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The anomaly, of an American ship
builder who not only votes the Pen
acratic ticket, but actually accepts the
nomination of vice president of its
ticket, is sufficient distinction for Mr.
Sewell. of Maine. He ought not to
want to be elected.
If prices are too low, as silver men
claim. It follows that wages are too.
high; and the free coinage of silver can
be relied on to advance prices and
bring down wages to a sufficiently low
purchasing power to suit the sliver
maniacs. Pioneer Press.
Hon. Wayne MacVeagh touched the
right note when he said that he still
believed In "the good faith and honor
of the American people." That. In a
nutshell Is all that has made us. The
American people are the United States.
They have never been found on the
wrong side of a great question, and
they wilt not impair the national credit
ky placing themselves in that position
mow.
The London, Eng., Times, comment
ing on Bryan's nomination, says:
"What must we think of a party whose
best man gives utterances to such stuff
as his speech, and he who listens to it
with unanimous approval? He knows
bis hearers, and suits himself to their
intelligent capacity. When Mr. Smal
ler says that he believes Mr. Bryan
to be siaceret It la only at the expense
et his Intelligence and good sense that
we can accept this vindication of his
political morality."
Since Jonathan Bourne will not re
sign as secretary of the state Republi
can committee, and Mr. Sol Hirsch re
fuses to square himself with the party
by kicking him out. it is the duty of
the Oregon national committeeman to
call a meeting of Republicans and have
a committee appointed to take charge
ef McKinley's campaign tn this state
without delay. It Is no longer safe to
have Bourne opening the mail and an
swering correspondence relating to
the campaign from sources where his
true character is unknown. A circu
lar should also be printed, explaining
the situation and warning eastern cam
paign managers from holding any In
tercourse with him or the committee he
represents. This circular could be sent
to all the principal Republican papers
In the country f r publication, and thus
the harm likely to result from Hirsch's
treason in appointing and continuing
Bourne tn his present position can be
reduced to the smallest possible mini
mum.
Not only is a New England banker,
the president of numerous railroads
and director of other corporations, a
curious candidate to be nominated at
any political convention in these dayg,
but that a Populist gathering like the
one Just closed at Chicago should se
lect such a man as Sewall to hitch
dp as a running mate with a candidate
like Bryan, positively passes all com
prehension or logical explanation. Bry
an got his nomination under the high
pitch to which he artfully contrived to
work up the convention by his pas
sionate and Inflammatory denuncia
tions of the veiy class of men that
Sewall, according to the dispatch sent
out from Bath last night by his Jubi
lating Yankee friends, now turns out to
belong. If any further evidence were
wanting, to show the lack of all har
mony, reason, or deliberation, and the
utter demoralization which character
ized the Chicago convention, surely it
Is supplied by this peculiar combina
tion. The Bible says be ye not un
equally yoked together, but here we
have a case of the devil and a priest
out on a proselyting tour together.
SPIRITUAL POSSIBILITIES.
Tor, behold, the kingdom ot God Is within
you Luke, xvll., 21.
There is an Irrmense amount of un
conscious make-believe in our accept
ance of religious truth. We assent to
It theoretically, but make no use of
It practically. With most of us re
ligion is up in the clouds; we have not
yet learned its value as a dynamic force
In daily life. What we most of all need
is to really believe what we say we be
lieve. If one tells us that we can "abide
tinder the shadow of the Almighty," we
regard the expression as very beauti
ful rhetorically, but repudiate It as the
statement of a simple fact. If the
preacher recites the text In which the
Master says "greater things than these
shall ye do," It seems Impossible to be
lieve that He meant exac tly what He
said. Though the statement is con
stantly reiterated that angels guard
our footsteps and are always within
hearing distance of our cry, we merely
think we believe, for It is a belief with
out full appreciation. It I all more or
less dreamy, and we are very far,
though the world 'has been pondering
the subject for two hundred genera
tions, from accepting the nearness of
heaven, or the ability and willingness
of God to exercise a providence over
our lives. In n word, wo walk around
the outside of the temple and admire
Its architecture, but we have not yet
opened the door and explored Its In
terior. It Is not so In some other matter.
