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I -V- THE DAILY ASTOKIAX, SINIUY MOIiNINU. SKPTKMHKK 13. gaily glotovtan. JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Telephone No. Si. TKRM8 or 81'BSCUllTION. DAILY. Bnt by mail, per yetr JS.00 Bent by mall, per month 50 Delivered by carrier, per month 45 WEEKLY. Bent by mall per year. H In advance, poetag free, to subscriber. All communications Intended for publi cation ahould be directed to the editor. Business communlcatlona of all kinds and remlttancea muat be addressed to The Astorlan. The Aatorlan guarantees to Its sub scribers the largest circulation of any .wwspoper published on the Columbia .1vr. Advertising rates can be had on appli cation to the bualneas manager. The Weekly Aatorlan, the second oldest sreekly In the state of Oregon, has. best to the Portland Oregonlan. the largest sreekly circulation tn the state, Jno. F. Handley Co.. are our Port land agents, and copies of The Astorlan an be had every morning at their stand. Bi Third street The convention and excursion to be held under the auspices of the Western Editorial Federation, at Denver, Col., September 14, 15, 16. and 17, promises to be a meet interesting gathering of editors. Many subjects of Importance will come before the convention, one of the principal of which is "To raise the standard of Journalism, both In the work of the makers of newspapers, and in the minds of the masses who read them." The discussion upon the streets rela tive to the establishment of a ferry or bridge across Young's river, to connect with the new Lewis and Clarke and Clatsop Plains roads, is assuming tan gible shape. From the remarks heard In various business houses yesterday, there seems to be a growing sentiment that the city of Astoria should in some practical manner Join hands with the county court in securing the desired bridge or ferry, the establishment of which Is fraught with such great im portance both to the city and the farm ers. A number of plans have been aggested. same of which are certainly practicable, and it Is to be hoped that this good movement will not be dropped until final success Is attained. Another evidence of the Improvement and growth of Astoria Is given In the establishment here of a college for the higher education of young ladles. The work of building this Institution baa been going on quietly In our midst, and today It will be dedicated. Few have realised what such an Institu tion means. Educational Institutions tn a community are the index of the culture, and refinement and to a Urge extent the morality of the people which go to make up that community. As toria's public school system Is one of the best in the state of Oregon; Its teachers have a good repujation at borne and abroad. A public school, however, from the very nature of things, can not enly not offer to the pupils the higher branches In the sci ences and languages, but cannot give that attention to the details of deport ment, etiquette and the arts which are secured in private academies and col leges. It is well known that the schools conducted by the Roman Cath olic church rank among the very high eat. That one of the very best of these schools has been established In Astoria Is Indeed very fortunate. To those sis ters who have worked so hard and made so many self-sacrifices In order to help young girls and young women become accomplished and true women, the greatest credit should be given. We bespeak for this enterprise a liberal patronage and a growing appreciation in the community. With the publication of Mr. Fulton's able contribution, the Astorlan will close this morning, for the present at least, one of the most remarkable and We believe memorable public discus sions ever conducted through the col umns of a newspaper. There Is scarce ly a citizen of good standing or re spectability in the community who has not sought an opportunity to be heard In denunciation of the false and malicious reports circulate! about Mr. Hammond, and to testify to te eood faith of the effort he is putting forth for the development of Astoria. It has been found utterly Impracticable to print more than a very small percent age of the communications sent in or verbally delivered for publication to the paper on the topic of Mayor Tay lor's letter, but enough has appeared to show the unanimity of opinion and determination among all classes of peo ple that the time has come In Astoria's history when the disreputable methods of a certriin school of so-called jour nalism with which the city is Infested shall no longer be tolerated. Whether it Is due to the peculiar isolation and backward condition of this section of Oregon, or to some other cause more difficult of comprehension, It Is certain ly to be questioned if any other com munity of Intelligent and law-abiding people In America would have tamely submitted as have the people of AstO' rla to the system of blackmail prac. ticed by these papers for years, to ex tort an unwilling support from busi ness institutions and accidental Btrang ers who happen to locate In the city There can be no doubt whatever re- spectlng the motives which Induced these attacks upon Hammond. The men who run these papers know quite as well as anyone else what Hammond has done and bids fair