Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-23

tinued. We deny that the Democratic
party has eve restored n acre to the
| people, but declare that by the joint
action of Republicans and Democrats
about twenty-eight million acres of I'M
earned lands originally granted for the
| construction OF railroads have been
restored to the publ C domain In pural,-
nncs of conditions inserted by the Re-
publican party iii the original grants.
We charge the Democratic administra-
ton with failure to execute laws secur-
ing to settlers title to their homesteads,
n with using appropriations made for
that purpose to harrass innocent settlers
with spies and prosecutions under the
false p%retense of exposing frauds and
indicating the law.
The government by congress of the
territories is based upon necessity only to-
the end that they may become states in
the Union. Therefore, whenever the
conditions of population, material re-
sources. public intelligence and morality
are such as to insure stable local govern
mert therein, the people of such terri
tories should be permitted-a right in
herent in them-to form for themselves
constitutions and state governments and
be admitted into the Union. Pending
preparation for statehood all officers
thereof should be selected from bona f1de
residents and citizens of the territory
wherein they are to serve. South Da-
kota should of a right be Immediately
admitted as q state in the Union, under
q constitution framed and adopted by
her people, and we heartily endorse the
action of the Republican senate in twice
passing bills for her admission. The re-
fusal of the Democratic house of repre-
sentatiyes, for partisan purposes, to
favorably consider these bills, is a willful
violation of the sacred American princi-
pie of local self-government, 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 and establish state govern
ment, should be passed without unneces-
sary delay. The Republican party pledges
itself to do all in its power to facilitate
the admission of the territories of New
Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Arizona to
the enjoyment of self-government as
s~tates-such of them as are now quail
fed as soon as possible, and Others as soon
as they become SO.
The political power OF The Mormon
church in the territories as exercised in
1S DGtOU i q IkOIittlLO w 1CC AA5pltuUtOlS
too dangerous to be along suffered. There
fore we pledge the Republican party to
appropriate legislation, asserting the SOW
ereignty of the nation In all the terrific
ries where the same is questioned, and
in furtherance of that end to place upon
the statute book legislation stringent
enough to divorce political from ecclesias-
tical power, and thus stamp out the at
tendant wickedness of poIygamy.
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 demoRe-
tie silver.
We demand the reduction of letter
postage to 1 cent per ounce.
In a republic like ours, where the citi-
zen is sovereign and the official the
servant, where nc power is exercised ex-
cept by the will of the people, it is i'm
portant that the sovereign people should
possess intelligence. The free school is
the promoter of that intelligence which
is to preserve us a free nation. There
fore, the state or nation, or both COM
bined, should support the free institu-
tions of learning sufficient to afford to
every child growing up in the land the
opportunity of a good common school
education.
ave earnestly recommend that prompt
action be taken in congress in the enact
ment of such legislation as will best Sc
cure 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 we'll
as those directly employed in our ship
yards. We demand appropriations for
the early rebuilding of our navy, for the
construction of coast Notifications and
modern ordinance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the protec-
ton of our defenseless harbors and cities,
for the payment of just pensions to our
soldiers, for necessary works of national
Importance in the improvement of har-
bors and channels of the internal, coast
wise and foreign commerce., for the en-
enlargement of the shipping interests of
the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific states, as
well as for the payment of the maturing
public debt, This policy will give en-
ployment to u labor, activity to our
various industries, increased security to
our country, promote trade. open new
and direct markets for our products, and
cheaper the cost Of transportation. We
affirm this to be far better for our coun-
try than the Democratic policy of loan
ing the governments money without in
terest to stpet banks.n
The conduct of foreign affairs by the
present administration has been distin-
guished by ineficiency and cowardice.
Having withdrawn from the senate all
pending treaties effected by Republican
administrations for the removal Of for
etgn burdens and restrictions upon our
commerce, and for its extension into q
better market, it has neither effected
nor proposed any others in their stead.
Processing adherence to the Monroe doc
trine, it has seen with idle complacency
the extension of foreign influence in
Central America, and OF foreign trade
everywhere among our neighbors. It
has refused to charter, sanction or en-
courage any American Organization for
the constructing of the Nicaragua canal,
a work of vital Importance to the main
tenance Of the Monroe doctrine, and of
our national influence in Central and
South America, and necessary for the de-
velopment of trade with our Pacific ter
ritory, with South America, and with
the further coasts of the Pacific ocean.
We arrafgn the present Democratic sad-
ministration for its weak and unpatriotic
treatment of the fisheries question, and
its pusillanimous surrender of all priv
ileges to which our fishery vessels are
entitled In Canadian ports under the
treaty of 1918, reciprocate maritime leg
islation of 1880 and community of ma
tions, and which Canadian 1siiiag vessels
receive in the ports OF the United States.
We condemn the policy of the present