Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-05
REPUBLICAN, LATFORM 1904


| ity wherever reciprocal arrangements can
| be effected consistent with the principles
of 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
and the integrity and value of our national
currency. The maintenance Of the gold
standard, established by the Republican
party, cannot safely be committed to the
Democratic party, which resisted it's adOp-
ton and has never given any proof since
that time of belief in 1t or fidelity to it.
American Shipping.
While every other industry has prospered
under the fostering aid of Republican legis-
lation, American shipping engaged in for
eign trade in competition with the low
cost of construction, low wages, and heavy
subsidies of foreign governments, has not
for 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
rine Commission to investigate and report
upon this subject.
A 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 such a navy Is the fixed policy 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 a continuance Of the Republican
policy In that direction.
Civil Service.
The ciyiI-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 1t 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
ternati0nal 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. It
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
hos inf Iv cd
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.
Com binations 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 Lamented President.
The great statesman and patriotic Amer
lean, William Mckinley, who was re-
elected by the Republican party to the
Presidency four years ago, was assas.
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
which history Will confirm and repeat.
President Roosevelt.
The American people were fortunate In
his successor, to whom they turned with a
trust and confidence which have been fully
justified. President Roosevelt brought to
the great responsibilities thus sadly forced
upon him clear head, 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
lions 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 a
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
| dignifed, but in the highest degree success
| full
The complicated questions which arose in
| Venezuela were settled In such a 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 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 > empire, has
| never been so high.
He secured the tribunal by which the
| yexed 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 have 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.
eminently successful In regard to ouI
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 ab
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 al
men must obey the Law; that there must
| be no distinction between rich and poor
between strong and weak, but that jus