OREGON COURIER A, W. CHUNKY, Publisher. OREGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Aa Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented in Condensed Form. Twenty-four . hundred additional Turkish troopi aro now on their way to Crete. It ia thought the Turks are preparing for ' another massacre. Houses of Christians are being marked by the Turkish soldiers. Sir Joseph Prestwich, porfessor of geology at Oxford, and the author of valuable geological works, died in Lon- on, aged 84. French offioers were grossly insulted at Canea by Turkish soldiers. They were oursed and reviled and swords were drawn threatening their lives. G. H. Penderson, a fisherman of As toria, is missing, and, as be was very despondent previons to bis disappear noe, it is believed that he has com' mitted suicide. Notioes have been posted at all the collieries of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Company, of Pennsylvania, that work is discontinued until further no tioe. Eight thousand men apd boys are idle. President Jordan, of the Stanford aniversity, has arrived at Seattle to take oharge of the expedition whioh is to sail on the steamer Albatross to in estigate the seal fisheries on the islands of the north, and study the life and habits of the seals. The largest single night's oatch of salmon which has been made for many years in the Columbia river, was taken between midnight and dawn Tuesday morning. The canneries were com pelled to limit the boat to a certain amount of fish each, as they were un able to handle all that was brought in. Unless significant signs fail, the aquadron of United States warships, just now stationed in the harbor of New York, will be dispatobed soon on an important mission. Those who ahould be in a position to know say the destination will be the ooast of Cuba. Daring the last week work on all the Teasels has been doubled in response to a special order received from the seo retary of the navy. The nature of this order oannot be ascertained. President Cleveland will take no ao tlon as to the Cuban rebellion. John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, was made permanent ohairman of the Re publican national convention at St. Louis. Adolpb Padelford is dead in Paris. He was the the husband of Bettina Oirard, the actress, whom he paid $20,000 to drop her name. The pump house of the North End Water Works, Taooma, was burned down, leaving that entire section of the oity without water for a day. Sarah Blackburn obtained a verdict at Oregon City from the Southern Fa oiflo Railway Company for $2,000 for the kililng of Mark Blackburn, by a train at a street crossing. As a result of the recent warm weather rivers and crooks in Idaho are booming, and lands in many places are overflowed. It is estimated that damage to the amount of $12,000 has been done to the road between Wallace and Osborne. Owing to poor attendance and bad weather, the Portland baseball olnb of the I'aoiflo loauge, has been disbanded. The Scuttle club followed suit. Ta ooma will make an effort to bold to gether. An effort will bo made to have desultory games throughout the summer. John Connors shot Mamie Mulligan three times in the head, in Chicago. . He then shot himself through the right temple. He is dead. The girl is not expected to live. The deed was com mitted because the girl would not marry him. Connors is 45 years old, and Miss Mulligan is 10. The British steamer Druniniond Cas tle, Captain N. M. i'icrio, from Cape Town, for London, collided with an unknown steamer near Brest, France. She sank; in three minutes with 144 passengers and 103 offioers and orew on ,board. Two men were picked up by a Halting boat. The fate of the steamer with which she collided is not known. News of a terrible earthquake, in volving the loss of over a thousand lives, has reached Yokohama from the island of Yesso, which contains the northern provinces of Japan. The subterraneous disturbance lasted about twenty hours, and during that period the utmost terror prevailed. Ground rumblings are described as resembling the roar of distant cannon. Shock fol lowed shock almost in uninterrupted accession. In all it was estimated that about 150 shocks occurred. The whole town of Kuruaishl is destroyed by a tidal wave, which accompanied the earthquake. Many disasters to hipping are reported from the tidal wave. A Requisition Provided For. Washington. Acting Secretary of the Interior Sims has approved and provided for a requisition on the treas ury for the payment of $.'2,000 to every state included in the Morrill act of 1890 for the endowment of agricultural and mechanical colleges in the United States. This is to apply for the fiscal year 1896-97. Belgrade. A serious conflict has taken