Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-07-19

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
ed 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
lie domain, in pursuance of the con-
ditions inserted by the Republican
| party III tue vi IIuI
We charge the Democratic Admin
istration with failure to execute the
laws securing to settlers their titles
to homesteads, and with using ap-
preparations made for that purpose
to harass innocent settlers with spies
and prosecutions under the false
pretense of exposing frauds and vim
dlcating the law.
The government by Congress of the
Territories is based upon necessity
only, to the end that they may be-
: come States in the Union; therefore,
) whenever the conditions of popula-
ton, material resources, public intel-
Iigence and morality are such as to
insure stable local government there
in, the people of such Territories
should be permitted, as right in
herent in. them, to form for themselves
; constitutions and State governments
and be admitted into the Union.
Tending the preparation for State.
} hood, all officers thereof should be
selected from the bona 6de residents
, and citizens of the Territory wherein
. they are to serve. South Dakota
should of right be Immediately ad-
' mitted as a State in the Union, under
/ the Constitution framed and adopted
t by her people, and we heartily en-
? dorse the action of the Republican
Senate in twice passing bills for her
| admission. The refusal of the Dem
ocratic House Of Representatives, for
partisan purposes, to consider these
bills, is ID Nilul violation Ct the
sacred American principle of loca1
self government, and merits the con
demnation of all just men. The
pending bills in the Senate for acts te
enable the people of Washington
North Dakota and Montana Terri
tories to form Constitutions and es
tablisn State governments should b
passed without unnecessary delay
The Republican party pledges itsel
to do all in its power to facilitate tn
admission of the Territories Of Ne,
Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizo
} ma to the enjoyment of self-govern
ment as States; such Of them as ar
: now qualified as soon as possible, an
5 the others as soon as they may becom
so. The political power of the MOI
/, mon Church in the Territories as Ell
9 ercised in the past, is menace to FIRE
institutions and dangerous TO be Ion
S suffered; therefore we pledge tn
), Republican party to appropriate legl:
t la:ion asserting the sovereign {
e the nation in all Territories where tn
# same is questioned, and in fur,herane
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 tt
&, attendant wickedness of polygamy.
q The Republican party is in favor {
. the use of both gold and silver
= money. and condemns the policy {
!, the Democratic administration in i
o. efforts to detnonetize silver.
i, We demand = reduction Of lett
y" postage to one cent.
w In republic like ours, where tt
b citizens is the severe en- and the oil
n cial the servant, where no power
&c exercised except by the will Of II
20 people, it is important that the sove
>. eighty, the people, should possess il
=, teiligrnce. The free school is Il
- promoter of that intelligen &c which
- to preserve us free nation; ther
-, fore, the State or nation, or both con
- bined, should support free instit'
A. tons of learning, sufficient to affol
20 to every child growing up in the Ian
al the opportunity of good comme
- school education.
At We earnestly recommend tn
ID prompt action be taken by Congre
s in the enactment of such legislatlo
y as will best secure the rehabilitatio
N of our American merchant marin
r. and we protest against the passae
!, by Congress of the free ship bill I
id calculated to work inj lstice to lab
vs. by lessening the wages Of those Ell
tie gagged in preparing materials as we