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TITE DAILY ASTOUIAN, WEDNESDAY MOItNlXO, SEPTEMBER 9. 181X1. JOHN T. LIGHTER. Editor. Telephone No. M. TEitMt or niiwuirrniN, DAILY. Bent by mall, per yww Jtt.vX) 8ont by mail, per month 00 Delivered by carrier, per month.,.. .45 WEEKLY. Bant by mall per year, O In advance, postage free, to subscriber. AU oommunlcatlona Intended for publi cation should be directed to the editor. Business communication of all klnda and remittance must b addressed to The Aatorlan, The Aatorlan guarantee to It fub- KriUr the largest circulation of any tewapapor published oa the Columbia Itot. Advertising rate can be had on appll- oatlon to the bualnea ni&nager. The Weekly Aatorlan, the second okli at weekly la the atale of Oregon, has, beat to the Portland Oregonlaa, tbe largest weekly circulation In the elate. J no. F. Ilandley A Co., are our fort- land ageula, and eoplea of The Aatorlan can be had every morning at their aland, 114 Third street. Before there was any kind of money ail buslneta u conducted by barter. Each mau traded what be had to dis pose of with other men for what he wanted. But It often occurred that a trade could not be made. A farmer had, for Instance, only graiu to trade, and wanted a pair of shoes; but Uie booemaker had ail the graiu he needed. it necessarily drove men to adopt commodity which could be traded for anything. Gold and silver were adopt ed for this purpose. They were traded by weight, and ail early coin show by their names that they were originally weights. But scoundrels would melt up base metals with gold or silver, in order to cheat. It became necessary to have some guarantee of fineness. So government took upon themselves the duty of guaranteeing the weight and fineness of the metals, by coining them. These coins, like tbe metal in bars, got their value solely from the market value of the silver aud gold A coin would buy no more than its w-elght of metal of thai fineness. And the same thing Is true today of ail coins of final redemption. They are worth no more than the bullion Is worth as a commodity. Coined money Is a commodity as bullion is, or wbeat, or iron, or anything else which men buy and sell. A medium of exchange must possess value. Tbe value resides in the metal, and is determined by the worth of that metal In the markets of the world. Tbe coining stamp of the government confers no value. It is only a guarantee of weight and fine ness. Faper money is a promise to pay coined money, and of course it can have no greater value than the coin It represents. It may have less value, because of doubt of ultimate redemp tion, or other causes. A WARNING TO ASTORIA. Upon the eve of a phenomenal growth in its commerce and general business Astoria's merchants and rep resentative business men should look well to the future and lay their plans to avoid the shoals and quicksands which have so nearly wrecked other well-planned projects and brought tem porary ruin to towns whose positions seemed impregnable. That in some of these Instances there was no real foun dation for the substantial growth of towns as promised on paper, does not detract from the general proposition that In many cases where there has been a good foundation to build on, the superstructure has fallen lamenta bly short of expectations and promises, and prosperity baa been retarded by following immature plans, forcing a mushroom growth beyond the capacity and necessities of the place, and then tbe community has been compelled to take a side track and wait for tbe times to catch up with the town. An apt illustration, near at home la given in the history of Tacoma. Built on a magnificent harbor dur ing the boom times of the construc tion of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Nurtured by a powerful corporation, Tacoma sprang up from a forest at the lower end of Puget Sound Into a busy city, and soon became the cen ter of a large commerce. Promoters, real estate men, and business men generally, overreaching their capacity, and discounting the possibilities of the future, built a city with the facilities for doing twice the amount of business secured or In sight. What was the re sult? As stated by a visitor In this city yesterday, Tacoma for a number of years past, has been floundering about in the dress and possessing