place between Servian officials and Montenegrins at Kuraamlida. Several persons were killed and wounded on both sides. Mutt Be Brought to Trial. A Cape Town dispatch says the seo retary of state for the Transvaal has telegraphed the British high oommis sioner there that, having in view the welfare and peaoe of South Africa, the Transvaal government ia convinced that the proofs in its possession, whioh are at the disposal of Great Britain, now completely justify and oompel the bringing to trial of Cecil Rhodes, Al fred Beit and Dr. Harris, all of the British South Africa Company, and connected with the raid into the Trans vaal. The secretary adds that the Transvaal secretary is obliged to press this step on Great Britain, and also to urge that all oontrol of the British Chartered South Africa Company be transferred to Great Britain. The Justice Was "peedy. Paul Eamaune, a kanaka, was bang ed in the prison corridor in Folsom, Cal., for the murder of Mrs. Ellen RoMuson at Latrobe, Eldorado county, on Any 6, 1890. The exeoutlon was deovid of sensational incidents, and was witnessed by only the few persons required by law. The murderer died without a word or a tremor on the soaffold. He was pronounced dead exactly 11 minutes after the fall of the drop, his neck being broken. It was the quickest execution on reoord, the body being cut down just 13 minutes after the prisoner left his cell. Few Troops Will be Moved. The programme for the annual move ment of troops has been definitely ar ranged at last, and the necessary orders will go forward at once to department commanders. There will be much disappointment over the faot that with the exoeption of two oompanies of the 11th infantry, the movements are oon- flned to two regiments. It is under stood that lack of funds is the cause for limited ohanges. Ten Ttaoosand Drowned. A Yokohama dispatch says: It is estimated that 10,000 people were drowned by the tidal wave on the island of Yesso, in the northern part of Japan, wbioh aooompanied a succession of frightful earthquakes lasting about twenty hours. In addition to the town of Kumassia, wbioh was wholly de stroyed, many other ooast towns have been washed away entirely or in part The Strike Situation. Every cannery on the lower Colum bia river is in operation, some of them taxed to their utmost capaoity to handle the oatoh of fish, and it looks as if the fishermen's strike is about over for this year. Venezuela for Gold. Minister Andrada, of Venezuela, has reoeived advioes from Caracas as to the final ratification of the constitu tional amendment by which Vene uela adopts the gold standard. Fortune's Favorite. George Delong, who had been pick ing strawberries in Benton Harbor, Mion. , has fallen heir to a fortune of $150,000 by the death of an nnole in the St. Louis tornado. Five to Be Hanged. Judge Parker, of the federal oourt, of Fort Smith, Ark., has sentenced Dennis Davis, George W. Wilson, Frank Carver, Jesse and John Nonce to be banged July 0, for murders com mitted in the Indian territory. Carver killed his mistress, Annie Maledon. This is the second time he and Davis have been sentenced. Some BlUr Statistics. Of the silver bullion purchased un der the act of July 14, 1800, there are now on hand 132,908,453 fine ounces; the oost of this bullion is $119,941,055; its coining value $173,541,414. The total number of silver dollars ooined from bullion purchased under the aot of July 14, 1890, to June 1. 1898, was 48,104,651. Upon this coinage there was a seignorage or prone oi fio,- 117,334. Patterson Was Kleo'ed. C. T. Patterson, of Taooma, has been eleoted commander of the G. A. R. for the department of Washington and Alaska. Drowned in the Umatilla. A young son of A. B. Hogue, of Pen dleton, while playing on a footing over the Umatilla river, lost his balance and fell into the rapidly running stream and was drowned. His body has not been recovered. Burial of the French Family. The burial of the French family, the victims of the reservoir disaster at Baker City, took place in that oity, the seven bodies all being interred in one grave. The funeral was the most im pressive, and the bodies were followed to the cemetery by a procession of car riages one mile in length. Outbreak of Natives. A new outbreak of the natives of Matabeland occurred between Umtali and Salisbury. At a meeting in that vicinity June 9, of a number of chiefs under Makoni, all except four agreed to revolt, and several whites were mur dered. General Dlmond Is Dead. General W. M. Dimond, of the Cali fornia National Guard, died at the Gtliey house in New York. Hold-rp Siear Baker City. Tbe McEwen-Canyon City stage was held up., six miles from McEwen, Or., by two masked men armed with re volvers. They relieved one