The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-09-21

migration and the home the most potent as
similating force in our civilization. The
objections to Chinese immigration arc dis
tinctive and conclusive, and IRE now SO
generally accepted a such that the qucs-
ton has passed entirely around the stage of
argument. The laws relating to this sub
jcct would, ii 1 should be charged with
their enforcement, be faithfully executed.
Such amendments or further legislation us
may be necessary and proper to prevent
e~vasions of the laws and to. stop further
Chinese immigration would also meet my
approval. The expression of the conven-
ton upon this subject is in entire harmony
with my views.
Purity of the Ballot.
"Our civil compact is q government by
majorities; and the law loses its sanction
and the magistrate our respect when this
compact is broken. The evil results of
election frauds do not expcnd themselves
upon the voters who are robbed of their
rightful influence in public affairs. The ill.,
dividuas or community or party that prac-
tees or connivcs at election frauds has suf-
fered irreparable injury and will sooner or
later realize that to exchange the American
system of majority rule for minority con-
troll is not only unlawful and unpatriotic
but very unsafe for those who promote it.
The disfranchisemcnt of a single legal
clector by fraud or intimidation is a crime
too grave to Ike regarded lightly. The right
of every qualified elector to cast one free
ballot and to have it honestly counted must
not he questioned. Every constitutional
power should he used to make this right re-
cure and punish frauds upon the ballot.
Our colored people do not ask special legis-
lation in their interest, but only to be made
secure in the common rights of American
citizenship. They will, however, naturally
mistrust the sincerity of those party leaders
who appeal to their race for support only
in those localities where the suffrage is free
and election results doubtful. and ompass
their Acknowledgement where their votes
would be controlling and their choice can
not he coerced.
Schools aad Territories.
'The nation, not less than the States, is
dependent for prosperity and security upon
the intelligence and morality of the people.
This Common interest very carly suggested
national aid in the establishment and endow-
ment of schools and colleges in the new
States. There is, I believe. a present ext
gency that calls for still more liberal and
direct appropriations in aid Of COMMON
school education In the States.
s'The territorial form of government is a
temporary cxpcdient. not q permanent civil
condition. It is adapted to the EFFICIENCY
TINT suggested it, but becomes inadequate
and even oppressive when applied to fixed
md populous communities. Several terri
tories are well able to bear the burdens and
discharge the duties Of free commemorative
in the American union. To exclude them is
to deny the just rights Of their people and
may well excite their indignant protest. No
question Of the political preference Of the
people of a territory should close against
them the %hospitablc door which has opened
to two-thiids Of the existing States. But
admission should bc rcsolutely refused any
Territory, a majority Of whose people cher
ish institutions That are .repugnant to our
civilization or Inconsistent with q repub-
lean form of government.
Trusts and Pcnsions.
1.-THE declaration of the convention
against all combinations of capital organ
lied in trusts or otherwise to control arbi-
trary the condition Of trade among our citi-
zcns' Is in harmony with the views enter
tanned and publicly expressed by me long
before the assembling OF the convention.
Ordinarily capital shares tho Losses Of idle
ncss with labor, but under tho operation Of
the trust, in some of its forms. tho wage
worker alone suffers loss, while idle capital
receives Its dividends from a trust fund.
Producers who refuse to join the combina-
ton are destroyed, and competition, as an
element of prices, is eliminated. It cannot
be doubted that the legislative authority
should and will find a method Of dealing
fairly and effectively with these and other
abuses connected with tho subject.
ut can hardly be necessary for me to say
that y m heartily in sympathy with the de-
~claration Of the convention upon the subject
Of pensions to our soldiers and sailors.
What they gave and what they suffered !
had some opportunity to observe, and in q
small measiye, to experience. They gave
ungrudgingiy; It WINS not q trade, but ON
Offering. The measure was hcaped up, run.
ming over. What they achieved only q dis.
tant generation can adequately toll. With
out attempting to discuss particular propod.
lions may sdd that measures IN behalf Of
the surviving veterans Of tho war andof The
families Of thsir dad comrades should b
conceived and executed In i spirit Of Justice