New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-22


Senate in twice passing bills for her admission.
The refusal of the Democratic House Of Repre-
scntatvcs, for partisan purposes, to favoraby con-
slider these bills is q wiful violation Of the sacred
American principle Of local self government, and
merits the condemnation Of all just men. The
pending bills in the Senate for acts TO enable the
people Of Washington, North Dakota and Montana
Territories to form constitutions and establish
State governments should be passed without un-
necessary delay. The Republican party pledges
itself to do all in its power to facilitate the adj
mission Of the Territories of New-Mexico Wyo-
ming Idaho and Arizona to the enjoyment OF
self-government as States, such Of them as are
now qualified, as soon possible, and the others
as soon as they may become
MoRMoNIsM.
The political power of the Mormon Church in
the Territories as exercised in the past is menace
to free institutions, q danger no longer to be
suffered. Therefore we pledge the Republican
party to appropriate legislation asserting the
sovereignty of the nation in all Territories 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 at
tendant wickedness of polygamy.
BI.METALLIsM.
both gold and silver as money and condemns
the policy Of the Democratic administration in its
efforts to demonetize silver
We demand the reduction of letter postage to
one cent per ounce.
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 peo-
pie, it is important that the sovereign-the people
should possess intelligence. The free school is
the promoter Of that intelligence which is to pre-
serve free Nation therefore the State or Ma
tion, both combined, should support free insti-
tutions Of learning sufficient to afford to every
child growing up in the land the opportunity Of
good common school education.
ARMY, NAVY AND NOTIFICATIONS.
We earnestly recommend that prompt action
be taken by Congress in the enactment of such
legislation will best secure the rehabilitation
Of our American merchant marine, and pro-
test against the passage by Congress of free
ship bill, as calculated 10 work injustice to
labor by lessening the wages Of those engaged
in preparing materials as we'll as those directly
employed in our shipyards. We demand appro-
priations for the early rebuilding of our navy;
for the construction of coast Notifications
and modern ordnance and other approved
modern means of defence for the protection of
defenceless harbors and cities for the payment
of just pensions to soldiers: for the necessary
works of National Importance in the improvement
of harbors and the channels Of internal coastwise
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,
promote trade, open new and direct markets for
our produce and cheaper the cost of transporta-
tion We affirm this to be far better for our
country than the Democratic policy of loaning the
Governments money without interest to - pet
banks
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
The conduct of foreign affairs by the present
Administration has been distinguished by it's in
efficiency and its cowardice. Having withdrawn
from the Senate all pending treaties effected by
Republican Administrations for the removal Of
foreign burdens and restrictions upon our CON-
merce and for its extension into better markets, it
has neither effected nor proposed any others in
their stead Processing adherence to the Monroe
doctrine, it has seen with idle complacency the ex-
tension of foreign influence in Central America
and of foreign trade everywhere among our neigh
bors 1t has refused to charter. sanction, or en-
courage any American organization for construct
portancc to the maintenance Of the Monroe doc
trine and Of our national influence in Central and
South America and necessary for the development
Of trade with Pacific territory, with South
America and with the islands and further coasts Of
the Pacific Ocean.
THE PROTECTION OF OUR FISHERIES.
We arraign the present Democratic Admins
tration for its weak and unpatrotic treatment of
tha nd ITS Ian inn
render of the essential privileges to which fish
ing vessels entitled in Canadian ports under
the treaty of s1s, the reciprocal maritime legsla
tion of $50 and the comfy Of nations. and which
Canadian fishing vessels receive in the ports Of the
United States We condemn the policy of the
present Administration and the Democratic ma
jority in Congress toward our fisheries un-
friendly and conspcuously unpatriotic, and as
tending to destroy valuable National industry
and an indispensable resource of defence against
foreign enemy.
The name Of American applies alike TO all citi-
zens of the Republic and imposes upon all alike the
same obligation Of obedience to the laws At the
same time that citizenship is and must be the
panoply and safeguard Of him who wears it, and
protect him, whether high or low, rich poor in
all his civil rights. 1t should and must afford
him protection at home, and follow and protect
him abroad in whatever land he may be on law
full errand
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The men who abandoned the Republican party
in 1884 and continue TO adhere to the Democratic
party have deserted not only the cause of honest
government Of sound finance, of freedom. Of purity
of the ballot but especially have deserted the
cause Of reform in the Civil Service. We will
not fail to keep our pledges because they have
roken theirs or because their candidate has broken
his. We therefore repeat declaration Of
i SS4, to wit: The reform Of the Civil Service
aus picousy begun under the Republican Ad-
ministration should be completed by the further
extension of the reform system already established
by law to all the grades of the service to which
it is applicable. The spirit and purpose Of the