the facili ties of a full-fledged city, but lacking the business and capacity of even a much smaller town. Like a boy over grown beyond his years, but wearing the trousers and coat of a man, still possessing the foolishness of childhood Only today Is Tacoma beginning to re cover from this overproduction or ab normal growth. No one doubts that she has had and still has the making of a city of importance, but her mis takes have been many and the one ex ample cited of her eager haste to se cure water works far In excess of her demands, and at tremendous cost, fully Illustrates the point in question. It Is well for us to carefully consider the lesson so bitterly learned by our neighbors, and take good rare that we do not make similar mistakes. Too mu :h cannot be said to urge forward the growth and prosperity of Astoria, but with it all must be exercised the same business judgment which has brought success in private affairs to every man of note In the country. When laying our plans for a great city, and pushing to completion va rious manufacturing and commercial enterprises, let Astoria make sure that the foundations are well and carefully laid. It Is an incontrovertible fact that the natural advantages of this port are far superior to any port on the Northwest wast. Argument Is tin nwry, F.xhausttve treatises from the pens of the beat engineers In thl country ftilly establish thia fact. Hut notwithstanding those advantages It I not a dlineult matter to overreach our selves at the outset by some audi fool ish measures a have wrought such disaster to our iilghhors. Cnlon of ac tion on the right lines and work stead lly pushed forward f itn day to day, alwnya looking forward to the future, and letting the past take ca;v of Itself, will quickly bring substantial result which nothing In human power abort of revolution or anarchy can overturn. Mil. UK VAN' ON ,,tHH TittNCS. Mr. Bryan Is constantly asserting In hla seeehos that no patty In thla coun try Is U favor or ever has N-eti In fa vor of the gold standard and that no platform has declared it to In- a good thing. This phrase, "a good thing. the resource of an extremely limited vocabulary. Is frequently on Mr. Itry an s lis. Presumably with hint every political proposition must be reduced to the terms "a good thins" or "a bad thing." Thus tie declares. "The Repub lican platform does not say that a gold standard is a gd thins," and because it docs not employ that particular phraseology Mr. Bryan assume that the Republican party admits that the gold standard Is a bad thing, of which it wants to get rid by litems of Inter national bimetallism. He then goes on with much declamation to talk about "bowing t.i the yoke of foreign power.' and "achieving our independence with out the help of foreign nations." with other meaningless phrases that merely tickle the cars of the crowd or make the barren laugh. ine Kcpuoiican platform is not so easily demolished, as he will find, nor does it Justify his inferences. The fol lowing is the money plank. "We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our cur rency or impair the credit of our coun try. We are therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver except by Inter national agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, aud until such agreement can he obtained the existing gold standard must be pre served." Here are three propositions: 1, op position to the free coinage of silver by this nation alone; favoring bimetal lism if that can be brought about by an agreement with the leading com mercial nations: 3. preserving the ex isting gold standard until such agree ment can be obtained. Here is no talk of "good thing" nor of "asking consent." nor any other meaningless expressions. Questions of political expediency cannot be reduced to the bald terms of good or bad. A measure of government may be neither good nor bad, but may be the best attainable In the circumstances of the time and condition of the country. Statesmen do not relax their efforts to gain what is possible because they can not obtain their ideals. The framers of the constitution would never have formed our government and created a nation had they set out to frame the best possible government. Compromise and concession is at the basis of all great laws In a popular government. and