Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-07-31

between the States.
We reaffirm the policy of appro.
priating the public lands OF the Unit
ed States for homesteads for Ameri-
can citizens and settlers, not aliens,
which the Republican party establish
cd in 1862 against the persistent OPP
position Of Democrats in Congress,
and which has brought our great
Western domain into such magnifi-
cent development.
The restoration OF unearned rail.
road land grants to the public do
main for the use OF actual settlers,
which was begun under the admins.
tration Of President Arthur, should
be continued. We deny that the
Democratic party has ever restored
one acre to the people, but declare
that by the joint action of Republi-
cans and Democrats about fifty mil
lions of unearned lands, originally
granted for the construction of rail
roads, have been restored to the pub
lilo domain, in pursuance Of the con.
ditions inserted by the Republican
party in the original grants.
We charge the Democratic Admin
istration with failure to execute the
laws securing to settlers their titles
to homesteads, and with using ap.
propriations made for that purpose
to harass innocent settlers with spies
and prosecutions under the false
pretense OF exposing frauds and vim.
d,cating the law.
The government by Congress of the
. Territories is based upon necessity
only, to the end that they may be-
: come States iu the Union; therefore
, whenever the conditions Of popula
ton, material resources, public intel
ligence and morality are such as tt
insure stable local government there
in, the people of such Territories
} should be permitted. as q right in
herent in them, to form for themselves
constitutions and State government
and be admitted into the Union
Pending the preparation for State
} hood, all officers thereof should bs
selected from the bona fide residents
and citizens of the Territory wherein
, they are to serve. South Dakot.
should of right be Immediately ad
! mitted as State in the Union, unde
the Constitution framed and adopted
t by her people, and we heartily en-
D dorse the action of the Republican
: Senate in twice passing bills for he
J admission. The refusal Of the Dem
ocratic House Of Representatives, fo
h partisan purposes, to consider thes
: bills, is willtul violation CT tn
J. sacred American principle of locs
= self.government, and merits the COZ
g demnation of all just men. Tn
a pending bills in the Senate for acts
!. enable the people Of Wsshingto,
i North Dakota and Montana TER
tories to form Constitutions and e
y tablisn State governments should b
passed without unnecessary della
!, The Republican party pledges itsc
IS to do all in its power to facilitate II
II admission of the Territories OF Ne
IS Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ariz'
o ma to the enjoyment of self-goverl
Q ment as States; such of them as Al
e now qualified as soon as possible, an
IS the others as soon as they may becon
? so. The political power of the Mo
s, mon Church in the Territories as e
Ie ercised in the past, is a menace to FRI
institutions and dangerous to be lor
IS suffered; therefore we pledge Il
s, Republican party to appropriate legl
If la.ion asserting the sovereignty
re the nation in all Territories where Il
Of same is questioned, and in lutheran
N of that end, to place upon the statu
books, legislation stringent enough
'e divorce the political from the eccle
n iastical power, and thus stamp out Il
he attendant wlckedness of polygamy.
"a The Republican party is in favor
10 the use of both gold and silver
y. money. and condemns the policy
ct the Democratic administration in
~ efforts to demonetize silver.
N We demand reduction of lett
III postage to one cent.
=, In a republic like ours, where t
i, citizens is the sovereign and the OF
~ cial the servant, where no power
49, exercised except by the will of t
80 people, it is important that the SOW
% eighty, the people, should possess
y, telligence. The free school is t
~ promoter of that intelligence which
80 to preserve US a free nation; the'
-. fore, the Stale or nation, or both CO..
o. bined, should support free instit
=. tons of learning, sufficient to affo
W. to every child growing up in the la
30 the opportunity OF a good comm
-. school education.
Of We earnestly recommend tt
n prompt action be taken by Congre
IS in the enactment of such legislau
n as will best secure the rehabilitatl
>, of our American merchant mariI
r. and we protest against the passa
n. by Congress of the free ship bill