For example, when some gifted seer
experiments with steam or electtlelty.
and tells us how they can both be util
ised to make life more comfortable and
to furnish us with unexpected conven
iences, we always take him seriously
and literally. We apply steam as a
means of transportation and use It In
the ten thousand ways In which it will
subserve our commercial and domestic
purposes. We accept the assertions of
the electrician literally, and In full con
fidence stretch the mjjtlc wires from
ocean to ocean. That confidence Is
re;ald by a series of ml-aclc, for the
harnessed lightning is a willing s
vltor. carrying our words under At
lantic waves and across continents
with Inconceivable speed. In this way
life Is practically prolonged, for we
can accomplish In our seventy years
more than the old sages dreamed of In
their seven hundred.
There have been those who have had
the same kind of Implicit faith in re
ligious truths, and who have utilised 1
them !n the same way. We look at
them with wonder, and with something
of envy also, confessing that, while
physical laws properly applied may
produce admirable results. It Is still
more admirable to rapture a spiritual
law and make It the servant of a dl
vine purpose. In the early days of
Christianity strong men and weak
women were cast Into lions' dens or
tortured to death by devilish contri
vances. They faced their fate with a
smile, because their faith was an om
nipotent reality. They believed in Hod
Just as we believe In the law of grav
itation, and were Just as sure of going
to heaven as we are that the sun will
rise tomorrow so sure that they would
not compromise one Jot or tittle in or
der to save their lives. If you say. as
the agnostic does, that their faith was
nothing but a dream, my reply Is that
the dream which can make such heroes
of men and women is worth all the so
called truths In the world If they serve
no better end than to make us cow
ards. These men and women died with
God In their hearts, and human nature
never rises to such a pitch of heroism
unless It has that kind of faith. The di
vine In humanity Is developed by faith
rather than by Intellectual attainment.
The most Important part of a man la
his soul, and If that stands plumb noth
ing can go crooked.
I believe that we should all have what
the martyrs had not a conventional.
but a real trust In the Almighty,
trust like that which the sea captain
has In his compass. It may not be
easy to attain, but we ought to be
satisfied with nothing less. Without
It we drift, but with It we weather all
storms and are headed for heaven.
Tou need it In all the emergencies of
life, and there are many which try the
soul to its utmost. It Is not easy to
live well, to resignedly put your shout
ders to a heavy burden, to meet temp
tation squarely and thrust It from your
path, to bury a dear one and feel that
the best thing has happened for all
concerned. Easy? Is there any task
that will compare with It? Do you
not know that It is harder to acquire
an athletic soul than an athletic body?
Because It is harder you need to take
certain simple religious truths and feed
on them until they are thoroughly as
similated with your spirit. If God is
taken from the realm of myths and
made a downright fact, if heaven Is
not up In the clouds, but all around
you: if love never dies, and cannot be
destroyed by death or changed in any
manney, and If these glorious revela
tions are not guesses, but certainties,
what Is your life but a school In which
angels are teachers, and what Is this
old earth but a spiral staircase lead'rg
to eternity? If religion Is good for
anything it is good for everything, and
no man is at his best until spiritual
truth is Just as practical and practica
ble as any fact In physics. After that
all will go well, but not before.
GEORGE H. HEPWORTH.
When they put a man In Jail he can
not follow his natural Impulses. He
cannot eat what he wants to he is
limited to a very frugal diet. Is it not
equally true of a dyspectlc? For all of
the real enjoyment he gets out of life,
he might as well be in Jail. He cannot
eat what be likes, nor enough. He suf
fers much, gets little sympathy. At
first, perhaps a little heaviness In the
stomach, a little sourness, windy belch
ing, and heartburn; headaches and bil
iousness and a foul taste In the mouth
In the morning. Chronic constipation
is almost Inevitable, and means that
the body Is holding poisonous, Impure
matter, and should be gotten rid of.
The poison is being reabsorbed Into
the blood and the whole body. Im
purity of the blood may lead to almost
any disease. Constipation Is the start
of all. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
cure constipation, cure It so It stays
cured. No other remedy In the world
will do that.
