Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-06-30

WILLIAM NJ 'KINLEY. -
ism and oppression, which is the funda-
mental idea of the Republican party; we
send fraternal congratulations to our fellow
Americans Of Brazil upon their great act OF
emancipation, which completed the abolition of
slavery throughout the two American CONT
nents: we earnestly nope e, that that we may soon
upon the peaceful recovery OF home rule for
Ireland.
We reatfirm our answering devotion to the
National constitution and to the indssoluble
union of the States; to the autonomy reserved
TO the States under the cons tltutlon; to the per-
sonal rights and liberties Of citizens in all the
States and Territories in the Union, and es-
pecially to the supreme and sovereign right
OF every lawful citizen, rich poor, native or
foreign born, white or black, to cast one free
ballot in public elections and to have that bal
lot duly counted. We hold the free and honest
popular ballot and the just and equal represent
alton of all the people to be the foundation of
republican government and demand effective
legislation to secure the integrity and purity
OF elections, which are the fountains OF all pub
lie authority. We charge that the present. Ad.
ministration and the Democratic majority in
Congress owc their existence to the suppress
sion OF the ballot by q criminal notification
of the constitution and laws of the United
States
We are uncompromsingly in favor of the
American system of protection; protest
against its destruction proposed by the Pres
ident and his party. They serve the in
terests of America. We accept the issue
and confidently appeal to the people for
system
must be maintained. Its abandonment has
always been followed by general disaster to
all the interests except those of the usurer and
the sheriff We denounce the Mills bill as de-
steuctive to the general business. the labor
and the farming interests of the country, and
we heartily indorse the consistent and patriotic
action of the Republican representatives in
Congress in opposition to its passage.
We condemn the proposition of the Demo-
CRITIC party to place wool on the free list and
we insist that the duties thereon shall be ad-
justed and maintained so as to furnish full and
adequate protection to that industry
The Republican party would effect all needed
reduction of the National revenue by repeating
the taxes upon tobacco, WHICH are an annoy
ance and burden to agriculture, and the tax
upon spirits used in the arts, and for mechani-
cal purposes, and by such revision of the tariff
laws as will tend to check imports Of such arti-
eles as are produced by our people, the
production of which gives employment to
our labor and release from import duties those
articles of foreign production Except luxuries),
the like of which can not DO produced
at home. II there shall still remain larger
revenue than is requisite for the wants of the
Government we favor the entire repeal of the
internal taxes rather than the surrender of any
part of our protective system at the joint be-
hest of the whisky ring and the agents of for
eign manufacturers
We declare our hostility to the introduction
into this country Of foreign contract labor and
of Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and
our constitution; and We demand the rigid en-
forcement OF the existing laws against it, and
favor such immediate legislation as will ex-
clude such labor from our shores.
nations OF capital organized in trusts or
otherwise to control arbitrarily the
we recommend to Congress, and the
State Legislatures in their respective
jurisdictions, such legislation as will pre-
vent the execution of all schemes to Cypress
the people by undue charges on their supplies
or by unjust rates for the transportation of
their products to market. We approve the
legislation by Congress to prevent alike unjust
burdens and unfair determinations between
the States.
We reattirm the policy of appropriating the
public lands of the United States to be home
steads for American citizens and settlers, not
aliens, which the Republican party established
in 1862, against the persistent opposition of
the Democrats in Congress, and which has
brought our great Western domain into such
magnificent development. The restoration of
unearned railroad land grants to the public
domain for the use OF actual settlers, which was
begun under the administration of President
Arshnr hoa be deny that
acre to the people, but declare that by the
Joint action Of Republicans and Democrats
about 2s,ooo,oco of acres Of unearned
construction of railroads have been re-
stored red to the public domain, in pursuance
party in the original grants. We charge the
Democratic Administration with failure to ex-
ecute the law securing to settlers title to their
homesteads, and with using appropriations
made for that purpose to harrass innocent set
tiers with spies and prosecutions under the
false pretense OF exposing frauds and vindicat-
The government by Congress.of the Territories
is based upon necessity only, to the end that
they may become states in the Union; there
fore, whenever the conditions of population,
material resources, public intelligence and mo-
Fality are such as to insure stable local gov
eminent therein the people of such Territor-
les should be permitted as right inhe-
rent in them to form for themselves constitu-
lions and State Governments and be admitted
into the Union. Pending the preparation for
Statehood, all officers thereof should be select
ed from the bona tide residents and citizens
w thnu
serve. South Dakota should of right be
Immediately admitted State in the
Union, under the constitution framed and
adopted by her people, and we heartily indorse
the action Of the Republican Senate in twice
passing bills for her admission The refusal of
the Democratic House of Representatives, for
partisan purposes, to favorably consider these
bills is a willful violation of the sacred Amer
lean 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 Mon
tana Territories to form constitutions and eS-
tablish State Governments should be passed
without unnecessary delay. The Republican
party pledges itself to do all in its power to
facilitate the admission of the Territories of
New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona to
the enjoyment of self-government 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 Mormon church
in the Territories, as exercised in the past. is
menace to free institutions too dangerous to be
long suffered. Therefore we pledge the Repub-
loan party to appropriate legislation asserting
the sovereignty OF the Nation in all Terri
tories where the same is questioned, and in
furtherance Of that end to place upon the stat
ute books legislation stringent enough to di-
vorce the political from the ecclesiastical pow
er, and thus stamp out the attendant wicked
ness of polygamy.
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 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
people. 1t is important that the sovereign
the people--should possess intelligence.
The free school is the promoter Of that
intelligence which Is to preserve free Ma
tioh; therefore the State Nation, or both
combined, should support free institutions of
learning sufficient to afford TO every child