must necessarily be. Mr. Bryan's argument is but idle wind, for it Is based upon assumptions j that have no foundation. We support the existing gold standard because we believe it to be the best attainable standard at the present time. If at a future time a better standard can be obtained we will gladly accept It. Mr. Bryan professes to believe in bi-metallism and asserts It to be "a good thing," but the policy he advo cates does not lead to bimetallism, but to silver monometallism. All history proves it, our own as well as that of ther nations. If the experience of all other nations does not teach this it teaches nothing. If bimetallism is a "good thing," the only way It can be accomplished is by international agree ment, and this is what the Republican platform asserts. And yet Mr. Bryan, shutting his eyes to all human experience, closing his ears to the utterances of every econ oinlst whose opinion is best worth hav ing, even such writers as fbn.ral Walker, who believe in bimetallism, goes on declaiming about our Inde pendence, and would mndly plunge the country to the monetary level of Jin ico, bringing untold disaster to the people. Such is his idea of "a good thing." TO Cl'KK A C'OI.IJ IN K II.W, Take laxative I'.rotno Quinine Tablets, All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. liT.e. PURELY VEGETABLE. The Cheape". I'urest -sv uid Htst f amily Mii- :ine in the world I An hrPECTCAL Sl'B( mc for all diseases of the liver, Stoma' b and Spleen. Regulate the Uver uid prevent Chills mid reVEH, Malaki- -JCS lltVBK, boWEL L'om plaints, Restless ness, Jausdilb and Naisba. DAI) IlKKATHt Nothing ii o enplcji.int, nothing to common, ar bad lireath; and in neaily every ..aw it comes Iron the fttoniat.h, and can he so easily orrerrcl if you wit lake .SLMMoNs L.IVKE Rkoi'Latoh. lo not nejfler.t sc Mire a remedy for mis repuNive disorder. It will al improve your appcritc, complexion and genera health PII.K.S! How many mff'T torture day af-er day, malcintr life i burden and rol,i,iriK exist-.-n, e of all pleasure, owing .o the secret siifferin from J'ilcv Yft relief is readv to the hand of almost ai,y one who will i systemati cally the remedy that lias permanently cured thou sands. Simmons I.ivi-e Kk.i latok is no drastic violent purge, bul a gentle assistant to nature. t'OVSTIPATION SHOULD not be regarded at irirbng ailment in fact, nature demands the utmost regularity of the bowels, and any deviation from this demand paves the way often lo serious danger. It it quite as necessary to remove impure accumulations from the bowel as it is to eat or sle.p, and no health can l expected where a costive haoit of body prevails. ICK IIEA1JACHKI This distressing affliction occurs most fierjuently The disturbance of the stomach, arising from the imperfectly digested contents, causes a severe pain in the head, accompanied with disagreeable nausea, and this constitutes what is popularly known as Sick Headache, for the relief of which takb Simmons Livioj Kkgulatok ob Mll-iunb. hanufactcked onlv by J. U. ZKlXJJf CO., PhuaUclpliia, Pa. THK VENOMOUS BREATH OP MA LARIA IVos not Infect the system of those who use Hs:ctter' Stoma, h Bitters as a precaution against It. Nor Is U less useful as a remedy where Inter mittent and renutuint fever has es tablished Itself, In ronsoqu.-.tre of a neglect of preventive measures. It checks the paroxysms wl;h aston ishing celerity, and eradicates thla type of disease, even In Its most inveterate form. This medicine la an especial boon to the emigrant imputation of the far West, where fevers of it malarial type are particularly prevalent, but the recognition of Its merits la so far from being limited, that it la known and appraised at Its true value throughout the length and btcadth of America. Travelers by land and sea. miners aud sojourners In unhealthy localities, esteem It highly, and are its most constant purchasers, and in many a rural household, far and wide, it Is the chosen family spcvltlc. Footless golf slot kings are the latest device for the athletic man. Thia does not imply that txtre feet arc thrust in to tb.e slioes. Oh, dear, no; there are the very linest of thin socks to be worn under them. Sick stomach means sick man tor w omatil. Why not b well? Sick stomach comes from poor fed, lor nourishment; means poor health, imor