"We  proclaim  our  unqualified  condemnation  of  the  uncivilized
and  barbarous  practice  well  known  as  lynching,  and  the  killing  of
human  beings  suspected  or  charged  with  crime  without  process  of
law.  I  |  i  i  I  i

"We  favor  the  creation  of  a  national  Board  of  Arbitration  to
settle  and  adjust  differences  which  may  arise  between  employers  and
employed  engaged  in  interstate  commerce.
"We  believe  in  an  immediate  return  to  the  free-homestead  policy
of  the  Republican  party,  and  urge  the  passage  by  Congress  of  the  sat-


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isfactory  free-homestead  measure  which  has  already  passed  the  House
and  is  now  pending  in  the  Senate.
"We  favor  the  admission  of  the  remaining  Territories  at  the  ear-
liest practicable  date,  having  due  regard  to  the  interest  of  the  people
of  the  Territories  and  of  the  United  States.  All  the  Federal
officers  appointed  for  the  Territories  should  be  selected  from  bona  fide
residents  thereof,  and  the  right  of  self-government  should  be
accorded  them  as  far  as  practicable.
"We  believe  the  citizens  of  Alaska  should  have  representation  in
the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  to  the  end  that  needful  legislation
may  be  intelligently  enacted.
"We  sympathize  fully  with  all  legitimate  efforts  to  lessen  and  pre-
vent the  evils  of  intemperance  and  promote  morality.  The  Republi-
can party  is  mindful  of  the  rights  and  interests  of  women,  and  be-
lieves that  they  should  be  accorded  equal  opportunities,  equal  pay  for
equal  work,  and  protection  to  the  home.  We  favor  the  admission  of
women  to  wider  spheres  of  usefulness,  and  welcome  their  cooperation
in  rescuing  the  country  from  Democratic  and  Populistic  mismanage-
ment and  misrule.
