Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-07-21

which are an annoyance and burden to
agriculture, and the tax upon srrits used
| ia the arts and medicinal purposes, and
by such revision of the tariff laws as will
tend to check imports OF such articles as
are produced by our people, the produc'
iion OF which gives employment to our
labor, and release from import duties
those articles Of foreign production lex
cept iuxuries) the like Of which can not
be produced at home. If there shall still
remain larger revenue than is requi-
site for the wants OF the government we
favor the entire repeal of internal taxes,
rather than the surrender of any part oi
our protective system, at the joint be-
hest Of whisky trusts and the agents oi
foreign manufacturers.
Wd eeelare 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 legisla-
ton as will exclude such labor from our
shores.
We declare our opposition to all COM
binations OF capital organized in trusts or
otherwise to control arbitrarily the con-
dition of trade among our citizens, and
we recommend to congress and the state
legislatures, jim their respective jurisdic-
tions sucB Legislation as will prevent the
executions Of all schemes to oppress 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
to prevent alike, unjust burdens and un-
fair discrimination between the states.
We reaffirn the policy of appropriating
the public lands OF the United States e
be homesteads for American citizens and
settlers, not aliens, which the republican
party established in 1862, against the per-
sistent opposition Of the democrats in
congress, and which has brought oui
great western domain into such magnili-
cent development.
The restoration of unearned railroad
land grants to the public domain for the
use OF actual settlers, which was begun
under the administra ton 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 100000 acres ot
uneaynei lands, originally granted fo'
the construction Of railroads, have beer
restored to the public domain in pursu'
ance Of the conditions inserted by the re-
publican party ia the original grants.
We charge the democratic administrn-
ton with failure to execute the lags secu-
ring 10 settlers title to theiy homesteads,
md with using appropriations made fol
that purpose, to hirass innocent settlers
with spies and prosecutions, under the
false pretence OF exposing frauds and
vindcating the law,
The government by congvess OF the
territories, is 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 and morality are
such as to insure stable local govern
ment therein, the people Of such terrific
ries 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
fide residents and citizens of the territory
wherein they are to serve.
South Dakota should OF right be imme-
diately admitted as a state in the union,
under the constitution framed and adopt
ed by her people, and we heartily endorse
the action of the republicans in twice
passing bills for her admission. The
refusal of the democratic house OF repre-
gentativcs, for partisan purposes, to fa-
ycrably consider these bills is willful
violation OF tie sacred American princi-
pie OF self-government, and merits the
condemnation 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
unnecessary delay.
Tho republican party pledges itsel; to
do all in its power to facilitate the admis-
sion of the territories OF New Mexico,
Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona to the on
joyment of saIf-goyernment as states
such OF them as are now qualified, as
soon as possible, and the others as soon
rs they may become so.
The political power Of the Mormon
church in the territories, as exercised in
the past, is a menace to froe institutions
and dangerous to be long suffered,
Therefore we pledge the republican party
to appropriate legislation asserting the
sovereignitv OF the nation in all terrific
ries where the same is questioned, and in
a furtherance Of that end, to place upon
tho statute books legislation stringent
enough to divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical, and thus stamp out the at
tendant wickedness of polygamy,
The republican party is in favor OF she
use Of both gold and silver as money and
condemn the policy of the democratic
administration in its efforts to demone-
tic silver.
We demand the reduction Of letter
postage to one cent per ounce.
Ina republic like ours, where the citi-
zen il sovereign ana tina Official the sers-
ant, where no power is exercised except
by the will OF the people, il is important
that the sovereign, the people, should
possess intelligence. The free school is
promoter OF that intelligence which is
to prcscrve us n free nation. Therefore
the states or nation. or both combined,
should support free institutions of learn
ing sufficient to afford to every child
growing up in the land the opportunity OF
a good common school education.
earnestly recommend that prompt
action be taken by congress IN the enact
ment OF such legislation as viii best Sc
cure the rehabilitation Of our American
merchant marine, and We protest assdnst