passenger of $12 and then emptied the mail sacks, taking all they deemed valuable. Mauarred to m Man. The report that the party headed by the Marquis de Mores, consisting of 85 men. bound for the Soudan to enlist ! the Arab ohiefs against the British, has been massacred to a man, ia confirmed. Tbe members of the De Mores expedition were killed near Cademas. GROSS CARELESSNESS. San Frannlaco Building Collapsed, Burying Sevan Persona. San Francisco, June 34. Tbe three story building at tbe oorner of Fifth street and Mint avenue oollapsed at 4 o'clock this afternoon, burying a dozen persons in the ruins. Two bodies have been recovered, and it is feared there are others in tbe debris. Tbe list of dead follows: Mrs. Erustein Silverstein. of 305 Stevenson street John May, laborer. The injured are: Patrick MoKeown, proprietor of tba Brighton bouse, severe internal in juries; may die; Richard Buoking, H. Shepard, Dennis Griffin, Emeile Luon berger, John Lyons, Simeon Dean, Miss Sarah Byrne, skull fraotured, right arm broken, right thigh frao tured; Mrs. Joseph Byrue, Mrs. J. L. Mabler, Miss Bessie Wilson, Miss Pearl Woodward. To add to the horror, a fire broke out in the ruins shortly after the aooident, but it was extinguished before reach ing any of the victims. Carelessness of the grossest sort is responsible for the collapse of the lodging-house, and the loss of life it oaused. From tbe statements of several people, it ia evident that tbe disaster had been expeoted. Warnings were given and unheeded. Contraotor P. Gleason him self, who bad oharge of tbe construc tion of the under-paving, or street work, on wbipb the building was raised, says he explained to soma of tbe workmen several days ago that if they continued operations along tbe line in whioh they were working, there was sure to be a collapse. The resouroes of the receiving hos pital were totally inadequate to the care for the wonnded. Nine people were taken to that institution within three-quarters of an hour, and while two were being treated in the operat ing room, tbe remaining seven were huddled in the outer office, where they writhed and groaned in agony, until the doctors were able to attend them. Two women gave up tbe only sofa in the room to a man whose injuries were so painful that be could neither stand nor sit INVENTIVE GENIUS. Woodburn Announces Two Mew Me chanical Devices. Woodburn, Or., June 24. Mr. A. Ohlhoff, a civil engineer of Portland, has been in Woodburn for the last ten days making a drawing, plans and specifications of a patent potato-digger, originated and gotten up by Peter Sohorbaob, of this place. It ia a won derful piece of maohinery, and yet very simple. It will dig, sort and saok the potatoes, doing the work of sixty men. It will require two teams and two men to operate the maohine. One man will handle the horses, and the other tie the saoks. Already agrioulture firms in the East are beooming interested in this potato-digger, and one firm has re oured an option on the patent for the United States. Mr. Sohorbaoh leaves today for Portland with hia model, whioh is a perfect brass one, drawings and papers, where be will have them upon exhibition for a few days before forwarding them to the patent office at Washington. George Cathey, a 13-year-old boy and a son of Dr. B. A. Cathey, has in vented a devioe for opening, closing and locking any gate which swings on a pivot Mr. Ohlhoff says it is the best patent gate he has ever seen, and thinks there is a fortune in it for some body who will push it. FATAL ACCIDENT. Locomotive Boiler Kxnlorted, Killing Seven and Injuring Others. Woodville. Tex., June 34. At Don- oette, three miles north of Woodville, today, tbe tram engine boiler of the Nebraska Lumber Company exploded, killing seven men outright, and seri ously, if not fatally, injuring three others. It seems the engineer was just ready to start for the log camp, when tbe explosion took place, some eight or ten men being in the cab. Some of the viotiins had their heads torn from their bodies, and were otherwise muti lated beyond recognition. Tbe killed are: A. I. Douoette, president of the Ne braska Lumber Company; Grant Ham mersly, Charles Walforth, Charles Smith, William Sargent; a man known about the mill as "Frenohy," but whose right name could not be as certained; another unknown man. The wounded are: Dan A. Harman. fireman, arms terribly lacerated and painfully Bcaldod about tbe face and neck; D. C. Sullivan, section band, badly scalded; Dowling, scalded about the face and neck. The reports of just how the accident happened are somewhat conflicting. une reason given is mat tne engineer Jet his water get low with a hot fire and then turned on the injector. Two Were Killed. Montpelier.Yt, June 