New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-06-27
Susr1cr mo rHE rERRt4aR1Es.

tense ofexposing frauds and vindicating the
law.
5UsTICE no THE TERRITORIES.
The government by congress of the terri
torres is based upon 5necessityreniy, to the
end OF that they may become estates in the
Union; therefore, whenever the conditions of
population, material resources, public intelli-
gence and morality are such as to insure a
stable local government therein, the people of
such territories should be permitted, as a
right ln1erltent in them, Ito form for them
selves constitutions and state government
and be admitted into the Union. Pending
the preparations for statehood, all officers
thereof should be selected from the sbona fide
residents and citizens of the territory wherein
they are to serve South Dakota should of
right be Immediately admitted as ;slstate in
the Union, under the constitutionfraIneda 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 Democratic house of repre-
sentatives, for partisan purposes, to savor-
ably consider these bills is a.willful violation
OF the sacred American principle. of local self
government and merits the condemnation
of ADJUST men. The pending bills in the
senate for acts to enable the people of Wash
ington, North Dakota aud Montana terrific
11es to form constitutions and establish state
governments should be passed without uu-
necessary delay. the Republican party
pledges itself to do all in it's power to facili-
tate the admission of the territories of New
Mexico Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona to the
enjoyment Of self-goyernment 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 exercised in
the past, is a menace to free institutions too
dangerous longer to be suffered. Therefore
we pledge the Republican party appropri-
ate legislation asserting the sovereign
ty of the nation in all territories where
the same is questioned, and in farther
ance OF that end, to place upon the
statute books legislation stringent enough
to divorce the political from the ecclesiastical
power, and thus stamp out the attendant
wickedness of polygamy. The Republican
party is in favor of the use of both gold and
silver as money and condemns the policy OF
to demonetize silver. We demand the reduc-
ton OF letter postage to one cent per ounce.
FREE SCHOOLS
In a republic like ours, where the citizens is
the sovereign, and the official the servant,
where no power is exercised except by the
will OF the people, it is important that the
sovereign-the people-should possess inte1li-
gence. The free school is the promoter of
that intelligence whiehis to preserve us a 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 this land the opportu-
nifty of good common school education
We earnestly recommend that prompt ac-
t1on 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 passing
by congress of a free ship bill, as calculated
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wages OF those engaged in preparing materi-
ais 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
modern ordinance and other approved mod
ern means of defense for the protection of
our defendless harbors and cities; for the
payment OF just pensions to our soldiers; for
necessary works ofnational Importance in the
improvement of harbors and the chan
mel OF internal, coastwise and foreign
commerce; for the encouragement of
the shipping interests Of the Allan
tic, Gulf and Pacific states, as well as
for the payment of the maturing public debt.
This policy will give employment to our la
Dor, activity to our various industries in
crease the security of our country, promote
trade, open new and direct markets for our
produce and cheaper the cost of transporta-
ton. We affirm this to be far better for our
country than the Democratic policy of loan
ing the governments money without interest
to sspet banks" The conduct of foreign at
fairs by the present administration has been
distinguished by it's ineffciency and its
cowardice. Having withdrawn from
the senate all pending treaties effect.
ed by Republican administration for
the removal of foreign burdens and
restrictions upon our commerce and for it's
extension into better markets., it has neither
effected or proposed any others in their stead
Processing adherence to the Monroe doctrine,
1T has seen with idle complacency the extern
sion offoreign influence in Central America,
and OF foreign trade everywhere among our
nelghbors. 1t has refused to charter, sanction
or encourage any American organization for
constructing the Nicaragua canal, a work of
vital Importance to the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine, and of our national int1u-
ences in Central and South America and nee
essary for the development of trade with
our Pacific territory, with South America
and with the islands and further coasts Of the
Pacific ocean.
THE FISHERIES.
Wearraign the present Dem ocratic admin
istration for its weak and unpatriotic treat
ment of the fisheries question, and it's pusil-
luminous surrender OF the essential privileges
to which our fishing vessel are entitled in
Canadian ports under the treaty of 1878,
the reciprocal maritime legislation of 1880
and the county of nations, and which Cana
dian fishing vessels receive in the ports of the
United States. We condemn the policy of
the present administration and the Demo-
cratic majority in congress towards our
fisheries as u1lfriendly and particularly I'M
patriotic, and as tending to destroy yalu-
able national industry and an indispensable
resource OF defense against a foreign enemy
The name of American applies alike to all
citizens of the Republic and imposes upon all
alike the same obligation of obedience to the
laws. At the same time that citizenship is
and must be the panoply and safeguard of
him who wears it, and protect him whether
high or low, rich or poor, in all his civil
rights. 1t should and must afford him pro-
lection at home and follow and protect him
abroadin whatever land he may be in a law
full trade The men who aband Toned the Re
publican party have deserted not only the
cause of honest government, of sound finance
or freedom and purity of the ballot, but es-
pecially have deserted the cause of reform in
the civil service. We will not fail to keep our
pledges because they have broken
theirs or because their candidate has
broken his. We therefore repeat our
declaration of 1854, to wit: aThe
reform of the civil service, auspiciously begun
under the republican adIainistratio ion Sshould
be completed by the further extension of the
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