, 1908-07-28

IA. If-r" LII 4LNlta tlk1I
of those who faced death in the cou,
trys crises are any less earnest al
sincere than they would be had / tn
right to wear a button of the Gran
Army or OF the veteran association c
any OF our country's wars.
Rsqhts and Progress Of Negro.
The republican platform refers t
these amendments to the constitutio.
that were passed by the republican pal
ty for the protection OF the negro. TIL
negro, in the forty years since he wa
freed from slavery, has made remark
able progress. He is becoming 4 NOR
and more valuable member of the CON
munities In which he lives. The edu
cation OF the negro Is being expande1
ana improved In every way. The hes
men OF both races, at the north a.
well as at the south. ought to re
.1oice to see growing up among tn,
southern people an Influential elemen
disposed to encourage the negro In hi,
hard struggle for Industrial indepen
oence and assured political status.
Justice For All Men,
n republican platform, adopted a
chicago, explicitly demands justice fo1
all men without regard to race or col
or, and just as explicitly declares fol
the enforcement, without reservation
In letter and spirit Of the thirteenth
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the constitution. 1t Is needless to
state that l stand with my party
squarely on that plank In the platform
II believe that equal justice to ali
men, and the fair and impartial en-.
forcement of these amendments Is In
keeping with the real American spirit
of fair play.
Army and Navy.
Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Roosevelt and
the republican party have constantly
advocated a policy with respect to
the army and navy that will keep
this republic ready at all times to de-
fend her territory and her doctrines,
and to assure her appropriate part in
promoting permanent tranquility
among the nations. | welcome from
whatever motive the change in the
democratic attitude toward the main.
tenance and support of an adequate
navy, and hope that in the next plat
form the silence of the present plat
form, in respect to the army, will be
mango to an a~cquiescence in its main.
tenaHee to the point of efficiency in
connection with the efficiently reor-
ganizei militia and the national vol
unteers, for the proper defense of the
country in times of war and the dis
charge of those duties in times of
peace for which the army. as at pres
ent constituted, has shown itself SO
admirably adapted in the Philippines,
in San Francisco, in Cuba and else
where.
We Must Be Prudent.
We are a world power and cannot
help 1t, and, although at peace with
all the world and ecure in the con.
seriousness that the American people
do not desire and will not provoke a
war with any other country, we must
be prudent and not be lulled into a
sense of security which would possibly
expose us to national humiliation. Our
best course therefore Is to insist on a
constant Improvement in our navy and
Its maintenance at the highest POINT
of efficiency.
Protection Of Citizens Abroad.
The position which our country has
won under republican, administrations
before the world should inure to the
benefit OF every one, even the humbI-
est of those entitled to look to the
American flag for protection, without
regard to race, creed or color, and
whether he Ia a citizen of the United
States or of any of our dependencies.
Will Remedy injustice.
In some countries with which we
are on friendly terms, distinctions are
made In respect to the treatment of
u citizens travelling abroad and hav-
ing passports of our executive, based
on considerations that are repuguant
to the principles Of our government
and civilization. The republican par.
ty and administration will continue to
make every proper -endeavor to secure
the abolition of such distinctions,
which in our eyes are both needless
and
Asiatic immigration.
In the matter of the limitation upon
Asiatic immigration, referred to in the
democratic platform, 1t Is sufficient to
say that the present republican admin.
istration has shown itself able, by dip
lomatic negotiation, and without un-
necessary friction with se~lfrespectng
governments. to minimize the evils
suggested, and a subsequent republi.
can administration may be counted on
to continue the same policy.
Conservation Of National Resources.
The conservation of national re-
sources is a subject to which the pres
ent administration has given especial
attention. The necessity for a compre-
hensive and systematic improvement
of our waterways, the preservation Of
our soil, and of our forests, the Sc
curing from private appropriation the
power in navigable streams, the reten-
ton of the ~undisposej OF coal lands of
the government from alienation, all