The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-06-11

geS Tor transportation anu eACo9o4'e
charges for transportation and that
shall secure to the people and the
railways alike the equal protection
of the laws.
THE AMERICAN LABORER.
We favor the establishment Of
National Bureau of Labor, the en-
forcement of the eight-hour law,
wise and Just system of general edu-
cation by adequate appropriation
from the National revenues WHEREBY
er the same is needed.
We believe that everywhere the
protection to citizen of American
birth must be secured to citizens by
American adoption, and we favor
the settlement Of National differences
by international arbitration,
The Republican party, having Its
birth in hatred OF slave labor, that
all men may be truly free and
equal, is unalterably opposed to
placingour workingmen in cempetl-
| ton with any form of servile labor,
whether a. home or abroad. In
this spirit we denounce the impor-
tation of contract labor, whether
from Europe or Asia, as an offence
against the spirit of American insti-
tutions, and we pledge ourselves to
sustain the present law restricting
| Chinese immigration, and to provide
such further legislation as is neces-
sary to carry out its purposes.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Reform of the civil service, auspl-
ciously b,gan under Republican adj,
ministraton, should be completed
by the further extension of the re-
form system, already established by
law, to al the grades of the service
to whichit is applicable. The splr-
I it and purpose of the reform shoulc
, be obser ed in all executive appoint
= ments, aid all laws at variance with
the objeos Of existing reform iegl5la.
ton shoild be repealed to the enc
= that the hangers to free institution:
!, which luk in the power of otficla
e patronae may be wisely and ettec
:. lively aoided.
4 The plblic lands are heritage o
! the peole of the United States and
0 should ls reserved, as far as posi-
: bic. for small holdings by actua
settlers. We are opposed to th'
n acquisition oflarge tracts of thes'
: lands b corporations or individuals
i especially where such holdings art
+ in the lands of nonresident aliens
and wewill endeavor to obtain such
e Legislation as will tend to correc
d this evl. We demand of Congress.
II the SPEEDY forfeiture of all lanC
grants which have lapsed by reason
of noncompliance with acts of in
corportion, in all cases where there
! has ben no attempt in good faith t,
: perform the conditions OF suci
o grants
E Theyrateful thanks Of the AmeIi
: can pOple are due to the soldier
a and sailors ofthe late war; the Repub
: lican ,arty stands pledged to suita
bic psitions for all who were disa
bled for the widows and orphan!
!. cf those who died in the war. The
Republican party also pledges itsel
! to the repeal of the limitation
, contained in the Arrears act 0
: 1879, so that all invalid soldier
r shall share alike and their pension
begin With the dateof disability o
discharge, and>net with the date 0
, application.
| OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
The Republican party iavors
= policy which shall keep US iron
! entan. cling alliances which foreigl
I. nations, and which gives US the righ
to expect that foreign nations shal
= refrain from meddling in American
: affairs. The policy which seek
peace can trade with all powers, bu
: especially with those of the Western
: hemisphere.
We demand the restoration o
t our navy to its old-time strength
and efficiency. that it may in an,
sea protect the rights OF American
: citizens and the interests of Amerl
can commerce, and we call upOl
2 Congress to remove the burdens un
t der which American shipping ha
been depressed so that it may b
again true that we have 4 commerc
| which leaves no sea unexplored ant
a navy which takes no law from
superior force.
Rssolved, That appointments b,
the President to offices in the Terri
tories should be made from the bon
fde citizens and residents of tn
: Territories wherein they are t
serve.
THIS Is A NATION.
Resolved, That it is the duty OF Cor
gress to enact such laws, as shaI
promptly and etfectually suppres
the system of polygamy within ou
territory, and divorce the politica
from the ecclesiastical power of tn
: so-called Mormon Church, and tina