Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-07-28

The republican party would effect all
needed reduction OF the national revenue
! by repeating the taxes upon tobacco,
Z, which are an annoyance and burden TO
| agriculture, and the tax upon spfits used
in the arts and medicinal purposes, and
by such revision Of the tariff laws as viii
tend to check imports OF snch articles as
are produced by our people, the Produc-
ton of which gives employment TO our
labor, and release from import duties
those articles of foreign production Tex
| cept luxuries1 the like of which can not
| be produced al home. If there shall still
remain larger revenue than is requi-
site for the wants Of the government we
| favor the entire repeal of internal taxes,
rather than the surrender of any part OF
our protective system, at the joint be-
! hest OF whisky trusts and the agents OF
| foreign manufacturers.
Wd eeclare our hostility to the intro
duction into this country of foreign
contract labor and of Chinese labor,
alien to our civilization and our constitu.
ton, and we demand the rigid enforce
ment OF the existing laws against these
! evils, and favor such immediate legisla-
ton as will exclude such labor from our
shores.
We declare our opposition to all COM
binations of capital organized in trusts or
Otherwise to control arbitrarily the con-
diiion Of trade among our citizens, and
we recommend to congress and the state
legislatures, in their respective jurisdic-
tiens such legislation as will prevent the
executions of all scheme, to oppress the
people by undue charges on their sup
| plies, or by unjust rates for the transpor-
| tation OF their products to market.
We approve the legislation by congress
to prevent alike, unjust burdens and un-
fair discrimination between the states.
We reafiirrn the policy Of appropriating
the public lands Of ths United States to
be homesteads for American citizens and
settlers, not aliens, which The republican
party established in 1862, against the per-
eistent opposition of the democrats in
congress, and which has brought our
great western domain into such magHiti-
cent development.
The restoration of unearned railroad
land grants to the public domain for the
use OF actual settlers, which was begun
| under the adnnistra ton of President
Arthur, should be continued. We deny
| that the democratic party has ever re-
| that by the joint action of republicans
and democrats about 5000o,0O0 acres Of
unearnei lands, originally granted for
the construction Of railroads, have been
restored to the public domain in pursu-
ance Of the conditions inserted by die re-
publican party in the original grants.
We charge the democratic adrninistra-
ton with failure to execute the laws soeu-
s,,e los
and with using appropriations made for
that pa rpose, to harass innocent settlers
with spies and prosecutions, under the
fdlse pretence Of exposing frauds and
viniicating the law
The government by congress of the
territories, is based upon necessity only
to the end that they may become states
in the union. Therefore, whenever the
conditions Of population, material resour-
ces, public intelligence and morality are
such as to insure stable local govern
ment therein, the people of such terrific
ries should be permitted rs right inhe-
rent in them, to form for themselves
constitutions and state governments and
he admitted into the union. Pending
the preparations for statehood all officers
thereof should be selected from the bona
wherein they are to serve.
South Dakota should Of right be imme-
diatcly admitted as a state in the union,
under the constitution framed and adopt
ei by her people, and we heartily endorse
the action of the republicans in twice
passing bills for her admission. The
refusal of the democratic house of repre-
sentatives, for partisan purposes, to fa-
l..t fpt
violation OF the sacred American prinei-
pie Of self-government, and merits the
condemnation OF all just men.
The pending bills in the senate for acts
to enablS the people OF Washington,
form constitutions aud establish. state
governments, shoull be passed without
unnecessary delay.
The republican party pledges itself to
do all in its power to facilitate the admis-
sion OF Hhe territories Of New Mexico,
Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona TO the en-
joyment of self-goyernment as states;
such of them as are now qualified, az
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
tilt past, lS IL flltIldtC W licS lllsitluiiUilS
and dangerous to be long suffered.
Therefore we pledge the republican party
to appropriate legislation asserting the
sovereignty of the nation in all territo-
ries where the same is questioned, and in
a furtherance OF that end, TO place upon
the statute books legislation stringent
enough to divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical, and thus stamp out the at
tendant wickedness of polygamy.
The republican party is in favor OF the
use Of both gold and silver as money AMI
condemn the policy OF the democratic
administration in its efforts to demone-
tie silver.
We demand the reduction sof letter
postage to one cent per ounce.
In republic ike ours, where the citi-
1eh IS so.sl>sl-s.. ..s.l ll.e Official the sery-
ant, where no power is exercised except
by the will OF the people, it is important
that the sovereign, the people, should
possess intelligence. The free school is
4 promoter Of that intelligence which is
to preserve us free nation. Therefore
the states or nation, or both combined,
should support free institutions Of learn
ing sufficient to afford to every child
growing up in the land the opportunity OF
a good common school education.
We earnestly recommend that prompt
action be taken by congress IN the enact
lnent Of such legislation Us will best Sc
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