The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-06-30

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ment 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 con-
situations and establish state gov
ernments 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, Idaho
and Arizona to the enjoyment of self.
government as states, such Of them
as are now qualified AS soon as pos
sible, and the others as soon as they
may become so.
| THE MORMON CHURCH.
The political power of the Mormon
Church in the Territories. as exercis-
ed in the past, is menace to free in
situations, too dangerous longer to be
suffered therefore we pledge the
Republican party to appropriate leg
islation, asserting the sovereignty of
the Nation in all Territories where
the same is questioned. and in furth-
ersnce of that end to place upon the
| statute books legislation strong
'Srpugh to drive the political from
the ecclesiastical power, and thus
stamp out the attendant wickedness
of polygamy.
A SOUND FINANCIAL POLICY.
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.
AID TO FREE SCHOOLS.
In Republic like ours, where the
citizen is the sovereign and the Of
fetal the servant, where.no power is
exercised except by the will of the
people, it is important that the soy
ereign, the people, should possess in
telligence. The free school is the
promoter of that intelligence which
is to preserve us a free Nation. There
fore the State or Nation, or both COM
bined, should support free institu-
tutions of learning, sufficient to afford
to every child growing up in the
land the opportunity of good COM
mon school education.
OUR AMERICAN 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 free ship bill as cal
culated to work injustice to labor by
iessening the wages of those engaged
f-.rpreparing materials as well as
those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations
for the early building of our navy.
for the construction Of coast fOrtifi-
cations and modern ordnance and
other improved modern means of de-
Tense, for the protection of our de-
fenseless harbors and cities, for the
payment just pensions to our SOL
diers, for necessary works of natiOnal ]
| Importance in the Improvement of
harborS and the channels of internal
coast wise and foreign commerce, for
the encouragement of the shipping
interests of the Atlantic. Gulf and Pa
cific States, as we'll as for the pay
ment of the maturing public debt.
This policy will give employment to
our labor, activity to our various in.
dustries, increase the security of our
country, promote trade, open new
and direct markets for our produce,
and cheaper the cost of transporta-
ton. We affirm thisto be for the
better of our country than the Dem
ocratic policy of loaning the Govern
ment's money without interest to
National banks.
THE FOREIGN POLICY.
The conduct of foreign affairs by the
present Administrator has been dis
tinguished by its inefficiency and its
cowardice. Having withdrawn from
the Senate all pending treaties affec-
ted by Republican administrations
for the removal of foreign burdens
lpnd restrictions upon our commerce
Tor it's extension into better market,
it has neither affected nor proposed
any others in their stead. Protesting
adherence to the Monroe doctrine it
has seen with idle complacencv the
extension of foreign influence in Gen.
trail America, and Offering trade ev-
erywhere among its neighbors 1t has
refused to charter, sanction or encour-
age any American organization for