Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-19

selves In favor of all proper efforts
tending TO that end.


present an annual valuation of approx
imately three billions of dollars ana
gives employment to vast amount
of labor and capital which would oth-
erwise be Idle. 1t has inaugurateo
through the recent visit of the seore-
tary of state to South America ana
Mexico a new era of pan-American
commerce and comfy, which Is prlng-
ing us into close touch with our twen-
ty sister American republics, having
a common historical heritage, repup-
lican form of government and Offering
us a limitless field of legitimate COM
mercial expansion.
Arbitration and The Hague Treaties
The conspicuous contributions OF
American craftsmanship to the great
cause of international peace, so signal
ly advanced in The Hague conference,
are an occasion for just pride ana
qualification. At the last session of the
senate of the United States eleven
Hague conferences were ratified ana
established the rights of neutral laws
of war on land, restricting of subma-
rine mines, limiting the use of force
for the collection of contractual depts'
governing the opening of Institutes
extending the application of the Gene
va principles, and, in many ways. les
SEEMING the evils of war and promoting
the peaceful settlement of information
al controversy. At the same session
twelve arbitration conventions with
great nations were confirmed and eX-
tradition, boundary and naturalization
treaties of supreme Importance were
ratified. We indorse such achieve
ments as the highest duty a people
can perform and proclaim the obliga-
ton of further strengthening the bonds
of friendship and good will with all
the nations of the world.
Merchant Marine
We adhere to the Republican doc
trine of encouragement to shipping
and urge legislation that will revive the
merchant marine prestige OF the coun-
try, so essential to national defense,
the enlargement of foreign trade and
the industrial prosperity of our own
people.
Veterans of the Wars
Another Republican policy which
must be ever maintained Is that of
liberal provision for those who have
fought the country's battles and for
the widows and orphans of those who
have fallen. We commend the increase
In the widows pensions made by the
present congress and declare for liberal
administration Of all pension laws to
the end that the peoples gratitude may
grow deeper as the memories OF heroic
sacrifice grow more sacred with the
passing years.
Civil Service
We reaffirm our former declarations
that the civil service laws, enacted. ex-
tended and enforced by the Republican
party shall continue to be maintained
and obeyed.
Public Health
We commend efforts to secure great
er efficiency In national public health
agencies and favor such legislation as
will effect this purpose.
Bureau of Mines and Mining
In the interest of the great mineral
industries of our country we earnestly
favor the establishment Of q bureau
of mines and mining.
Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines and
Panama
The American government. In Re-
publican hands, has freed Cuba, given
peace and protection to Porto Rico and
the Philippines under our flag and be-
gun the construction of the Panama
canal The political conditions In
Cuba vindicate the wisdom of main
tanning between Cuba and this coun-
try imperishable bonds of mutual in
terest and the hope is now EXPRESSED
that the Cuban people will soon be
ready to assume complete sovereignty
over their land.
In Porto Rico the government of the
United States is meeting loyal and
patriotic support; order and prosperity
prevail and the we'll being Of the people
Is in every respect promoted and con-
served.
We believe that the native inhab-
itants of Porto Rico should be at once
collectively made citizens of the United
States and that others properly quail
fled under existing laws residing in
said islands should have the privilege
of becoming naturalized.
In the Philippines instruction has
been suppressed, law established and
life and property made secure. Educa-
ton and practical experience are there
advancing the capacity of the people
for government, and the policies OF
Mckinley and Roosevelt are leading
the Inhabitants, step by step, to ever
increasing measure of home rule.
Time has justified the selection Of the
Panama route for the great isthmian
canal, and even this has shown the
wisdom Of securing authority over the
zone through which 1t is to be built
The work is now progressing with 8
rapidity beyond expectation, and al
ready the realization of the hope OF
centuries has come within the vision OF
the near future.
New Mexico and Arizona
We favor the immediate admission OF
the territories of New Mexico and Ari-
IONA as separate states in the Union.
Centenary of Birth of Lincoln
February 12, 1909, will be the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, an immortal spirit
which every family has frightened
with the receding years and whose
name stands among the first Of those
given to the world by the great repub-
lie. We request that this centennial
and anniversary be celebrated through
out the confines of the national Union
by all the people and especially by the
public schools as exercises to stir the
patriotism of the land.
Democratic lncapacity for Government
We call the attention of the American
people to the fact that none of the
great measures here advocated by the
Republican party could be enacted I'M
der a Democratic administration or I'M
der one in which party responsibility is
divided The continuance of the pres
ent policies therefore absolutely re-
auires the continuance in power of that
party which believes in them and which
possesses the capacity to put them into
operation.
Differences Between Parties
Beyond all platform declarations there
are fundamental differences between
the Republican party and its chief OPP
pOnent which make the one worthy and