The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-22


leges in the new states. There is be-
iieve Mt present an exigency that calls for
stsli more liberal and direct appropria-
tions in aid of common school education
in the states.
THE.rERRIToRIAL roRA OF GOVERNMENT
is temporary expsdient, not a perman-
ent civil condition. IL is adapted To the
sxigency that suggested II, but becomes
,nsd.qu.te and even oppressive, when
applied to fixed and popuous commun-
iti,s. Several territories are we'll able to
bear the burdens and discharge the duties
of free CON monwealths in the American
union. To 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 a territory should close
against them the hospitab'e door which
has opened to twothirds of the existing
states. But admission should be reso.
lntely refused to any territory q ma
jority OF whose people cherish institu.
tions tina. are repugnant to our civiliza-
tion or inconsistent with a republican
form Of government.
rHH TRUSTS.
The declarations of the convention
against "all combinations of capital sr-
ganized in trusts or otherwise to control
arbitrarily the condition of trade among
our citizens" is in harmony with the
views entertained and publicly expressed
by me loEg before the assembling OF the
convention. Ordinarily capital shares
the losses of idleness with labor;
but under the operation of the
trust, in some of its forms, the
wage worker alone suffers loss, while idle
capital receives Its dividends from trust
fund. Producers wno refuse to join the
combination are detroyed, and competi-
ton as an element of prices is eliminst-
ed. 1t cannot be doubted that the legis-
iative authority should and will aud q
method of dealing fairly and effectively
with these and other abuses connected
with this subject.
TIN supJKor OF PENSIONS.
1t can hardly be necessary for me to
say that am heartily in sympathy with
the declaration OF the convention upon
the subject OF pensions to our soldiers
and sailors. What they gave and what
they suffered, have had some opportun-
ity to observe, ana, in small measure, to
experience. They gave ungrudgingly; it
was not trade but an Offering. The
measure was heaped up-running
over. What they achieved, only
distant generation can adsq uatsly tell.
Without attempting to discuss any par.
ticulsr proposition. / may add that meas
ures in behalf of the surviving veterans
of the var and of the families of their
dead comrades should be conceived and
executed in spirit of justice OF the
most grateful libernlity, and that in the
competition for civil appointment, Ion
orable military service st ould have appro-
pirate recognition.
THE LAW REGULATING APPOINTMENTS
to the classified civil service received my
support in the senate on the belief that
1t opened the way to a much needed re-
:orm. | still think SO, and therefore,
cordially approve the ,lear and forcible
expression of the convention upon this
subject. The Law should have
the eid of a friendly interpre-
ta.ion and be faithfully and
vigorously enforced. All appointments
under it should be absolutely free from
partisan considerations and influence.
Some extensions of the classified list are
practicable and desirable and further
iegielation extending the reform to 9TH
or branches OF the service which il ia ap.
pIicable would receive my approval.
In the appointments TO every
grade and department, fitness
and not party service should be the
essential aud discriminating test, aud
fidelity and efficiency the only sure ten.
ure of office. Oaiy the interests of the
public service should suggest removals
from Office. know the practical din.
MT 4hn
apply the spirit OF the civil
service rules TO all appointments
or removals. 1t will, however, be my sim
cere purpose If elected to advance the
reform. l notice with pleasure that the
convention did not omit to express it's
solicitude for
among our people. The republican party
has always been friendly to everything
that tends to make the home life of our
people free, pure and prosperous, and will
In the future he true to its history in this
respect.
OUR RELATIONS WITH soREIGs POWERS
should be characterized by friendliness
and respect. The right of our people
and OF our ships to hospitable treatment
should be insisted upon with dignity and
nrmnsss. Our nation is too great, both
In material strength and in moral power
To indulge in bluster or TO be suspected of
timorousness. Vacillation and incop-
sistency are as incompatible with success
fui diplomacy Fs they are with the national
dignity. We should especially cultivate
and extend our diplomatic and COM
merciai relations with the central and
South American states. Our fisheries
should bs fostered and protected. The
hardships and risks that are tho neces-
sary incidents of the business should not
be Increased by an inhospitable exclus-
ion from the near lying ports. The
resources of firm, dignifi,d and
consistent diplomacy are undoubtedly
equal to the prompt and peaceful solu-
ton of the diffiuities that now exiAts.
Oar noighbors Will not surely ext pect in
our ports commercial hospitality they
deny to us in theirs.
oTHER sUBJKcrs TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
l cannot extend this letter by special
reference To other subjects upon which
the convention gave An expression.