Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-08-20

ed States for hnmesteads for Ameri
can citizens and settlers, not aliens
which the Republican party establish
ed in 1862 against the persistent OPP.
position of Democrats in Congress
and which has brought our grea,
Western domain Into such magniti-
cent development.
The restoration of unearned rail
road land grants to the public do
main for the use of actual settlers,
which was begun under the admins
tration Of President Arthur, should
be continued. We deny that the
Democratic party has ever restored
one acre to the people, but declare
that by the join. action of Republ
cans and Democrats about fifty mil
lions of unearned lands, originally
granted for the construction of rail
roads, have been restored to the pub
lie domain, in pursuance of the con-
ditions inserted by the Republican
party in the orr ginal grants.
We charge the Democratic Admin
lstration with failure to execute the
laws securing to settlers their titles
to homesteads, and with using ap.
propriations made for that purpose
to harass innocent settlers with spies
and prosecutions under the false
pretense of exposing frauds and vim
dlcating the law.
The government by Congress of the
Territories is based upon necessity
only, to the end that they NAV be.
come States in the Union; therefore,
whenever the conditions of popua-
ton, material resources, public intel
Iigence and morality are such as to
insure a stable local government there
in, the people of such Territories
should be permitted, as a right in
herent in them, to form for themselves
constitutions and State governments
and be admitted into the Union.
Tending the preparation for State.
hood, all officers thereof should be
selected from the bona fde residents
and citizens Of the Territory wherein
they are to serve. South Dakota
should of right be immediately adj
United as State in the Union, under
the Constitution framed and adopted
by her people, and we heartily en-
dorse the action of the Republican
Senate IN twice passing bills for her
admission. The refusal of the Dem
ocratic House Of Representatives, for
partisan purposes, to consider these
bills, is a viil:ul violation Of the
sacred American principle of local
self government, and merits the CON
demnation of all just men. The
pending bills in the Senate for acts to
enable the people of WASHINGTON,
North Dakota and Montana Terri
tories to form Constitutions and es-
tablion State governments should be
passed without unnecessary delay.
The Republican party pledges itself
to do al! in its power to facilitate the
admission of the Territories Of New
Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizo-
ma to the Ell joynent of self-govern-
ment AS States; such Of them as are
now qualified as soon as possible, and
the others as soon as they NAV become
so. The political power Of the Nor
mon Church in the Territories as ex
in the past, is menace to free
institutions and dangerous to be long
suffered; therefore we pledge the
republican party to appropriate legls.
alton asserting the sovereignty of
he nation in all Territories where the
tame is questioned, and in furtherance
If that end, to place upon the statute
books, Legislation stringent enough to
ilvcr"e the political from the eccles.
as,lcal power. and thus stamp out the
.ttendant w,ckedness of polvgamy.
The Republican party is in favor of
he use of both gold and silver as
money. and condemns the policy of
he Democratic administration in its
forts to demonetize silver.
We demand reduction of letter
ostage to one cent.
In republic like ours, where the
ltizens is the soverei On and the Off
Ial the servant, where no power is
Nerclsed except by the will of the
eople, it is important that the sover
lsnty, the people, should possess in.
diligence. The free school is the
of that in.elligen ,e which is
preserve us ii free nation; there
ire, the STAGE or nation, or both com
med, should support free ins,i,u
ons OF learning, sufficient to afford
every child growing up in the land
re opportunity of a good common
bool education.
We earnestly recommend that
ompt action be taken by Congress G
the enactment of such legislation ,
will hest secure the rehabilitation t,
our American merchant marine,
d we protest against the passage t
Congress of the free ship bill as r
lrnlated to work inj -stice to labor q
lessenlng the wages of those en- {
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