The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-11
4BozEMAN.WEEKLY scHRoNIoLE*

scrupulous avoidance Of any departure
from that foreign policy commended by |
history, tradition and the prosperity of
our republic. 1t is the policy of indie
pendence, favored by our position and |
defined By our known love of Justice and
by our power It is the policy of peace
suitable to our interests 1t is the policy
of neutrality, rejecting any share in for
eign broils and ambitions upon other
continents and repelIing any intrusion
here. 1t is the policy of Monroe and
Washington and Jefferson Peace, COM
merca and honest friendship with all
nations; entangling alliances with none."
A due regard for the interests and
prosperity of all people demands that our
finances shall be established upon such
a sound basis as shall secure the safety
and confidence Of our business interests
and make the wages Of labor sure and
steady, and that our system of revenue
shall be 50 adjusted as to relieve the peo-
pie from unnecessary taxation, having
due regard to the interests of capital in-
vested and workinomen employed in
American industries, and preventing the
accumulation of surplus in the Treas
ury, to what extent the extravaganza
and waste, the care for the prosperity of
the nation and for the needs of the fu-
ture The settlers require that the pub
lie domain should be protected from
purloining schemes and unlawful occupa-
ton. The conscience of the people de-
mands that the Indians within our
boundaries shall be fairly and honestly
treated as wards OF the government. and
their education and civilization promoted
with views to their ultimate citizenship;
and that polygamy in the Territories,
destructive to the family religion and
offensive to the moral sense Of the civil
lied world, shall be suppressed,
The laws should be rigidly enforced
which prohibit immigration of the SER
vile class to compete with American
labor, with no intention of acquiring cit,
izenship, and bringing with them and
retaining habits and customs repugnant
to our civilization. The people demand
reform in the administration of the gov
eminent, the application of business
principles to public affairs As means
to this end the civil service reform should
be, in good faith, enforced. Our citizens
have the right to protection from incom-
potency of public employees, who hold
their places solely as reward to parti-
san service and from the corruption and
influence Of those who promise, and the
vicious methods of those who expect
such rewards; and those who seek pub
lie employment have the right to insist
that merit and competency shall be
recognized instead of party subservency,
or the surrender of their honest political
belief in the administration of govern
ment pledged to do equal and exact JUS
tice to all men. There should be no
preteXt for anxiety t3uching the protec-
ton of freedmen in their rights or their
security in the enjoyment of their priyi-
leges under the constitution and its
amendments. All discussion as to their
fitness for the place accorded to them as
American citizens, is idle and unprofit-
able, except as it suggests the necessity
for their improvement The fact that
they are citizens entities them to all the
rights due their relation and charges
them with all its duties. obligations and
responsibility. These topics and the
constant and ever-var ting wants of an
active and en:erprising population may
well receive the attention and patriotic
endeavor Of all who make and execute
the Federal law. Our duties are prac-
teal and call for Industrious application,
an intelligent perception of the claims of
public office, and above all a firm deter
mination and united action to secure all
the, people of the land the full benefits of
the best form of government ever vouch-.
safed to man, and let us not trust to
human effort alone, but hurnbly acknOwl-
edge the power and goodness Of the
Almighty God, who presldes over the
destiny of nations, and who has at all
times been revealed in our country's his
tory. Let us invoke His aid and His
blessing upon our labors.