Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-02

ton 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 admitted
as State in the Union, under the con
stitution framed and adopted by tn
people, and we heartily indorse the actor
Of the Republican Senate in twic
passing bills for her admission. Tn,
refusal of the Democratic House o
Representatives, for partisan purposes, K
favorably consider these bills, S a willfu
violation Of the sacred American principle
Of local self-goyernment, 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 90 all in its power to ia.
cilitate the admission of the territories oil
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.
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 I 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.
tunity 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 ouT navy; for the |
of coast fortihcations and !
modern ordnance, and other approved |
modern means of defense for the protec- |
tion of our defenseless harboIs and |
cities; tor the payment of Just PENSIONS |
TO our soldiers; TOR 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 Atlantic, Gulf aud Pacihc States, as
public debt. This policy will give EN-
ployment to our labor, activity to our va.
rious industries, Iucrease the security of
our country, promote trade, open new
and direct markets for our produce, and
cheaper the cost OF transportation. We
affirm this to be far better for our country
than 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-
gushed by its Ineiliciency and ITS coward
ice. Having withdrawn from the Senate
all pending treaties effected by republican
for the removal Of foreign
burdens and restrictions upon our com.
meroo and for its extension into better |
markets, it has neither effected nor pro-
posed any Others IN their stead. Profess.
ing adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it |
has seen with idle complacency the exteu. |
sion Of foreign influence IN Central
America, and Of foreign trade everywhere
among our neighbors. 1t has refused to
charter, sanction or encourage any Amer.
lcan organization for constructing the
Nicaragua canal, a work OF vital import
ance to the maintenance Of the Monroe
doctrine, and OF our national influence IN
Central and South America, and neces. |
sary for the development OF trade with
our Pacific territory, with South America
aud with the islands and further coasts OF
the Pacific Ocean,
We arraign the present democratic ad.
minisIration for its weak and unpatriouc
treatment Of the fisheries question, aud
its puSillanImous surrender OF the essen.
ual privileges TO which our fishing vessels
are emitted in Canadian ports under the
treaty Of 1918, the reciprocal maritime
legislation Of 1880, and tho comfy Of
nations, aud which Canadian fishing yes.
sells receive in the ports Of the United
States, We condemn the policy Of the
present administration and the democratic
majority in Congress toward our fisheries
as uniTiendly aud oonspicuously unpatri-
otic, aud as tending 20 destroy valuable
national industry, aud al indispensable
resource OF defense against foreign
enemy,
Tho name Of America applies alike TO
all citizens OF the republic, and imposes
uDon All Alike the same olIiga kiona of