Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-26

= into the Union. Pending tine prepars
tion for Statehood, all officers .hereC
should be selected from the bona fid
residents and citizens OF the Territor
wherein they are to serve. South Dakot
should Of right be Immediately adlnitte
as State in the Union, under the con
stituuon framed and adopted by th
people, and we heartily indoise the actiOt
Of the Republican Senate in twic
passing bills for her admission. Th
refusal of the Democratic House o
Representatives, for partisan purposes, Il
favorably consider these bills, a willfu
violation of the sacred American principle
Of local self.government, and merits tht
condemnation Of all Just men. The
pending bills in the Senate for acts tc
enable the people of Washington, North
Dakota and Montana Territories to form
constitutions should be passed without
unnecessary delay. The republican party
pledges itself to do all in its power to ia.
cilitate the admission of the territories OF
New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari.
zona to the enjoyment of self.goyernment
as states, such Of them as are now quail.
fed, as soon as possible, and the Others as
soon as they may become so.
The political power of the Mormon
church in the territories, as experienced in
the past, is a menace to free institutions
too dangerous to be long suffered. There.
| fore we pledge the republican party to ap.
proprate legislation asserting the sover.
eighty of the nation in all territories
where the same is questioned, and in
! furtherance Of that end TO place upon the
statute books legislation stringent enough
to divorce the political from the ecclesias-
teal power, and thus stamp out the
attendant wickedness of polygamy.
The republican party is in fsvUr Of the
use of both gold and silver as money, and
condemns the policy Of the democratic
administration IN its efforts to demonetizv
silver.
We demand the reduction Of letter
postage to cent per ounce.
In a republic like ours, where the
citizen 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 intelligence. The free
school is the promoter of that intelligence
which is 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 the land the oppor.
tunlly OF good common school edu.
cation.
We earnestly recommend that prompt
action be taken by Congress in the en-.
actment Of such Legislation as will bet
secure the rehabilitation Of our American
merchant marine, and we protest against
the passage by Congress of free ship |
bill, as calculated to work injustice TO
labor by lesseuing the wages of those |
engaged in preparing materials, as well
as those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early .ebuilding Of our navy; for the
of coast Qualifications and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the protec-
ton of our defenseless harbors and
cities; tor the payment Of just pensions
to our soldiers; for necessary works of
National importance in the improvement
Of harbors and the channels of internal
coastwise, and foreign commerce.; for the
encouragement Of the shipping interests
Of the Atlanuc, Gulf aud Pacihc States, as
we'll as for the payment OF the maturing
public debt. This policy will give em.
ploYment to our labor, activity to our va.
rious industries, Increase the security Of
our country, promote trade, open new
aud direct markets for our produce, and
,heapen the cost OF transportation. We
ltirm this To be far better for our country
han the democratic policy of lOaning the
government money without interest to .
pet banks"
The conduct of foreign affairs by the
present administration has been distin.
pushed by its inefficiency and IT'S coward.
ce. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
III pending treaties effected by republican
for the removal of foreign '
,urdens and restrictions upon our com. 1
nercc and for its extension into better
markets, it has neither effected nor pro.
'osed any Others IN their stead. Profess. {
ng adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it
as seen with idle complacency the exten. !
ion of foreign influence III Central !
america, and Of foreign trade everywhere i
mong our neighbors. 1t has refused to b
haTteT sanction or encourage any Amer n
IAN organization for constructing the il
licaTagua canal, a work OF vital import. Z
nee to the maintenance Of the Monroe y
octrine, and Of our national influence in n
entral and South America, and neceS-
Try for the development OF trade with ST
lT Pacific territory, with South America n
nd with the islands and further coasts OF
be Pacific Ocean. :,
We arraign the present democratic ad.
Iinisuation for its weak and unpatriouc "
eatment Of the fisheries question, aud
5 pusillanlmous surrender of the essen. -
al privileges TO which our fishing vessels
-e emitted in Canadian ports under the r
eaty of 1913, the reciprocal maritime r
Gislation of 1890, and the comfy of
lnons, and which Canadian fishing YES.
ls receive in the ports of the United =,
.ates. We condemn the policy of the -
eSent administration and the democratic
ajonly in Congress toward our fisheries
uniHendly and conspiouously unpatri-
ic, and as tending to destroy a valuable
'honal industry, and al indispensable
source OF defense against a foreign
emy,
The name of America applies alike to NJ
citizens of the republic, and imposes