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American commerce and comfy which
is bringing us into closer touch with
u twenty sister American republics.
having a common historical heritage,
a republican form Of government and
offering us a limitless field of legitf
mate commercial expansion.
Arbitration and The Hague.
The conspicuous contributions of
American craftsmanship to the grea.
cause of international peace, signally
advanced in The Hague conferences.
are an occasion for just pride and gra-
tincation. AT the last session of the
senate of the United States eleven
conventions were ratified, establishing
the rights Of neutrals, laws of war on
land, restriction of submarine mincs,
limiting the use OF force for the cellec-
ton of ~contractural debts, governing
the opening of hostilities, extending
the application of Geneva principles,
and in many ways lessening the evils
of war and promoting the peaceful set
Element of international controversies.
At the same session twelve arbitration
conventions with great nations were
confirmed, and extradition, boundary
and naturalization treaties of supreme
Importance were ratified. We endors.
such achievements as the highest duiy
a people can perform and reclaim the
obligation of further strengthening the
bonds of good friendship and good VIII
with all the nations of the world.
Merchant Marine.
We adhere to the republican. doc.
trine of encouragement to American
shipping and urge such legislation as
will revive the merchant marine pres
tige of the country, so essential to ma
tional defense; the enlargement of
foreign trade and the industrial pros
perity of our wv people.
Veterans of the Wars.
Another republican policy which
must be ever maintained is that of
generous provision for those who have
fought the country's battles and for
the widows and orphans of those who
have fallen. We commend the in
crease in the widows pensions made
by the present congress and declare
for a liberal administration of all PEN
sion laws. to the end that tie peoples
gratitude may grow deeper as the
memories of heroic sacrifice grow
more sacred with the passing years.
Civil Service.
We reafflrm former declaration
that the civil service laws, enacted, ex,
tended and enforced by the republi-
IA party. shall continue 20 be main
tanned and obeyed.
Public Health.
We commend the efforts designed to
ecure greater efficiency in national
public health agencies and favor sucn
legislation as will effect this purpose.
Bureau Of Mines and Mining.
In the interest of the great mineral
industries of our country, we earnest
ly favor the establishment of a bureau
OF mines and mining.
Panama and the islands.
The American government, in repub-
lican hands has freed Cuba, given
peace mi protection to Porto Rico and
the Philippines under our flag and be-
gun the construction Of the Panama
canal. The present conditions In Cuba
vfndicate the wisdom of maintaining,
between that republic and this, imper-
ishable bonds Of mutual interest, and
the hope is now expressed that the
Cuban people will soon again be ready
to assume complete sovereignty over
land.
In Porto Rico the government of the
United States is meeting loyal and
patriotic support; order and prosperity
prevail, and the %well-being of the peo-
pie is in every respect promoted and
conserved.
We believe that the native inhabi-
tains of Porto Rico should be at once
collectively made citizens of the
United States, and that all others prop
erly qualified under existing laws re-
siding in said island should have the
privilege of becoming naturaliZed.
In the Philippines instruction has
been suppressed, law established and
life and property made secure. Eju-
cation and practical experience +
there advancing the capacity of the
people for government, and the poll
cies 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 18TH
the wisdom of securing authority over
the zone through which it is to be
built. The work is now progressing
Win IL Tdpiutly ldr Deyouu tAptCldilOu
and already the realization of the
hopes 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-
as separate states in the union.
Centenary of the Birth of Lincoln.
February ~, 1909, will be the n
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, an immortal spirit
whose fame has frightened with the
receding years, and whose name
stands among the first of those given
to the world by the great republic. We
recommend that this centennial ami
versary be celebrated throughout the
confines of the nation by all the peo-
ple thereof and, especially, by the pub
lie schools, as an exercise to stir the
patriotism of the youth of the land.
Democratic Incapacity.
We call the attention of the Ameri-
can people to the fact that none Of the
great measures here advocated by the
republican party could ne enacted, and
none of the steps forward here pro
posed could be taken, under a demo-
cratic ADMINISTRATION or under one in
which party responsibility Is divided.
The continuance of present policies,
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