Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19

clearly under aaty % defend orr oivilizat,oA
~ EXCLUDING alton races whOse ultimate ass1m-
family ID. sssn .n sG naeasps so g,
potent assimilattng force In our civilization.
THE CHINESE QUESTION,
The objections to Chinese immigration nro
generally accented Is such that the question u IN
ment. The laws relating TO this subject would,
II should be charged with their enforcement,
be faithfully executed. such amendments or
proper to prevent evasions Of the laws and to
stop further Chinese immigration would also
meet my approval The expression Of the con-
with my views. =l 81 ..9 q &
INJECTION FRAUDS.
Our civil compact 10 Government by ma
?orsi,cs ana the law loses tts sanction and the
broken. The evil results Of election frauds do
not expend themselves upon the voters who
hoDOsa @ in public
y, thai practices: or connlves ct election
frauds, has suffered irreparable injury and win
OF later realize shss e. exchange The
CONTROL Is not only unlawful and nnpatriottc,
e9t very unsafe TOR those who promote It. Tho
S rsad e. single legal eeetoe
grave TO be regarded lightly The right Of
every qualified elector to cast one free
ballot o. and 70 have i honestly counted must
should be used to make this right secure and
to punish frauds upon the ballot. Our colored
people do not ask special legislation in their
interest, but only to be made secure in tho
common rights OF American citizenship. They
will. however,, naturally mistrust the sincerity
Tor o1x m 70 tnss
the suffrage is free and election results doubt.
ful, and compass their Acknowledgement where
their votes would be controlling and their
choice can not be coerced.
EDUCATION.
"The Nation, not less than the States, is de-
pendent for prosperity and security upon tho
terest very early suggested National aid in the
establishment and endowment OF schools and
colleges In the new States. There is, believe,
present exigency that calls for still more lib.
mon school education In the States.
ADMISSION OF TERRITORIES.
The Territorial form of government is .
condition. It is adapted to the exigency that
suggested 1t. but becomes inadequate and even
oppressive when applied to fixed and populous
able to bear the burdens and discharge the
duties ct free commonwealth in the American
Union. To exclude them is to deny the just
taer Of the
political preference of the people Of Territory
should close against.them the hospitable door
u
States. But admission should be resolutely
refused TO any Territory, majority OF whose
10 our civilization or inconsistent with u re.
publican form of government
OPPOSITION TO TRUSTS"
Tho declaration OF the convent on against
all combinations of capital organized in
trusts or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the
condition of trade among our citizens is in
harmony with the views entertained and pub
iicly expressed by me long before the assem-.
~ ont nNdin n1siIx1 81
shares the losses of idleness with labor; but
under the operation OF the trust, in some OF its
forms, the wage worker alone suffers loss,
while idle capital receives its dividends from 4
trust fund. Producers who refuse to join the
combination are destroyed, and competition as
an element OF prices is eliminated. It can not
should and will find q method of dealing fairly
and effectively with these and other abuses
connected with this subject.
PENSIONS.
/ ut can hardly be necessary for me to say
that am heartily in sympathy with the
declaration of the convention upon the subject
OF pensions to our soldiers and sailors. What
they gave and what they have suffered had
some opportunity to observe, and, in small
measure, to experience They gave it ungrudg-
ingly: it was not a trade, but an Offering: The
adequately tell without attempting to dis.
cuss particular propositions, I may add that
measures in behalf OF the surviving veterans OF
the war and of the families OF their dead COM
rades should be conceived and executed in q
spirit of justice and of the most grateful liber-
atty, and that In the competition for civil ap-
poinlments honorable military service should
have appropriate recognition.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
"The law regulating appointments to the
the Senate, In the belief that it opened The way
to a much-needed reform. I still think so, and,
therefore, cordially approve the clear and
this subject The law should have the aid Of
friendly Interpretation and be faithfully and
vigorously enforced. All appointments under
siderations and influence. Some extensions Of
the classified list are practical and desirable. and
further legislation extending the reform to other
branches OF the service. to which it is applica-
BILE, would receive my approval. In appoint
ments to every grade and department fitness
and not party service, should be the essential
tciency the only sure tenure of office. Only tho
interests of the public service should suggest
removals from Office. know the practical diff
fculties attending the attempt to apply the
splr1t of the civil service rules to all appoint
ments and removals.. 1t will, however, be my
sincere purpose, if elected, to advance the re-
form.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
II notice with pleasure that the convention
did not omit to express its solicitude for the
promotion of virtue and temperance among
been friendly to every thing that tended to
make the home life of our people Free pure and
prosperous. and Will in the future be true to its
history in this respect.
FOREIGN RELATIONS
"Our relations with foreign powers should
be characterized BY friendliness and respect.
The right OF our people and Of our ships to hos
ptable treatment should be insisted upon
with dignity 0nd trmness. Our Nation is too
great both in material strength and In moral
power, to indulge in buster or to be suspected
of timorousness. Vacillation and ipconsist-
ency are as Incompatible with successful di-
plornacy as they are with the National dignity.
We should especially cultivate and extend our
diplomatic and commercial relations with the
Central and South American States.
9-.,.e THE FISHERIES.
'Our tsherie should be fostered and pro-
tected. The h ardShlpS and risks that are the
necessary incidents OF the business should not
be increased by an inhospitable exclusion from
the ncar-lying ports. The resources OF q firm,
dignitied and consistent diplomacy are un-
doubtedy equal to the prompt and peaceful
solution OF the difficulties that now exist. Our
neighbors will surely not expect in our ports q
commercial hospitality they deny to US in
theirs. "a
-@ .,-..i% CONCLUSION.
II can not extend this letter by a special
reference to other subjects upon which tho
convention gave expression In respect to
them, as welt as to those have noticed, am
IN entire agreement with the declarations of
the convention. The resolutions relating to