The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-12

and proper punishment and condemna-
ton wherever guilt is proved, we demand
justice for our men and justice for the
suffering provocations they have UNDER
gone.
We resent and we appeal to the Ameri-
can people to resent the wholesale at
tacks of the Democratic party upon our
soldiers and sailors They are made for
political purposes now, as they We're af-
ter AppomattoX. and which seek to tar
nish the fame of the army. which is now
the common heritage and possession Of
the American people. We rejoice to know
that the purpose for which the United
States entered upon war with Spain
as defined by President Mckinley, has
been realized. that full and final ter
mination of hostitcs between the gov
ernment of Spain and the people of Cuba
has been secured; that the establishment
of republican form of government in
the island, capable of maintaining order
and observing its international oblga-
tions, and insuring peace and tranquility
and the security of it's citizens, as well
as our own, has taken place; we rejoice
to know that the result has been effected
by the valor of American soldiers and
the wise administration of American Off
vers. and that all our pledges have been
kept. Cuba has taken her place, new
republic amongst the nations of the
earth.
10 the end that our past contribution to
the cause of Cuba may not be imperilled,
but that prosperity and independence may
go hand and hand, we endorse the recon-
mendaton of President Roosevelt that
the United States should enter into recip-
rocal trade relations with the republic Of
Cuba that shall be mutually advantage
ous to it and to The United States. and all
efforts to that end of our representatives
in both houses of congress we cordially
endorse.
We reaffirm our unswerving loyalty to
the Republican principles of a protective
tariff and deprecate any suggestion under
existing circumstances OF a general re-
vision of the existing tariff law. Uudcr
its benefcent operation we are in the en-
joyment of unparalleled prosperity. Cap
ital and labor are both remuneratively
employed, our home market has largely
increased, we have secured fair share
of the markets of the world. with the
promise of still further conquests. Hav-
ing reduced taxation within three years
to the amount of sll5,O0O,OO0. we are still
In receipt of ample revenues, having con-
Quoted an expensive war inaugurated four
years ago, we have paid all of its cost
and still find the national treasury today
richer by thirty-three millions of dollars
than it was before the war began. We
believe il to be the dictate of wisdom to
let we'll enough alone. and not to i'm
peril interests by any suggestion of pres
ent interference with revenue legislation
Gallantry of Our Soldiers.
While we owe deep sense of gratitude
to the soldiers and sailors who fought to
preserve the Union, and recommend now
as ever just and liberal pensions to those
who gave up their lives in the service
we also commend the gallantry and self
sacrifice of the younger generation of sol
diers and sailors who served in the war
with Spain. and Who are now engaged in
maintaining the authority of their coun-
+ try In the Philippines. The same treat
ment that the Republican party has al
ways insisted upon for the men of the
Grand Army of the Republic Is COM
mended with equal force and sincerity
to the participants In our more recent
wars.
Attack on Trusts.
We heartily approve the action of the
president of the United States. through
his attorney general. in instituting pro-
ceedings to check the growth of unlaw-
ful combinations, intended to raise the
price of commodities at the expense of
the consumer, and We recommend that