Send 21 cents In one-cent stamps to
World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, Buffalo, N. Y., and receive Dr.
Pierce's 1008 page common senso med
ical adviser, Illustrated.
Remember that even though you now
have a desire to snatch up your red
carpet and put it In the ash barrel. It
will not always be July and the color
that offends now will be very pleasing
later on.
ROYAL BaKing Powder.
Highest ot all In leavening
Strength. V. S. Government Report
Your own home is a pretty good sum
mer resort, after all Is said.
The best chemical compound for wash
ing powder Is "Soap Foam,'' as It will
not "yellow the clothes," nor burn the
hands. It's the finest thing In the world
for the bath. One trial will conrlncs
you.
s;.i '"- r 1 1 1 in 1 mi 1
IvKST with a blc II. UlaeUweU's Genuine Hull
h lHirhiuu It In acinus by ttwlf. ou will find on
' coupon Inutile vuvli I wo outlet bt.g, uud two cott
pout luslde each (our ouneo bug of
B!ac!avcl!'s
Genuine Durham
Smoking Tobacco
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Don't eh se up the fr. nt of your house ; And now the process of deliberate
and sit In the back yard. You don't tanning l telnv. li.h:U:ed In by the
deceive any one Into the belief that ! girl who forgets, that It will take long
you are at the seashore. I er to bleach her skin tha-t to darken II.
WHEN THE BOWELS ARE PISOU-
DERED,
No time should be lost In resorting to
a suitable remedy. Hosteller' Stomach
Bitters Is the most reliable and widely , Cure sl,bduet Inflammation at one and
esteemed medlilne of its class. It re-; completely removes the difficulty. Chas.
moves the causes of constipation, or of 1 i50!ers,
undue relaxation of the Intestine, i
which are usually indigestion or a mis-; A hot morning makes even the most
direction of the bile. When It acts as enthusiastic bicyclist a bit envious of
a cathartic It does not grli and vlo- ,ne mnn or ,Vom-in who drives com
lently evacuate, but produces gradual ' fortnhly along behind a fast horse,
and natural effects, very unlike those J
of a drastic purgative; and Its power j t would be hard to convince a man
of assisting digestion nullifies those Irrl- ; suffering from bilious colic that his
tatlng conditions of the mucous mem- 1 aKony Is due to a microbe with an un-
brane of the stomach and Intestinal
canal w hich produce first diarrhoea.
and eventually dysentery. The med -
Iclne Is, moreover, an agreeable one.
and eminently pure and wholesome.
Appetite and tranquil nightly slumber
are both promoted by It.
It Is not g Iving away any secret to
say that many a woman wears another
Image In her heart from the one the
carries In her locket.
TRE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS LIFE,
Mr. Q. Calllouette, Druggist. Beavers
vllle, 11L. says: "To Dr. King's New Dis
covery I owe my life. Was taken with
T. fZrinnA end tried all th nhvslfhuit I
for miles about, but of no avail and was
given up and told I could not live. Hav-
lag Dr King's New Discovery In my
.tor, I for a bottle and be-
gan lu use and from the tat doss
brtta to ret hettei. nA after uslne three
bottles was up ad about again. It Is
worth Its weight In gold. We won't
keep store or house without It." Get a
free trial at Chas. Rogers' Drug Store.
The softest thing In the world, out
side of a callow youth with his first
sweetheart, la a woman's hand on a ,
heated forehead. 1
CURE FOR HEADACHE.
As a remedy for all forms of Headache,
Electric Bitters has proved to be the very
best It affects a permanent cure and j
the most dreaded habitual sick head- j
aches yield to Its Influence. We urge all 1
who are afflicted to procure a bottle. .
and give this remedy a fair trial. In
cases of habitual constipation Electric
Bitters cures by giving the needed ton. j
to the bowels, and few cases long resist
the use of this medicine. Try It once.
Fifty cents, and 1.0O at Chas.
Drug Store.
Rogers' j
Few women really read the news-!
papers, they skim the contents, making
sure only of the fashions and the obit-
uary notices.