comfort. Shaker I'igcstive Cor dial means health and a well stem. oh. If we could examine our stomach we would understand why it is that so little will put it out of order. But. unless we are doctors, we never sec our stomach. We only feel it. We would feel it less if we took Shaker 1'i gestive Cordial. Shaker Blgestive Cordial makes your stomach digest all the nourishing food you eat. relieves all the symptoms of indigestion, acts as a Ionic, and scon makes you well and strong again. The more you take, the less you lll feel of your stomach. All druggists. Trial Untie 10 cents. After all, croquet pans out to be the best medium tor summer tlitiulioii. with the single exception of golf, which presents genuine tete-a-telcs when the caddie has been sent out of sight. The dyspeptic carries a dreadful 1 ml on his back. It seems as If he were really made up of two men. One of them ambitious, brainy and energetic; the other sick, listless, pceviah and without force. The weak man weighs the other one down. The dyspej tic may be able to do pretty good vvoik cue day, and the next day, because of some little Indiscretion In eating, he may be able to do nothing at all. Most cases of dyspepsia start with constipation. Con stipation is the cause of nine-tenths of all human sickness. Some of It symp touts are sick and bilious h -nlacm, diz ziness, soul stomach, loss of I'ppetit.'. foul breath, windy belching, luait burn, pain and distress after eating. All these are Indicative of derange- of the liver, stomach and bowels, and all are caused by constipation. Ur Pieice's Pleasant Pellet are the quick- est. easiest and most certain cure for this condition. They are not violent In ictlon. Send Jl cents In one-cent stamps to World's Dipensary Medical Associa tion. Buffalo, New York, and receive Dr. Pierce's luuvpage Common Sense Medical Adviser, illustrated. When the man writes three letters to the woman's one, the love aitair un der way is much more apt to turn out happily than when the proportion is reversed. TWO LIVES SAVED. Mrs. Phcrbe Thomas, of Junction City, 111., was told by her doctors she bad Consumption and that there was no nope for her, but two bottles Dr. Kins' New Discovery completely cured her, and she says It saved her life. Mr. Thomas Eff sjers, lxi Florida street, San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approach ing Consumption, tried without leault everything else, then bought one bottle of Dr. King' New Discovery and In two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful. It Is such results, of which these rae samples, that prove the won derful efllcacy of this medicine in Cough and Colds. Free trial lottle at Chas. Rogers' Drug Store. Regular sum CO cents and 11.00. A very sage codicil to the golden rule is "think and say all you can of tin' good ijualities of others; forget and be silent about their bad ones." OLD PEOPLE. Old people who require medicine to reg ulate the bowels and kidney will And the true remedy In Electric Bitter. Thl medicine due not stimulate and con tains no whisky or other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alternative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, add ing strength and giving tone to the or gans, thereby aiding nature In the per formance of the functions. Electric Bitters Is an excellent appetizer and aid digestion. Old people find It Just exactly what they need. Price 60 cents per bot tle at Chas. Rogers' Drug Btor. After a woman has passed the year mark it is very harrow ing to meet another of lo who Insists upon regard ing her as contemporary. OABTOniA. Tit fte liaila It n Upstart N fo be thoroughly happy it is well to kill the very first germs of envy. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powdol Contains no Ammonia or Alum, After all, work Is the only thing that does not pall in the long run. