The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-06-30


of the Republican Senate in twice
passing bills for her admission The
refusal of the Democratic House of
Representatives, for partisan purposes,
to consider these bills, is willful
violation of the sacred American prin-
cipe 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 Wash-
ington, North Dakota and Montana
Territories to form Constitutions and
establish State governments should
be passed y itlIout uanecessaf- ,.eay.
The Republican party pledges it, elf
TO do. all in its power to facilitate tie
admission of the Territories of New
Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari-
zona TO the enjoyment of self-govern-
ment as States, such of them as are
now qualified as soon as possible, aud
the others as soon as they may become
SO. The political power of the Nor
mon Church in the Territories as ex-
ercised in the past, is menace 10 free
institutions aud dangerous to be long
suffered therefore we pledge the Re-
publican party to appropriate legis-
lation asserting the sovereignty of
the Nation in all Territories where
the same is questioned, and in further
ance 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 attendant wickedness
of polygamy.
GOLD AND SILVER.
The Republican party is in favor of
the use of both gold and silver as
money, and condemns the policy of the
Democratic administration in its ef-
forts to demonetize silver.
LETTER POSTAGE.
We demand the reduction of letter
postage TO one cent.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
In republic like ours. where the
citizen is the sovereign and the official
the servant, where NO power is exer-
cised except by the will of the people,
il is important that the sovereignty,
the people, should possess intelligence.
! The free school is the promoter of that
intelligence which is to prserve us a
free nation; therefore the State or ma
tion, or both combined, should sup.
port free Institution of learning. suffi-
cient to afford to every child growing
up in the land, the opportunity of a
good common school education.
MERCHANT MARINE.
We earnestly recommend that
prompt action be taken by Congress
in the enactment of such legislation
as will best secure the rehabilitation
of our American merchant marine,
and We protest against the passage by
Congress of the free ship bill, as cal
cuated to work injustice to labor by
lessening the wages of those engaged
in preparing materials as well as those
directly employed in our ship yards.
APPROPRIATIONS DEMANDED.
We demand appropriations fer the
early rebuilding of our navy, for the
construction of coast Notifications and
modern ordnance and other approved
modern means of defense for the pro-
tectlon of our defenseless harbors and
cities; for. the payment of just pen
sions to our soldiers; for necessary
work of national defense and i'm
portance, and improvement of the
harbors and channels of internal coast
wise and foreign commerce; for the
encouragement of the shipping inter-
ests of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
States, as we'll as for the payment of
the maturing public debt. This pol
icy will give employment to our la
bor, activity 10 our various industries,
increase the security of our country,
promote trade, open new and direct
markets for our produce and cheaper
the cost of transportation We affirm
this to be far better for our country
than the Democratic policy of loaning
government money without interest
to "pet banks
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The conduct of foreign affairs by
the present administration has betray-
ed US by its inefficiency and coward
ice; having withdrawn from the Sem
ate all pending treaties by the Repub-
lican administration for the removal
of foreign bundens and restrictions
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