Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-13

"e N"ciicaH people IN tie HepubIl-
! can platform Of 1896. upon which vii.
liam Mckinley was nominated as the
grand old party's candidate. These
We're:
f1rst-To place the gold standard on
a firm basis.
Second-To kill the Wilson free
trade Dill and to restore protection to
american labor and industry.
ihird-To reassert the Monroe doc
trine to its full extent.
rourth--To maintain a firm and dig.
nihed policy with American control
OF the Hawaiian islands.
| All these pledges were faithfully
| tuitiled as promptly as congress,on.
al legislation would permit and the
work accomplished by the different
administrative departments of tho
government has been of the utmost
| Importance.
Connected with the treasury depart.
nneht, IN point OF success. came. first.
.he pingley tariff; second. the reform
IN the currency; third. the war loan
VI 1919. and fourth, the settlement of
the facifc railroad Indebtedness. Our
MUS are open where they were closed
our labor is well employed and at tbe
highest wages. where II was idle and
poorly paid; our treasury has tba
largest known surplus of gold in its
vaults, where it flowed outward in nm
endless chain; bank failures stonned
ana new banks established: by the
'clihhihs OF bonds a net sum OF 81
"oo'ooo a year has been saved to the
country In interest; the national debt
's oelns reduced where it was repeat.
GUY Deing increased; the deficiency
OF revenue has given place to sur.
plus of revenue: a popular loan was
seven times subscribed at boma ,t
the lowest rate of interest where t.
nad been possible only tn borrow
abroad at exorbitant rates. Ont of
IN ihdeotedness of sl30.OO0. 900. one.
,aii oi whlch was accrued interest.
president McKinley's administration
rea''Red no less sum than $l21.421.-
''o from the Pacific railroads In less
than two years.
IN the department of state the work
accomplished has covered the period
of The war with Spain. the Samoan.
HAWAIIAN and Alaskan Incidents tho
SCUM African war, the international
agreement as to the open door" I'm
emma, the international occupation of
ohlha. and the more recent complica
tons with Venezuela. We have
| ireed Cuba; we have secured Porto RI
| co and other islands in the West In
uies' We have acquired Hawaii, Tutu.
lila, Guam. the Philippines and other
Islands in the Pacific. We have grown
| IpnnpIShin
ers OF the world. and our policy in Chi
na mas been firm, digniiied and re-
| speoted
| War with Spain involved an i'm
mense drain upon the resources of the
war and navy departments. There
were mustered in. organized. mobil-
ized. distributed and mustered out no
less than 223,235 volunteers. There
were enlisted 35 900 United States vol
nnteers. almost all of whom were sent
to the Philippines. For the regular
| army there were enlisted and re-en-
listed 99.O24 men. In the navy de
partment there were purchased 1O2
ships or various types at cost OF
aIomst $lS,000.000. There were 20
other vessels transferred to the de-
pnrtments use by charter. The en-.
listed force of the navy was increased
from i2,500 to over "a. 900 men. 2oJ
retired officers were sent on active du.
ty and S5G officers received Temporal
ry service. 1t was an enormous I'M
dertaking to equip the navy for war,
aud to keep the fleets supplied with
coal ammunition and provisions
There was also an auxiliary naval
force provided forcoas protection,
and complete coast signal service
established. But the result was worth
II all
In the postofiice department the
practical establishment and liberal ex.
tension OF the rural free delivery of
mails has been of the utmost import
ance. and the appropriation for this
work has been incref II to 81 $4,000
this fiscal year. The service has
been appreciated by farmers who have
had their mail delivered daily at their
farm doors. and applications for an ex.
tension of the service have far ex-
cceded the ability of the government
to supply.
BY the department OF agriculture
more work has been done for farmers
tnan ever before. Foreign markets
for our products have been exploited
and secured. Experiments have been
made in tropical agriculture. A re
sistant alfalfa from Turkestan has
been added to American cultivation. a
: drought resisting grass from southern
Russia and several cereals adapted to
arid regions have been secured. and n
study has been made OF the best grass
( es that can be used for reseediIg
} | western cattle ranges.
President Mckinley has given tie
! country n business administration.
. The different branches OF his govern
> ment have been at work. not at play.
7 and In every step that has been ta-
!, ken, In every policy that has been
i adopted the president has acted with
Ell one view and with one wish-the i'm