The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-06-25


pledge ourselves to insist upon the g..
and equal protection of all our eiti5ust
abroad. 1t is the unquestioned dn,,e
the government to procure for all OF
citizens, without distinction, the rigbtrr
of travel and sojourn in friendiv shts
tries and we declare ourselves in SSouh-
of proper efforts tending to that a ,asor
Our great interests and our eron.,
comerce IN the Orient render the cong cong
dition of China of high importance on \,
the United States We cordiaiiv 10
mend the policy pursued in that d,roa n
ion by the administration of Presi5eeaes!.-
Mckinley and Roosevelt ehls
we favor such congressional ao..
as shall determine, whether by snan;n1
the elective francbfsia
any state has been unconstitutions,iiin.
limited, and II such Is the case we az
mand that representation in Coneue-
and in the electoral college shall he n ,rss
port1onateiy reduced as directed bv ~
constitution of the United tSates. "e
combinations of capital and of Iah
are the result of the economic ,a uor
ment of the age, but neither must es
permitted to infringe upon the rieh oe
ana interests or the people Such COM
ful purposes are alike entitled IN ~.
protection of the laws, but both are s,,h
ject to the laws and neither can be 1 nap
mitted to break them. per
The great statesman and natr;.,
American, William Mckinley. who NJ
reelected by the Republican partv to 10" tas
p l;atoe icy, four years ago; was assas-
Slnated Just at the threshold of his 60
ond term. The entire nation monrnos
his untimely death and did that iIstiouo
to his great qualities of mind and cha he
acter, which history will confirm ana
repeat. anu
Praise for Roosevelt.
The American people were forturo.o
in his successor to whom they turned
with a trust and confidence which bn,,a
been fully justified President Roose.
velt brought to the great responsibilities
thus sadly forced upon him a clear head
a brave heart. an earnest patriotism. and
high ideals of public duty and nuhio
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 emer.
gency and has met new and vital ones
tons with ability and with success
irst Inc confidence li.a OF the people in his
enabled him to render personally an in.
estimable service to the country Nv
bringing about settlement of the coal
results at the opening of the winter in
1902. III
Our foreign policy under his admins
tration has not only ben able. vigorous
successful. The complicated questions
which arose in Venezuela were settled
IN such a way by President Roosevelt
tnat the Monroe Doctrine was signaly
arbitration greatly advanced
His prompt and vigorous action in
Panama, which we commend in the high.
est terms, not only secured to us the
canal route. but avoided foreign com
plications which might have been of a
very serious character He has con.
tfnued the policy of President 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
winch the VeXed and perilous question
of the Alaskan boundary was finally
settled
International Affairs.
Whenever crimes against humanity
have been perpetrated which have
shocked our people, his protest has been
made and our good offices have ben ten
dered, but always with due regard to in
ternational obligations.
Under his guidance we find ourselves
at peace with all the world, and never
were we more respected or our wishes
more regarded by foreign nations.
Preeminently successful in regard to
our foreign relations, he has been equal
ly fortunate in dealing with domestic
questions. The country has known that
the public credit and the national cur
rency was absolutely safe in the hands
of his administration. In the enforce
ment of the laws he has shown not
only courage, but wisdom which under
stands that to permit laws to be vio-
lated or disregarded opens the door to
anarchy, while the just enforcement of
the law lis the soundest conversation
He has held firmly to the fundament-
al American doctrine that all men must
obey the law, that there may be no dis
tinction between rich and poor, between
strong and weak but that justice and
equal protection under the law must
be secured to every citizen without re-
gard to race, creed or condition. His
has been thorough, Wig
orous and honorable. high-minded and
patriotic. We commend it without res
ervation to the considerable judgment of
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