The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-07-01
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protection the chief protective country shonId
not falter in maintaining il
We have extended widely our fore;On mar
kets' and we believe in the adoption of ALI
practicable methods for their future extension
lnciudlng commercial reciprocity wherever
reciprocal arrangements can be effected con
sistent with the principles of protection and
wHhoe1 INJURY to American agriculture
Amerlcan labor or any American industry.
we believe It 70 be the duty of the republi-
can party to uphold the gold standard and thu
integrity and value of our national currency
Inc maintenance of the gold standard ca
tahllshed 10y the republican party. cannot
safely be committed to the democratic party
winch resisted its adoption and has never
gwen any proof since that time Of belief in il
or fidelity to it,
TO Encourage Merchant Marine.
While every other industry has prospereI
under the fostering aid Of republican Iegisla
tion, American shipping engaged in foreign
| trade IN competition with the low cost of con
struction, low wages and heavy subsidies of
| fOreign governments, has not for many wears
| received from the government Of the United
| states adequate encouragement of anv kind
| we therefore favor Legislation which will en-
courage and build up the American merchant
| marine, and We cordially approve the Iegisla-
| ton OF the last congress which created the
| merchant marine commission to investigate
| and report upon this subject
| A navy powerful enough TO protect the
onlted states against any attack to uphold
| the Monroe doctrine and watch over our com
| merce Is essential TO the safety and the vel
fare of the American people. To maintain
such navy Is the fixed policy of the republi.
| can party.
| We cordially approve the attitude Of Presi-
| dent Roosevelt and congress in regard to the
| exclusion of Chinese labor, and promi-e con
tlnnance OF the republican party in that Iii.
| rection.
| Tne civil service law was placed on the
| statute books by the republican party, which
| has always sustained it aud we renew our
| former declarations that it shall be thoroughly
| and honestly enforced
| We are always mindful Of the country's
| debt to the soldiers and sailors Of the United
| States, and we believe i'm making ample pro
vision for them and in the liberal administra-
| ton OF the pension laws
We favor the peaceful settlement of inter
| national difficulties by arbitration.
We commend the vigorous efforts made by
the administration to protect American citi-
| Zens IN foreign lands, and pledge ourselves TO
| insist upon the just and equal protection Of
all our citizens abroad 1t is the unquestion-
| ed duty OF the government to procure for all
| our citizens, without distinction, the rights of
travel and sojourn in friendly countries, and
we declare ourselves in favor of Droper effnrts
| tending to that end.
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 administra-
tions OF Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt
We favor congressional action as shall
| determine whether 10y special determinations
the elective franchise in any state has been
unconstitntionally limited, and if such il the
| case, we demand that representation IN con
gress and in the electoral college shall be pro-
plrtionately reduced, directed by the con
stitutlon Of the United States
Combinations of capital and Of labor are the
results Of the economic movement of the age,
but neither must be permitted to infringe up
on the rights and interests of the people.
Such combinations, when lawfully formed for
lawful purposes, are alike entitled to the pro-
lection of the laws, but both are subject to
the laws and neither can be permitted to
break .hem.
The great statesman and patriotic Ameri-
can William Mckinley, who was reelected
by the republican party to the presidency
four years ago, was assassinated just at the
Threshold of his second term The entire
nation mourned his untimely death and did
that justice to his great qualities of mind and
character which history will confirm and re-
peat.
Praise Of President.
The American people were fortunate in his
successor to whom they turned with q trust
and confidence which have been fully just-
fed. President Roosevelt brought to the
great responsibilities thus sadly forced upon
HIM a clear head, brave heart, an earnest
patriotism and high ideals of public duty and
public service True to the principles Of the
republican party and to the duties to which
the party had declared, he also has shown
himself ready for every emergency and has
met new and vital questions with ability and
with success.
The confidence Of the people IN his Justice.
inspired by his public career enab ed him to
render personally inestimable service to
the country by bringing about settlement of
the coal strike which threatened such dis
astrnus results at the opening Of the winter in
1902
Our foreign policy under his administration
has not only been able. vigorous and dignifed,
but in the highest degree successful The
complicated questions which arose in Venezu-
ella were settled in such way by President
Roosevelt that the Monroe doctrine was sig
nally vindicated and the ,ause of peace and
arbitration greatly advanced.
His prompt and vigorous action in Panama,
which we commend in the highest terms not
only secured TO us the canal route, but avoid.
ed foreign complications which might have
been Of very serious character. He has con-
tinued the policy Of President Mckinley in
the Orient, and our position in China, signal
lied by our recent commercial treaty with
that empire, has never been 80 high.
He secured the tribunal by which the vexed
aud perilous question Of the Alaskan bound
arY was finally settled
Stands for Humanity.
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 obligations
Under his guidance we find ourselves at
| peace with all the world, and never were we
more respected or wishes more regarded
| by foreign nations.
Pre-eminently successful in regard TO our
! foreign relations. he has been equally fortu-
nate in dealing with domestic questions. The
! country has known that the public credit and
| the national currency were absolutely safe in
| the hands of his administration. In the en-
| forcement of the laws he has shown not only
courage, but wisdom which understands that
| to permit laws TO be violated or disregarded
| opens the door to anarchy, while the just en-
| fOrcement Of the law is the soundest conserva-
! tism. He hss held firmly to the fundamental
! American doctrine that all men must obey
| the law, that there may be no distinction be-
/ tween rich and poor, between strong and
| weak; but that justice and equal protection
| under the law must be secured to every citi-
! zen without regard TO race, creed or condition.
| His administration has been thorough,
vigorous and honorable, high minded and