Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-08

that the two governments may be able
The platform appropriately recognizes
combinations of capital and labor as the
and as entitled to equal protection and
subject 20 nke Tesss H Of the lay.
he administration has enforced the
Sherman antitrust act. which was of Re
publican origin, in cases where combina-
tions have been formed in violation of its
provisions.
The Democratic party has done moth
ests and restraining combinations effect
ed for extortion or other improper pur-
for unjust combinations to remove the
tariff from trust-made goods. thereby in
our own Industries. 1t has assumed that
fostered by the tariff. The assumption
is fallacious. Trusts are found in free
the free list.
and rational 1t does not strike down
good and bad alike. 1T invokes the au-
courts to deal with specific, weil-defined
combinations in restrain of the rights and
upon the projection Of capital employed
In wholesome enterprises as in prevent
ing its use in contravention of the pub
lie interests.
The convention very properly declared
1t Ito be the duty of the Republica n
There is no more important duty than
to maintain the stability and the charac-
The money question has seemed to be
settled at various times, but the contest
has been revived by the enemies of sound
money whenever they have thought that
they might be successful.
We not only established the gold
guards as will maintain our silver and
paper currency at a parity with it. But
by a hostile congress or endangered by
an unfriendly secretary of the treasury
only a question of time when those who
are always opposed to a sound monetary
policy Will again seek to overthrow it.
The Republican convention did we'll not
only to pledge anew our fidelity to the
gold standard, but to declare its purpose
to uphold the integrity and value of
our national currency
The presidents course in Panama mer-
its the most generous approval He dealt
with a delicate and difficult situation.
clearly within our national rights in such
a way as to make possible the early com
pletion of a isthmian canal which has
long been demanded in the interest of
our commerce and the national defense.
He concluded the negotiations with Great
Britain for the abrogation of the Clayton
with the Republic of Colombia for the
requisite rights and franchises for the
construction and operation of a canal.
Its ratification was contemptuously re-
fused by the Colombian government
nounced their allegiance to the parent
government and declared their indepen-
dence. Inc president, acting within the
conformity with well established prece-
dent, promptly recognized their indepen-
dence. He negotiated a treaty with Pan
anna, whereby the United, States obtained
the necessary rights and franchises for
building and operating the canal
When the insurrection occurred upon
the isthmus, the president safeguarded
firmly. not uniawfully: He usurped no
tive power which is clearly vested in him
by the constitution, and which his prede-
g rp1jl la ri r-
cumstances. If he had failed to .appre--
ciate our rights. or to act firmly and
and the rights of American citizens would
have been sacrificed. and the construc-
me president in due time appointed a
commission composed of eminent engi-
neers and men of practical experience to
undertake the work of constructing e, the
is longer any doubt uncertainty
to ant 5he an ants it W a
one of the memorable achievements
Of the new eentprg , The he , e43mple tba Of
miniStration which has done much to
earry 1t fonward against f0rmida6 G6
.le administration in the Philippines
duty. 1t has not been Subversive of our
national ideals. but has been in conform
public: The archipelago came to the
it became the duty of the administration
to enforce the laws there as elsewhere,
to maintain the national sovereignty, and
the insurrection had ceased. President
Mckinley admirably expressed our pur-
pose when he said:
mo effort will be spared to build UP
the waste places desolated by war and
by long years of misgovernment- We
shall continue as we have begun, to open
courts in operation, to foster industry and
trade and commerce, and in every way
Providence has brought within our jurfs
diction feel that it is their liberty and
not our power. their welfare and not our
gain, we are seeking to enhance
HE FAVORS IRRIGATION.
The application of the proceeds of pub
lie land sales to the reclamation of irriga-
public domain. meets my cordial approx
al. Through the enlightened policy thus
ton, the Iong-deferred hopes of the
struggling settlers of the great arid and
semi-arid West will be realized in the
upbuilding of substantial communities IN
places hitherto waste or comparatively
unproductive. At the same time a vast
area of the public domain will be opened
eenters. may find homes. The sum OF
reclamation fund to which additions are
constantly being made, guarantees, I'M
der the wise administration. great prog
ress in the work of irrigation, and the
settlement of the arid region within
The development of trade with the ORR
duction of cereals in the Far West. so as
to leave the market conditions on the At
ment of the present unproductive regions
will open new market for the manufac-
turers of the East.
country's needs. They neither sec
tionaI nor racial in their generous de-
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