The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-06-27

!. Gus longer to be suffered Therefore, "
pledge the Republican party 80 apProprial
legislation asserting the sovereignty OF th,
Nation in all Territories where The same !
questioned, and in fUrtherance Of Il n en,
to place upon the statute books legislation
stringent enough to divorce the pOli;ica
! from the ecclesiastical power, and thus STAMP
out The attendant wiclseiness Of polysamy
The Republican party is in favor OF the
T use of both gold and silver as money, and
condemns the policy of the Democratic Ad.
minis;ratioa in its efforts to demonetze
silver.
We demand the reduction OF letter postage
to cent per ounce.
In Republic like ours, where the citizen
IS the sovereign and the official tie servant,
where no power is exercised except by the
will of the people. it Is important ,ha, the
sovereign-the people--should possess intel
; ligenee. The free school is the promoter OF
that intelligence which is TO preserve us o
free Nation therefore. the State or Nation.
or both combined, should support free insti-
; tutions of learning sufficient 10 afford 10
every child growing up in the land the op-
portunity of a good common school educa-
tion.
ADEQUATE NATIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
We earnestly recommend that prompt ac-
ton be taken by Congress in the enactment
of such legislation as viii best secure the re-
habilitaion Of our American merchant ma
rine, ard we protest against the passage by
Congress of a free-ship billa calculated 10
work injustice to labor by lesseniug the wa
ges of those engaged in preparing materials,
as well as those directly employed in our
ship-yards.
We demand appropriations for the early re
building of our navy for the construction
Of coast fortifcatious aud modern ordnance.
and other improved means of modern de
fense for the protection of our defegseleSs
harbors and ciJies for the payment Of just
/ pensions 20 our soldiers. for necessary works
of National importance in the improvement
of harbors and the channels of internal.
eoast-wise and foreign commerce for the
encouragement Of the shipping interests Of
the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific States as well
as for the payment OF the maturing public
debt. This policy will give employment to
our labor, activity to Our various industries,
increase the security OF our country, pro-
mote trade, open new and direct markets for
our produce and cheaper the transportation.
We affirm this to be far better for our coun-
try than the Democratic policy of loauing
the Governments money without interest
to pet banks.
The conduct Of foreign affairs by the pres
ent Administration has been distinguished
by its ineiiiciency and its coWariicc. Hay
ing withdrawn from the Senate all pending
treaties effected by Republican Administri-
ton for the removal OF foreign burdens and
restrictions upon our commerce and for its
extension into better markets, it has neither
effected nor proposed any others in their
stead. Protesting adherence TO the Monroe
doctrine, it has seen with idle complaisaucy
the extension Of foreign influence in Central
America and of foreign trade everywhere /
among our ueighbors It has refused to
charter, sanction or encourage any Amcri- /
can organization for constructing the Mica I
ragua canal. work of vital Importance 10 I
the maintenance of the Monroe doctrine and /
of our National influence in Central and I
South America, and necessary for the deye.- .
opment of trade with our Pacific territory.
with South America aud with the islands .
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We arraign the present Democratic Ad- /
ministratiou for its weak and unpa;rioiic .
treatment Of the fisheries question, and its
pusillanim0us surrender of the essential /
privileges to which our fshinr-yessels 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 vessels receive I'm I
the ports of the United States. We condemn /.
the policy of the present Administration +
and the Democratic majority in Congress to- /
wards onr fisheries as unfriendly and con- /
spicuously unpatriotic, and as tending TO de /.
stroy a valuable National industry and an /
Indispensable resource Of defense against a 1
foreign enemy
The name of American applies alike to all /
citizens of the Republie, and imposes upon
all alike the same obligation Of Obedience to /
the laws. At the same time. that citizenship
is and must be, the panopy and Safeguard /
of him who wears it, ami protects him, /
whether high or low, rich or poor, in all his .
civil rights. Ii should and must afford him .
protection at home, and follow and protect /
him abroad, in whatever land he may be on .
a lawful erraud.
The men who abandoned the Republican .
party in lSSi, and continue TO adhere 20 the .
Democratic party, have deserted not only .
the cause Of honest government. Of sound I.
finance, of freedom and purity Of the ballot, 4
but especially have deserted the cause of re-
form in the civil service We viii not fail to .
keep our pledges because they have broken /
theirs, or because their candidate has broken .
his. We. therefore, repeat our declaration .
of 1854. TO wit The reform of the civil i
service auspiciously begun under tie Bepub- (
lican administration, should be completed .
by the future extension of the reform system, .
already established by law. 10 all the grades I
of the service TO which it is applicable The .
spirit and purpose Of the reform should Doe .
observed in all Executive appointments. and /
all laws at variance with the object Of exist
ing reform legislation should be repealed 10 .
the end that the dangers to free institutions .
which lurk in the power Of official patron
age may be wisely and effectively avoided"
The gratitude Of the Nation TO the defend.
ers OF the Uuion cannot be measured by +
laws. The legislation of Congress should .
conform to the pledges made by Il loyal pco-
pie. and be so enlarged and extended rs to
provide against the possibility that any man
who honoubly wore the Federal uniform
shall become the inmate Of an alnislousc. OF
dependent upon private charity. In The
presence Of an overtlowiny treasury it would
be public scandal to do less for those whose
valorous service preserved the Government.
We denounce the hostile spirit shown by
President Cleveland and his numerous We
toes of measures for pension relief, and the
action Of the Democratic House OF Repre-
sentatiyes in refusing a consideration OF gem
eral pension legislation.
In support OF the principles herewith
We invite the cooperation Of pa
triotic men Of all parties, and especially Of
all working men whose prosperity is seri-
ously threatened by the free-trade policy Of
the presen Administration