St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-05

and repelling their intrusion here. 1t is the
policy Of Monroe and Washington and Jeffer-
son-s'peace, commerce and honest friend
ship with all nations, entangling alliances
with none." a due regard for the interests
and
PROSPERITY OF ALL THE PEOPLE
demands that our finances shall be estab-
lished upon such sound and sensible basis
as shall secure the safety and confidence OF
business interests, and make the way OF labor
sure and steady, and that our system of
revenue shall be so adjusted as to relieve the
people from unnecessary taxation, having
due regard for the interests of capitalinvested
and the workingmen employed in American
industries, and preventing the accumulation
of surplus in the treasury to tempt extrava-
gance and waste. Care for the property of
the nation and for the needs of future set
tiers require that the
PUBLIC DOMAIN SHOULD BE PROTECTED
from purloining schemes and unlawful occu-
pations. The conscience of the people de-
mands that the Indians without our bounda-
ries shall be fairly and honestly treated as
the wards of the governm ent, and their edu-
cation and civilization promoted with view
to their ultimate citizenship, and that polyg-
amy in the territories, destructive of the
family relation, offensive to the moral sense
of the civilized world,
SHALL BE SUPPRESSED.
The laws should be rigidly enforced which
prohibit the immigration of servile class
to compete with American labor, with no in
tention of acquiring citizenship, and
bringing with them. habits and Gus
toms repugnant to our civilization. The
people demand reform in The administration
of the government and the application of
business principles to public affairs. As
a means to this end
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
should be in good faith enforced. Our citi-
zens have the right to protection from the
incompetency of public employees who hold
their places solely as the ward of
partisan service and from the cor
ruptive influence of those who
promise and the vicious methods of those
who expect such rewards, and those who
wcrthily seek public employment have
thought and insist that merited competency
shall be recognized instead of party subserv-
iency or the surrender of honest political
belief in the administration of govern
ment pledged to do
EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE
to all men. There should be no preteXt for
anxiety touching the protection of the freed
men in their rights or security in the eu-
joyment of their privileges under the con-
stitution and its amendments. All discus
sion as to their fitness for the place accorded
to them as American citizens is idle and
Improbable, except as it suggests the neces
sity for their improvement. The fact that
they are citizens entities them to all the
rights due to the relation, and charges them
with all its duties, obligations and responsi-
bilities, These topics and the constant
and ever-varying wants of an active and en-
terprising population may we'll receive the
attention and the patriotic endeavor OF all
who make and execute the law.
OUR DUTIES ARE PRACTICAL,
and call for industrious application, an in
tellIgent perception of the claims of public
Office, and, above all, a firm determination
by united action to secure to all the people of
the land the full benefits of the best form of
government ever vouchsafed to man. And
let US not trust to human effort alone, but
humbly acknowledge the power and good
mess of Almighty God, who presides over the
destiny of nations, and who has at all times
beeL reverenced in our country's history.
Let US invoke His aid aud His blessing upon
our labors.