BUCKLEN'8 ARNICA SALVE.
The best salve In the world for Cuts,
Bruises, 8ores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and All Skin Erup
tions,, and posit I vo cure for Piles, or no
pay required. It Is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price, 26 cents per box. For sale by
Chas. Roser-., Odd Fellows' building.
The summer boarder now feels ag
grieved because he or she does not
receive twelve course dinners for five a
week.
When Baby was tick, we gare her Castoiia.
When she was s Child, she cried for CtorU.
When the became Mlas, the clung to Castorla,
When the L ril - ,ihe gtMUmn C tori-
If salted peanuts were as expensive
as salted almonds, they would be more
In demand on dainty dinner tables.
Ell Hill, Lumber City, Pa., writes: "I
have been suffering from Piles for
twenty-five years and thought my case
Incurable. DeWItt's Witch Hazel Salve
was recommended to me as a pile cure,
so I bought a box and it performed a
permanent cure." This Is only one of
the thousands of similar cases. Ecze
ma, sores and skin diseases yield quick
ly when It Is used. Chas. Rogers.
The wearing of the green was all
right in the spring time, but It Is the
wearing of the white that is In vogue
now.
Small In size but great In results.
DeWItt's Little Early Risers act gently
but thoroughly, curing Indigestion, dys
pepsia, and constipation. Small pill,
best pill. Chas. Rogers.
The woman who acknowledges she has
always been poor Is very rare, as a
rule she says she has seen better days.
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castorla.
1 When we consider that the Intestines
I are ubout live times as long a the
I body, we can realist th Intense tut-
f,.rlns Mp,.rtenced when they become
; nami, peWllfs Colic and Cholera
- pronouncable name. But one dose of
PeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure will
' convince hltn of its power to afford
! instant relief. It kills pain. Chas.
' ftogers.
'
The woman in town for the day takes
special pains to let all those within
hearing know that she has Just run
In from her country house.
1 We are anxious to do a little good In
I this world and can think of no plrss-
anter or better way to do It than by
recommending One Mlnue Cough Curt
aa a preventative of pneumonia, con
sumption, and other serious lung trou
bles that follow neglected colds. Chas.
' ,0Ktr-
flne , .,,
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bu ctM tQ
1
Or. Price'! Cream Baking Powdsf
Csatala AaiamiU t? Alas
A woman may not care to marry a
I man who professes to love her. but she
will never forgive him If he marries
) gome one else.
Persons who huve a
coughing tpell
every nl,iit. on account of a tickling
sensation In :he throat, may overcome
It at once, by a di ne of One Minute
Cough Cure. Chas. Rogers.
Jamaica ginger Is a good thing to
have around the house In the corn s-a-
son. .
Pure blood means good health. Dt
" 111 s i"aparii!a purines tne wood,
cures Eruptions. Eczema. Scrofula and
diseases arising from Impure blood.
-nas. Kogrs.
"Woman-Afrald-of-Her-Cook" Is the
Indian name of many a young hous-
keeper.
Pass the good word along the line.
Tiles can be quickly cured without an
operation by simply applying PeWitt's
Witch Haz-I Salve. Chas. Rogers.
Women will never make a fortune as
horticulturists until they get over thWr
fear of worms and bugs.
Do you lack faith and love health?
Let us establish your faith and restore
your health with PeWitt's Sursaparllla.
Chas. Rogers.
One entire day a month spent In
bed Is the rejuvenating process adopted
by many wornout belles.
"Wake up. JacoD, day Is breaking!"
so said DeWllt's Little Early Risers to
a man who had taken them to arouse
his sluggish liver. Chas. Rogers.
Cheap
Clothing
The Hop Lee Clothing Factory and
merchant tailors, 608 Commercial St.,
makes underclothing to order. Quits
and trousers made to fit perfectly.
Every order punctually on time and
satisfaction guaranteed. Good goods
sold cheap. Call and be convinced.
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INVESTMENTS.