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Thl fu- liallt IfM tTtrr "pt. dgutunv JirCKI.KN'S ARNICA SAt.VW. The best salve in the world for cms, bruises, ioi'ce, ulccis.ialt rheum, fever soivs, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains. corns, and all skin eruption, and p Itlve cure for plica, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to glvo perfect satis faction, or money refunded. Price, 2! cents per box. For sale by Charlie Rogers, Odd Fellows' building. A deep white cotton fringe applied to the ordinary bed spread will solve the problem of how to cover the raw edges of a brass bedstead. ROYAL DakinK Powder has been warded highest honors at every world's fair where exhibited. Summer resort girls wear (lowers In their Huffy colifurcs. a pretty practice that will probably be continued at the assemblies this vv inter. If you have ever seen a little child III the agony of summer complaint, you can rvalue the danger of the trou ble and appreciate the value of Instan taneous relief always afforded by IV- Witt's Collo and Cholera Cure. For dysentery and diarrhoea It la a rella bio remedy. Yv e could not afford to recommend this as a cute unless It were a cure. t hus. Rogers. Orugglst. The very new t la. tics hats show a ti iiiiinliig of upright box plaited l ib. bon in preference to the tlat cNleudcd wings of the caily summer. IVn't tilllc away time when you have cholera morbus or diarrhoea. Fight liiciii In the beginning with I'e W ill's Colic aud Cholera Cure. You don't have to wait for results. They are Instantaneous, and It leaves the bowels in healthy condition. We will presumably be sweeping tluougo ,oc no soon, as that Is alKut the only mode of locomotion not yet con, tuned by man. It doesn t matter much whether sick headache, biliousness, indigestion, and constipation arc caused by neglect or by unavoidable circumstances; le Witt's Utile Early Risers will speed ily cure them all. Chus. Rogers, Druggist. omen with thin anus , an develop then; lo pictures, ue loundiicss by tbe prosaic occupation of sweeping. Theories of cure may be discussed at length by physicians, but the suf ferer want quick relief; and One Min ute Cough Cure will give u to them. A safe cue for chl.dreii. It is "the old nannies remedy that produce Imme dite results." Chas. Rogers, druggist. hite duck c. ner. are u sunnier gui. portfolios, with silver dainty cuplice of the A bat is the midsummer rival mouse in tru- woman's fear. f the Tile whole system is drained and un dermined by liniolent ulcers and open sores. DeWitts Witch Haicl Salve speedily heals them. It is the best pile cure known. Chas. lo i;eis. drug gist. Bonnets for From by, must feath.'rs. bable have be real frill and fa.- "Boy will be boys." but you can't afford to lose any of them. Be ready for tte green apple season by having PeWltl's Chollc and Cholera Cure In the house. Chas. Roger. Druggist- Tho largest number of executions in Kimland was In the ivku of Henry VII., in wbli h period Il.Pxi persons were hung, i or beheaded. In th liixl half of the present century, -,7.;l persons were exeeuled in lOiigland ami Wales. IeWltt' Sorsapanllu Is prepared for cleansing the blood from impurities and disease. It does tills ami more. It builds up ami strengthens constitu tions Impaired by disease. It recom mends Itself. Chas. Rogers. In a tnuii the temperature of the bbsod is iiinety-ilght degrees, in nhecp luj, in ducks 1"7. In ni ne it falls from ninety-eight to iiliiety-fotir; in fever It ri.s, s to be or itij. If dull, spiritless and stupid; If your blood Is thick and sluggish; If your appetite is capricious iitul uncertain. You need a Sar.taparlllu. For best re sults take I'eWitt'H. It recommends Itself. Chas. Rogers. lialtiinore packs K.eveu million htiMh els of oy.-iters per itiitiuin. An oyMer at three months old is Ihe size of a nunr ter, six months, half dollar, but II Is not lit to eat before four ye.ns old. Many a day's work is IohI by sick headache, caused by Indigestion and stomach troubles. IieWitt's I.lftle Karly lisers are the most i Co turil p'll for overcoming such dillb'iiltbs. Chas. Rogers, Druggist. A hive of five tlinm'and bees proilueeH about tifly pounds of honey yearly, ami multiplies tenfold in live years. The world's production Is estimaied ji.t Kl.iiiKi.iHrii pounds, produced by i,t",,f).r) hives. Self-denial Is the one Ihing fiioti dillb ult to iri iib aie, and always hard to practice, specially vhori fi.ere are go.nl ihincs to rat v lfliin parti. But there is no self-ili . ii:tl pen 'i.