Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-13

UilS SOiluia1lliS ol SUCH SlaAlS.
The grateful thanks Of the American
people are duetothe union soldiers ans
sailors Of the late war, and the republi.
can party stands pledged to suitable
pensions for all who were disabled. an6
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 ar.
rears act Of 1873, SO that all invalid sol.
diers shall share alike and their pen
sions begin with the date of disability
or discharge, and not with the date OF
application.
The republican party favors a policy
which shall keep us from entangling
alliance with oreignnations, and which
gives us the right TO expect that foreign
nations shall refrain from meddling in
American affairs. The policy which
seeks peace with ell powers, but espec-
tally with those OF the western hemi-
spheres.
To demand the restoration Of our ma
W to the old time strength and etficien-
cy, that it may in any sea protect the
rights of American citizens and Them
~terests Of American commerce, and we
call upon congress to remove the bur
dens under which American shipping
has been depressed, SO that it may again
be true that wehaye commerce which
leaves no sea unexplored, and q navy
which takes no law from q superior
force.
Resolved, 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.
Resolved, That it is the duty of con-
gress to enact such laws asshaI prompt
ly and etfectually suppress the system
Of polygamy within our territories and
divorce the political from the ecclesias-
tlcal power CT the So-called Mormon
church, and that the law so enacted
should be rigidly enforced by the civil
authorities, if possible, and by the mil
itary if need be.
The people Of the United States in
their organized capacity constitute a
nation and not a mere confederacy Of
states. The national government is
supreme within the sphere of it's ma
tional duty. but the states have reserved
rights which should be faithfully main
tanned. Each should be guarded with
jealous care, so that the harmony Of
our system of government may be pre-
served, and the union kept i~nviolate.
The perpetuity of our institutions rests
upon the maintenance of a free ballot
and honest and correct returns.
We denounce the fraud and violence
practiced by democrats in southern
states, by which the will Of the voter is
defeated, as dangerous to the preserya-
ton OF free institutions, and we SOL
EMMY arraign the democratic party as
being the guilty recipients of the fruits
of such frauds and violence. We ex-
tend to the republicans OF the south.
regardless Oh their former party anilia-
tions, our cordial sympathy, and pledge
to them our most earnest efforts to pro
mote the passage Of such legislation as
Will secure to every citizen, Of whatev-
er race and color, the full and complete
recognition, possession and exercise of
all civil and political rights.
After a brisk struggle the represen-
tatives of the woman's temperance I'M
ION succeeded in securing the reading
in the republican national convention
Of the following address fayoring a pro-
hlbitory amendment to the national
constitution:
"To the national convention Of the
republican party: We, the members Of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Of the states herein represented,
by the signatures Of our officers, believe
that, while the personal habits of the
nation can be largely restrained by ap-
peal to the intellect through argument.
to the heart through sympathy, and to
the conscience through motives of re-
llgion, the traffic Of the persons will
be best controlled by p%rohibitory law.
We believe the teachings of sciences
experience and the golden rule combine
to testify against the traffic in alcoholici
liquors IS q drink, The homes of
America, which are the citadels Of pa
triotism, purity and happiness, haven no
enemy so relentless as the American
sa1eon. Therefore, as citizens of the;
United States, Irrespective Of sect OFF
section, but having deeply at heart thej
protection OF our homes, we DO hereby
respectfully and earnestly petition you
to advocate and To adoptsuc measures
as are requisite, to the end that prohi-S
CT the importation, manufactured
and sale OF alcoholic beverages may be-
come an integral part OF the national
constitution, and that your party candi-
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