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containing the names and addresses ot
360 successful promoters who have placed,
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over 18,000,01X1 for the seven months of
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order to tho London and Universal Bu
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K. C. Subscribers wil be entitled, by ar
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For placing the following It will be
found Invaluable Bonds or Sharos of In
dstrlwi. Commercial and Flnan-ia-1 con
cerns, Mortgage loans, Sals if Lands,
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Directors:
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HON. WALTER C. PEPYS,
CAPT. ARTHUR 8TIFFE.
Copyright
Declaration of Principles
Tlit Republicans of the 1'nlted States,
Assembled by their ropiesenlntlves In
National Convention, appealing for the
popular atul historical Justification ot
thtlr claims to the matchless achieve
ments of thirty years of Republican
rule, earnestly and confidently address
thi'tluelve to the awakened lutein
geiice, experience and conscience of
their countrymen In Oie following dec
laration of fuels mid principles:
l-'or the Hist time since the Civil
W r.r the American people haw wll-
i :-the ciil.-imltous consequences of
full mid unrestrained Iviuocratlc con-tf'-l
of the iloveniineiit It lias been
a record of unpnm'led Incapacity, dis
honor and disaster. In administrative
mumtgcmctit It has rut hit sal)' sacrific
ed Indlsp-r.slble revenue, entailed an
utuvaslng deficit, eked out ordinary
current expenses w Hit borrowed money.
Idled up the public debt by i:i.mO,O0O
In time of peace, forced an adverse bal
ance of trade, 1 1 a perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund,
pawned American credit to alien syn
dicates and reversed all the measures
and results of tuceessful Republican
rule. In the brord effect of Its policy
It has precipitated panic, blighted In
dustry and trade with prolonged de
pression, closed factories, reduced work
and wages, halted enterprise and crip
pled American production while stimu
lating foreign production for the Amer
ican market. Every consideration of
public safety and Individual Interest
demands that the government shall be
rescued from the hands of those who
have shown themselves Incapable ot
conducting It without disaster at home
and dishonor abroad, and shall be re
stored to the party which for thirty
years administered It with uncqtialrd
success and prosperity.
A Protrrtivf Tarifl.
We renew and emphasise our allegi
ance to the policy of protection as ths
bulwark of American Industrial Inde
pendence and the foundation of Amer
ican development and prowrlty. This
true American policy taxes foreign pro
ducts and encourages honie Industry;
It puts the burden of revenue on for
eign goods. It secures the American
market for the American producer; It
upholds the American standard of
wages for the American worklngman;
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 ap
plication It la Just, fair, and Impartial,
equally opposed to foreign control and
domestic monopoly, to sectional dis
crimination and Individual favoritism.
We denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional. Injurious to the pub
lic credit and destructive to business
enterprise. We demand such equitable
tariff on foreign Imports which come
Into competition with American pro
ducts as will not only furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses of
the government, but will protect Amer
ican labor from degradation the
wage level of other lands. We are not
pledged to any particular schedules.
The question of rates Is a practical
question, to be governed by the condi
tions of the time and production; tho
ruling and uncompromising principle
Is the protection and development of
American labor and Industry. The
country demnnds a right settlement
and then It wants rest.
lU'iiirocity With Oilier Nations.
We believe the repeal of the reel
proiity arrangements negotiated by the
last Republican administration was a
national calamity, and we demand
their renewal and extension on such
terms as will equalize our trade with
oth'-r nations, remove the restrictions
which now obstruct the sale of Amer
ican products In th-i ports of other
countries and secure the enlarged mar
kets of our farms, forests and factories.
Protection nnd reciprocity are twin
measures of Republican policy, and go
hand In hnnd. Democratic rule hail
recklessly struck down both, and both
must be re-establlahed. Protection for
what wc produce, free admission for
the necessaries of life which we don't
produce, reciprocal agreements of mu
tual Interest which gain open mnrkets
for us In return for our open market to
others. Protection builds up domestic
Industry and trade and secures our
own market for ourselves. Reciprocity
builds up foreign trade and finds an
outlet for our surplus.
Protection to Sugar Producers.
