, 1886-09-16
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its achievements and their confidence
III its future. and recognize the prln-
ciple Of home rule as the basis of
government Of the people, by the
people and for the people.
And our territory. having sufficient
population and wealth to become one
of the states Of the American union,
we demand its admission into the
Union as a sovereign state; and we
denounce the inaction OF the demo
cratic house OF representatives,, at its
late session, in refusing to pass the
senate bill for that purpose as gross
outrage upon our citizens. We de
nounce the democratic majority in
the house for refusing to pass the
senate bill for the admission into the
Union of the state of Washington
with its boundaries enlarged to in
clude north Idaho.
We condemn the gross misuse of
the veto power by President Cleve-
land, which is not only a departure
from the teachings and practices of
the early presidents of the republic
but one which is fraught with dan
ger for the future, as establishing a
precedent which may be used to
thrust aside the will of the people
and to establish in our government a
personal power incompatible with the
best and highest popular liberty.
And We especially condemn tie out
rageous vetOes of private pension
bills by President Cleveland as indi-
eating that, in the mind of the presi-
dent, an application for pension is
primu fucic evidence that the appli-
cant is an imposter and fraud
And we condemn the language con
tanned in the private pension veto
messages as cruelty and needlessly
insulting to old soldiers who are
richly deserving of the bounty of the
| government.
We believe in the republican doc
trine of tariff, not only for revenue
but also for the protection and de
velopment of American industry, and
we demand, in behalf of great WOO
growing interests of our territory. the
restoration of the wool tariff of 1867
and, further, realizing that the pros
perity of Washington Territory de-
pends in a large measure upon the
coal and lumber industries. we earn
estly protest against the placing Of
coal and lumber on the free list, AZ
proposed by the Morrison tariff bill
which received the support of a large
majority of the democratic represen-
tatives in congress, and we regard
the extensive democratic support
given that bill as in part blow aimed
by the democratic party at this terri
tory; and we further regard the re-
publican representatives who secured
the defeat Of the aforesaid bill as
true friends to tho people of the
northwest.
| We denounce the democratic ad-
ministration of the general lanC
Office for withholding the patents fol
lands acquired by settlers under the
liberal interpretations of the lanC
laws made by republican officials
thus unsettling titles and carrying
fear and dismay to the hearthstone.
of thousands of honest settlers by
the insinuation that they are thieve:
and perjurers.
Liberal appropriations from the
national treasury are demanded fol
the opening of the Columbia and
other rivers and the improvement o!
all the navigable waterways in the
Territory; for the establishment o.
lighthouses, fog signals and struc-
lures for military and naval defense
in our harbors and along our coasts
for the construction of public build
ings and other needed internal i'm
provements and for increased mai
facilities.
We believe the safety and perma
nence of any republic depends OF
the iaboring masses being intellect
ual and patriotic, and the introduc
ton Of any laboring element thai
does not possess these qualifications
necessary to the perpetu4tion of oul
institutions, is attended with the ut
mast care. We therefore earnestly
protest against the continuance ol
the present treaty with China and
we earnestly appeal to congress fol
the passage of laws which shall eff.
fectually bar from competition with
American labor the pauper contract
labor of both Europe and Asia. and
shall exclude from our shores all per-
sons who are either unwilling or un.
able to become true American citi-
Zens.
We express our adherence of law
lessness in every shape and form, and
we believe that any attempt on the
part of the people of the Pacific coast
10 correct the evils of which they
they complain by riotous outbreaks
and defiance of the national author
ity, is suicidal to their cause, incom
patible with good citizenship and de-
serving of the unqualified condemna-
tion of all true Americans; and we
declare that the efforts of the public
officials to uphold and maintain the
laws, meets with the hearty approval
of the republicans of Washington.
We favor such a modification of
the exemption laws as will not exempt
any property from execution upon a
Judgment for laborer's wages.
Grants of lands to corporations
should receive the same strict CON
oITuCtlon as grants 10 lnuIVldualS,
ani all lands heretofore granted to
corporations to aid in the construc-
tion Of railroads, so far as the same
are now subject to forfeiture by rea-
son of the nOnfulfillment of the con-
ditions on which the grants were
made, ought to be Immediately for
feited to the United States, restored
to the public domain and at once be
come subject to entry by actual set
tiers in accordance with the laws of
the United States, securing, however,
to bona fde purchasers and settlers
the title TO such of said lands as have
been purchased or occupied by them
in good faith; and We are strenuous
ly opposed to allowing the Northern
Pacific railroad company to select
occupied lands outside of the forty
mile limit in lieu of lands claimed to
be lost within said limit, and we in.
sist upon the government speedily
comforting title to those settlers who
are occupying lieu lands in good
faith. We are further opposed to
the company selecting lands in this