34. In a rear end collision on the Central Vermont railway near here this morning be tween a cattle train and the Montreal express, J. Seskinde, of Chicago, and Edward Brown, of Janesville, Wis., cattlemen, were killed. A Fresh Massacre Near Van. London, June 23. A Constantinople dispatch to the Chronicle savs a fresh massacre of Armenians is reported to ' have occurred near Van. Sixty were killed. freed to Settle the Veneiuela Question London, June 33. The Daily News (liberal) has an article in which it ia "ongly urges upon the govern ment a prompt settlement of the Vene iuela question. None of us realize how much people talk about us behind our backs. McKinley for resident, Ho bart for Vice-President. NOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT Thrilling Scenes In the Hall When the lteiuits Were A nnounced -Sliver Man Bolted tbe Gold Standard Platform. St Louis, Mo. Tba Republican na tional convention has nailed its prin cipals to the masthead and plaoed in sonimant of tbe ship, which is to bear it to fortune or disaster in November, its popular idol, William McKinley, of Ohio, and Garret A. Hobart, of New Jersey. But there was mutiny aboard, and, before tbe lines were caBt off, some of the members of the crew who bad shipped on many a voyage refused to subscribe to tbe new shipping artioles and walked down the gang plank. Vote by States f.ir President. STATES. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Many Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana 26 Maine Maryland .Massachusetts .... Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire... New Jersey New York North Carolina.... North Dakota 19 17 65 WV4I s 46 Ohio OreKon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Houth Carolina.... South Dakota 18 8 :t iennessee Texas 301 21 C 3 Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 8 24 8 12 24 6 ti 6 Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Indian Territory.. DIst. of Columbia. Alaska 4 Total !)220Cl'i(84'- BSitiltt:: ,36Vi Vote by States for Vice-President. X STATES. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire .... New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Teyas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Indian Territory .... District of Columbia. Alaska 10 8 20 72 1V4 an, 3 25 8 64 "i 3 15 15 Totals 553',4 2S0i 39 The last day of the convention was held in session for ten hours to accom plish the work cut out for it, and the scenes at different times were tragic, dramatio and inspiring. Fully 15,000 people were in the vast auditorium to hiss or cheer by turns. Tbe bolt of the silver men from the West furnished the most dramatio in cident of the day. Led by Senator Teller, they had previously declared their intention of refusing to subscribe to tbe gold plank in the platform, but, after Senator Teller bad made bis final appeal to the convention not to take the step which would drive him and his colleagues out of the ranks of the party which iu the past honored them, and they had delighted to serve, the convention bad voted, 818 '2' to 105 'J, to stand by tbe gold declaration in the platform. When Senator Teller made his declaration, saying: "I must sever my connection with the political party which makes the gold plank one of the prinoipal articles of its faith," he paused and swpet his eyes across the balL The galleries rose with a yell, and mingled with tbe yell was a fusi lade of biases. There was a pathos in tbe senator s voice, and those nearest could detect a glimmer of tears while ha said theie would be heartburnines and grief in the sacrifice he and bis ' colleagues were to make for their con sciences. I Cheers then came from the silver delegates and the gold men were on their feet from the admiration of the man, not of his cause. Tbe hisses were few this time. No one who witnessed the scenes will forget them to his dying day, tbe pic ture, of Senator Prank Cannon, of Utah, faoing from the platform 10,000 irate, hissing, jeering people, aa he lead the valedictory of the silver men The very courage ditolujed by him won for bim the admiration which compelled silenoe. When be bad 'fin isbed he turned and shook hands with the chairman and other friends on the platform. He tben locked arms with Senator Teller, and the two men left the stand and moved down between the walla of yelling delegates to where the standard of the Idaho delegation stood. There th' V were joined by the handsome, stalwart Tubois, and the three con tinned their march to the main door, their followers falling in behind them as they left the building. Carter and Mantle of Montana, kept their seats, signifying their willingness to abide by the plartfom. The silver men who bolted imme diately