We condemn the present administra
tion for not keeping faith with the
sugar producers ot this country. The
Republican party favors such protec
tion as will lead to the production on
American soil of all the sugar the
American people use, and for which
they pay other countries more than
1100,000,000 annually.
Wool ami WooIns.
To all our products to those of the
mine and the field, as well as to those
of the shop and the factory to hemp
to wool, the product of the great Indus
try of sheep husbandry, as well as to
the finished woolens of the mill we
promise the most ample protection.
Merchant Marine.
We favor restoring the early Amerl-
Ol' TIIIC
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
can policy of dlm-iimlnntlng duties for
tho ui-buidlng of mir merchant marine
mid Hie protection of our shipping In
the foreign carrying trade, so that
American ships lite product of Amer
ican labor, employed In American ship
yards, sailing under the Stars Slid
Snipes, and manned, officered and
owned by Americans may regain the
carrying of our foreign commerce.
The Financial lne.
"Th Republican party Is uttrrserv.
eitly for sound money. It caused tho
enactment of the law providing for the
resumption of specie payments In W
since then every dollar has been as
good as gold. Wt are unalterably up
posed to every meomre calculated 10 de
base our currency or Impair the- credit
of our country. We are, therefore, op
posed to the free coinage of silver, ex
cept by International agreement with
the leading commercial nations of the
world. Which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement can
be obtained we believe the exlsllng
lold standard mutt be preserved. All
our silver and paper cuireiicy now In
circulation must be maintained at 0
parity with gold, and we favor all
measures designed to maintain Inviola
ble the obligations of the t'nlted
Stntes, and all our money, w hether c-'ln
or paper, at the present standutd. the
ktatidard of the most enlightened na
tions of the earth."
Pensions for Veterans.
The veterans of the Union armies de
serve and should receive fair treatmrnl
and generous recognition. Whenever
practicable they should be given the
preference In th matter of employ
ment, and they are entitled to (he en
actment of such laws as best calculat
ed to secure the fulfillment of the
pledges made to them In the dark days
of the country's peril. We denounce
the practice of the pension bureau so
recklessly and unjustly carried on by
the present administration, ot rrduclng
pension and arbitrarily dropping
names from the rolls, as deserving the
severest condemnation ot the American
people.
Foreljin Relations,
Our foreign policy should be at til
time firm, vigorous and dignified, and
all our Interests In the western hemis
phere carefully watched and guarded.
The Hawaiian Islands should be con
trolled by the United States and no for
eign power should be permltetd to In
terfere with them. The Nicaragua
Canal should be built, owned and op
erated by the United States, and by
the purchase of the Danish Inlnii.lt wt
thnuld secure a proper and much-needed
naval station In the West Indies.
Armenian Massacres.
The massacres In Armenia have
aroused the deep sympathy and Just
Indignation of the American people,
and we believe that the United States
should exercise all the Influence It can
properly exert to bring these atrocities
to an end, In Turkey. American resi
dents have been exposed to the gravest
dangers and American property de-
stroyed. There and everywhere Amer
ican clt I sens and American properly
must be absolutely protected at all
haxards and at any cost.
Monroe Doctrine.
We reassert the Monroe doctrine In
Its full extent and reaffirm the right of
the I'nulted States to give the doctrine
effect by responding to the appeals of
any American state for friendly Inter
vention In case of European encroach
ment. We have not Interfered, and
shall not Interfere, with the existing
possessions of any European power In
this hemisphere, but those posn-sslont
must not, on any pretext, be extended.
We hopefully look forvvnrd to the
eventual withdrawal of the European
powers from this hemisphere, nnd the
ultimate union of alt the English-
speaking part of the continent by the
free consent of Its Inhabitant.
Independence of Cub.
From the hour of achieving their own
Independence the people of the I'nlted
Btutcs have regarded with sympathy
the struggles of other American peoples
to free themselves from European dom
ination. We watch with deep and abid
ing Interest the heroic battle of the Cu
ban patriots agalnut cruelty and op
presslon, and our best hopes go out for
the full success of their determined con
test for liberty.
