to their charge is a