The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-06-29

noaod anv othera in their stead. Processing a"ne.
ence to the Monroe doctrine, It has seen Win 1ue
complacency the extension of foreign mn"ene0 ~
Central America, and of foreign trace eseaJ"-
among our neighbors. It has refuseo = n"
sanction or encourage any American organlzat'o o1 =,
constructing the Nicaragua canal a VOL -
imnortance to the maintenance OF the Monroe W
t-;no and ~ onr national influence in Central ana
south America and necessary for the development Oh
trade with our Pacific territory, with South Amelle"
and with the islands and further coasts OF inc -
cifc Ocean. .o,
We srraien the present Democratic ADMINISTRATION
for its weak and unpatriotic treatment OF the nenet'ee
question. and its pusilanimous surrender OF sne GO
sential privileges to which our fishing vessels M
entitled in Canadian ports under the treaty X ioao
the reciprocal maritime Legislation OF le5O ana tne
comfy of nations, and which Canadian fishing ves-
sels receive in the ports of the United States. we
condemn the policy OF the present adm1nletra''on
and the Democratic majority in Congress toward u
fisheries as unfriendy and particularly unpsulotc'
and as tending to DESTROY a valuable national Industry
and an indispensable resource OF dcfense sRainst
foreign enemy. The name OF American apples allke
to all citizens of the Republic and imposes upon al
alike the same obligation of obedience to the laws.
At the same time that citizenship is and muet De the
panoply and safeguard of him who wears it, and
protect him whether high or low, rich or poor. in all
his civil rights. 1t should and must afford him pro-
lection at home and follow and protect him abroad III
whatever land he may be in a lawful trade.
The men who abandoned the Republican party in
1884 and continue to adhere to the Democratic party
have deserted not only the cause of honest govern
ment, of sound finance or freedom and purity of the
ballot, but especially have deserted the cauee of re-
form in the civil service. We will not fall to keep
our pledges because they have broken theirs, or be-
cause their candidate has bl oxen his. We therefore
repeat our declaration OF 1889, to-wlt: 1.-THE reform of
the civil service, auspiciously begun under the Re-
publican administration should be completed by the
further extension Of the reform system already estab-
lished by law to all the grades of the service to
which it ia applicable. The spirit and purpose of the
reform should be observed in all executive appoint
ments, and all laws at variance with the object of ex-
listing reform LEGISLATION should be repealed, to the
end that the dangers to free institutions that Turk in
the power of official patronage may be wisely and
effectively avoided"
The gratitude of the nation to the defenders OF. the
Union cannot be measured by laws. The legislation
of Congress should conform to the pledges made by
q loyal people, and be so enlarged and extended as to
provide against the possibility that any man who
honorably wore the Federal uniform shall become an
inmate of an almshouse. or dependent upon private
charity. In the presence Of an overlooking treasury
it would be a public scandal to do Ices for those whose
valorous services preserved the government. We
denounce the hostile spirit shown by President
Cleveland in his numerous vetoes of measures for
pension relief, and the action of the Democratic
House Of Representatives in refusing even a consid-
! Grafton of general pension legislati on.
In support of the principles herewith cnunciated
| we invite the patriotic men of all parties, and espe-
| cialIy of all workingmen whose prosperity is seriously
threatened by the free trade policy of the present ad-
ministration. E-". .M-