Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-06-29

The pending bills in the senate for acts OF ena-
bic the people of Washington, North Dakota and
tablish state governments should be passed with
out unnecessary delay. The republican party
pledged itself to do all in its power to facilitate
the admission of the territories of New Mexico.
Wyoming. Idaho and Arizona TO the enjoyment
of self-gOvernment as states-such Of them are
now qualified as soon as POSSIBLE, and the others
as soon as they may become qualified.
The political power of the Mormons in the ter
rtOrieS as exercised il the past is menace TO
free Institutions and too dangerous TO he long suf
feTed; therefore we pledge the republican party
to appropriate legislation asserting the sover-
eighty Of the nation in all the territories where
the same is questioned. and in furtherance Of
that end 10 place upon the statute books legisla
ton stringent enough TO divorce the political
from the ecclesiastical power, and thus stamp
out the attendant wickedneSs of polygamy.
The republican party is in favor of the OF
both gold and silver as money, and condemns the
policy Of the democratic administration in its ef-
forts to demonetize silver.
We demand a reduction of the letter postage to
one cent per ounce.
In republic like ours, where the citizen is SOW
ereign and the official a servant, where no power
Is exerted except by the people, it is important
that the sovereign, the Ieople should possess in
te'ligence. The free school is the promoter of
II at intelligence, which is to preserve as free
n;ilon; therefore. the state nation, or both
&C nbined, should support free institutions of
le Tnins sufficient to AFFORD to every enid grow
In up in the land the Op portunity of good com
II N school education.
Ne earnestly recomnimd that prompt action
he taken by congress the enactment of such
lex station as viii best Sgcure the rehab litat IA
OF our American merchf mt marine, and we pro
test against the passage by congress of the free
ship bill as calculated To work injustice to labor
By leSSening the wages of those engaged in pre-
pairing materiaIs, as we'll as those directly en-
ployed in our ship yards
We demand apr ropriations for the early re-
building OF our navy; for the construction of
coast fortifcatiOnS and modern ordnance and
other approved modern defense for the protection
of our defenSeiesS harborS and cities; for the
q inst nanSiOnS tn soldiers. fOr
esSary works of national Importance in the i'm
proYement Of our harbOrS and the channelC of
the shipping interests of the Atlantic, Gulf y Nd
Pacific states, as well as for the payment of II =
maturing public debt. This policy will give EN-
poyment to our labor, activity to our various in
dustries, increase the security of our country.
promote trade. open new and direct markets for
our produce and cEeapen the cost of transport
ton. We affirm this 10 be far better for our
country than the democratic policy of loaning
the governments money without interest to pet
banks"
The conduct of our foreign affairs by the pres
ent administration has been distinguished by in
efficiency and cowardca. Having withdrawn
from the senate all pending treaties effected by
the republican administration for the removal of
foreign burdens and restrictions upon our COM
merce and for its extension into better markets,
it has neither effected nor proposed any others in
their stead.
profes ing adherence to the Monroe doctrine it
has seen with idle complaCeuCy the extension of
foe gn influence in Central Amer lea and of for
e'gn trade everywhere among our neighbors. 1t
has refused to charter, sanction or encourage any
American org lniZatiOn for constructing the Mic
augul canal. work of VITAL Importance to the
mai: tanance of the Monroe doctrine and of our
na'l nal Influence i'll Cent al and South America,
n d n-cesSa1'y for the development of trade with
OR Pacific territory, with South America and
with the Islands and further coasts of the Pacific
OCEAN.
We arraigl the present democratic administra-
ton for its weak and unpatriUtic treatment of
the fisheries question and its puSillanimous sur
p rI.A inl
h>hlhS FesselS are emitted IN CANADIAN ports,
under the treaty of 1918, the reciprocal maritime
iegslation of 1882 and the courtesy of nations
which the Z Ctnadiau vessels receive in the ports
OF The Uhi;ei States We COademn the policy of
the present administration and the democratic
ma jority in congress toward our fisheries as un-
friendly and conSpicuOuSy unpatriOtic and as
t'Hding to destroy valuable national industry
and indispensable resource of defense against
foreign enemy.
THr name American applies alike to all citf
Is of the republic an imposes upon all alike
the same obligation of obedience to the laws; at
he same time citizenship is and must be the pan
opIy and the safeguard of him who wears it, and
protect him, whether high or low, rich or poor in
all his civil rights. 1t should and must afford
him pa election at home and follow and protect
him abroad. in whatever land he may be on law
ful errand
The men who abandoned the republican party
in 1881. and continue to adhere to the democratic
party, have deserted not only the cause of honest
government, of sound finance, of the freedom
and purity of the ballot, but especially have they
ue the cause OIL III llle Civil
We will aot fail to keep our pledges because they
have broken theirs. or because their candidate
has broken his. We, therefore, repeat our dec
lnrdtion of 1881, tO-wit: The reform of the civil
service so auspiciouSly begun under republican
administration should be completed by the fur
ther extension of the reform system already
established by law to all grades of the service to
which it Is applicable. Tne spirit and purposeof-
reform should be observed in all executive ap-
poiut. .nents and all laws at variance with the OBJ
ject of the existing reform legislation should be
repealed. to the end that the dangers to free
institutions which lurk in the power of official
patronage may be wisely and effectively
iIed.
The gratitude of the nation to the defenders Of
the union cannot be measured by laws. The leg
iSlation of congress should conform to the pledges
made by the loyal people and be so enlarged and
ex ended as to provide against the possibility that
any man who hOnOrably wore the federal uniform
shall become an inmate of an aims house, or de-
pendent upon private charity. In the presence
OF an OvcIhowIrg treasury it would be public
scandal to do less for those whose valorouS ser
vice preserved the government.
We denouuce the hostile spirit shown by Presi-
dent Cleveland in his numerous vetoes of the
measures for person relief, and the action of the
even consideration of general pension legiSla'
tiOn.
In support cf the principles herewith enumer-
ated, we invite the cooperation of the patriotic
men of all pari~s, and especially of all working
men, whose prosperity il seriously threatened
by the free trade policy Of the present admins
tration.
The nominating speeches wers then
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