The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-12

! competition VIII soon reduce wages here 10 INC
! level of those abroad and when that CONDITION
| Is reached we will not need any laws forosodlng
| the Importation of labor under contract.
| They will have no inducement to CONS
| and the employer no inducemsnt TO send Tor
them. In the earlier years of our history pub
| lie agencies TO promote immigration were COM
mon. The pioneer wanted neighbor with more
friendly instincts than the Indian, Labor was
scarce and fully employed but the day OF the
Immigration bureau has gone by.
SPECIAL INVITATIONS NOT NECESSARY.
While our doors will continue open to proper
immigration, we do not need TO isssue speciaI
invitations To the inhabitants OF other countries
TO come 10 our shores or share our citizenship.
Indeed the necessity of some new inspection
and limitation is obvious. We should not per.
nit foreign governments TO send paupers and
duty TO defend our civilization by excluding
other races whose ultimate assimilation
with our people is neither posi-,
bic nor, desirable. Family has been
and the home the most potent assmilating
force In our civilization The objections TO the
Chinese are distinctive and conclusive, and are
now so generally accepted as such, that The
of argument. Laws relating to this subject
would, if ! should be charged with their enforce
ment be faithfully executed Such amend
Inents or fugther legislation AS may be necessary
and proper to prevent the evasions of the laws
| and to stop further Chinese immigration would
also meet my approval. The expression of the
convention upon lnlS subject IL III tHlltt
mony with my views.
Our civil compact is government by
majorites and the law loses It's sanction and
| its magistrates our respect when this compact
is broken.
ELECTION FRAUDS.
The evil results of election frauds do not ex-
pend themselves upon voters who are reassured
Of their frghtfd influence in public
affairs The individual or com
"r rnnyijvas ot olacti"n f,ards has s,,fyarad ire
parable injury, and will sooner o. later realize
that to exchange the American system of ma
jority rule for minority control is not only un-
lawful and unpatriotic, but very unsafe for
| those who promote il. The disfranchisement
of single elector by fraud COMMUNICATION is a
crime too grave to be treated lightly. The
| right of every qualified voter TO cast one
| ballot and to have it honestly counted must be
unqIestioned. Every constitutional power
should be used TO make right and punish frauds
upon the ballots. Our colored people do not
ask special legislation in their interest but only
to be made secure in the common rights of
| American citizenship They will, however, natli-
rally mistrust the sincerity of those party leaders
| who appeal to their race for support only In
| those localities where suffrage is free and
election results doubtful and compass their
| disfrauchisement where their votes would be
controlling and their choice cannot be coerced.
FEDERAL AID FOR SCHOOLS.
The nation not less than the statutes Is de-
| pendment for prosperity and security
upon the intelligence aud morality
OF the people This common interest
very early suggested national aid in
| the establishment and endowment of schools
| and colleges in new states. There is present
exigency that calls Tor still more liberal and
| direct appropriation aid for common school
| education IN the states.
The territorial form of government is tenn
porary, not a permanent civil condition. IL is
adapted to the exigency that suggested
| it., but becomes inadequate, and
even oppressive, when applied to fixed and
| nOUallAIg pnnlnunifipQ SpVpral nra
| well able TO bear the burdens and discharge the
] duties of free commonwealths In the American
| Union. To exclude them is TO deny the Just
rights OF their people and may well excite
their indignant protest. No question Of the
political preferences OF the people of the terri
tories should close them against the hospitable
spds which of the e's enSeS SReeed states
admission should be resoutey refused to
any territory the majority of whose people
| choose institutions that are repugnant TO our
| civilization or inconsistent with the republican
| form OF government.
ALLUsIoNs TO TRUSTS.
| The declarations Of the convention against all
| combinations of capital organized In trusts or
otherwise to control arbitrarily the condition of
| trade among our citizens are In harmony with
| the views entertained and fully expressed
by me long before the assembling of the
| convention. Ordinarily capital shares the
| losses OF idlenesS with labor but under tho
operation of the trust in some OF its forms the
| wage worker alone suffers loss while idle.
| Capital receives its dividends from the trust
| fund. Producers who refuse TO join the combi-
nation are destroyed.
| IL can hardly be necessary for me TO say
that am heartily in sympathy with the decla-
ration of the convention upon the subject %
| pensions to our soldiers and sailors.
| What they gave and what they suffered | had
| some opportunity TO observe and in a small
measure, to experience. They gave ungrudging
| and they say il was but an Offering. The
| measure was heaped up and running over
| Wi,af fhaV anbiayad distant ftr,,
| can adequately tell. Without Attempting to
discuss particular propositions, may add that
measures in behalf OF the surviving
veterans of the war and the families
| OF their dead comrades should I've
conceived and executed In q spirit OF Justice and
Of most grateful liberality, and that in the com.
| petition for civil appointment honor military
service, and It should have appropriate recognI.
| ton.
| CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The law regulating appointments TO the classi-
fed civil service received my support in the Sen
ate in tho belief that II opened the way TO much
| needed reform. | still think so, and therefore
cordially approve the clear and forcible express
sion of the convention upon this subject The law
should have the aid Of friendly Interpretation
| and be faithfully and vigorously enforced Ap-
pointments under II should be absolutely free
| from partisan consideration and influence.
Some extensions OF the classified lists are prac-
ticable and desirable and further legislation OK,
teuding the reform to other branches of the
service to which IL is applicable
would receive my approval In APP
| pointments 10 every grade and department
| fitness and not party service should be the IN =
sential and discriminating test, and fidelity and
| efficiency the only sure tenure OF Office. know
that in attempting TO apply the spirit Of the
| civil service rules TO all appointments and re-
Thovals IL difficult. IL will. however, be my sin
cere purpose. If elected, to advance reform
| notice with pleasure that the convention did
not omit TO express its solicItude for the promo
tion OF virtue and temperance among our peo-
pie. This Republican party has always been
friendly to everything that tended TO make tho
ous, and will in tho future be true to its history
In this respect.
THE FOREIGN POLICY
Our relations with foreign powers should
be characterized by friendliness and
respect. The right OF our people and the right
OF our ships should be insisted upon with
dignity and nrmness Our nation Is too great,
both In material strength and moral power, TO
are as incompatible with successful diplomacy
as they are with national dignity.
We saould especially cultivate and extend our
diplomatic and commercial relations with the
Central and South American staaes.
THE FISHERIES.
Our fisheries should be fostered and protected
The hardships and risks that are necessary in
cidents of the business should not be Increased
ports The resources OF firm digniliei and
consistent diplomacy are undoubtedly equal Il
"A prompt ana peaceful solution Of the difficulties
that now exist. our neighbors will surely not
expect IN our ports commercial hospitality they
deny us in theirs