Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-06

leviea as to afford security to our diver.
sihed industries and protection to the
rights and wages Of the laborer. to the
end TINT active and intelligent labor, as
weil as capital, may have its Just reward,
ana the laboring man his full share in
the @ national prosperity. Against the 80.
called economic system OF the demo.
crtio party, which would degrade our
laoof 10 the forelgn standard, wc enter
party had failed completely to relieve tho
people Of the burden of unpecessorv taY.
alton by q wise reduction of the snrnlns
The republican party pledges itself To
correct the inequalities of the tariff and
TO reduce the surplus, not by the vicious
ana lndiscriminate process of horizontal
reHuctlon, but by such methods as will
relievc the tax payer without injuring
the laborer or the great productive in.
terests of the country. We recoonize
the Importance Of sheep husbandry in
the United States, the serious depression
which 1t is now experiencing and the
danger threatening its future prosperity,
and We therefore respect the demands Of
the representatives Of this important aR
rlcultnral interest for reaajustment OF
the duty upon foreign wool, in order
that such industry shall have full and
adequate protection.
we have always recommended the
best money known to the civilized world.
and We urge that efforts should be made
to unite all commercial nations in the
establishment of an international stand
ard, which shall fix all the rela.
tive values OF gold and silver coinage.
The regulation Of commerce with for.
elgn nations, and between the states Is
one OF the most important preroeatives
OF the general government, and the re-
publican party distinctly announces its
purpose to support such legislation us
will fully and efficiently carry out the
constitutional powers OF congress over
Interstate commerce. The principle of
the public regulation of railroad corpor-
ations is wise and salutary one for the
protection of all classes of the people.
and We favor legislation thut shall pre-.
vent unjust discrimination and excessive
charges for transportation, and shall
secure to the people and the railways
alike the fair and equal protcctio on of the
laws.
We favor the establishment OF o na-
tlonal bureau of labor, the enforcement
OF the eight hour law, wise and judi
cious system of general education by
adequate appropriations from the nn-
tlonal revenue, wherever the same is
needed.
We believe that every where the pro.
lection due citizen of American birth,
must be secured to citizens American
by adoption. and We favor the settlement
OF national differences by, international
arbitration. The republican party,
having its birth in a hatred of slave
labor, and desire that all men may be
truly free and equal, is unalterably op-
posed to placing our workingmen in
composition with any form OF servile
labor, whether at home or abroad. In
this 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 present law re.
strlcting Chinese immigration, and pro.
vide such further legislation as is nee.
essary to carry out its purpose.
Reform of the civil service, so auspi.
ciously begun under republican admin.
istration, should be completed by the
further extension OF the reformed system
already established by law to all the
grades OF the service which it is applica-
BILE. The spirit and purpose of the re-.
form should be observed IN all executive
appointments, and all laws at variance
with the objects of existing reformed
Legislation should be repealed,to the end
that the dangers to free institution
which lurk in the power of official pat
ronage may wisely and effectively be
avoided.
The public lands are a heritage
Of the people of the United States,
and should be reserved as far as pos.
sible for small holdings by actual
settlers. We are opposed to the
acquisition of large tracts of these lands
by corporations or individuals. especial
ly where such holdings are in the hands
deavor to obtain such legislation as will
congress the speedy forfeiture of all land
grants which have lapsed by reason of
the non.compliancesswlt the acts of in
corporations in all the cases where the re
has been no attempt in good faith to per-
form the conditions of such grants.
The grateful thanks of the American
people are due to the union soldiers and
sailors of the late war, and the republi-
can party stands pledged to suit
able pensions for all who were
disabled, and for the widows and orphans
of those who died in the war. The
/ republican party also pledges itself to
the repeal Of the limitation contained in
the arrears act of 1879, 80 that all invalid
soldiers shall share alike and their pen
sions begin with the date of disability or
discharge, and not with the date of ap.
pllcation.
The republican party favors q policy
which shall keep us from entangllng al
liances with 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 with all powers, but espec.
tally with those of the western hemi-
spheres.
To demand the restoration of our navy
to the old time strength and efficiency,
that it may in any sen protect the rights
of American citizens and the interests of
American commerce, and we call upon
congress to remove the burdens nndor
which American shipping has been de-
pressed, SO that it may again be true that
we have commerce which leaves no sea
unexplored, and navy which takes no
law from superior force.
Resoloed, That appointments by the
president of officers in the territories
should be made from the bona fde citi-
zens and residents of the territories
wherein they are to serve.
| Resolued, That it is the duty Of con-
gress to enact such laws as shall prompt.
ly and effectually suppress the system of
| polygamy within our territories and
divorce the political from the ecclesiasti.
cal power OF the so.called Mormon
church, and that the law so enacted