perfected plans to place Senator Teller in nomination as an independent silver oandidate for president After this sensational inoident the convention turned to the work of selecting tbe standard-bearers. It was a foregone, conclusion that McKinley would be nominated. Baldwin, of Counoil Bluffs, nomi nated Allison, Senator Lodge nominat ed Reed, Hastings nominated Quay, Depew nominated Morton, and For aker, in a masterly effort wbioh turned the convention into bedlam, nominated McKinley. Save for the tumult that followed Woloott's speech niacins Blaine in nomination four years ago, the demon s tr at ion bad no parallel in the nation, at least in length. The applause lasted twenty-seven minutes. Just at tbe close of the shouting thousands were ready to sink from sheer exhaustion. Altogether tbe scene was a remarkable one, and testified to tbe popularity of the oandidate who bad been placed in the field. The ballot was then taken and Mo Kinley's vote exceeded the expectation of his friends, as be received 601) within a vote and a half of 200 more than a majority, and almost three times as many as his five opponents. ' Hi! Major Willi The nomination was made unanim ous with enthusiastic speeches from the representatives of the other candidates. After the decision of the Piatt forces not to present the name of Governor Morton, the nomination of Hobart, of New Jersey, for vice-president, beoame a oertainty. The MoKinley force was thrown for him, whioh was too potent to overoome, besides, it was the general sense of the delegates that tbe situa tion required the nomination oi an Eastern man for vice-president. Tbe nominating speeches were brief. Bulkley, of Connecticut; Lippitt, of Rhode Island, and General Walker, of Virginia, were also placed in nomina tion, but it only required one ballot to determine the result Hobart received 630)3 votes, 00 more than a majority. Evans, his nearest competitor, received 280. There were scattering votes for Reed, Thurston, Grant, Depew, Morton and Brown. PLATFORM ADOPTED. Protective Tariff, Iteclprocltr and the Uold Standard. The platform adopted by the national Republican convention ia as follows: "The republicans of the United States, assembled by their representatives in na tional convention, appealing ror tne pouu lar and historic Jus.ilication of their claims to the matchless achievements of 30 years of republican rule, earnestly and confi dently address themselves to the awak ened Intelligence, experience and con science of their countrymen, in the follow ing declaration of fao.s and principles: "For the tirst time since the civil war, the American people have witnessed the calamitous consequences of full and unre strlcted democratic control 01 the govern ment. It has been a record of unparal leled incapacity, dishonor and disaster. "in administrative management, it has ruthlessly sacrlticed indispensable revenue. entailed an unceasing dellcit, eked out or- unary current expet.ses wun borrowed money, piled up the public debt by S'Mi.- Ono.ouo In .time of peace, forced an adverse balance or trade, kept a perpetual menace hanging over tne redemption tund, pawned American credit to alien syndicates, and reversed all the measures and results of successful republican rule. "In the broad eifect of Its policy, It has precipitated panic, blighted industry and trade with prolonged depression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, baited enterprise and crippled American produc tion wnue stimulating loieign production for the American market. Every eonsiuer atlon of Ujiiblic safety and Individual in terest demands that the government shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown themselves incapable to con duct It without disaster at home and dis honor abroad, and shall be restored to the par;y which for 30 years administered it with unequaled success and prosperity, and In this connection we heartily indorse the wisdom, patriotism and success of the administration of President Harrison. "We renew and emphasize our allegiance to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American industrial Independence and the foundation of American development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign products, encourages home industry, and puts the burden of revenue on foreign goods; it secures the American mar ket for the American producer; it upholds the American standard of wages for the American workingman; It puts the factory by the side of the farm and makes the American farmer less dependent on foreign demand and price; It diffuses general thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. In its reasonable appli cation it is Just, fair and Impartial: equal ly opposed to foreign control and domestic