Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-22

persistent opposition oil the Democrats IN
Congress, and which has brought our
great Western domain into such magnifi-
cent development.
The restoration OF unearned railroad
land grants TO the public domain for the
use OF actual settlers, which was begun
under the administration 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
Republicans and Democrats about fifty
million acres OF unearned lands origin
ally granted for the construction OF rail-
roads, have been restored to the public
domain, in pursuance Of the conditions
inserted by the Republican party in the
original grants.
We charge the Democratic administra-
ton with failure to execute the laws
securing to settlers their titles to home
steads, and with using the appropriation
made for that purpose to harass innocent
settlers with spies and prosecutions,
under the false pretense of exposing
frauds and vindicating the law.
THE TERRITORIES.
The government OF the Territories by
Congress is based upon necessity only, to
the end that they may become States in
the Union; therefore, whenever the con-
ditions OF population, material resources,
public intelligence and morality
are such as to insure a sta
BILE local government therein, the
people of such Territories should be per-
mitted, as right inherent in them, to
form for themselves constitutions and
State governments and be admitted into
the Union. Pending their preparation
for Statehood, all officers thereof should
be selected from the bona tide residents
and citizens of the Territory wherein
they are to serve.
South Dakota should OF right be i'm
mediately admitted as State in the
Union, under the constitution framed
and adopted by her people, and we
heartily endorse the action OF the Repub-
lican Senate in twice passing bills for her
admission. The refusal OF the Demo-
cratic House of Representatives for
partisan purposes, to consider these bills
is willful violation OF the sacred Amer
lean principles of local self-government,
and merits the condemnation of all Just
men.
The pending bills in the Senate for acts
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North Dakota, and Montana Territories to
form constitutions and establish State
governments, should be passed without
unnecessary delay. The Republican
party pledges itself to do all in its power
to facilitate the admission Of the Terri
tories Of New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho
and Arizona, to the enjoyment of self
government as States-such OF them as
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and the others as soon as they may be-
come so.
MoRMoNIsM.
The political power of the Mormon
Church in the Territories, as exercised in
the past, is menace to free institutions,
and dangerous to be long suffered; there
fore we pledge the Republican party to
appropriate legislation, asserting the
sovereignty OF the Nation in all Terri
tories where the same is questioned, and
in furtherance OF that end to place upon
the statute books legislation stringent
enough to divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical power, and thus stamp out
the attendant wickedness of polygamy.
MONEY, POSTAGE AND EDUCATION.
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 effort to demonetize
silver.
We demand the reduction of letter
postage to one cent. In 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 SOW
ereign people should possess intelligence.
The free school is a promoter OF that in
telligence which is to preserve us free
nation; therefore. State or National Gov
ernment, or both combined, should sup
port free institutions OF learning, suffi-
cient to afford to every child growing up
in the land the opportunity OF good
common-school education.
MERCHANT MARINE AND APPROPRIATIONS
We earnestly recommend that prompt
action be taken by Congress in the en-
actment OF such legislation as will best
secure the rehabilitation of our American
merchant marine; and we protest 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 preparing materials as well as
those directly employed in our ship
yards.
We demand appropriations for the
early rebuilding OF our Navy; for the
construction OF coast Notifications and
modern ordnance, and other improved
modern means of defense, for the protec-
ton OF our defenseless harbors and cities ;
for the payment Of just pensions to our
soldiers; for necessary work of National
importance, and improvements of harbors
and channels, and OF internal, coastwise
and foreign commerce; for the improve
ment of the shipping interests OF the At
lantic, Gulf and Pacific States, as well as
for the payment OF the public debt OF
maturity. This policy will give employ
ment to our labor and activity to our vari-
GUS industries, increase the security OF our
country, promote trade, open new and
direct markets for our produce and
cheaper the cost of transportation. We
affirm this to be far better for our coun-
try than the Democratic policy of loan
ing the Governments money without in
tercst to the 'pet banks"
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The conduct OF foreign affairs by the
present administration has been threat
ening us by its inefficiency and coward
ice, by having withdrawn from the SEN
ate all pending treaties effected by the
Republican Administration for the re-
moval OF foreign burdens and restrictions
upon our commerce and for its
extension into better markets. 1t
has neither effected nor proposed others
in their stead. Processing adherence to
the Monroe doctrine, it has seen with idle
complacency the extension of foreign in
fiuence in Central America and OF foreign