to do for the upbuilding of Astoria, and the whole sale vilification and misrepresentation to which he has been subjected was de signed for no other purpose but to en force the levy upon him of the same tribute for their silence which others have heretofore so willingly paid. It was soon discovered, of course, that Hammond could not be worked that way, but their vituperations against him wore continued, with the addition of statement Intending to reflect upon the good faith of the city's real estate promoters, and to east suspicion on every piece of property ottered for s.to.' In this vicinity. The expectation was that the men who had their all Invest ed In property here could be Induced to come forward and ay the price they had failed to get out of Hammond and thus prevent the general retardation of the whole scheme of development If Mayor Taylor's Utter and the discussion that has followed th'tvon. shall have saved Astoria the shame and disgrace of such a procedure. It will be a service for which every de vent cltlicn in the community will have cause to he grateful. THE PORT OF ASTORIA. The article In another column rela tive to the lighterage of the Uritish bark Harland. and the dHSVultie of navigation which ship masters hae experienced for years In handling the wheat from the Columbia, only slightly points to the remedy In the future. A few months more and the Astoria and Columbia Railroad will afford di rect rail communication between As toria and all portions of the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, where the wheat Is raised to be shipped to Europe, In a very short time, also, the Cascade Locks will have been com pleted, and the wheat from the fields adjacent to the Columbia river banks without breaking bulk can be shipped through to Astoria on the river boats. The great ocean carriers then can come to anchor at the docks and eleva tors In Astoria, where there Is plenty of sea room and depth of water, and no danger of scraping their bottoms on the sands In making the ten mile passage from the sea to the docks. Ship owners and ship masters will be enabled to secure better rates of In surance, besides saving the expense of towage up the river. These are not all of the benefits which shipping will derive from the completion of the rail road. Much time and annoyance will be saved when vessels load direct In Astoria. Time, particularly In the In stance of ocean steamer service, is an object. Rates of freight will naturally be better to the ship owner, even if they are not raise,! in price, because a better profit will always be assured on the same rate. The remarks made by Captain Evans. of the Monmouthshire, expressed the feelings of many another captain, who has visited this port and been obliged to pilot his vessel to Portland, following a tortuous and in many places a shal low channel. The clouds are breaking away, and In the fare of opposition which has for twenty years prevented the consummation of the plans of As torlans now about to be realized, an other season will not pass until we see the ocean steamers and four-masters lining the docks at Astoria. Nature has decreed that this shall be a great port All Oregon, and In fact, the ter ritory embraced In the entire water sheds of the Columbia river. Is inter ested In the fulfillment of these plant. The railroad Is the key to the whole situation. But the building of the rail road will not accomplish the entire work. Much energy and ceaseless vig ilance on the part of Astorlans will be necessary to start and keep In motion the machinery of commerce which will build up a great port. Now Is the time for the citizens and business men generally of this commu nity to co-operate with the ship own ers and Insurance companies In order to secure as quickly as possible the be ginning, at least, of the handling of commerce here. The winter Is before us. the railroad will be completed next summer, and there Is no time for dilly dallying or waiting for some one else to do the work. Every hour between now and May 1st. 197, should be oc cupied In hard and Intelligent work on the part of every business man in this city. All smaller matters should be put aside, and unanimous action taken upon the one great project upon which depends our future success. A little infusion of the Chicago and Seat tle "Idea" is all that Is needed, and the Indications of the times are that that spirit Is rapidly developing In out midst. OLD PEOPLE. Old people who require medicine to reg ulate the bowels and kidneys will find tha true remedy In Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and con tains no whisky or other Intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alternative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowel", 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 appetUer and aids digestion. Old people And It Just exactly what they need. Price 60 cents per bot tle at Chas. Rogers' Drug Storw. PURELY VEGETABLE. Th Chearxst. Purest & and Best family Medi-F Pw. rine in the world ! AN fcrPECTUAL SpHcmc for alt diseases oi the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. Regulate the Uver uid prevent Chills r eves, Mai aki- I'EVEK1,. I'.rthL ;cs Complaints, Kestlh.s- E, JAUNUIIS AND rtALbEA. BAD UKEATHI Nothing it so