Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-09-22

should not suggest abandonment OF , 1m-
pairment of the protective system. Inc S
methods suggested by our conyentlcn VIII
not need TO be exhausted 10 order 70 sneS'
the necessary reduction. We are not hAe;y
to be called upon, I think, to maze
present choice between the surrender OF
the protective system and the entire repea
Of the internal taxes. Such contingency
in view Of the present relation OF e!psnu-
lures to revenues, Is remote. Inc iispsc-
ton and regulation of the sale CT oieonaf-
ga-ine IS important and the revenue a.
rived from It is no. SO great bat that the
repeal of the laws may be made into any
plan of revenue reduction.
The surplus now in the treasury should be
used in the purchase of bonds. The la@
authorizes this use of it, and il It Is lot
needed for current o. deficiency ep2ropria-
tions the people, end not the nanks, IN
which it has been deposited, should have the
advantage of its use by stopping interest on
the public debt. At least those who hoard
it should not be allowed to use it in fear OF a
moment of stringeDcy, and thus produced
to coerce public sentiment upon other cues
tons.
Closely connected with the subject of the
tariff is that of the importation OF foreign
labore.s under contracts of service to be
performed here. The law low In force pro
hibiting such contracts received my cordial
support in the senate and such amendments
as may be found necessary to effectively de-
liver our workingmen and women from TINS
most inequitable form of competition, viii
have my sincere advocacy. Prohibiting the
importation of laborers under con-
tracts s t. serve se here little wi" 1sef hos To-
our working people, and if the system of
protective duties is broken down, if the pro-
ducts of American shops must compete in
the American market. without favorlng du-
ties, with the product of cheap labor the
effect will be different, if at all, only in de-
gree, whether the cheap lsborer is across
the street or over the sea. Such oompeti-
to the level of those abroad
and when the condition is reached We will
not need any laws forbidding the importa-
ton of laborers under contract. They will
have no indictment to come, and the en-
ployer no indictment to send for them. In
the earlier years OF CUR history public agen-
cies to promote immigration were common.
The pioneer wanted a neighbor with friendly
instincts to the Indian. Labor was scarce
and fully employed. But the day Of the
immigration bureau has gone by. While our
doors continue open to proper Immigration
We do rot need 10 issue special invitations
TO the inhabitants Of other countries to come
to our shores or to share our citizenship.
Indeed the necessity OF some inspection and
~ refuse to permit foreign governments to
send their paupers and criminals to our
ports. We are also clearly under duty to
defend our civilization by excluding alien
races whose ultimate assimilation with
our people is neither neither possible
the nucleus of our best immigration and
force in our civilization. The objections to
Chinese immigration are distinctive and
coniusiye, and are now SO generally accepted
as such that the question has passed entirely
beyond the stage of argument. The laws
relating to this subject would, if l should
be charged with their enforcement,
s aH mess la1 or t ess' lesisa a
ton as may be necessary and proper to
prevent evasiors Of the law and to stop fur
ther Chinese immigration would also meet
my approval. The expression of thu con-
vention upon this subject is in entire hsr-
mony with my views. Our civil compact Is
a government by msjorities and the law
loses respect when this compact ls broken.
The evil results of election frauds do not
e1pend themselves upon the voters who are
robbed of their rightfuI influence in
public affairs. The individual or
community or party, that practices
or connives at election frauds
has suffered irreparable injustice, and viii
the American system of majority for the
rule for minority control is not only uniaw-
ful and unpatriotic, but very unsafe for
those who promote it. The disfranchise-
nent of single legal elector By
fraud or Intimidation is crime
too The sss7s 1rb to of be Isss:asd oua h
elec.or to cast one free ballot and have il
honestly counted must not Be questioned.
Every constitutional power should be used
to make this right secure and punish frauds
upon the ballot. Our colored people do not
ask special legislation in their inter
est, but only to be made secure
citizenship. They will, however, naturally
mistrust the society of those party leaders
who appeal to their race for support only in
those localities where the suffrage is free
and election results doubtful, and compass
their disfranchisement where their votes
would be controlling and their choice
cannot be coereed. The nation, Lot
for prosperity and security upon
the intelligence and morality Of the people.
This common interest early suggested
national aid in the establishment and en-
dowment of schools and colleges in the new
states. There is, believe, q present e1-
igency that calls for still more liberal and
direct appropriation In aid of common
schools and education in the states.
The territorial form of government is a
temporary e1pedient, not permanent con-
dition. 1t is adapted to the exiSercy that
il suggested and becomes inadequate and
even oppressive when applied to fixed and
populous communities. Several territories
ars well able to bear tie burdens and dis
charge the duties of free commonwealth in
the American union. To exclude them is to
deny the rights of their people and may well
excite their indignant protests. 10 ques-
ton of the political preference of the peo-
pie of a territory should close against them
the hospitab.e door which hiss opened to
tvo-shirds OF the e1es:ing states, but admis-
sion should be absolutely refused to any
territory. majority Of whom chetish in
stitrtions that are repUynsut to our civiliza-
ton, or inconsistent with a republican form
of government
The declaration of the convention against
'all combinations of capital organized in
trusts or otherwise to control the
condition OF trade among oar citizens"
is in harmony with the views entertained
and publicly expressed by me long before
the assem- bling of the convention. Ordi-
narily capital shares the losses of idleness
with labor, but under the operation of the
trust, in some of its forms, the vageworker
alone snffera loSs while idle carital rece.yes