Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-18

wherein they are to serve. South Dakol
, should OF right be Immediately admitte
| as State in the Union, under the col
+ stitution framed and adopted by th
+ people, and we heartily indoise the actio
Of the Republican Senate in twic
passing bills for her admission. Tn
refusal OF the Democratic House {
Representatives, for partisan purposes, t
: favorably consider these bills, a willfu
violation Of the sacred American principl
Of local self.government, and merits tn
condemnation Of all Just men. Tn
pending bills in the Senate for acts Il
enable the people of Washington, Nortl
Dakota and Montana Territories to form
constitutions should be passed withou
unnecessary delay. The republican party
pledges itself to DO all in its power to IA
cilitate the admission of the territories o
New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari
zona to the enjoyment Of selfgoyernment
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 iu
the past, is a menace to free institutions
too dangerous to be long suffered. There
fore we pledge the republican party to ap.
Proprlate legislation asserting the sover-
eighty of the nation in ell territories
where the same Is questioned, and in
tuTtherance Of that end to place upon the
statute books legislation stringent enough
to divorce the political from the ecclesias-
teal power, and Jhus stamp out the
attendant wickedness of polygamy.
FVbo :. IL
use Of both gold and silver as money, and
condemns the policy of the democratic
administration IN it's efforts to demonetize
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 sOve7eign-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 Instituuons
OF learning, sufficient to afford to every
child growing up in the land the oppor-
tunlty 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 lessening the wages of those
engaged in preparing materials, as well
as those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early Iebuilding of our navy; for the
of coast Notifications and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the protec.
tion 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 commences; for the
encouragement Of the shipping interests
Of the Atlantic, Gulf aud Pacific States, as
we'll as for the payment OF the maturing
public debt. This policy will give EN-.
ploYment to our labor, activity to our va.
rious Industries, Increase the security of
our country, promote trade, open new
md direct markets for our produce, and
,heapen the cost OF transportation. We
ltiirm this to he 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.
.ushed by its inefficiency and It's coward.
ce. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
II pending treaties effected by republican
administration for the removal of foreign
urdens and restrictions upon our com.
lerce and for its extension into better
markets., it has neither effected nor pro.
osed any Others IN their stead. Profess. (
lg adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it
as seen with idle compIacency the extern
on Of foreign influence In Central
america, and of foreign trade everywhere
mong our neighbors. 1t has refused to
larteT, sanction or encourage any Amer.
an organization for constructing the
icaragua canal, a work OF vital import.
nee to the maintenance of the Monroe
octrine, and of our national influence in
entral and South America, and neces.
.ry for the development OF trade with
II Pacific territory, with South America I
I'd with the islands and further coasts Of
lie Pacific Ocean.
We arraign the present democratic ad.
for its weak and unpatriouc
eatment Of the fisheries question, aud
puSillanlmous surrender of the essen.
Al privileges to which our fishing vessels
{ entitled in Canadian ports under the
eaty of 1913, the reciprocal maritime
gisation of 1890, and the comfy of ,
hons, and which Canadian fishing YES. z
Is receive in the ports of the United
ates. We condemn the policy of the
esent administration and the democratic
ljonIy in Congress toward our fisheries
uniriendly and conspicuously unpatri-
c, and as tending to destroy a valuable n
nonal industry, and an indispensable
iource OF defense against foreign n
emy.
The name Of America applies alike to
citizens of the republic, anl imposes
m all alike the same obligations Of
edienee to the laws At the same time
II citizenship is and must be the pan.
y and safeguard Of him who wears il. r
Z protect him, whether biph or low,