-iai y if you take Simmons I. Ivor Regulator. It promotes digestion, prevents dys pepsia, and a dose after a hearty meal of d'iirarloH will prevent any discom fort. Its thr best t.ood-nlfcllt to. id. An elephant produces; one hundred anil twenty pounds of ivory, worth tluee hundred d'lh'fs. I iijfliilid con-smri'-s six hundred md fifty tons, for V illi tl It IS fler ees.ll to kill twelve thott'and rlop hunts -cnrly. Tbe best chemical i 'icq our, d lor Hush ing powder is "Soap IVh'i.'' as It will not "yellow the clot v.:" nut burn the hands. It's the fin on i thing In the world for the bath. One trial will convince you. Declaration of Principles The Uepubllcaim of Ihe I'nlled Htn'cs. assembled by their representative III National Convention, appealing for the popular u ml historical Justification of their claims to the matchless achieve ments of thirty yearn of Republican rule, earnestly and confidently mldrein themselves to the awakened Int. 'Ill Hence, experience mid cons, (nice of their countrymen In th following dee. titration of facts and principles: For the Ural time since the Civil War the American people have wit nessed the calamitous coiihciiuciiccs of full and unrestrained Ivmocratlo con. trot of the llovernmeut. It has been a nvotd of unparalled Incapacity, dis honor and disaster. In administrative management It ha ruthbssly suet Hie rd Indiscernible revenue, entail. ,1 an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current expense with borrowed money, piled up the public debt by J.'iii'.otKl.tHHl 111 time of peaiv, forced an adverse bal anco of trade, to a perpetual menace hanging over the redemption fund, pawned America! credit to alien syn dicates and reversed all Ihe measure and results of successful Republican rule. In the broad effect of Its (lollcy It has precipitated panic, blltihtcd In dustry and trade wilh prolonged de pression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise ami crip pled American production while stlinu latlng foreign production for the Antrr lean market. F.very consideration of public safety and Individual Interest demaud that the sjov eminent shall be rescued from the hands of those who have shown themselve Incapable of conducting It without disaster at home and dishonor abroad, and shall be re stored to the party which for thirty years administered It with utieipialed success and prosperity. A rt'i'iTti.e Tarifl. We renew and cmphnslio our allegi ance to the policy of protection as the bulwark of American Industrial llule pendenee and the foundation of Amer lean development and prosperity. This true American imllcy luxe foreign pro duds and cncoui ages home Industry it puis the burden of revenue on for elgn good, It s litres the American market for the American producer upholds the American standard of wages for the American worklngman It puts the factory by the side of 'he farm, aud make the American farmer I. ss dependent on foreign demand ami price; II diffuse general thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. In Its reasonable up plication It Is Just, fair, and Impartial equally opposed to foreign control and domestic monopoly, to sectlonnl dis crimination and Individual favoritism. We denounce the present I'omocratlc tariff as sectional, Injurious to the pub lie cn'dit and destructive to business enterprise. We demand such equitable tariff en foreign Import which come Into competition with American pro ducts as will not only furnish adoiuute revenue for the necessary expenses of the government, but will protect Atner lean labor from degredatlon to the wage level of other lands. We are not pledged to any particular schedules. The question of rates Is a prin t Inil question, to be governed by the condl Hons of the time and production; the ruling and uncompromising principle Is the protection and development of American labor ami Industry. The country demands a right settlement and tin n It wants rest. Kw'ipriirity Willi Oilier Natimi. We believe the repeal of the r"ii- proclty arrangements negotiated by the l.c-t li' publican administration was ii national calamity, and we demand their renewal and extension on such terms as will equalize our trade with other nations, remove the restrictions which now obstruct the sale of Amer ican products In the ports of other countries and secure the enlarged mar kets of our farms, forests and factories. Protection and reciprocity are twin measure of Republirun policy, and go hand In hand. Democratic rule hna recklessly struck down both, and both must be re-established. Protection for