monopoly: to sectional discrimination and Individual favoritism. "We denounce the present democrat!? tariff as sectional, injurious to the public credit anj destructive to business enter prise. We demand such an equitable tar iff, on such foreign imports as come into competition with American products, as will not only furnish adequate revenue for the necessary expenses of tne government, but protect American labor from degrada tion the wage level of other lands. "We are not pledged to any particular schedules. The ques-'"'-. cf rvt is a practical question, t - t-.t.uti tj the am MoKinley. conditions of the time and of production; tne ruling and uncompromising principle e ruling and uiieonipii Is the ih protection anu development 01 lean laour and Industry. The country nds a ritfht .aillcincnt and then It Allien denial wan is res.: .... "We believe the repeal Of tne reciprocity arrangements negotiated by thu lasj, re publican administration was a iiauonu ulsgrace, and we demand their renewal ana extension on such terms us will equal ize our tiaue with other nations, remove the restrictions which now obstruct th saieof American products In the ports of otnur countries, and secure enlarged mar kuta for the products ol our farms, forests and factor.es. .... "i'rotectlon and reciprocity are the twin measures of republican policy, and go hand in hand. iJemocratlo ru.e has reck lessly struck down both, and both muse be re-established. I'rotectlon, tor what we produce; free admissions for the necessaries r.r HfM urhifh wh iin nut Droiluce: recln- rocal agreements ot mutual interests which gam open mantels In return for our open markets to others. 1'rotectlun builds up domestic Industry and trade and se cures our own market fur ourselves; re ciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus. "We condemn the present administra tion for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of this country. The republican party favors such protection as will lead 10 the production on American soil, of all the sugar which the American people use, and lor which they pay other countries more than tlUO.Ouo.OoO annually. "To all of our products to those of the1 mine and Held, us well as those of the sheep and the factory to hemp, to wool, the product of the great Industry of sheep husbandry, as well as to the ilnlshed wool ins of the mill, we promise thu most ample protection. j "We favor restoring the early American policy of discriminating duties for the up building of our merchant marine, und the protection of our shipping Interests in the foreign-carrying trade, so American snips, the product of American labor, employed In American shipyurds, sulllng under the Stars und Htripts, und manned, olllcered. and owned by Americans, may regain the carrying of our foreign commerce, "The republican party Ib unreservedly for sound money. It caused the enact ment of the law providing for the re sumption of specie payments in 1879; since then every dollar has been as good as gold; we ure unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. "We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement, with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing guld standard must be preserved. "All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor ull mtasures designed to maintain, inviolably, the obligations of the United Bttttis, and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard the standard of the most enllghtentd nations of the earth. "The veterans of the Union armies de serve and should receive kind treatment and generous recognition. Whenever practicable they should be given the pref erence In the matter of employement. and they ure entitled to the enactment of such laws as are best calculated to stcure the fiilllllment of the pledges made to them In the dark days of the country's peril. We denounce the practice In the pension bureau, so recklessly and unjustly carried on by the present administration, of re ducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping; names from the rolls, as deserv.ng the severest condemnation of the American people. "Our foreign policy should be at all times, firm, vigorous and dignified, and all our Interests in the western hemisphere carefully watched and guurded. The Hawaiian Islands should be controlled by the United States, and no foreign power should be permitted to Interfere with them; the N'icaragiia canal tshould be built, owned, and operated by the United State and by the purchase of the Danish Islands we should secure the proper and much ne,a naval 8tat'on In the West Indies. 