The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-06-17
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
1t Calls For Preparedness ard
Protection of American Rights.

form adopted by the Republican national
convention:
In 1861 the Republican party stood for
the Union. AS it stood for the union OF
states it now stands for a united people,
true to American ideals, loyal to Ameri-
can traditions, knowing no allegiance ex-
cept to the constitution, to the govern
ment and to the flag of the United States
We believe in American policies at home
and abroad.
Protection of American Rights.
We declare that we believe in and will
enforce the protection of every American
citizen in all the rights secured to him by
the constitution, treaties and the law OF
nations, at home and abroad, by land and
sea. These rights, which, in violation of
the specific promise of their party, made
at Baltimore in 1912, the Democratic pres
tdent and the Democratic congress have
failed to defend, we will unfinchingly
maintain.
We desire peace, the peace of justice
and right, and believe in maintaining a
straight and honest neutrality between
the belligerents in the great war in Eu-
rope. We must perform all our duties and
insist upon all our rights as neutrals, with
out fear and without favor. We believe
that peace and neutrality as well as the
dignity and influence of the United States
cannot be preserved by shifty expedients.
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guage or by attitudes ever changing In
an effort to secure groups of voters.
The present administration has destroy
ed our influence abroad and Inundated US
in our own eyes. The Republican party
believes that a firm, consistent and cour-
ageous foreign policy, always maintained
by Republican presidents in accordance
with American traditions is the best, as
1t is the only true way to preserve our
peace and restore US to our rightful place
among the nations. We believe in the pa
cif1c settlement of international disputes
and favor the establishment of a world
court for that purpose.
Mexico.
We deeply sympathize with the Is, 100000
people of Mexico who, for three years,
have seen their country devastated, their
homes destroyed, their fellow citizens
murdered and their women outraged by
armed bands of desperadoes led by self
seeking, conscienceless agitators.
We express our horror and Indignation
at the outrages which have been and are
being perpetrated by these bandits upon
American men and women who were or
are in Mexico by invitation of the laws
and of the government of that country
and whose rights to security of person
and property are guaranteed by solemn
treaty obligations. We denounce the in
defensible methods of interference en-
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ternal affairs of Mexico and refer with
shame to it's failure to discharge the duty
of this country as next friend to Mexico,
its duty to other powers who have relied
upon US as such friend and its duty to our
citizens in Mexico in permitting the con-
~tinuance of such conditions, first, by fail
ure to act promptly and firmly, and, sec
ond, by lending its influence to the con-
tinuation of such conditions through rec
ognition of one of the factions responsible
for these outrages.
We pledge our aid in restoring order and
maintaining peace in Mexico. We prom
Use to our citizens on and near our border
and to those in Mexico, wherever they
may be found, adequate and absolute pro-
lection in their lives, liberty and property.
Monroe Doctrine.
We reafirm our approval of the Mon
roe doctrine and declare its maintenance
to be a policy of this country essential
to its present and future peace and safety
and to the achievement of it's manifest
destiny.
Latin America.
We favor the continuation of Republican
policies, which will result in drawing more
and more closely the commercial, finan-
cial and social relations between this coun-
try and the countries of Latin America.
Philippines.
We renew our allegiance to the Philip
pine policy inaugurated by Mckinley, ap-
proved by congress and consistently car
ried out by Roosevelt and Taft. Even in
| this short time 1t has enormously improv-
ed the material and social conditions of
the islands, given the Philippine people a
constantly increasing participation in their
government and, if persisted in, will bring
still greater benefits in the future.
We condemn the Democratic administra-
ton for it's attempt to abandon the Phil
ippines which was prevented only by the
vigorous opposition of Republican men,
bers of congress, aided by a few patriotic
Democrats.
Treaty With Russia.
We reiterate our unqualified approval OF
the action taken in December, 1911, by
the president and congress to secure with
Russia, as with other countries, a treaty
that will recognize the absolute right of
expatriation and prevent all discrimina-
ton of whatever kind between American
citizens, whether native born or alien.
and regardless of race, religion or pre-.
vious political allegiance. We renew the
pledge to observe this principle and to
maintain the right of asylum, which is
neither to be surrendered nor restricted,
and we unite In the cherished hope that
the war which is now desolating the world
may speedily end with a complete and
lasting restoration of brotherhood among
the nations or the earth and the aSSur-
ance of full equal rights, civil and reli-
gious. to all men in every land.
Protection of the Country.
In order to maintain our peace and
max certain the security of our people
within our own borders, the country must
have not only adequate, but thorough and
complete national defense, ready for any
emergency. We must have a sufficient
and effective regular army and a provi-
sion for ample reserves, already drilled
and disciplined, who can be called at once
to the colors when danger comes.
We must have a navy so strong and SC
we'll proportional and equipped, so thor
oughly ready and prepared that no enemy
can gain command of the sea and effect a
landing in force on either our western OF
our eastern coasts. To secure these re-
suits we must have a coherent and con-
tinuous policy of national defense, which
even i'm these perilous days the Democrat
ic party has utterly failed to develop, but
which we promise to give to the country.