Amador ledger., 1908-06-26

strengthening the bonds Of friendship
and goodwill with ell the nations of
the world.
Merchant Marine Encouraged.
We adhere to tho republican
doctrine of encouragement to American
shipping and urge such legislation as
will revive the merchant marine
prestiqe of the country, so essential
to national defense, the. en- largement
of foreign trade and the industrial
prosperity OF our own people,
Increase of Pensions.
Another republican policy which
must be ever maintained is that of
liberal provision for those who have
fought the couutry's battles and for
the widows and orphans OF those who
have fallen. We commend the in
crease in the widows pension made
i'm the present congress and declare
for a liberal administration of all
pepsion laws to the end that the
peoples gratitude may grow deeper
as the memories of heroic sacrifice
grows more sacred with the passing
years.
Civil Service Laws.
that the civil service laws, enacted,
extended and enforced by the re-
nubican party, shall continue to be
maintained and obeyed.
Public Health Agencies.
We commend efforts to secure
greater efficiency in national public
health agencies and favor such legis
lation 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 adjustment of a bureau
of mines aud mining
Our Foreign Possessions.
The American government, in re-
publican hands, has freed CuEa, given
peace and protection to Porto Rico
and the Philippines under our flag,
and begun the construction of the
Panama canal. The conditions in
Cuba have vindicated he wisdom of
maintaining between Cuba and this
country bonds of mutual interest,
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 conserved.
We believe that the native inhabit-
ants of Porto Rico should be at once
collectively made citizens of the
United States, and that all Others
properly qualified under existing laws
residing in said island should have
the privilege of becoming natural
lied. In the Philippines insurrec-
tion has been suppressed, law estab
lshed and life and property made
secure. Education and practical ex-
pei fence are there advancing the
capacity of the people for govern
ment, and the policies of Mckinley
and Roosevelt are leading the III
habitants, step by step, to ever-in-
creasing measure of home rule.
lime has justified the selection of
the Panama route tor the great
lsthmian canal, and even this has
shown the wsd ON OF securing author
ity over the zone through which it
is to be built. The work is now pro-
crossing with a rapidity beyond OK
pectation, and already 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
Arizona as states i'll the Union.
A Centenary of LincoIn's Birth.
February II, 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 republic. We request that
this centennial anniversary be cele-
brated throughout the confines of the
National Union by all the people,
and especially by the public schools,
as exercises to stir the patriotism OF
l the land.
Democratic lncapacity.
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 be enacted
under democratic administration OIL
under one in which party spirit is
divided. The continuance of the
present policies, therefore, absolutely
requires the continuance in power OF
that party which believes in them
and which possesses the capacity tC
put them into operation.
Differences Between Parties.
Beyond all platform declarations
there are fundamental difference:
between the republican party and It'll
chief opponent, which make the one
worthy and the other unworthy o.
pubic trust.
In history the difference between
democracy and republicanism Is tina
the one stood tor debased currency
the other for honest CnrrencY: thI