The government of Spain, having lost
control of Cuba and being unable to
protect the property or lives of resi
dent American cltliens or to comply
with Its treaty obllgatlones, we believe
that the government of the United
States should actively uso Its InOucnce
and good ofTlces to restore peaco and
give Independence to the Island,
Enlargement of the Navy.
The peace and security of the rcpub
llo and the maintenance of Its rightful
influence among the nations of the
earth demand a naval power commen
surate with Its position and responsl
billty. We therefore favor the contln
ued enlargement of the navy and s
and sea-
liiiiiilrallnn laws.
For the protection of the equality of
our American cltl.hlp '" '
wages of our worklngmen against ths
fatal competition of low-priced labor,
we demand that th Immigration lw
b thoroughly enforced, end so extend
ml as to exclude from entrance to ths
United Stales I hot who can iiolther
read nor write.
Civil Service.
The Civil Service law Was placed On
the statute book by the Republican
parly, which has always sustained It,
and we renew our repealed declara
tions that It shall be thoroughly and
honestly enforced and eiteiidn wher
ever practicable.
Free liallnt.
We demand that every clitien of the
United States ehall be all.. wed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot, and
that such ballot shall be emitted and
returned as cast.
hnc'ili):: I'liiiilcnmi'il.
We proclaim our unqualified condem
nation of the uncivilised and bsrharous
practices, well known as lynching Or
killing of human beings, tutpm-trd or
charged with crime, without process of
law.
National Arbitration.
We favor the creation of a national
board of arbitration to settle and ad
Just differences which may arise be
tween employer and employed engaged
In Interstate commerce.
Free IluniesteiJs.
Ws believe In tn Immediate return
to the free homestead policy of ths
Republican party and urge the postage
by rongrvss of the satisfactory fres
homestead measure which has already
pasood the huute and Is now pending
In the senate.
Admission of Territories.
We favor the admission ot the re
maining territories at the earliest prac
ticable date, having due regard to the
Interests of the pm.pl of the territo
ries and of the I'nllml Stales. All (he
federal officers appointed for th terri
tories shall Ih selected from bona fide
residents thereof, and ths right of tlf
government shall be acorded as far as
practicable.
Alaska lieiirentation.
We believe the cltltem of Alaska
should have rvprrteutallon In th con
gress of the I'nlted Statet to the end
that needful legislation may b Intelll
gently enacted.
Sumptuary Legislation.
We sympathise with all wise and le-
1 ul" pfr,,rl " l'n and prevent
ine evils or temperance and promote
morality.
Rights of Women.
Tho Republican puny It mindful of
BnJ ' r'-"" "f """""' ,,r-
tecllon of American lu.lusliies Includes
1 '''J"wl opportunities. ,..pial pny for. 0.1ml
orn on. i protection to the home. Ws
favor the admission of women to wider
spheres of USefuli,,.,,, ,( p)mt
their co-operation In rescuing , gan
try from Democratic and l'opul ,n,.
management and misrule. Hu.-h are ths
principles an. I pollc.- of n. n.-pun,.
can party. Ily the.,, prln.-lpi... . .,
abide and these principles wt. will put
Into execution. We n.k for the,,,
considerate Judgment of the American
people.
Confident alike , hlt..ry of our
great party and In the Justin f our
cause, wo present lr Platform and our
considerations. In the full assurance
hat the election will bring victory to
the Republican party and prosperity to
the people of the United Stale,.
Ladies and
Children
who travel by the Rur
ll'igton Route are given
pnrilculur care and at
tention, Hist to Illustrate what
this means: A few
months ago, five children
whose ages ranged from
three to elevon years.
mde the Journey over
0"r line from En9nt.
burg, Wash., to Kansas
City, ENTIRELY UN
ACCOMPANIED. Tickets, time-tables,
nnd full Information
about our service Jo
Omaha, St. Joseph, tn
as City, fit: Louis and
Chicago upon application
to the nearest ticket
agent or by addressing
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l"ort1nnd. Orc(on.
Parties desiring the best of Job printing
at the lowett prices should call at ths
Astoria Job office befors going tlio-
complete system of liarlml
coast defenses.