River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
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extension, including commercial reciproc-
ity wherever reciprocal arrangements can
oe erected consistent with the principles
OIL protection and without injury to Ameri-
can agriculture, American labor or any
American industry.
The Gold Standard.
We believe it to be the duty of the Re-
publican party TO uphold the gold standard
currency. The maintenance of the gold
standard, established by the Republican
party, cannot safely be committed to the
DEMOCRATIC party, which resisted its adop-
that time of belief in it or fidelity to 1t.
American Shipping.
While every other industry has prospered
under the fostering aid of Republican legis-
latlon, American shipping engaged In for
elgn trade in competition with the low
cost OF construction, low wages, and heavy
subsidies of foreign governments, has not
Tor many years received from the govern
ment of the United States adequate encour-
agement of any kind. We therefore favor
legislation which will encourage and build
up the American merchant marine, and we
cordially approve the legislation of the last
Congress which created the Merchant Ma
rlne Commission TO investigate and report
upon this subject.
navy powerful enough to defend the
United States against any attack, to uphold
the Monroe doctrine, and watch over our
commerce, is essential for the safety and
the welfare of the American people To
maintain sucn navy Is the HXed polcy OF
the Republican party.
Chinese Labor.
We cordially approve the attitude Of
President Roosevelt and Congress in re-
gard to the exclusion of Chinese. labor, and
promise continuance of the Republican
policy In that direction.
Civil Service.
The civil-service law was placed on the
statute books by the Republican party,
which has always sustained it, and we re-
new our former declarations that it shall
be thoroughly and honestly enforced
The Soldiers and Sailors.
We are always mindful of the country's
debt to the soldiers and sailors of the
United States, and we believe In making
ample provisions for them and in the lib
eral administration of the pension laws.
Arbitration.
We favor the peaceful settlement of in
eternational differences by arbitration.
Protection of Citizens Abroad.
We commend the vigorous efforts made
by the administration to protect American
citizens in foreign lands, and pledge our
selves to insist upon the just and equal
protection of all our citizens abroad. 1t
Is the unquestioned duty Of the govern
ment to procure for all our citizens, with
out distinction. the rights of travel and So
journ in friendly countries, and we declare
ourselves in favor of all proper efforts
tending to that end.
The Orient.
Our great interests and our growing COM
merce in the Orient render the condition
Of China Of high Importance to the United
States. We cordially commend the policy
pursued in that direction by the admins
trations of President Mckinley and Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Elective Franchise.
We favor such Congressional action as
shall determine whether by special dis
examinations the elective franchise in any
State has been unconstitutionally limited,
and If such is the case, we demand that
representation in Congress and In the cleo
toral colleges shall be proportionally re-
duced as directed by the Constitution of
the United States.
ombinations of Capital and of Labor.
Combinations of capital and of labor are
the results of the economic movement Of
the age, but neither must be permitted to
infringe upon the rights and interests of
the people Such combinations, when law
fully formed for lawful purposes, are alike
entitled to the protection OF the laws. but
both are subject to the laws and neither
can be permitted to break them.
Our La1nented President.
The great statesman and patriotic Amer
lean, William Mckinley, who was re-
elected by the Republican party to the
sinated just at the threshold of his second
term. The entire nation mourned his I'M
timely death and did that justice to his
great qualities Of mind and character
President Roosevelt.
The American people were fortunate in
his successor to whom they turned with
trust and confidence which have been fully
justified President Roosevelt brought to
the great responsibilities thus sadly forced
upon him a clear head, a brave heart, an
earnest patriotism. and high ideals of pub
lie duty and public service. True to the
principles Of the Republican party and to
the policies which that party had declared,
he has also shown himself ready for every
emergency and has met new and vital Ques-
tions with ability and with success
The confidence of the people In his JUS
tice, inspired by his public career, enabled
him to render personally an inestimable
service to the country by bringing about
settlement of the coal strike, which threat
ened such disastrous results at the opening
Of winter in 1902.
Our foreign policy under his administra-
ton has not only been able, vigorous and
diGniied, but in the highest degree success
full
The complicated questions which arose in
Venezuela were settled in such way by
President Roosevelt that the Monroe doc
trine was signally indicated and the cause
of peace and arbitration greatly advanced
His prompt and vigorous action in Pan
anna, which we commend in the highest
terms, not only secured to us the canal
route but avoided foreign complications
which might have been of very serious
character.
He has continued the policy of Presi-
dent Mckinley in the Orient, and our
position In China, signalized by our recent
commercial treaty with that empire, has
never been so high.
He secured the tribunal by which the
vexed and perilOuS question OF the Alaskan
boundary was finally settled.
Whenever crimes against humanity have
been perpetrated which have shocked our
people, his protest has been made, and
our good offices haze been rendered, but
always with due regard to international OBJ
legations.
Under his guidance we find ourselves at
peace with all the world, and never were
we more respected or our wishes more re-
garded by foreign nations.
Pre-eminently successful in regard to our
foreign relations, he has been equally for
tunate in dealing with domestic questions.
The country has known that the public
credit and the national currency were abb
solutely safe In the hands of his admins
tration. In the enforcement Of the laws
he has shown not only courage, but the
wisdom which understands that to per-
nit laws to be violated or disregarded
opens the door to anarchy, while the just
enforcement Of the law Is the soundest
conservatism. He has held firmly to the
fundamental American doctrine that all
men must obey the law; that there must
be no distinction between rich and poor,
between strong and weak, but that jus
tice and equal protection under the law
must be secured to every citizen without
regard to race. creed, or condition.
His administration has been throughout
vigorous and honorable, high-minded and
w without