Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-09-14

ton for Statehood, all officers .hereo
should be selected from the bona fide
residents and citizens OF the Terri,ory
wherein they are to serve. South Dakota
/ should Of right be Immediately admitted
as a State IN the Union, under the con.
| stituuon framed and adopted by the
/ people, and we heartily indol Sc the action
/ Of the Republican Senate in twice
passing bills for her admission. The
/ refusal of the Democratic House oil
Representatives, for partisan purposes, to
| favorably consider these bills, a wilful
violation Of the sacred American principle
Of local selfgoyernment, 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 should be passed without
unnecessary delay. The republican party
pledges itself to DO all in its power to fa.
cilitate the admission of the territories Of
New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari-
zona to the enjoyment Of self.goy eInment
as states, such Of them as are now quail.
ned, as soon as possible, and the Others as
soon as they may become so.
The political power of the Mormon
church in the territories, as experienced in
the past, is a menace to free institutions
too dangerous to be long suffered. There.
fore we pledge the republican party to ap.
propuate legislation asserting the sover.
eighty Of the nation in all territories
where the same Is questioned, and in
turtherance Of that end to place upon the
statute books legislation stringent enough
to divorce the political from the ecclesias-
tIcal power, and thus stamp out the
attendant wickedness of polygamy.
The republican party is in favor of the
use Of both gold and silver as money, and
condemns the policy of the democratic
administration IN its efforts to demonetze
silver.
We demand the reduction of letter
postage to l cent per ounce.
In a republic like ours, where the
citizen Is the sovereign and the official the
servant, where no power is exercised
except by the will OF the people, it Is
important that the sOvereign-the people
should possess intelligence. The free
school is the promoter of that intelligence
which is to preserve us a free nation;
therefore, the state or nation, or both
combined, should support free institutions
Of learning, sufficient to afford to every
child growing up in the land the oppor.
tunily Of good common school edu.
cation.
We earnestly recommend that prompt
action be taken by Congress in the en-.
Rctment Of such Legislation as will bet
secure the rehabilitation Of our American
IN erchant marine, and we protest against
the passage by Congress of a free ship
bill, as calculated to work injustice to
labor by lesseDing the wages Of those
engaged in preparing materials, as well
as those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early .ebuilding Of our navy; for the
construction of coast Qualifications and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the protec-
ton of our defenseless harbors and
cities; tor the payment Of just pensions
to our soldiers; for necessary works of
National importance in the improvement
Of harboFs and the channels of internal
coastwise, and foreign commerce; for the
encouragement of the shipping interests
OF the Atlantic, Gulf aud Pacific States, as
well as for the payment OF the maturing
public debt. This policy will give EN-.
ploYment to our labor, activity to our va.
rious industries, Iucrease the security of
our country, promote trade, open new
aud direct markets for our produce, and
cheaper the cost OF TanspOTtatIon. We
affirm this to be far better for our country
than the democratic policy Of loAning the
government money without interest to
"pet banks.
The conduct Of foreign affairs by the
present administration has been distin.
guIshed by its Inetiiciency and ats coward.
ice. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
all pending treaties effected by republican
administration for the removal of foreign
burdens and restrictions upon our com.
meroo and for its extension into better
markets, il has neither effected nor pro.
posed any Others IN their stead. Profess.
ing adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it
has seen with idle complacency the exten.
sion OF foreign influence IN Central
America, and OF foreign trade everywhere
among our neighbOrs. 1t has refused to
charter, sanction or encourage any Amer.
ioan organization foT constructing the
Nicaragua canal, work OF vital import.
ance 10 the maintenance Of the Monroe
doctrine, and OF our national influence in
Central and South America, and neces.
sary for the development OF trade with
our Pacific territory, with South America
and with the islands and further coasts OF
the Pacific Ocean.
We ATraign the present democratic ad.
minisratioO for its weak and unpatriouc
treatment OF tho fisheries question, and
its puslllsnlmous surrender Of the essen.
ual privileges to which our fishing vessels
are entitled in Canadian ports under the
treaty Of 1918, the reciprocal maritime
legislation Of 1880, and the comfy Of
nations, and which Canadian fishing yes.
sells receive in the ports Of the Unued
states. We condemn the policy Of the
present administration and the democratic
majouty Ia Congress toward our fisheries
as unriendly and conspiouously unpatri.
o,ie, aud as tending to destroy a valuable
national industry, aud an indispensable
resource OF defense against foreign
enemy,
The name a America applies alike 10
all citizens Of the republic, ami imposes