Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-12

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and we hereby place ourselves in har-
Roosevelt on railroad questions,
which policy we heartily indorse.
I'VE are in favor of the passage by
congress of the Hepburn railroad rate
bill as it passed the house of repre-
sentatives, without amendment that
will in any way impair its efficiency
or diminish the powers granted by it
to the Interstate commerce commits
SION.
THE TARIFF
I'VE again declare our adherence
to the principles of protective tariff
and earnestly favor its continuance
by the levying of duties on imports to
an amount sufficient to prevent ruin
Gus competition with foreign manu-
facturers who employ cheap labor,
but we do not believe that tariff
schedules are sacred and we recognize
that they should be readjusted from
time to time in order to meet changed
conditions.
SERVICE PENSIONS FAVORED.
eve again express our undying
gratitude to the men who fought to
maintain the integrity of our nation
and Union and preserve to the world
a government founded upon liberality
and equity, as well as to the men who,
in later war. carried the flag of liber-
ty to the oppressed of other lands and
extended the boundaries of freedom.
'We demand strict enforcement of
ali laws giving aid, relief or prefer
ence to soldiers and sailors and their
dependents. Where such laws are
not effective, we demand amendments
that will make them effective Forty
years having passed since the close of
the war for the Union, we demand
that, in keeping with the custom es-
tablished by our government, surviv-
ing soldiers and sailors of that war be
now given a full service pension of
not less than S12 per month.
LONG INDORSED- IGNORED.
1--WE indorse the official record of
Our able and efficient senator, Chester
/. Long, as well as the official con-
duet of all the members of the Kan
sas delegation in the congress of the
United States.
1--WE earnestly indorse the policy of
the national government in the recla-
nation of the arid and serhi-arid land
areas of the country by means of irri-
cation and request our representa-
tives in congress to diligently labor
for the extension of this beneficient
work as rapidly as possible, to the
end that new homes may be provided
for millions of people and the wealth
of the nation vastly increased.
OIL AND GAS.
''The legislature, by its fearless
policy of legislation IN relation to the
oil and gas interests of Kansas. and
by its wise enactments, curbed the
power of the oil trust and establish
ed competition in the refining and
sale of oil so that we now have pros
porous, independent refneries: and
melted that revolt which, spreading
over the entire country, bids fair to
end the merciless and INSCRIPTIONS
reign of Standard Oil oppression
Both oil and gas are the gifts of
nature to Kansas, and the develop
ment of those industries has added
millions of dollars to the taxable
property of the state. Their continu-
ed prosperity will result in the BRING
ing of many millions more. Under
the laws passed by the last legisla-
ture. eight independent oil refineries
have been built and eight more are
now in process of construction. This
development of the re-
fining business would have been i'm
possIb under any other circum-
stances. We point to this record to
show that the Republican party can
be depended upon at all times to pro-
tect and foster the upbuIlding of |
every material interest of the state. |
STATEHOOD.
I'VE heartily sympathiZe with the |
efforts of Oklahoma and Indian Ter |
ritories to be admitted into the Union |
as one state. In all the essentials, |
extent of territory, |
wealth and intelligent citizenship, |
these territories abundantly meet all |
the requirements of statehood. |
Every consideration OF justice to-
wards the 10000 people residing
within their boundaries demands the |
immediate admission of the terri |
tories into the Union. We hereby |
request all our representatives in the |
OF the United States to use |
their hest afforfs tn accomnIiSI, tb.c