Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-08-18

the passage BY congress Of free ship
bill as calculated TO work injustice TO la
Dor by lessening the wages OF those engag-
Ell in preparing materials, as well AZ those
directly employed IN our ship yards.
We demand an appropriation for the
cary rebuilding OF our naNy. for the con-
strution OF fort Notifications and modern
ordnance and other approved moderu
means OF defense, for the protection of
our defenscless harhors and cities, for the,
payment OF jus; pensions 10 our soldiers.
Tor necessary works OF national impor-
tance, an Improvement of the harbora
and channels OF our Internal, coastwse
and foreign commerce., for, the encouf-
agement Of the shipping interests ci the.
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific states, as well
rs for the payment Of maturing public
debts. THIS policy wiz gi.e employment
to our labor, activity to our variols in
dustries, increase the security Of our
country, promote trade, open new and
direct markets for OFF, produce and chea-
pen the cost OF transportation. We affirm
this to be far better for our county, than
the demecr:tic policy OF loaning the gov
ernment's money without interest to
"pet" banks.
The cndouct of foreign affairs by the
present administration has been injuring
US by its ineillqiency and cowardice.
Having withdrawn from the senate all
pending treaties effected by a republican
administrator Tor the removal Of ioreign
burdens and restrictions upon our com
nlerce, and for its extension into better
markets, i has neither effected or propo-
ss'd an. oihcr IN Iler siead. troiesslhg
adherence tothe Monroe d@at1ne, u has
seen with ldje eonpsaeeney The extension
Of foreign influence III Central America
and o. tofci N trade everywhere among
our neishbors. 1t has refused 10 cb arter
sanction or encourage any American or
ganization Tor constructing the Nlcara-
guam canal, work OF vital Importance to
the maintenance OF the Monroe doctrine
and oi our national influence in South
America and with the islands, and tur-
ther, OF the Pacific Ocean.
We alraign the present democratic
administration for its weak and unpatri-
otic treatment OF the fisheries question,
and its puslllnimous surrender OF the
| essential privileges to which our fishing
vessels are entitled IN Canadian ports
under the lre&y Of lSiS, the reciprocal
maritime legislation OF 1880, and the CO.
nifty OF nations, and which Canadian fish
ing vessels receive IN the ports OF the
United States. We eondelnn the policy
OF the present administration and the
democratic majority in congress towards
our fisheries, as unfriendly and conspieni
ously unpatriotic, and as tending 10 de-
stroy u valuable national industry and
Indispensable resource q dcfsnse against
ihe foreign enemy.
hsat nf AnlATlnan
all citizens OF the republic, and imposes
upon AL alike the same obligation OF obe-
dience to laws, al the same time that cit
izeuahin Is and mutt be the panoply and
Safeguard of him who wears II, and pro-
tect him, whether high or low, rieh or
poot, in all his civil rights; II should ana
must afford him protection at home and
ollow and protect him abroad IN whatev-
er land he may be on a lawinl errana.
The men Who abangohed me repuoh.
can party IN ~ ana continue 10 '.ulieia
to the democratic party have deserted
not only tue cause ot honest government,
Of sound finance, q freedom and the pu-
rity Of the ballot, but especially have de-
serted the cause ot reform IN the rlVli
service. We viii not wait 20 keep our
pledses because they nave oioAei 'iSis'
of because their candidate has broken
his, We therefore repeat our declaration OF
1880, TO wit The reform Of the clVll ser.
vice auspiciously begun under republI,,
can administration, should be completed
by a fi,rlhef extonslon OF the reform sysS,
TEN already established by law 70 al
grades OF service to which II ~ applicable:
The spirit andpurpose OF reform should
DE observed in all executive appoint
ments and al laws at variance witn the
object Gf existing reform legislation
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