uni'ieaant, nothing so common, at Had breath; and in nearly every cae it cornel frorr the stomach, and can be so easily corrected if yon il take Simmons I.ivi K koclatoh. IJo not nezlect sr Mire a remedy for this repulsive disorder. It will alsr improve your appetite, coniplcaion and general health PILES! How many suffer torture day after day, making life a burden and robbing existence of ail pleasure, owinj to the aecret luffenng from Pile. Vet relief is ready to the hand of almost any one who will use systemati cally the remedy that has permanently cured thou lands. Simmons I.ivkb Keoclatoh is no drastic violent purge, but a gentle assistaut to nature. CONSTIPATION SHOULD not be regarded as a trifling ailment in fact, nature deman.is the utmost regularity of the bowels, and any deviation from this demand Pavcs the way often to serious Ganger. It it cjuiie as necessary to removs impure accumulations from the bowels as it is to eat or sleep, and Do health can be expected where a costive habit of body prevails. SICK HEADACHE! J nil distressing aimcuon occurs in., hpiik-.,. The disturbance of the stomach, arising from the imperfectly digested contents, causes a severe pam in the head, accompanied with disagreeable nausea, and this constitutes what is popularly known as Sick Headache, for the relief of which taks Simmons UVS JCaGULAioa on msuiwoi, mahvpactl-hed only by J. O. ZKM ' CO., Philadelphia, Pa. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. Notice Is hereby given, that the part nershlp heretofore existing between Sam K. Harris and Charles Wright, of Astoria, Oregon, under the firm name of Harris .V! Wright, has been by mil tual consent, this day dissolved, the said Sam K. Harris continuing the said business, collecting all of the outstand ing accounts and paying all the debts of said firm. I in ted this 1st day of September, lsi'iS, SAM. K. HARRIS. CHAS. WRIGHT. The dyspeptic curries n dreadful load on his back. It seem as If he were really made up of two men. One of them ambitious, brainy and energetic; the other sick, listless, peevish and without force. The weak man weighs the other one down. The dyspeptic may be able to do pretty good work one day. and the next day, because of some little Indiscretion In eating, he may be able to do nothing at all. V-3t cases of dyspepsia start with constipation. Con stlpatlon Is the cause of nine-tenths of all human sickness. Some of Its symp toms are sick and bilious headache, du llness, sour stomach, loss of appetite, foul breath, windy belching, heart burn pain and distress after eating. All these are Indicative of derange- of the liver, stomach and bowels, and all are caused by constipation. Dr. Tierce's Pleasant Pellets are the quick est, easiest and most certain cure for this condition. They are not violent In action. Send 21 cents In one-cent stamps to World's Dipensary Medical Assocla tlon, Huffalo, New York, and receive Dr. Pierce's ltW-page Common Sense Medical Adviser, illustrated. Men who would have a tit If they were asked to hang a picture will go and sit all day In the bow of a boat under a biasing sun and call the catch ing of a few fish fun. while the mea gre household task they designate as work. THE VENOMOUS RREATH OF MA LA til A Does not Infect the system of those who use Hostetter's Stomach Rilters as a precaution against It. Xor Is It less useful as a remedy where Inter mittent anl remittent fever has es tablished Itself, In consequence of a neglect of preventive measures. It checks the paroxysms with aston ishing celerity, and eradicates this type of disease, even In Its most Inveterate form. This medicine Is an especial boon to the emigrant population of the far West, where fevers of a malarial type are particularly prevalent, but the recognition of its merits Is so far from being limited, that It is known and appraised at Its true value throughout the length and bieadth of America. Travelers by land and sea. miners and 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 specific. Judging by the tremendous reduc tions in this season's costumes there is going to be a radical change of style and dealers do not want to carry over any old stock. WANTED. WANTED Two table boarders, gen tlemen; private family; addre:-s 11. care Astorlan. Wanted A few pupils on the piano. Miss Martha L. Gilbert, l'.'S Third street. $10 to f IS per week for men and women for easy home work. No books or canvassing. No experience. Bona fide offer. No Catch. Send stamp for work and particulars. E. HERMANN, 213 S. Sixth street. Philadelphia, Pa. WANTED At once; active agents for each county. Exclusive control and no risk. Will clear 12 to 25 hundred dollars a year. Enclose stamp for full particulars or 25c for Jl sample. Big Rapids Mineral Water Co., Big Raplda Mich. FOR RENT. FOR RENT Three furnished rooms, suitable for light housekeeping, on ground floor, centrally located. 