what we produce, free admission for the necessaries of life which we don't produce, reciprocal agreements of mu tual Interest which gain open markets for us In return for our open market to others. I'rotectlon builds up domestic industry and trade and secures our own market for ourselves. Reciprocity builds up foreign trade aud llnds an outlet for our surplus. l'rulection to Siij,rar I'milncers. We condemn the present administra tion for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of this country. The Republican party favors such protec tion as will lead to the production on American soli of all the sugar the American people use, and for which they pay other countries more than $100,000,000 annually. Wool and Woolens. To all our products to those of the mine and the field, a well as to those of the shop and the factory to hemp to wool, the product of the great Indus try of sheep husbandry, a well as to the finished woolen of the mill we promise the most ample protection. Merchant Marine. We favor restoring the early Amcrl- OK TIIIC REPUBLICAN PARTY. can policy of discriminating duties for the iip-biilldliiK of our merchant marlin and the protection of our shipping In the foielitii. carryinr. Bade, o that AliielVui ships the piodilet of Amer V ui labor, employed in American shl l.i, o. tiling under Ihe Hints and "Uilp, , and manned, oilleered mid cam I b Americans may regain the cairvbig of our foreign commerce, Till' I'illlllll'illl IvSIIO. " i"ue Republican pin ly is uurcMcrv , I'v I . if sound money It caused the en..,, in nl of Ihe law providing for th t. .1,1 ',ii, oi of specie paynnuts III IsVtl 'tin, .Y-n every dollar has hecu good as gold We are unalterably op pes, il to every nieasuio calculated lode base our cini'eitey or Impair the ciedll of our country. We arc, Ihetefote, up posed lo the free coinage of silver, ex cepl by International aKicciucitt with Ihe leading couiineielat nations of tip u oi 1,1, which we ledi;e out selves t promote, a ml until such agreement can be obtained wu believe the existing Mild standard titunt be preporved. All our hllver tin, I paper eutt. ii. y now In clteiilatlou must be maintained at partly with K'li. and we favor all measure dcsb'ited to maintain Inviola Lie Ihe obligations of the l'nlte.1 States, and all our money, whether c in or paper, at the pros, nt ataudnid, the si. ii, laid of Hie tu.e.t enlightened lia Hon of the eat th " I'l'iN'mis lor .'derails. The veterans of the I'lilou armies de serve uud should receive fair treatment and generous recognition Whenever ft ,u II. able they should be given t tits preferenci tn the matter "f employ incut, ami I !- are entitle. I to the en ac incut of s lie It laws as best culculat cd to secure the ftiltllltneiit of Hie pledge made to them In the dark days of the country's peril. ' denounce the practice of the pension bureau so recklessly uud unjustly carried on by the present administration, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping names from the rolls, as deserving the severest condemnation of the American people. Fnreinn Ki'lalions. Our foreign policy should be at all time firm, vigorous and dignified, and ull our Interests In tint western hemis phere carefully w niched and guarded The Hawaiian Island should lie cqi. trolled by the fnlted Hit.- and no for eign (M.wer should be pcitnlictd to In trl-fern with thelii. The Nicaragua Canal should be built, owned ami op crated by the t'nlted Slate, and by Ihe piiniiase of Hie Danish Island we should secure a proper and much-iieed- I naval station In the West Indies Armenian Maacrt' I'S, The massacres In Atiii.tila have aroused the deep sympathy and Jut Indignation of the A rleatt people, uud we believe that the I'nlted State should exercise nil the Influence It can properly exert to bring th.se titrocltlr to un end. In Turkey. American resi dents have I n cxosod to the grnvrst danger and Am, rl, an property de stroyed. There and everywhere Amer ican titUcii ami American property must In- absolutely protected at all hazards uud lit any cost. Monroe Pocirine. We reassert the Monroe tloettltie In Its full extent and reiitllrm the right of be liiiilt. il Slut, s to give the doctrine iT.et by i. s dim; to the appeals of any Aiiiriienu slate for friendly Inter- volition In ens., of Kun.pcan encriiach