Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-17

residents and citizens OF the Terrilor
wherein they are to serve. South Dakot
should Of right be Immediately admitte
as a State in the Union, under the con
stitution framed and adopted by th
people, and we heartily indoise the actio
Of the Republican Senate in twic
passing bills for her admission. Tn
refusal of the Democratic House G
Representatives, for partisan purposes, t
! fayorably consider these bills, a willfu
violation of the sacred American principl
Of local self.government, and merits tn
condemnation Of all just men. Th
| pending bills in the Senate for acts t
enable the people of Washington, Nortl
Dakota and Montana Territories to form
constitutions should be passed withou
unnecessary delay. The republican partl
pledges itself to DO all in its power to ia
cilitate the admission of the territories 0
New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari
zona to the enjoyment of self.goverDment
as states, such of them as are now quail
fled, as soon as possible, and the Others a.
soon as they may become so.
The political power of the Mormon
church in the territories, as experienced in
the past, is menace to free institutions
too dangerous to be long suffered. There.
fore we pledge the republican party to ap.
proprate legislation asserting the sover.
eighty of the nation in all territories
where the same IS questioned, and in
turtherance of that end to place upon the
statute books legislation stringent enough
to divorce the political from the ecclesias-
teal power, and thus stamp out the
attendant wickedness of polygamy.
The republican party is in favor Of the
use Of both gold and silver as money, and
condemns the policy of the democratic
administration IN its efforts to demonetize
silver
We demand the reduction of letter
postage to cent per ounce.
In a republic like ours, where the
citizen IS the sovereign and the official the
servant, where no power is exercised
except by the will of the people, it Is
important that the sovereign-the people
should possess intelligence. The free
school is the promoter of that intelligence
which is to preserve us a free nation;
therefore, the state or nation, or both
combined, should support free institutions
of learning, sufficient to afford to every
child growing up in the land the oppor-
tunlty of good common school edu-
cation.
We earnestly recommend that prompt
action be taken by Congress in the en-.
actment of such legislation as will be.t
secure the rehabilitation of our American
marine, and we protest against
the passage by Congress of a free ship
bill, as calculated to work injustice to
labor by lessening the wages of those
engaged in preparing materials, as well
as those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early .ebuilding of our navy; for the
construction of coast Notifications and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the protec-
tion of our defenseless harbors and
cities; tor the payment of just pensions
TO our soldiers; for necessary works of
National importance in the improvement
of harbors and the channels of internal
coastwise, and foreign commerce.; for the
encouragement of the shipping interests
of the Atlantic, Gulf aud Pacific States, as
well as for the payment OF the maturing
public debt. This policy will give en-
ploYment to our labor, activity to our va.
rious industries, Increase the security of
our country, promote trade, open new
and direct markets for our produce, and
cheaper the cost OF transportation. We
affirm this to be far better for our country
than the democratic policy Of loaning the
government money without interest to
pet banks.
The conduct of foreign affairs by the
present administration has been distin-
gulshed by its lnetiiciency and It's coward
ice. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
all pending treaties effected by republican
for the removal of foreign
burdens and restrictions upon our com.
it has neither effected nor pro.
posed any Others IN their stead. Profess
ng adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it !
mas seen with idle complacency the extern
iion of foreign influence IN Central |
America, aud of foreign trade everywhere |
among our neighbors. 1t has refused to |
'harler, sanction or encourage any Amer
can organization for constructing the
Nicaragua canal, work OF vital import.
.nce to the maintenance Of the Monroe |
doctrine, and of our national influence in |
CENTRAL and South America, and neces-
AIRY for the development OF trade with
,ur Pacific territory, with South America
md with the islands and further coasts Of
he Pacific Ocean.
We arraigu the present democratic ad-
for its weak and unpatriouc
treatment of the fisheries question, and
is puSillanlmous surrender OF the essen.
lal privileges TO which our fishing vessels
We entitled in Canadian ports under the
reaty Of 1913, the reciprocal maritime
egislation of 1890, and the comfy of
lahons, and which Canadian fishing YES.
els receive in the ports of the United
states. We condemn the policy Of the
nesent administration and the democratic
majority in Congress toward our fisheries
S uniriendly and oonspiouously unpatri-
tic, aud as tending to destroy valuable
atonal industry, and al indispensable
esouTce OF defense against foreign
nemy,
The name Of America applies alike to
II citizens of the republic, and imposes
pom all alike the same obligations Of
bedience to the laws. At the same time
hat citizenship is and must be the pan.
ply and safeguard Of him who wears il,
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