The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-22

regulate our own ndrE tTe fIss h as
are found n counr,ss and tl icy
S %seS are so% Sn tie fra n s9s
Tho Republican party IS more direct t
and rational does not striket down
Courts f e aea w sece Well
defined combinations in restraint Of the h,
lis sH as insistent T. upon ts the protection Of
capital employed !. IN wholesome enter
prise IL ITS ese IN
The Money Question.
THE sony zen very properly dSfqred
party y to ~ Uphold the gold ID stanqard Thers
is no more important duty than to main +, :
sn ths a1 p soS hs s snr mafod
rency IS free from bemish. ,aa, Il. tie -:
i boa baa nteFsty nps 81
the steudfast supporter OF a sound, cur:
renaX has mamta ne. the na,ona
tent and powyorful ! opposition
settled at Various times, but the contest
mo- money whenever they VI have thought tfat
reiax our Vigilance GS IN vi uphodihs tho in
tegritY Of. our currency so long as a
Of 1ur sounfry are
didates cannot hope to win preferment in
a national convention without Industrious
~. conoealinR their monetary views, and
when Democratic national and State con-
yentions dare not declare their faith in
the virtue Of tho gold standard. tho hour
has not arrived whemu tho forces Sfo1
sound money should 8disl1and and leave
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I'VE not only csta bi!shed Tie gold
standard, but we provided such Safe
paper currency at parity with It. But
AZ OF this may be changed at any time
by hostile Gong or endangered by
Our past experience warns us that It is
only alquestion OF time when those who
are always opposed to q sound monetary
1.-THE. Republican convention did well
the gold standard, but, to. declare its
f pus' ia rs TkSore SHOULD ho
be no equivocation or doubt as to our
pex xns not only to ninn
and, paper currency. at a parity with It. aa
Is .lrre;yocabIy establlsh g, does viole,es,
III no more irresocably established than
J
changed as readily MS the other A
Sound money IS 50 Vital to our well
fare, so important to our Industrial de-
encli,ies or negative friends know that
VIC abate nothing Of our determination
to uphold and defend it..
Panama and the Philippines.
""rhe Presidents course in Panama
he m9st me
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in such way as to make possible the
early completion of an lsthmian canal
whcn mas "a 9ng 5een s TIE
@fSe completion Of thI. great work.
should be left to the Administration
ward n agan soe M obstacIes abroad
and vexatio,ls opposition at home.
has Been A aeaed R9 II f SSo, ph se5ga
duty. It has not been subversiye of our
national ideals but has been in con-
fermi,.X, with the best traditions Of the
"'rhe archipelago came TO the United
Sases as the result q var aad It
70 enforce tho laws there as eisewhere.
to maintain the national sovereignty, and
t. lninugurale, civil government Before
Mckinley admirably expressed our pur-{
pose Said he
"'No effort will DO spared to build
VI tuc5 waste places EucSpiaLcd by w ar
~. shah nol Walt Tor the end 81 strifeI
to begin the benefcent work: Yves shall
continue as We have begun, to opcn,:thes
schools and tho churches, tos setsIthes
courts IN operation, to foster Industry
and trade and commerce, and In every
way In our power to make these people
whom providence has brought within our
jurisdiction feel that 1t Is their liberty
and not our power; their welfare. and not
our 6, gain we arc seeking to enhance. Our
mtnp1,n n,y, but y blessing. I believe the
It has not lost Its gift of benedct!on in
It's world. wide Journey to their shores.
work IN, the same just AID generous
spirit which inspired President McKin-
, THE peonls Of the Islands have had
Of the United States. The various ;;aa-i,
unfumlliarity with civic duties make It
nadyisable 70 indulge ,in any .deelaration
lead to MISUNDERSTANDING, The people Of
Annn..sl ri pns1h