Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-22

uf the rcpublic-the name Of that noble sold,
and favorite child Of victory, Pnlip II. Sheridan
J In the spirit Of these great hstders and of on
own devotion 10 human liberty aud political hp
tility TO all form, % drspotsm, We seu
fraternal congratulations 10 our fellow Ame
leans Of Brazil upon the accomplishment Of III
abolition Of slavery throughout two America
, | continents We earnestly hope that ma
! soon congratulate our fellow citizens Of Iris
birth upon the peaceful recovery Of home ru
for Ireland We rcanirm our answering dew,
ton 10 the national constitution and Ia the indr
| soluble union Of tho states; 10 the autonomy r,
served to the states under the constitution; 10 III
personal rights and liberties OF citizens In all IN
states and territories In the Union; especially {
the supreme and sovereign right Of every lIwfl
citizen rich or poor native or foreign born, whit
| or black, to cast free ballot in public elect =
aud to have that ballot duly counted We hol
that free and honest popular ballot and the jus
and equal representation of all the people is tn
foundation OF our republican government, and de
maud effective legislation TO secure the integrit
and purity of elections which are the fountains o
all public authority, We charge that the preS.il
administration and the Democratic majority II
congress owe their existence TO the suppression o
the ballot by criminal notification Of the cOnstl
| tuition aud laws of the United States
We are uncompromisingy In favor Of the
| American system of protection; we profess
| against is destruction as proposed by the presi
| dent aud his party. They serve the interests o
| Europe We win support the interests Of America
| We accept the issue aud confidently appeal TO tn,
| people for their judgment The protective sys
| tenn must be maintained. Its abandonment has
| always been followed by general disaster to all in
ter'Sts except those of the Insurer and the sheriff
| We dcnounce the Mills bill as destructive to the
| general business, the labor and the farming in
| tcrestS Of the country and We heartily endorse
the consistent and patriotic action OF the Republi
| can representatives In congress iu opposing its
| passage We condemn the proposition Of the Dem
| ocratcpary TO place wool ON the free list aud we
| insist that the duties thereon shall be adjusted
| and maintained so as 10 furnish full and adequate
protection to that industry.
The Republican party would effect all needed
reduction of the national revenue by repeating
the taxes upon tobacco which are an annoyance
aud burden to agriculture, and the tax upon the
spirits used in the arts and for mechanical pur
poses, and by such revision Of the tariff laws as
will tend To check imports of such articles as are
produced by our people, the production of which
gives employment to our labor aud release from
import duties those articles of foreign production
Except mxuries) the like Of which cannot be pro
ducrd AT home, II there shall still remain larger
revenue than is requisite for the wants of the gov
eminent, We favor the entire repeal of internal
taxes, rather than the surrender of any part OF
our protective system at the joint hehest Of the
whisky trusts and the agents of foreign manu-,
facturers
We declare orr hostility to the introduction into
this country Of foreign contract labor, and of
Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and our
constitution, and demand the rigid enforce
ment Of the existing laws against it, and favor
such immediate legislation will exclude such
labor from our shores.
We declare opposition to all combinations
of capital, organized in trusts otherwise, to
control arbitrarily the condition of trade among
our citizens; and we recommend 10 congress aud
the state legislatures in their respective urisdic
tons such Legislation as will prevent the execution
of all schemes to oppress the people by undue
oh fhAIr lN fzf
the transportation of their products to market.
We approve the legislation by CON
gress Ia prevent alike unjust burdens
and unfair determinations between the
states We reaftirm the policy of
appropriating the public lands of the United
States to he homesteads for American citizens
and settlers not aliens, which the Republican
party established in 1862, against the persistent
opposition of the Democrats in congress, and
which has brought our great western domain
into such magnificent development. The restora'
tion of unearned railroad land grants to the
public domain for the use Of actual settlers,
which was begun under the administration of
President Arthur should hr cnntimled We deny
that the Democratic party has ever restored one
acre To the people but declare that by the Joint
action of Republicans aud Democrats in con.
gress about 80 900 900 of acres of uneArned lands
originally granted for the construction of rail |
roads have been restored to the public domain |
ia pursuance of the conditions inserted by the |
Republican party in the original grant We |
charge the Democratic administration with fail |
ure to execute the laws securing to settlers |
title To their homesteads, and with using appro |
priations made for that purpose to harass in |
nocent settlers with spies and prosecutions under
the false pretense of exposing frauds and vindi.
eating 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; there
fore whenever the conditions of pop
uation, material resources, public in
teligence and morality are such as to insure q
stable local government therein, the people of
such territories should be permitted, as a right
inherent in them, to form for themselves cousti
tutions and state governments and be admitted
into the Union Pending the preparation for
all officers thereof should be selected
from the bona fide residents and citizens of the
territory wherein thp, to serve, South Da
kota Shout! - ts =, az t,, United as
frpsss1te in the Union, under the CONSTRUCTOR
and adopted by the people, and we heart
lily indorse the action of the Republican senate in
twice passing bills for her admission The refusal
of the Democratic house of representatives fol
partisan purposes to favoraby consider these
bills is a willful violation of the sacred American
principle of local sell government and merits the
of all just men. The pending bills
in the senate to enable the people of Washington,
North Dakota and Montana territories to form
constitutions and establish state governments
should be passed without unnecessary delay. The
Republican party pledges itself to do all in its
power to facilitate the admission of the terrific
Iies of New Mexico, Wyoming Idaho and Arizona
to the enjoyment of self-Eovenment as states,
such of them as are now qualified, aS soon rs pos
sible and the others as soon as they may be
come
The political power of the Mormon church in
the territories, as exercised in the past is men
ace to free institution, too dangerous to longer
be suffered. Therefore, we pledge the Repub-
to latin
the sovereignty Of the nation in territories where
he same is questioned, aud in furtherance Of
hat end to place upon the statute books, legisla
ion strong enough to divorce the political from
he 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 money, and condemns the
policy of the Democratic administration in its eff
'ortS to demOnetize silver.
We demand the reduction of letter postage to
cent per ounce
In republic like ours, whore the citizen is the
sovereign aud the official the serv-
mt, where power is exercised eX-
ept by the will of the people, it is
important that the Covereign-the people-should
POSSESS intelligence The free school is the pro
noter of that intelligence which is to preserve us
free nation; therefore, the state or nation, or
10Th combined should support free institutions
# learning, sufficient to afford to every child
rowing up in the land the opportunity OF good
ommou school education.
We earnestly recommend that prompt action
Ne taken by congress in the enactment of such
egslation as will best secure the rehabilitation of
iur American merchant marine, and we protest
against the passage by congress Of free ship
Jill as calculated to work injustice to labor by
essening the wages of those engaged in prepar-
ng materials as well those directly employed
n our ship yards. We demand appropriations
or the early rebuilding of our navy; for the con
tTuction of coast Notifications and modern ord
ance, and other approved modern means Of de-
enSe for the protection of our defenseless har-
'ors ami cities; for the payment of Just pensions
o our soldiers; for necessary works 81 national
Importance in the improvement of harbors and
he channels of internal. coastwSe, and foreign