Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-07-21


the passage by congress Of free ship
bill as calculated to work injustice to l;-
bor by lessening the wages OF those engag-
ei in preparing materials, as well as those
directly employed in cur ship yards.
We demand an appropriation for the
early rebuilding OF our navy, for the con-
atruetion Of fort notifications and modern
ordnance and other appro.ed modern
means Of defense, for the protection OF
our defaaseess harbors and cities, for the
payment Of just pensions to our soldiers,
for necessary works OF national impor-
tanee, an improvement OF the harbors
and channels Of our internal, coastwise
and foreign commerce, tor the eneour-
agement OF The shipping interests of the
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific states, rs wesl
as for the payment OF maturing pnhiic
debts This policy will give employment
to our labor, activity TO our various IN
ddstries, increase the security Of our
country, promote trade, open new and
direct markets for our produce and chea-
pen the cost Of transportation. We affirm
this to be far better for our country than
the democratic policy Of loaning the gov
ernmcnt's money without interest to
"pet' banks.
The cndouct Of foreign affa;rs by the
present administration has been injuring
us by its inetiiciency and cowardice
Having withdrawn from the senate all
pending treaties effected by republican
administration for the removal OF foreign
burdens and restrictions upon our COM
merce, and for its extension into better
markets, it has neither effected or propo-
sed any other in their stead, Protesting
adherence to the Monroe doctrine, if has
seen with idle complacency the extension
Of foreign influence in Central America
and OF foreign trade everywhere among
our neigh bors. 1t has refused to charter,
sanction or encourage any American or
ganization for constructing the Nicara-
guam canal, york OF vital Importance 10
the maintenance OF the Monroe doctrine
and OF our national influence in South
America and with the islands, and fur
ther, of the Pacific ocean.
We arraign the present democratic
administration for lis weak and unpatri-
otic treatment OF the fisheries question,
and it5 pusilanimous surrender OF the
essential privileges to which our fishing
vessels are entitled in Canadian ports
under the treaty OF 1918, the reciprocal
maritime legislation of 1850, and the CO.
nifty Of nations, and which Canadian fish
ing vessels receive in the ports OF the
United States. We condemn the policy
Of the present administration and the
democratic majority in congress towards
our fisheries, as unfriendly and conspicu-
olisly unpatriotic, and as tending 70 de-
stroy q valuable national industry and
indispensable resource Of defense against
the foreign enemy,
Tho name Of American applies alike to
all citizens OF the republic, and imposes
upon all alike the same obligation OF obe-
dience 10 laws, at the same time that cit
izenship is and must be the panopiy and
safeguard of him who wears II, and pro-
tect him, whether high or low, rici or
poor, in all his civil rights; i should and
must afford him protection at home and
ollow and protect him abroad in whatey-
er land he may be on a lawful errand.
The men who abandoned the republic
can party in '84 and continue to adhere
to the democratic party have deserted
not only the cause Of honest government,
Of sound finance, OF freedom and the pu-
rity OF the ballot, but especially have de-
serted the cause OF reform in the civil
service. We will not wait TO keep our
p edges because they have broken theirs,
or because their candidate has broken
his, we therefore repeat our declaration OF
1880, to wit The reform OF the civil ser
vice auspiciously begun under a repnbli-
can administration, should be completed
by a further extension Of the reform sys-
tenn already established by law to all
grades Of service TO which tits applicable,
The spirit andpurpose oil reform should
be observed in all executive appoint
ments; and all laws at variance with the
object Of existing reform legislation
should be repealed, to the end that the
dangers TO Tree institutions which lark in
the power Of oiiici4l patronage may be
wisely and effectively avoided,
The gratitude Of the nation to the de.
tenders oi the Union connot be measured
by law. The legislation OF congress
should conform to the pledges made by
the loyal people and be so enlarged aud
extended as 10 provide against the possi-
biIitv that any man who honorably wore
the federal uuiiorm should become an in
mate OF the alms-l, ,ouse or dependent up
on private charity. In tho presence Of
an oyerhowirg treasury it would he a
public scandal to Go less for those whose
valuable services preserved the govern
ment.
We denounce the hostile spirit shown
by President Cleveland in his numerous
yetoes OF measures fol pension relief, ana
the action Of the democratic house OF
representatives IN refusing even the con-
sidcration OF general pension legislation,
In the support Of the principles here
with annunciated we invite the co-opera-
ton OF patriotic men OF all parties, and
especially all working men, whose pros
pefity is seriously threatened by the free
trade policy of the present adininistra-
ton.