Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-07-27

Congress to prevent alike unjus
burdens and unfair discrimination
between the States.
We reslfirm the policy of appro
priating the public lands of the Uni,
ed States for homesteads for Amer
can citizens and settlers, not aliens
which the Republican party establish
ed in 1862 against the persistent OF
position of Democrats in Congress
and which has brought our grea
Western domain into such magnifi
cent development.
The restoration of unearned rail
road land grants to the public do
main for the use of actual settlers
which was begun under the admins
tration Of President Arthur, should
be continued. We deny that the
Democratic party has ever restored
one acre to the people, but declare
that by the joint action of Republi
cans and Democrats about fifty mil
lions Of unearned lands, originally
granted for the construction of rail.
roads, have been restored to the pub.
lie domain, in pursuance of the con-
ditions inserted by the Republican
party in the original grants.
We charge the Democratic Admin
istration with failure to execute the
laws securing to settlers their titles
to homesteads, and with using ap.
preparations made for that purpose
to harass innocent settlers with spies
and prosecutions under the false
pretense of exposing frauds and vim
dlcating the law.
The government by Congress of the
Territories is based upon necessity
only, to the end that they may be-
come States in the Union; therefore,
whenever the conditions of popula-
ton, material resources, public intel
ligence and morality are such as to
insure stable local government there
in, the people of such Territories
should be permitted, as a right in
herent in them, to form for themselves
constitutions and State governments
and be admitted into the Union.
Pending the preparation for State.
hood, all officers thereof should be
selected from the bona fide residents
and citizens of the Territory wherein
they are to serve. South Dakota
should of right be Immediately ad.
mitted as State in the Union, under
the Constitution framed and adopted
by her people, and we heartily en-
dorse the action Of the Republican
Senate in twice passing bills for her
admission. The refusal of the Dem
ocratic House Of Representatives,, for
partisan purposes, to consider these
bills, is a wiiltul violation Of the
sacred American principle of local
self.governmen', and merits the con
demna1ion of all just men. The
pending bills in the Senate for acts to
enable the people of Washington,
North Dakota and Montana Terri.
tories to form Constitutions and es
tablisn State governments should be
passed without unnecessary delav.
The Republican party pledges itself
to do all in its power to facilitate the
admission of the Territories Of New
Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizo-
ma to the enjoyment of self.govern-
ment as States; such Of them as are
now qualified as soon as possible, and
the others as soon as they may become
SO. The political power of the Nor
mon Church in the Territories as ex
in the past, is a menace to free
institutions and dangerous to be long
suffered; therefore we pledge the
Republican party to appropriate leg,s-
alton asserting the sovereignty of
the nation in all Territories where the
same is questioned, and in furtherance
'f that end, to place upon the statute
books, Legislation stringent enough to
l'vcrce the political from the eccles.
astical power, and thus stamp out the
attendant wickedness of polygamy.
The Republican party is in favor of
he use of both gold and silver as
money, and condemns the policy of
he Democratic administration in its
forts to demonetize SILVER.
We demand reduction of letter
postage to one cent.
In republic like ours, where the
ltizens is the sovereign and the Oil
lal the servant, where no power is
Sercised except by the will of the
'eople, 1t Is important that the sover-
ignty, the people, should possess in
diligence. The free school is the
romoter Of that intelligence which is
, preserve US a free nation; there
ore, the state or nation, or both com
med, should support free insti,u-
ons OF learning, sufficient to afford
} every child growing up in the land
lie opportunity of a good common
,hool education.
We earnestly recommend that
rompt action be taken by Congress
the enactment of such legislation