Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-08-06

| the laborer on the great productive Interests
of the country.
The Republican party favors policy which
shall keep Us from entangling alliances Wlth
| foreign nations, and which gives Us the right
/ to expect that foreign nations shall refrain
| from meddling in American affairs. The
| policy which seeks peace can trade with all
| powers, but especially with those OF the West
ern Hemisphere.
| We d., mand the restoration of our navy 10
| Its old time strength and efficiency, that It
| may, in any sea. protect the rights of Ameri-
can citizens and the interests OF American
| commerce, and we call upon Congress tore
move the burdens under which American
| shipping has been depressed so tina. ii may
| again be true that we have a commerce
| 1t IL the duty of Congress TO enact such
| laws as shall promptly and efeelnaly sup
press the system of polygamy within our
| territories. and divorce the political from the
| ecclesiastical power Of the so-called Mormon
| Chui CHI. and that the law so enacted should
be rigidly enforced by the civil authorities, if
| possible, and by the military. If need be.
| The people Of the United States. ia their
| organized capacity, constitute Nation, and
not mere confederacy of States. The
| National Government is supreme within The
! sphere of anation' duty, but the states nave
| reserved rights which should be faithfully
maintained. Each should be guarded with
| jealous care. so that the harmony OF our sys-
! ten of government may be preserved and the
| Union kept inviolate.
We have always recommended the best
| money known 10 the civilized world, and we
urge that efforts should be made to unite all
| the commercial nations in the establishment
| of an international standard, which shall Fix
| for all the relative value OF gold and silver
| coinage.
The regulation of commerce with foreign
nations and between the States is one OF the
most important prerogatiYes of the General
| Government, and the Republican party dis
| tinctly announces its purpose 10 support such
| legislation as will fully and eiieetually carry
| out the constitutional power OF Congress over
| interstate commerce.
| The principle OF the public regulation of
| railroad corporations is a wise and sanitary
! one for the protection of all classes of the
F., people, and we favor legislation that shall
| prevent unjust discrimination and excessive
| charges for transportation, and that shall Sc
| cure to the people and the railways alike the
| fair and equal protection of the laws.
| We favor the establishment of national
| bureau of labor, the enforcement of the eight
| hour law, and Il wise and judicions system Of
general education. by adequate appropriations
from The national revenue where the same is
! needed
We believe that everywhere the protection
accorded to a citizen of American birth must
be secured to citizens by American adoption,
and we favor the settlement of national differ
ences by International arbitration.
The Republican party having, its birth in a z
| hatred of slave labor and desire that all
] men may be truly free and equal, is unalter-
1 ably opposed to placing our workingmen in
competition with any form of servile labor,
| whe her at home or abroad. In TINS spirit we
| denounce the importation of contract labor,
| whether from Europe or Asia. as an otfense
/ against the spirit Of American institutions,
and we pledge ourselves TO sustain the pres
ent law restricting Chinese immigration, and
/ to provide such further legislation as is
necessary to carry out its purposes.
| Reform of the civil service, auspiciously be-
| gun under Republican administration, should
be completed by further extension of the re-
| form system already established by law to all
grades of the service TO which II is applicable.
! The spirit and purpose of the reform should
he observed in all executive apo intments.
and all laws at variance with the object OF
| existing reform legislation should be repealed,
| to the end that the dangers to free institn-
| tions which Turk In The power of official pat
ronage may be wisely and ffectiyely averted.
The public lands are heritage of the peo-
| pie of the United States, and should be re-
! served, as far as possible, for small holdings
] by actual settlers We are opposed to the
acquisition of large tracts of these lands by
| corporations or individuals, especially where
| such holdings are in the hands of non-resi-
| dent aliens, and we will endeavor TO obtain
! such legislation as will correct this evil. We
demand of Congress the speedy forfeiture OF
all land grants which have lapsed by reason
| OF non-com pliance with the acts OF incorpora-
| ton, in all cases where there has been no
attempt in good faith to perform the condi-
| tons of such grants
We denounce the fraud and violence prac-
ticed by the Democratic party in the southern
| States, by which the will of the voter is de-
| feated, as dangerous to the preservation of
| our free institutions, and we solemnly arraign
the Democratic party as being the guilty
recipient of the fruits of such fraud and vio-
lence. We extend to the Republicans of the
South regardless of their former party af1ili-
atoms. our cordial sympathy and pledge to
them our most earnest efforts to promise the
passage OF such legislation as will secure to
every citizen of whatever race or color the full
and complete recognition, possession and ex-