Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-24

into the Union. Pending tine pTepara
tion for Statehood, all officers hereof
should be selected from the bona fide
residents and citizens OF the Territory
wherein they are to serve. South Dakota
should Of right be Immediately admitted
as a State in the Union, under the con.
stituuOn framed and adopted by the
people, and we heartily indoIse the action
Of the Republican Senate in twice
passing bills for her admission. The
refusal of the Democratic House Of
Representatives, for partisan purposes, to
! favorably consider these bills, willful
violation Of the sacred American principle
Of local self-goyernment. and merits the
condemnation of all just men. The
| pending bills in the Senate for acts to
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 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.
AuG pOllllCAl pOHGE VI ble mOFinOu
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.
proprlale 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 ecclesias-
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 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 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
marine, and we protest against
the passage by Congress of a free ship
bill, as calculated to work injustice 10
labor by lessening the wages of those
engaged ia preparing materials, as well
as those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early .ehuilding of our navy; for the
construction of coast Qualifications and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the protec.
ton of our defenseless harbors and
citesi 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 commerce; for the
encouragement of the shipping interests
Of the Ailanuc, Gulf aud Pacihc 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, promole trade, open new
and direct markets for our produce, and
cheaper the cost OF transportation. We
itfiTm this to be far better for our country
han the democratic policy of loaning the 9
government money without interest to
pet banks.
The conduct of foreign affairs by the
present administration has been distin.
pushed by its Ineihciency and Its coward. ,
ce. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
III pending treaties effected by republican i
for the removal Of foreign
burdens and restrictions upon our com.
nercc and for its extension into better 4
markets, il has neither effected nor pro. :,
,osed any Others IN their stead. Profess Il
ng adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it 4
las seen with idle complacency the extern l
ion OF foreign influence IN Central
america, and Of foreign trade everywhere fl
mong our neighbors. 1t has refused to i
harter, sanction or encourage any Amer y
San organization for constructing the a
Nicaragua canal, a work OF vital import. n
nee to the maintenance of the Monroe g.
octrine, and Of our national influence in
'entral and South America, and neces- n
lry for the development OF trade with
uT Pacific territory, with South America IC
nd with the islands and further coasts OF
he Pacific Ocean. W
We arraign the present democratic ad. -
,inislTation for its weak and unpatYiouc
reatment Of the fisheries question, and
5 pusillanimous surrender of the essen. \
al privileges to which our fishing vessels 4
re enutled in Canadian ports under the C
reaty Of 1913, the reciprocal maritime aC
'gislAtion Of 1890, and the comfy Of ~ =
anons, and which Canadian fishing YES. M
'ls receive in the ports of the United 81
tates. We condemn the policy Of the Oh
resent administration and the democratic
ajoriiy in Congress toward our fisheries
uniriendly and oonspicuously unpatri- -
ic, and as tending 20 destroy a valuable
lnonal industry aud al indispensable
source OF defense against q foreign U
lemy. II
The name of America applies alike TO