The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-14


here to the level of those abgoad. and when that
condition Is reached we win not need any laws
forbidding the importation Of laborcrs under con-
tract; they viii have no inducement to come, and
the employer no inducement to send for them.
In the earlier years Of history public agencies
to promote immigration were common. The pi-
oneer wanted neighbor with more friendly In
stincts than the Indian. Labor was scarce and
fully employed. But the day of the immigration
bureau has gone by. While our doors will con-
tinue open TO proper immigrants, we do not need
to issue special invitations to the inhabitants OF
our citizenship. Indeed, the necessity OF some
inspection and limitation is obvious. We should
resolutely 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 ulti-
mate assimilation with our people Is neither pos
sible nor desirable The family has been the nu-
cleus of our be I immigration and the home the
most potent assimilation force in our civilization.
The objections to Chinese immigration are dis
tinctive and conclusive, and are now so generally
accepted as such that the question has passed en-
tirely beyond the stage of argument. The laws
relating to this subject would should be charged
with their enforcement be faithfully executed.
Such amendments or further legislation as may
be necessary and proper to prevent evasions OF
the laws and to stop further Chinese immigration
would also meet my approval. The expression OF
the convention upon this subject is in entire har
mony with my views.
Our civil compact is government by MAORI
ties and the law loses its sanction and the magis
trate our respect when this compact Is broken.
The evil results of election frauds do not expend
themselves upon the voters who are robbed OF
their rightful influence in public affairs.
The individual CT community, or party, that,
practices connives at election frauds, has suf-
fered rreparable injury, and will sooner or later
realize that to exchange the American system OF
majority rule for minority control Is not only un-
lawful and unpa riotic, but very unsafe for those
who promote it. The acknowledgements Of q
single legal eector by fraud or Intimidation Is a
crime too grave to be regarded lightly. The right
Of every qualified elector to cast one free ballot
and to have 1t honestly counted must not be ques
toned. Every constitutional power should be
used to make this right secure and to punish
frauds upon the ballot. Our colored people do
not ask special legislation in their interest, but
only to be made secure in the com.lon rights OF
American citizenship. They will, however, nat
urally mistrust the sincerity Of those party lead
ers who appeal to their race for support only In
those localities where the suffrage Is free and
election results doubtful and compass their dis
reimbursement where their votes would be con-
trolling and their choice can not be coerced
The nation not less than the states, Is depend
ent for prosperity and security upon the intelli
gence and morality Of the people. This common
interest very early suggested national aid In the
establishment and endowment OF schools and
colleges in the new states. There is, believe,
present exigency that calls for still more liberal
and direct appropriations In aid of common school
education In the states.
The territorial form Of government is tenn
porary expedient, not q permanent civil condi-
tion IL is adapted to the exigency that suggested
1t, but becomes inadequate-and even oppressive
when applied to fixed and populous communi-
ties. Several territories are we'll able to bear the
ht.nIa A.I I..Nsa
monwealths in the American union. To exclude
them Is deny the just rights Of their people,
and may well excite their indignant protest. No
question Of the political preference Of the people
of territory should close against them the hos
pitable door which has opened to twothirds OF
the existing states. But admission should be reso-
lutely refused to any territory. majority Of
whose people cherish institutions that are repug-
nant to our civilization or inconsistent with q
republican form of government.
The declaration OF the convention against "all
combinations Of capital, organized in trusts or
otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condition Of
trade among our citizens,"is in harmony with
the views enterta ned and expressed by me long
before the assembling of the convention. Ordi-
narily, capital shares the losses of idleness with
labor; but under the operation of trust, in
some of its forms, the wage worker alone suffers
loss while idle capital receives its dividends from
a trust fund Producers who refuse to Join the
an element OF prices IL eliminated. 1t can not be
doubted that the legislative authority should and
will find method of dealing fairly and effective
ly with these and other abuses connected with
this subject
1t can hardly be necessary for me to say that I
am heartily in sympathy with the declaration OF
the convention upon the subject of pensions to our
soldiers and sailors. What they gave and what
they suffered had some opportunity TO observe,
and, in small measure, TO experience. They
gave ungrudgingly; IL was not n trade, but an Of
fering. The measure was heaped up, running
over. What they achieved only distant genera
ton can adequately tell. without attempting to
discuss particular propositions, 1 may add that
measures in behalf of the surviving veterans of
the war, and OF the families Of their dead COM
rades. should be conceived and executed in
spirit OF iustice and of the most grateful liberal
ity and that in tho competition for civil appoint
meDtS honorable military service should have
appropriate recognition.
The law regulating appointments to the CLASH
fed civil service received my support in the SEN
ate, in the belief that It opened the way to a
much needed reform I still think So and there
fore, cordially approve the clear and forcble ex-
preston of the convention upon this subject
The law should have friendly Interpretation and
be faithfully and vigorously enforced. All APP
pointments under Ii should be absolutely free
from partisan considerations and influence. Some
extensions Of the classified list are practicable
ana desirable, ana furtnef legislation extending
the reform TO other branches of the service to
which It IL applicable would receive my approval
In appointments to every grade and department
fitness, and not party service, should be tho
sential and discriminating test, and fd lily and
efficiency the only sure nurc of office. Only the
interests OF the public service should suggest re-
movals from Office. know the practical Difficult
ties attending the attempt to apply the spirit of
the civil service rules to all appointments and
movals. II will, however, be my sincere purpose
IL elected, to advance the reform.
notice with pleasure that the convention die
not omit to express its solicitude for the promo
ton of virtue and temperance of our people. The
Republican party has always been friendly to
everything that tended to make the home life OF
our people free, pure and prosperous. and will In
the future be true to its history in this respect
Our relations with foreign powers should be
characterized by friendliness and respect. The
right of our people and OF our ships to hospita
BILE treatment should be insisted upon with dig
nifty and hrmness. Our nation Is too great both
In material strength and la moral power to in
dulge in bluster, or to be suspected of timorous-
ness. vascillation and Inconsistency are as In
compatible with successful diplomacy as
they with the national digni-
ty We should especially cultivate and extend
our diplomatic and commercial rcla. ions with the