The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-23

tariff reform or tariff revision, Its real
 object is always the destruction Of the protective system However specious the name, the purpose is ever the same
 A democratic tariff has always been followed by business diversity; re- publican tariff by business prosperity;
 To a republican congress and repub- i lican president this great question can | be safely entrusted When the only free trade country among the great na- tions agitates return to protection, the chief protective country should not falter in maintaining it.
 "Commercial Reciprocity" We have extended widely our for markets, and we believe in the adop- tion of all practicable methods for tneir further extension. including cornmer- cial reciprocity wherever reciprocal. ar arrangements can be effected consistent with the principles of protection, and
 without injury to American agricul- ture, American labor, or any American | industry.
 The Gold Standard. | We believe it to be the duty of the republican party to uphold the gold standard and the integrity and value of our national currency. The main tenance of the gold standard, estab- lished by the republican party, cannot safely be committed to the democratic party. which resisted it's adoption, and l has never given any proof since that time of belief in it or fidelity to it. UpbuiIding Merchant Marine. While every other industry has pros pered under the fostering aid of repub- llican legislation, American shipping en- gagged In foreign trade, in competition with the low cost of construction, low wages and heavy subsidies of foreign lgovernments, has not for many years received from the government Of the United States adequate encouragement l of any kind. We therefore favor legis- llation which will encourage and build
 up the American merchant marine, and we cordially approve the legislation of lthe last congress which created the merchant marine commission to inves- Itigate and report upon this subject. A Powerful Navys 1 A navy powerful enough to defend | the United States against any attack, l to uphold the Monroe doctrine and to watch over our commerce Is essential i to the safety and the welfare of the American people. To maintain such a
 navy is the fixed policy of the republi- can party.
 | We cordially approve the attitude of President Roosevelt and congress in re- gard to the exclusion of Chinese labor, and promise a. continuance of the re- publican policy in that direction. | The civil service law was placed on l the statute books by the republican party. which has always sustained it,
 and we renew our former declarations
 that it shall be thoroughly and honest Fly enforced.
 We are always mindful of the coun l try's debt to the soldiers and sailors of lthe United States, and we believe in making an1pel provision for them and lin the liberal administration of the pen ! sion laws.
 We favor the peaceful settlement of international differences by arbitra- Ition.
 We commend the vigorous efforts made by the administration to protect American citizens in foreign lands and ipledge ourselves to insist upon the just and equal protection of all our citizens abroad. It is the unquestioned duty of l the government to procure for all our citizens, without distinction, the rights 1 of travel and sojourn in friendly coun- tries, and we declare ourselves in fa- vor of all proper efforts tending to that end.
 | Our great interests and our growing
 commerce in the Orient render the con-
 dition of China of high importance to l the United States. We cordially com mend the policy pursued in that direc- ton by the administrations of Presi-
 dent Mckinley and President Roose- I welt.
 Negro Disfranchisement. l We favor such congressional action
 as shall determine whether by special
 determinations the elective franchise in
 any state has been unconstitutionally limited, and if such is the case we de-
 mand that representation in congress and in the electoral colleges shall be lproportionally reduced as directed by
 the constitution of the United States. Capital and Labor. I Combinations of capital and of labor l are the results of the economic move
 ment of the age, but neither must be
 permitted to infringe upon the rights and interests of the people. Such com binations, when lawfully formed for
 lawful purposes, are alike entitled to 1 the protection of the laws, but both are subject to the laws, and neither can be permitted to break them. Tribute to Mckinley. | The great statesman and patriotic
 American, William Mckinley, who was
 reelected by the republican party to 1 the presidency four years ago, was as-
 sassinated just at the threshold of his