1 he massacres in Armenia have aroused the deep sympathy and Just in dignation of the American people, and we .llf.v the United States should exert all the influence It can properly exert to brlnir these atrocities to an end. In Turkey American residents have been exposed to the gravest dangers and American proper ty destroyed. There, as everywhere, Amer ican citizens and American property must be absolutely protected at all hazards and at any cost. "We reassert the Monroe doctrine In its of the United States to give the doctrine '"ct'i "y lespunuing to tne appeals of any American state for friendly intervention in case of European encroachment " We have not Inierfered and shall not in erfere with the existing possessions of any huronenn nnwer in thia v.i.iai w... . -- ....o ,i midline-. C, UUL those possessions must not, on any pretext. i.c c.i.i-,i.icU. ,vo nupeiuuy iook rorward to tilA PVPnlllill Wllhilp ,nmt .h. .. wl ut uic r.uropean powers from this hemisphere and to the ultimate union of all the Knglish-speaklnir parts of the continent by the free consent of lis Inhabitants. "Krom the hour of achieving their own Independence, the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of our American people to free thpmselVM frnm Ri).inaan ,lnn.inn.i ur. watch with deep and abiding Interest the "n mime ui me iuDan patriots ugalnst crueity and oppression, and our best honee, lid nllt- fnr tnp full annna . .I.-!- mined con,:est for liberty. me Biivernment or Spain, having lost control of Cuba, and' being unable to pro leer the nrniiprtv nr Utiao - American citizens, or to comply with its vui'saitiuus, we oeueve tne govern ment of the United States should actively Use its InHllpnnn anH irnrj nm . . . ot uuiwrs iu re store peace ami give Independence to the and ane maintenance of its rightful influ ence among the nations of the earth de mand a naval power commensurate with. un pumuun uiiu resironsiDiiuy. we, there fore, favor, the continued enlargement of the nnw Und n rnmnlata. aiFDii a mv 1 . and seacoast defences. tor tne protection of the quality of our American citi7.pnihin ami tha ... - our workingmen against the fatal competi tion of low-priced labor, we demand ithat ' 1 iiiiKiauou mws oe thoroughly en- forcpd nnil an pvtoml a tn a -.v..v.u an w rAUUUH irOnj entrance to the 1 niinl Bini.n .u . .nuita MIU3B WHO, can neither read nor write. 1 he civil service law was placed on (the statute books by the republican party. whlph ha, nlu'nva .ii.takA, I. , ... . J puoiimi ii, hiiu we re new our repeated declarations that It shall uc uiuiuuBniy anu nonestiy emorced and extended wherever praoiicable. "We demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot be counted and returned aa 'We nrnplnlm nur iinnnitl nn. ...w ....... n uamamus prac tice, well known as lynching, or killing of human beings suspected or charged with crime, without process of law "We favor the creation of a national board of Arhitrarlnn tn apttlc nnri Mnn nr thp nnnrv .c on.l differences which may arise between em ployers and employes engaged in interstate commerce. "We believe In an immediate return to the frpa hnmnatoail nnlln.. nf wn Lit . ......,.uu UL uic icpuoil can party, and urge the passage by con gress of the satisfactory frse-homesteadi measure, which has already passed the house and Is now pending in the senate. "Vp fnvnr lha a.lmieuinn nt .I.a i' .. .......u v. me remain ing territories at the earliest practicable date, having due regard to the interest of the territories and the United States. All the fp.lpPul nfftP.a .nnnlnt. nH l. . : .... lul u,c ltrrri- torles should be selected from bona fide rrsmema increoi. ana tne ngnt of self government should be accorded as far aa practicable. "We believe the citizens of Alaska should have representation In the c n- unm nf lha TnftH fir.iu n l. n . . . needful legislation mav hp intsii:an,' , "ft.J enacted. "We sympathize with all wise and legiti mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of Intemperance and promote morality The republican party is mln iful of' the rirhts of women. Prntpcflnn n AMot v "t-". vn-yvi lumues, equal pay for equal work and protection to the home. "We favor the adm!ion of womn to wider spheres of usefulness, and welcome their co-operation in rescuing the country f n .n Hmfv-ratii- nnil Twimiliat ln.tnetr4pi inlnHpa miii.I r.. - - f ...j- iuiauiiiage- ment and misrule. "Such in th nrtnpifiTp an4 Hitu -a ' ---- - iivuuci oi the republican party. "By these principles we will abide, and these rolicies we will put Into execution. Wp Ask fnr them lha prtn.,: 1am. ... mnt of the American pople. Conflict .i i.i i;w u.s.orj oi our great part,-, and in the Justice of our cause, we prespnt our platform and our candidates in the full assurance that the election will brin victory to the r--' :i". an ra"v and pros perity to the peo.v l ui . Statea,"