The Red Cloud chief., 1904-07-01

new laws lnSUflnp TpdsoUHDie SuDllNltN
as regard the great corporations II
providing additional remedies for the
prevention of discrimination In freight
rates have been passed by q repub-
lican congress.
DECLARATION or PRINCIPLES.
In this record of achievement dur
ing the past eight years may be read
the pledges which the republican par
" has fulfilled. We propose to con
tinuc these policies and VI declare our
constant adherence to the following
principles:
Protection. which guards and de-
velops our industries. is n cardinal
principle of the republican party. The
mcasu of protection should always.
at least, equal the difference In the
cost of production at home and
abroad. We insist upon the mainten-
ance Of the principles Of protection,
and therefore rates Of duty should be
readjustcd only when conditions have
so changed that the public interest
demands their alteration. but the work
cannot be safely committed to any
other hands thar those of the repub-
lican party. To entrust N To the dem
ocratiC party is To invite disaster as In
1892. The democratic party declared
the protective tariff unconstitutional.
or whether II demands tariff reform or
tariff r%cvisions. its principal object Is
always the destruction OF the proteC-
tive system. However specious the
name, the purpose Is ever the same.
A democratic tariff has always been
followed by business reverses, a re-
publican tariff by business prosperity.
To a republican congress and n re-
publican president this great question
can be safely entrusted. When the
only free trade country among tho
great nations agitates a return To pro-
lection, the chief protective country
should not falter in maintaining II.
We have extended widely our for
eign markets. and We believe in he
addition Of all practicable methods for
their future extension including COM
mercial reciprocity wherever reciprocal
arrangements can be effected consis-
tent with the principles OF protection
without injury to American agricul-
ture. American labor or American in
dustry.
We believe II to be the duty OF the
patty w Hi'i NV SV''
standard and the integrity and value
OF our national currency.
The maintenance of the gold stand
ard. established by the republican
party. cannot safely be committed to
the democratic party, which resisted
It's adoption and has never given any
proof since that time of belief In II or
fidelity to IL.
While every other industry has
prospered under the fostering aid of
republican legislation. American ship
ping. engaged In foreign trade in COM
petition with the low cost Of construc-
ton, low wages and heavy subsidies
CT foreign governments. has not for
many years received from the govern
ment OF the United States adequate
encouragement of any kind. We
therefore favor legislation which will
encourage and build up the American
merchant marine, and we cordially ap,
prove the legislation OF the last con
gress which created the merchant ma
rine commission to investigate and re,
port upon this subject.
A navy powerful enough to defent
the United States against any attack
to uphold the Monroe doctrine ant
watch over our m Is essentia
to the safety and welfare of the Amer
lean people. To maintain such a nav,
Is the fixed policy of the republican
party.
M'KINLEY AND ROOSEVELT.
The great statesman and patriots
American, William Mckinley, who wa
reelected by the republican party [,
the presidency four years ago, was as
s~assinated Just at the threshold OF hi
second term. The entire natiol
mourned his untimely death, and du
that justice to his great qualities O
mind and character which history will
confirm and repeat.
The American people were fortunat
in his successor. to whom they turne-
with a trust and confidence which hav,
been fully justified. President ROose
|, welt brought to the great responsible
ties forced upon him a clear head,
brave heart. an earnest patriotism an
high ideals of public duty and publ
service. True to the principles OF th'
republican party and q the policie
which that party had declared, he ha'
also shown himself ready for ever,
emergency, and has met new and vita
questions with ability and with sue
cess.
The people in his justice and by hi.
public career enabled him to rendel
personally an inestimable service &c
the country by bringing about a settle.
ment of the coal strike when the dis
astrous results at the opening of the
winter OF 1902 were manifest.
Our foreign policy under his admin
!stration has not been only vigorous,
but in the highest degree successful.
The complicated questions which rose
in Venezuela were settled In such a
way by President Roosevelt that the
Monroe doctrine vas singularly vindi-
Gated. His prompt and vigorous action
in Panama, which we commend In the
highest terms, not only secured to us
the canal route. but avoided foreign
complications which might have been
OF a 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 en-
No News Of Steamer Portland.
rrba H,nx~x- n- 80