Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-11-05
tween the States.

tween the States.
We reaffirm the policy of appropriating
the public lands Of the United States to be
homesleads for American citizens and set
tiers, not aliens, which the Republican
party established in 1862, against the
persistent opposition Of the Democrats IN
Congress, and which has brought our great
Western domain into such magnificent
development The restoration Of unearn.
ed land grants to the public domain for
The use OF actual settlers, which was begun
under the administration Of President Ar
thur. should be continued We deny that
the democratic party has ever restored one
acre to the people, but declare that by the
joint action of republicans and democrats,
about fifty millions OF acres of unearned
lands originally granted for the conslruc.
tion of railroads have been restored to the
public domain, in pursuance Of the condi.
tions inserted by the republican party IN
| the original grants. We charge the DEM
ncratic administration with failure to exc.
cuts the laws securing to settlers titles to
their huuesteads, and with using appro.
riatons ma1e for that purpose TO harass
innocent settlers with spies and Prosecu'
titns under fals:r pretence of exposing
frat'ds and vindicatinS1 the law.
The government by congress OF the
Tern tories is based upon ne 'Hessty only |
to the end that they may beconS.c States
IN the Union; therefore whenever the con-
ditions Of population, material resource g,
public intelligence and morally are such l
as TO Sc cure a stable LEGAL government
therein, the people of such Territories
should be permitted, as a ris hit inherent j.
them, to fol- m for themselves constitution
and State 90 vernment, and be admitted
into the Union. Pending tine prepara.
tion for Statehood, all officers hereof
should be selected from the bona fde
residents and citizens OF the Territory
wherein they aru to serve. South Dakota
should Of right be Immediately admitted !
IS State in the Union, under the con- ;
tituton framed and adopted by the :
'eople, and we heartily indoIse the action
i the Republican Senate in twice
asslng bills for her admission. The
eiusal OF the Democratic House of
representatives, for partisan purposes, to
avorablY consider these bills, a willful I
lolation OF the sacred American principle
local self.government. and merits the a
1ndemnation of all just men. The II
ending bills in the Senate for acts to .
lable the people of Washington, North 'Il
akota and Montana Territories to form I
institutions should be passed without 4
necessary delay. The republican party It
edges itself to do all in its power to ia. II
Iitate the admission of the territories Of II
ew Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari. "
ma to the enjoyment Of self. government r
states, such of them as sre now quail.
d, as soon as possible, and the Others as =
IN as they may become so. Il
The political power Of the Mormon I, IN
1rch IN the territories as experienced in ,p
. past, is a menace to free institutions n,
dangerous TO be long suffered. There. Il,
we pledge The republican party to ap. W
'prlate legislation asserting the aover- % Il,
nty OF the nation in all territories The
ere the same Is questioned, aud in the
therance Of that end to place upon the 20
Iutc books egIslation stringent enough au,
divorce the political from the ecclesias- All
Il power, and thus stamp out the the
endant w'.ckedness of poggamys air,
he repul )hoan party is in favur Of the. IRA
OF both gold and silver as money, anG ahl,
demns the policy of die democratic loTr
niLIstra ton IN its efforts to demonetize ann
eT, vii
We de mand the reduction of letter tior
age to cent. par ouace. the
republic Ika ours, where the in t
en IS the sovereign and the official the Sls,
ant, where no pCNer is exercised T
pt ny The vii II the people, it Is lend
lTta thal he SOvtr,i -T-ihe people hy
ou & posses, :uteh ,,cnce The free shot
ol is the pr"mn;ecuf that intelligence loya
~ is to preserve u, 81 free nation; rvn,
q ore, th2 state Ct nauuu, or - Ii that
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On be taken by Couures, in the en-. We
nent of such ,sgls.atlon as will be ! PA, ,
ne the Rehabilitation Of nAr American r"tn
chart marine, H,d "" pIotesJ against me
passage hy C,asress nf A free Shan r..ur,
as calculated 10 work injustice To- ttal'
{ ~ irSSeunH tie wages Of thO,e Ia
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