meiit. We have not Interfered, mid shall mi Interfere, with the existing possessions of nny Kunipeun power In tills hcinlsphoic, but those possessions must not, on any pretext, be extended. Wo hopefully ,,K r,,nvur, to the eventual withdrawal of the I orio ,t,n ,, powers from this hemisphere, ami the iilllinati. union of all the KngHh speaklng part of ,e continent by the free consent of It's Inhabitants. Iiiiiiiiiiiiliiiee i' I'nli a. From the hour of achieving Ihelrown liub pemb nee the pie of the United States have regarded with sympathy the ftlrtlgglr.4 of other Aliierieiin .,, l. o free themselves from Ktiropcati dom ination. We waitii vvifh deep and abid ing Interest (he heroic battle nf Hie Cij. .an patriots against cruelty mid op pression, and our best hopes go out for the full success of Hi. If determined run. test for liberty. The government of ilpaln, having lost ontrol of Cuba am b, Itu; unable to protect the property or Ihci t resl- h'ttt American citizens or to comply wilh lis treuly obligation!-;!, we believe that the government of the ITnit.,,1 tates should actively use Its Influence mid good olllces to resloro peace and glvo Independenci! to the Island. Knlareiiieiil of Hie Navy. The peace ami security of He; repub lic and the maintenance of Its rightful Inlluciice among the nations of the arth demand a naval power commen surate with Its position ntul lesponsl- billty. We therefore favor the contln- ucd enlargement of the navy und a complete sysli'tu of harbor and coast defense. Immoral Ion l.uws. For III" protection of thn equality of our Aiueiicuii elllenshl. and of Ilia wage of our wot klngmi'ii iiitalnsl His fatal competition of low priced laltor, we demand that Ihe Immigration law lie t hoi ninthly etifoi ee.l, and so extend ed ns to exclude from culiuiien In III Culled State lliiimi who can neither lead nor write. Civil Service. The Civil Set vice law was placed oil the statute book by thn Republican party, which has iilwuy sustained It, and w teiievv our repented declara tions ttiat It shall be thoroughly anil honestly clif.uee.l and i ntended wher ever practicable. Free Hallol. We demand that every cUI.-n of the Culled Slates shall be ulb.wed lo cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot shall be counted ami relumed u cast l.uii'hill;' I'oiitleiiini'tl. We proclaim our unqiiallllrd condem nation of the iinchillted and barbarous piactices. well known a lynching or killing of human beings, susprctisl or charged wilh crime, without procc of law. National Arbitration. We favor Hie creation of a national board of arbitration to settle aud ad Just difference which may nilsn l. I a cell employer and rmplord rliKagm) In Interstate commerce. Free I lunif steads. W bcli-ve In an Immediate return to the free homestead policy of th Republican parly and urge Hie passags by cottgre of Hi. satisfactory free homestead measure w hich tin already passed Hip house and I now pending In the senate. . Admission of Terrltorie s. Wn favor Ihe admission of His re maining tertilorle at the earliest prac ticable date, having due rrgnrd to the Interest of Hie people of the territo ries and of Hie Bulled Slate. All the federal officer appointed for the terri tories shall be . leeli-d from Imna fide resident thereof, and tho right of self government hall b acorded as far a practicable. Alaska Kehresciilation. We believe the cllUcna nf Alaska should have representation In the con gress of the I'nlted States, to tin. end that needful legislation may W Int. Ill- gently enacted. Sumptuary Legislation. Wu sympathise with all wise and le- Kltlii at effort to lessen ami prevent Hie evils of Intemperance und promote morality. Ki'kIiIs nf Women. The Republican party Is mindful of Hie right and Interests of women, l'ro (.clloti of American Industries Include qual oppiirtllliltli , equal pay for equal work uud protection tn the home. We favor the admission of women to wider sphere of usefulness, uud welcome their co-opi-ratlnii In rescuing the coun try from Democratic and Populist mis management and misrule. Such are the principles am policies nf Hie Republi can party. Hy these principle we n abide ami these principle wu will put Into execution. We ask for them the eonsldoratu Judgment of the American people. . 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