Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-12

residents and citizens OF the Territor
wherein they are to serve. South Dakot
should Of right be Immediately admitted
as State in the Union, under the con
stituuon framed and adopted by tn
people, and we heartily indoise the action
Of the Republican Senate in twic
passing bills for her admission. Tht
refusal of the Democratic House o
Representatives, for partisan purposes, Il
fsvorably consider these bills, a willfu
violation of the sacred American principle
Of local self.government, and merits the
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.government
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 menace to free institutions
too dangerous to be long suffered. There.
fore we pledge the republican party to ap.
propnate legislation asserting the sover.
eighty of the nation in all territories
where the same is questioned, and in
turtherance Of that end to place upon the
statute books legislation stringent enough
to divorce the political from the eccesias-
teal power, and thus stamp out the
attendant wickedness of polygamy.
The republican party is in favor Of the
use Of both gold and silver as money, and
condemns the policy of the democratic
administration IN its efforts to demonetize
silver.
We demand the reduction of letter
postage to l 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-
tunlty of a good common school edu.
cation.
We earnestly recommend that prompt |
action be taken by Congress in the en-.
actment OF such Legislation as will best
secure the rehabilitation of our American
merchant marine, and we protest against
the passage by Congress of a free ship
bill, as calculated to work injustice to
labor by lessening the wages of those
engaged in preparing materials, as well
rs those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early .ebuilding of our navy; for the
of coast Notifications and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the ptotec.
5ion of our defenseless harbors and
,ities; tor the payment of just pensions
10 our soldiers; for necessary works of
National importance in the improvement
Of harbors and the channels of internal
'oastwise, and foreign commences; for the
of the shipping interests
of the Atlantic, Gulf aud Pacific States, as
we'll as for the payment of the maturing
'ublic debt. This policy will glve EN-.
)loyment to our labor, activity to our va.
AbAo AAAhAohAiSoi AuSlGooG luG security Ol
'ur country, promote trade, open new
md direct markets for our produce, and
,heapen the cost OF transportation. We
tfirm 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
resent administration has been distin.
ulshed by its ineiiciency and Its coward
&c. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
II pending treaties effected by republican
administration for the removal of foreign
urdens and restrictions upon our com.
lercc and for its extension into better
iaTkets, it has neither effected nor pro.
osed any Others IN their stead. Profess 4
lg adherence to the Monroe doctrine. it \
AS seen with idle compacency the exten-
on OF foreign influence IN Central
mericR, and Of foreign trade everywhere
mong our neighbors. 1t has refused to
larter, sanction or encourage any Amer.
an organization for constructing the
icaTagua canal, work OF vital import.
nee to the maintenance of the Monroe
and Of our national influence in
cntral and South America, and neces.
ny for the development OF trade with
IT Pacific territory, with South America I
I'd with the islands and further coasts of
ie Pacific Ocean.
We arraign the present democratic ad.
for its weak and unpatriouc
eatment of the fisheries question, aud
J puSilanlmous surrender of the essen.
n 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 ,
uons, 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
,jouIy in Congress toward our fisheries
uniriendly and eonspiouously unpatri.
c, and as tending to destroy a valuable m
nonal industry, and al indispensable
source OF defense against a foreign n
emy.
The name OF America applies alike to
citizens OF the republic, and imposes
on all alike the same obligations Of
edience to the laws. At the same time
It citizenship is and must be the pan.
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