The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-29

thn< emciently reorKaniEed militia and sne national volunteers, for the proper and the discharge of those duties in times of peace for which the army, as at present constituted, has shown It. self SO admirably adapted in the Phil. elsewhere. We are world power and cannot help It. and. although at peace with a1 the world and secure in the ccnsciousness that the American peo- pie do not desire and will not provoke q war with any other country. we must be prudent and not be lulled into a sense of security which would pos- sibiy exposed to national humiiation; Our best course therefore is to insist on constant improvement in our navy and it's maintenance at the high est point Of efficiency.
 Protection of Cftsxens Abroad.
 The position which our country has won under Republican administrations before the world should inure to the benefit of every one. even the hum blest of those entitled to look to the Amer lean flag for protection. without re- gard to race, creed or color. and States or of any of vur dependencies. Tn some countries with which we are on friendly terms. distinctions are made in respect to the treatment of our citi- gems travelling abroad and having pass ports of our executive, based on con- alteration that are srepugnant to the principIes of our government and civil ization. The Republican party ana ad- ministration will continue .o nsse tse abolition of such distinctions, which In our eyes .are both needless and op- Asiatic Ymmixratien-
 Tn, the matter of the limitation upon Asiatfc Immigration. referred to in the Democratic platform, it is sufficient to say that the present Republican admin istration has shown itself able. by necessary friction with self respecting governments to minimize the evils suggeeted, and a subsequent Republi- cation administration may be counted ConserSsfien co s of Nafiensi Reseurces.
 The copservation of national re- sources Is subject to which the pres- ent administration has given especial attention. The necessity for com of our waterways. the preservation of our soil, and of our forests. the secur- ing from private appropriation the power in navigabie streams. the reten- the eovernment from alienation. all will properly claim from the next ad-i minIstration earnest attention and ap- propriaNss N.tlssssI lIssaSliMsiS1i; M..i,n Bvre.u.
 have long been of opinion that the various agencies of the national gcv- ernment established for the preserva- ton of the national health, scattered rendered more efficfsnt by uniting them In a bureau of the government under competent head and that I under stand to. be, in effect, the recommends. ton of both parties.
 aud Expenditures. Another plank of the Democratic platform refers to the failure of the Republican convention to express an opinion in favor of the publicity of contributions received and expendit- ures made in elections. Here again we contrast our opponents promises with our own acts. Great improvement has taken place under Republican auspices in respect to the collection and eTc7en- allure of money for this purpose. The tax on the salaries of government enl- ployes in order to pay the expenses of fhe party in control of the adminisfra- tion has bean abolished by statute. By a law passed by the Republican Con. gresB in 1907, contributions from cor porations to influence or pay the ex- penses connected with the election of presidential electors or of members of Congress Is forbidden under penalty.
 4 resident Of New York has been see National Committee, who was traasur- or of the Republican State Committee when Governor Hughes was elected in New York, and who made a complete statement within twenty days after York law, of the contributions received by him and the expenditures made by him or under his authority in connec- ton with that election. Ills residence and the discharse. of his duties In the law of that State as to all receipts of