Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-08-25

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which are an annoyance and burden L
agriculture, and the tax upon spirits useo
In the arts and medicinal purposes, ant
by such revision OF the tariff laws as viii
tend TO check imports of such articles az
are produced by our people, the produc
ton OF which gives employment to OIL
labor, and release from import duties
those articles of foreign production lex.
cept luxuries) the like of which can not
be produced at home. If there shall still
remain larger revenue than is requi.
rite for the wants OF the government VIC
favor the entire repeal of internal taxes,
rather than the surrender OF any part OF
our protective system, at the joint be-
hest OF whisky trusts and the agents OF
foreign manufacturers.
Wd eeclare our hostility to the intro
duction into this country of foreign
contract labor and of Chinese labor.
alien to our civilization and our constitu-
| ton, and we demand the rigid enforce
ment OF the existing laws against these
evils, and favor such immediate legisa-
ton AZ will exclude such labor from our
shores.
| We declare our opposition to all COM
hinations OF capital organized in trusts or
otherwise to control arbitrarily the con-
dition OF trade among our citizens, and
We recommend to con s,ress and the state
| legislatures, in their respective jurisdic.
tons such legislation as will prevent the
executions of all schemes to opprcss the
people by undue charges on their sup
plies, or by unjust rates for the transpor-
tation Of their products to market.
We approve the legislation by congress
tg,
! fair discrimination between the states.
We reaffira the policy of appropriating
| the public lands OF the United States to
be homesteads for American citizens and
| settlers, not aliens, which the republican
party established in 1862. against the per-
! sistcnt opposition Of the democrats in
, congress, and which has brought our
great western domain into such magniti-
cent development.
The restoration OF unearned railroad
land grants to the public domain for the
llse Of actual settlers, which was begun
under tn. administration OF President
Arthur, should be continued We DENY
that the democratic party has ever re-
stored one acre to the people, but declare
that by the joint action OF republicans
and democrats about so 10000 acres Of
unearne lands, originally granted ior
the construction OF railroads. have been
restored to the public domain in pursu-
arce of the conditions inserted by the re-
publican party in the Original grants.
We charge the democratic at,ninistra-
ton with failure to execute the laws secu-
ring to settlers title to their homestaa,ls,
ani with using appropriations made for
that purpose 10 harLss innocent settlers
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false pretencc of exposing frauds and
yindicuting the law.
The government by congress of the
territories, il based upon necessity only
to the end that they may become states
in the union. Therefore, whenever the
conditions OF population, material resour-
ces, public Intelligence aud morality are
such as to insure stable local govern
mcnt therein, the people of such terrific
res should be permitted as a right inhe- |
rent in them, to form for themselves
constitutions and state governments and |
be admitted into the union. Pending
the preparations for statehood all officers |
thereof should be selected from the bona |
fiie residents and citizens OF the territory |
wherein they are to serve.
South Dakota should Of right be imme-
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under the constitution framed and adopt
ell by her people, and we heartily endorse
the action OF tue republicans in twice
passing bills for her admission The
refusal of the democratic house of repre-
sentatiges, for partisan purposes, TO IA
vorably consider these bills is a willfui
OF the sacred American princi-
pie OF scll-government, ami merits the
of all just men.
The pending bills in the senate for acts
to enable the people Of Washington,
North Dakota and Montana territories to
form constitutions and establish state
governments, should be passed without
delay.
The republican party pledges itself to
do all in its power to facilitate the adnis-
sion of the territories Of New Mexico,
Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona to the en-
joymcnt OF self-government as states
such Of them as are now qualified, as
soon as possible, and the others as soon
AZ they may become 50.
The political power of the Mormon
church in the territories, as exercised in
the past, is menace to free institutions
and dangerous TO be long suffered.
Therefore we pledge the republican party
70 appropriate legislation asserting the
sovereignity OF the nation in all terrific
ries where the same is questioned, and in
a furtherancc of that end, to place upon
the statute books legislation stringent
enough to divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical, and thus stamp out the at
-endant wickedness OF polygamy.
The republican party is in favor of the
use Of both gold and silver as money AMI
;cndenln the policy of the democratic
in its efforts to demone-
,ize silver.
We demand the 70 iction Of letter
postage 10 one ceLs Sc. a{1nce.
In republic like ours, where the citi-
zen is sovereign AMI the Official the serv-
mt, where no power is exercised except
~ the will of the people, it is importart
hat the sovereign, the people, should
POSSESS intelligence. The free school is
! promoter OF that intelligence which is
o preserve us a free nation. Therefore
ne states or nation, or both combined.
houli support free institutions Of learn
ng sufi mt 10 afford to every child
rowing up in the land the opportunity of ,
good common school education.
We earnestly recommend that prompt
.ction be taken by congress IN the enact
nent OF such legislation as will best Sc /
nre the rehabilitation of our American
merchant wari.,e, and we protest against