414 Ex change street. FOR RENT Five room house on A tor, between Second and Thirl. P. J. joodman. FOR RENT Two cottages, 7 rooms each, besides bath and pantry. Adit-ess H, Astorlan office. FOR RENT House on Exchange, nr r'it;a?': on Duane street, for rent. Ap ply to O'-o, Noland. FOR RENT Three or four rooms, with board. Mrs. E. C. Hodden, corner ith and Duane streets. FOR RENT Newly furnished rooms; hot and cold baths; call at this office. FOR RENT Three furnished rooms with or without board. Apply 181 7th street. FOR BALE. For Disposal 500 yards earth. Apply to Dr. J. H. Bishop, or Rev. E. S. liol- llniier. FOR HALE A good sturgeon skiff, Including oars and oar locks. Address B, Astorlan office. FOR SALE 12-room Lodging House. Centrally located; cheap lease; bar gain. Astoria Land and Inv. Co., 355 Commercial street. JAPANESE GOODS Fireworks Just out Just received Just what you want at Wing Lee's, 543 Commercial street. LOST. LOST Between M. E. Church and Franklin avenue and Sth street, lady's gold top side comb. Finder please leave at the Astorlan office. LOST A yellow canary. Finder will be liberally rewarded by returning the same to this office. FOUND. FOUND A bunch of keys. Owner can get same at Astorlan office. It Is rumored that a boudoir liu vclc will till the loitii-felt want for wom an's favorite exercise when snow uipl mud make out-door vheclltiK Impiutal- bio. TWO L1VK8 8AVED. Mm. riur-b Thoniaa. of Junction City, III., was told by her doctors sh had Consumption and that there was no nop for her, but two bottles Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured hr, and she says It saved her Ufa. Mr. Thomas Ke llers, 1W Fiord's. Han Francisco, suffensl from a dreadful cold, approach ing Consumption, tried without tcsult vverythlng else, then bought ons bottle of Dr. King's Nw Discovery and In two weeks naa cured. It la naturally thankful It la such results, of which these rue samples, that prove the won derful efficacy of this medicine In Coughs and Colds. Free trial settle at Chas. Rogers' Drug Store. Resular slse (0 cents and tl.CO. Have you over noticed the picullarly self-conscious air a man ussiiinea when he stands up In the car to have Ills clothes brushed by the porter. ROYAL Baking Powder has been swarded highest honors at every world's fair where exhibited. The buying of wedding presents will combine with the purchasing of the autumn wardrobe t make the purse suffer. P-rCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve In the world for cuts. bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped handa. chilblains. corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos Itlve cure for piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect aatla- faction, or money refunded. Price. 25 cents per box. For sale by Charles Rogers, Odd Fellows' building. With tlsht sleeves 111 vogue the mod iste xv til have to blame the skirt for the excess of material she alws requires. Self-dnlal Is the one thing mo it dif ficult to Inculcate, and always hard to practice, especially when there are good things to rat within reach. Hut there Is no self-denial necessary If you take Simmons Liver Regulator. It pro motes digestion, prevents dyspepsia, and a doso after a hearty meal of deli cacies will prevent any discomfort. Its the best good-night tixldy. Let us hope that the fashion of wear Ing socks now prevalent among fair cyclists In Paris will never reach here. Kl II KK A (111. II IN NK DAY. Take laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. AH druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. 25c. For sale by Chas. Rogers. Druggist. It Isn't always the prcttU-st woman who walks off with the best partner of the season. Theories of cure may be discussed at length by physicians, but the suf ferers want quick relief; and On. Min ute Cough Cure will give It to them. A safe cure for children. It is "the old harmless remedy that produce Imme dlte results." Chaa. Rogers, druggist. A cut Jet trimming studd.-d with ein ralds Is a late extravagance. OABTOTIIA. Til fl J -Halls SXt , t r , It m The satisfaction of being In one's wn house Is a sensation that the per son who has ever hoarded can appre ciate. Don't trifle away time when you have cholera morbus or diarrhoea, Fight them In the beginning with De Wltt's Colic and Cholera Cure. You don't have to wait for results. They are Instantaneous, and It leaves the bowels In healthy condition. Double-breasted w hite waistcoats are worn by the men of fashion. It doesn't matter much whether sick headache, biliousness. Indigestion, and constipation are caused by neglect or by unavoidable circumstances; De Witt's Little Early Risers will speed ily cure them all. Chaa. Rogers, Druggist. It takes your lest friend to do the mean things to you. If you have ever seen a little child In the ni,'ony of summer complaint, you can realize the danger of the trou ble and appreciate the value of Instan taneous relief always afforded by De Wltt's Colin and Cholera Cure. For dysentery and diarrhoea It Is a relia ble remedy. We could not afford to recommend this as n cure unless It were a cure. Chas. Rogers, Druggist. Why does i he man who Is privileged to wear a budge always look like a che-iey eat when the oecasion occurs when Sin n deem utlotiH are In order? DeWltt's Harsapanlla Is prepared for cleansing the blood from Impurities and disease. It does this and more. It builds up and strengthens constitu tions Impaired by disease. It recom mends Itself. Chas, Rogers. Those who can afford It ought to Hpend the month of September on the seashore. It is the loveliest time of the year to those fond of ocean's wily ways. Or. Price's Cream Raking Powder Contains no Ammonia or Alum, Don't worry over things you can't help remember. No one's troubles are as di-ep In reality as they appear In Imagination. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, n fw- ilalls 1 ii n vtrf WTSfPtf. HjTHtUTS I Declaration of Principles The Republicans of tha l ulled Stales, assembled by their representatives In .National Convention, appealing for the popular and historical justification of their claims to the matchless achieve ments of thirty years of Republican rule, etitnestly and confidently address themselves to the awakened Intelli gence, experience and conscience of their countrymen In the following dec laratlon of facts and principles: For the nrat time since the Civil War the American people have wit nessed the calamitous consequences of full ai.d unrestrained IVmocratlc con trol of the Government It has been a reeonl of unparallid Incapacity, dis honor and disaster. In administrative management It bus ruthUssly sacrific ed indlspcnsthle revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current expenses with hot row ed money, piled up the public debt by $.1S2,0KI.000 In time of peace, forced an adverse bal ance of trade, to a perpetual menace hanging over the redemption fund, pawned American credit to alien syn dicates and reversed nil the measures and results of successful Republican rule. In the broad effect of Its policy It has precipitated panic, blighted In dustry and trade with prolonged de pression, closed factories, reduced work and wagea, halted enterprise and crip pled American production w hile 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 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 unequuled success and iiroapcrlty A I'foU'ctivr Ta rill. We renew and emphasis our allegi ance to the policy of protection as th bulwark of American Industrial Inde pendence and the foundation of Amer ican development and prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign pro ducts and encouragea home Industry; It puts the burden of revenue on for eign goods. It secures th American market for th American producer; It upholds the American standard of mages for the American worklngman; It puts tha 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 Is Just, fair, and Impartial, equally opposed to foreign run trol 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 degredatlon to 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: the ruling and uncompromising principle Is the protection and development of American labor and Industry. The country demands a right settlement nnd then It wants rest. Reciprocity Willi Oilier Nations. We believe the repeal of the reel- proclty arrangements negotiated by the last R publican administration was a national culamlty, and we demand their renewal and extension on such terms as will equnlli 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 measures of Republican policy, and go hand In hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struck down both, nnd both must be re-established. Protection for what we produce, free ndnilsslon for the necessaries of life which we don't produce, reciprocal agi ments of mu tual Interest which gain open markets for us In return for our open market to others. Protection builds up domestic Industry and trade nnd Hecures our own market for ourselves. Reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus. Protection to Sii?ar Producers. 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 soil of all the sugar tnt 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, 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 (lnlHhed woolens of the mill we promise the moat ample protection. Merchant Marine. We favor restoring the early Ameri OK Til If, REPUBLICAN PARTY. can policy of discriminating duties for the up-tmUdlnc of our mercnailt marine and the protection of our shipping In the foreign carrying trade, so that American ships-tint product of Amer ican labor, employed In American ship yards, sailing under th Hturs and Stripe, and manned, officered and owned by Americana may regain th carrying of our foreign commnrc. The Financial Issue. "Th Republican party la unreserv edly for sound money, It caused lh enactment of th law providing for th resumption of specie payments In 1ST!); since then every dollar has been as good as gold W aro unalterably op posed to every iuaaiirt calculated 10 de base our currency or Impair the credit of our country. V are, therefore, op posed to the fre colons of sliver, ex cept by International agreement with th leading commercial nations of the world, which w pledg ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained w bellvv th existing told standard must bo preserved. All our silver and paper ruirency now In circulation must be maintained at a parity with gold, and favor all measure designed to maintain Invlola , Id the obligation of th Vnlted : States, and all our money, w hether coin ! or paper, at th present standard, th standard of the most enlightened na tions of the earth.'" Pensions for Veterans. The veterans of th I'nlon armies de serve and should receive fair treatment and generous recognition. Whenever practlcabl they ahould be given th preference In the matter