Morris tribune., 1908-06-27

zens and we favor its extension until
every community in the land receives
| the full benefits of the postal service
We recognize the social and economic
advantages of good country roads,
| maintained more and more largely at
public expense and less and less at the
/ expense of the abutting owner. In
this work we commend the growing
practice of state aid and we approve
the efforts of the national agricultural
department by experiments and other
wise to make clear to the public the
best methods of road construction.
Natural Resources.
We endorse the movement inau-
gurated by the administration for the
conservation of natural resources; we
approve all measures to prevent the
waste of timber; we commend the
work now going on for the reclama-
ton of arid lands and reafirm the Re-
publican policy of the free distribu-
ton of the available areas of the pub
lie domain to the landless settler. No
obligation of the future is more insist
ent and none will result in greater
blessings to posterity. In line with
this splendid undertaking is the fur
ther duty equally imperative, to enter
upon systematic improvement upon
large and comprehensive plan, just
to all portions of the country. of the
waterways, harbors and Great Lakes,
whose natural adaptability to the in
creasing traffic of the land is one of
the greatest gifts of benign Provi.
dence.
The Army and Navy.
The Sixtieth congress passed many
commemorate acts increasing the eff
cheney of the army and navy. AL
though at peace with all the world and
secure in the consciousness that the
American people do not desire and
will not provoke war with any other
country we nevertheless declare our
unalterable devotion to policy that
will keep this republic ready at all
times to defend her traditional doc
trines and assure her appropriate part
in promoting permanent tranquility
among the nations.
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 own 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 liberal administration of all pen
sion laws to the end that the peoples
gratitude may grow deeper as the
memories of heroic sacrifice grow
more sacred with the passing years.
Cuba, Porto Rico and Philippines.
The American government, in Re-
publican hands, has freed Cuba, given
peace aud protection to Porto Rico
and the Philippines under our flag and
begun the construction of the Panama
canal. In Porto Rico the government
of the United States is meeting loyal
and patriotic support; order and pros
perity prevail and the wellbeing of the
people is in every respect promoted
and conserved. In the Philippines in
surrection has been suppressed, law
established and life and property
made secure.
Democratic lncapacity.
We call the attention of the Amer
lean people to the fact that none of
the great measures here advocated by
the Republican party could be enacted
and none of the steps forward here
proposed could be taken under a
Democratic administration or under
one in which party responsibility in
divided.