Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-20

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tion for Statehood, all officers .herec
should be selected from the bona fid
residents and citizens OF the Terhtor
wherein they are to serve. South Dakot
should of right be Immediately admitted
as State in the Union, under the con
stituton framed and adopted by tn
people, and we heartily indoIse the actor
Of the Republican Senate in twict
passing bills for her admission. Tit
refusal of the Democratic House o
Representatives, for partisan purposes, t.
favorably consider these bills, S a willfu
violation of the sacred American principle
Of local sef.government. and merits the
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 DO all in its power to fa-
cilitate the admission of the territories OF
New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari.
zona to the enjoyment of self.government
as states, such of them as are now quail
soon as they may become so.
The political power of the Mormon
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 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 its efforts to demOnetize
silver.
We demand the reduction of letter
postage to cent per ounce.
In a republic like ours, where the
citizen ls 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
oi learning, sufficient to afford to every
child growing up in the land the oppor.
tunlty 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 a free ship
bill, as calculated to work injustice to
labor by lessening the wages of those
engaged in preparing materials, as well
as those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early Eebuilding of our navy; for the
construction of coast fortihcations and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the prOtec-
tion of our defenseless harbors and
cities; 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
of the shipping interests
Of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific States, as
we'll as for the payment OF the maturing
public debt. This policy will give em-
ployment to our labor, activity to our va
'ious industries, Increase the security of
lur country, promote trade, open new
md direct markets for our produce, and
,heapen the cost Of transportation. We
ltfirm this to be far better for our country
han 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-
pushed by its lnetficiency and Its coward
ce. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
IL pending treaties effected by republican
for the removal of foreign
,urdens and restrictions upon our com.
nerco and for its extension into better
markets, it has neither effected nor pro- /
osed any Others IN their stead. Profess I
ng adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it !
as seen with idle complacency the extern /
ion OF foreign influence IN Central
america, aud Of foreign trade everywhere !
monG our neighbors. 1t has refused to t
harteT, sanction or encourage any Amer. L
IAN organization fer constructing the !,
iicaragua canal, a work OF vital import
nee 10 the ualuNCnanCe VI the monroe n
octrine, and of our national influence in
entral and South America, and neces-
'ry for the development OF trade with
lr Pacific territory, with South America II
nd with the islands and further coasts OF N
he Pacific Ocean.
We arraign the present democratic ad-
Illustration for its weak and unpatrioIc
eAtment of the fisheries question, and ,
S puSilanlmous surrender of the essen /
al privileges TO which our fishing vessels 81
re entitled in Canadian ports under the g
'eaty of 1918, she reciprocal maritime c,
gislAtion Of 1880, and aIhe comfy of fc
atoms, aud which Canadian fishing YES. n
Is receive in the ports Of the United al
tates, We condemn the policy of the
eSent administration and the democratic
ajouIy in Congress toward our fisheries
uniriendly and conspicuously unpatri-
ic, and as tending to destroy a valuable ,
.honal industry, and al indispensable
source OF defense against a foreign 4
iemy, ~
The name of America applies alike to
citilens ~ the FeDublic AMI imnoses