Bent County register., 1888-06-30

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 Republicans
in twice passing bills for her admis-
sion. The refusal of the Democrat
ic House of Representatives, for par
tisan purposes, to favorably consid-
er these bills is wilful violation of
the sacred American 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 Montana terrific
ries to form constitutions and estab-
lish state governments should be
passed without unnecessary delay
The Republican party pledged itself
to do all in its power TO facilitate the
admission of the territories of New
Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho anl Ari-
zona to the enjoyment of self-gov-
ernment as states; such of them as
are now qualified as soon as posi-
ble, and the others as soon as they
may become so.
The political powerof the Mormon
church in the territories, as exer-
cised in the past, is a menace to free
institutions and too dangerous to be
long suffered. Therefore, we pledge
the Republican party to appropriate
Legislation asserting the sovereignty
of the nation in all territories where
the same is questioned, and in
furtherance of that end to place up
on the statute books legislation strin-
gent enough to divorce the political
from the ecclesiastical power, and
thus stamp out the attendant wick
edmess 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 red of let
ter postage to one cent per ounce.
In a republic like ours, where citl-
zen is sovereign aud an official the
servant, where no power is exercised
except by the will of the people, II
is important that the sovereign peo-
Pile should possess intelligence, and
free schools are the promoters of that
intelligence which is to preserve US
as free nation. Therefore, the
state or nation, or both combined,
should support free institutions of
learning sufficient to afford to every
child growing up in the land the op.
portunlty of good common school
education.
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 machine,
and we protest against the passage
by congress of free ship bill as cal
culated 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.
We demand appropriations for the
early rebuilding of our navy; for the
construction of coast Notifications
and of modern ordnance and other
approved modern means of defense
for the protection of our dcfenceless
harbors and cities; for the payment
of just pensions to our soldiers; foi
the necessary works of national i'm.
portance; aud improvement of the
harbors and channels; of internal
coastwise and foreign commerce; for
the encouragement of the shipping
interests of the Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific states, as well as for the pay;
ment of the maturing public debt.
This policy will give employment to