of employ ment, and they ar entitled to th en actment of such law as best calculat ed to secure the fulfillment of the pledges mad to thm In the dark days of the country's peril. W denounce th practice of the pension bureau so recklessly and unjustly carried on by th present administration, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping names from th rolls, as deserving th severest condemnation of th American people. Foreign Relations. Our foreign policy should b at all UntM firm, vigorous and dignified, and all our Interests In the western hemis phere carefully watched and guarded. Tha Hawaiian Islands should be con trolled by the United States and no for eign power ahould be permltctd to In terfere with them. The Nicaragua Canal should be built, owned and op erated by the t'nltod States, and by the purchase of the Danish Islands we should secure a proper and much-need-ed naval station In the West Indies. Armenian Massacre 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 real dents have been exposed to the gravest dangers and Amerlcnn property de stroyed. Thero and everywhere Amer ican cltlxens and American property 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 1'iiulted 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, anil shall not Interfere, with the existing possessions of any European power In this hemispheie, but those possessions must not, on any pretext, be extended. We hopefully look forward to the eventual withdrawn! of the Euroinnn powers from this hemisphere, nnd the ultimate union of all the English speaking part of tin- continent by the free consent of Its Inhabitants. Independence of Cuba. From the hour of achieving their own Independence the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other American peoples to free themselves from European dom ination. We watch with deep nnd abid ing Interest the heroic battlu of the Cu ban patriots agnlnst cruelty and op pression, 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 citizens or to comply with Its treaty obllgatlones, we believe that the government of the United States should actively use Us Influence and good offices to restore peace and give Independence to the Island. Enlargement of the Navy. The peace and security of the repub lic and the maintenance of Its rightful Influence among the nations of the earth demand a naval power commen surate with Its position and responsi bility. We therefore favor the contin ued enlargement of the navy and complete system of harbor and coast defense. I mm knit Inn Laws, For th iTotecllon of the- equality of our American cltlsenslilp and of tha wages of our woiklngmcn ntialnal tha fatal competition of low priced labor, w demand that th Immigration laws be thoroughly enforced, and tend ed as to exclude from entrant' to th United States those who ran liellhsr read nor w rit. Civil Service. The Civil Service law was placed on th statut book by th Republican party, which has always sustained It, and w I enow our repeated declara tions that It shall l thoroughly and honestly enforced and extended whr ever practlcabl. Free Itallot. We demand that every rtttien of th United Slates shall b allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that audi ballot shall b counted and returned a cast. I.jncliliijr. Condemned. W proclaim our unqualified condem nation of the uncivilised and barbarous practices, well known as lynching or killing of human beings, suspected or charged with crime, without process of law. National Arbitration. favor the rreatlon of a national board of arbitration In sottlo and ad just differences which may arts be tween employer and employed engaged In Inters!! cominorc. Free Homesteads, W bellev In an Immedlat return to th free homsstead policy of th Republican party and urg th paaaag by congress of th satisfactory fre homestead maaur which has already passed th house and Is now ponding In th senat. Admission of Territories. W favor the admission of th re maining territories at th earliest prac ticable date, having due regard to th Interests of th people of the territo ries and of th United Slate All th federal officer appointed for the terri tories shall be selected from bona fid residents thereof, and th right of self government shall be acorded as far as practicable. Alaska Representation. We believe th cttliena of Alaska should have representation In the con gress of the United Stales, to the end that needful legislation may be Intelli gently enacted. Sumptuary Legislation. We sympathize with all wise and le gltlnnte efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of Intemperance and promot morality. Rights of Women. The Republican party Is mindful of the rights and Interests of women. Pro tection of American ludustrl-s Includes equal opportunities, c.pml pay fur equal work and protection to the home. V favor the admission of women to wider spheres of usefulness, and wclcom their co-operation In rescuing the coun try from Democratic and populist mis management and misrule. Such are tha principles nnd policies of the Republi can putty. Ity these prlnc ob s we will abide mid these principles e ,v put Into execution. We ask for tlwiu the considerate Judgment of the American people. 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