Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-01-06

commonwealth in the American union.
70 exclude them is to deny the just rights
of their people and may well excite their
indignant protest. No question OF the
political preference of the people OF ter
ritory should close against them the hospl-
table door which has opened to two thirds
of the existing States. But admission
should be resolutely refused to any Terri
tory majority of whose people cherish
institutions that are repugnant to our CIV
ilization or inconsistent with republican
form of government. \
The declaration of the convention against
''all combinations of capNal, organized IN
trusts or otherwise, to control arbitraly the
condition of trade among our citizens, is
in harmony with the views entertained
and publicly expressed by me long before
the assembling of the convention: Ordl-
nariIy capital shares the losses OF ldleness
with labor, but under the operation OF the
trust, in some of it's forms. the Wage->
worker alone suffers loss, while idle CAPT
tai receives it's dividends from trust
fund. Producers who refuse to join the
combination are destroyed, and competl-
tion as an element of prices is eliminated.
1t cannot be doubted that the legislative
authority should and will find method OF
dealing fairly and effectively with these
and other abuses connected with this sub
ject.
can hardly be for I'm me to say tha5
of the convention upon the subject OF pensions
to our soldiers and sailors. What they gave
and what they suffered had some opportunity
to observe, and. in a small measure. to exper-
fence. They gave ungrudgingly: 1t was not
up. running over. What they achieved only dis
tant generation can adequately tell W1tnout
attempting to discuss particular pr3p1s1tl s,r
viying veterans of the war and OF the famlnes
of their dead comrades should be conceived
most grateful liberality, and that in the COM
petition for civil appointments honorable mil
itary service should have appropriate fecognl-
ton.
The law regulating the appointments to the
classed clvll service my tba
to a much needed reform. still think SO. ana
therefore cordially approve the clear and forcl-
BILE expression of the convention upon this SUD-
ject The law should have the aid OF friendly
Interpretation and be faithfully and vigorously
absolutely free from partisan consideration
and influence. Some extensions OF the class
ed list nna tbe reorm to
other branches of the service to which 1t Is ap-
plicable would receive my approval. IN ap-
fitness, and not party service, should be the es-
sential and discriminating test, and fidelity
and efficiency the only sure tenure OF once:
Only the interest of the public service should
suggest removals from office: know the prac-
ticaI difficulties attending the attempt to apply
the snirit of the civil service rules to all APP
pointments and removals. 1t Will, however, be
my sincere purpose, if elected, to advance the
reform.
notice with pleasure that the convention
did not omit to express its solicitude for the
promotion ofvirtue and temperance among our
people. The republican party has always been
friendly to every thing that tended to make the
home life of our people free, pure and prosper
ous and will in the future be true to its history
in this repect.
Our relations with foreign powers should be
characterized by friendliness and respect. The
right of our people and of our ships to hospi-
table treatment should be insisted upon with
dignity and firmness. Our nation is too great,
both In material strength and in moral power,
to indulge in buster or to be suspected OF tim
orousness. VacillatiOn and inconsistency are
as incompatible with successful diplomacy as
they are with the national dignity. We should
especially cultivate and extend our diplomatic
and commercial relations with the Central aud
South American states. Our fisheries should
be fostered and protected. The hardsh1ps and
risks that are the necessary incidents OF the
business should not lie increased by an 1nhos-
pitable exclusion from the near-lying ports
The resout ces of a firm, dignified and consis-
tent diplomacy are undoubtedly equal to the
prompt and peaceful solution of the difficulties
that now exist Our neighbors will surely not
expect in ports a commercial hospitality
they deny to us in theirs.
cannot extend this letter by a special ref
erence to other subjects upon which the con-
vention gave an expression. In respect to them
as well as to those have noticed, am In en-