Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-16


wherein they are to serve. South Dakot'
should Of right be Immediately admitted
as a State in the Union, under the con
stitution framed and adopted by tht
people, and we heartily indoIse The action
Of the Republican Sen in twice
passrr bills for her admission. The
refusal OF the Democratic House o
Representatives, for partisan purposes, tc
fayorably consider these bill S willfu
violation OF the sacred American principle
Of local self.government, aud merits the
condemnation of all just men. The
penG bills in The Senate for acts tc
enable the people of Washington, North
! Dako and Montana Territories to form
constitutions should be passed withOU,
unnecessary delay. The republican party
pledges itself to DO all its power TO :.
cilitate Vne admission of the terri ries ol
New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Ari-
zoDa to the enjoyment Of self. aoyernment
as states, such of them as e now gu. /.
ned, as soon as possible, and the Others as
soon as tb y may become so.
The poll :cal power of the Mormon
urch in the territories, as experienced in
past, is a menace to free ins tn. 'ons
dangerous Co Je long suffered. There
we pledge he republican party to ap.
proprate legislation assert ne sover-
eignty of the nation in crritores
where the same Is questioned, and in
turtherance of that end to place upon the
statute books legislation strin rent enough
to divorce the political from the ecclesias-
tical power, and thus stamp out the
attendant wickedness of polysamy.
The republican party is in favor Of the
use OF both gold and silver as money, and
condemns tire policy of the democratic
silver.
We demand the reduction of letter
postage to l cent per ounce.
In a republic like ours, where the
citizen Is 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
o 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 .ebuilding of our navy; for the
construction of coast Notifications and
modern ordnance, and other approved
modern means of defense for the protec-
tion of our defenseless haIbors 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
coastwse, and foreign commerce.; for the
encouragement 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 em-
ployment to our labor, activity to our va.
rious industries, Increase the security of
our country, promote trade, open new
and direct markets for our produce, and
cheaper the cost OF transportation. We
affirm this to be far better for our country
than 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-
gmshed by its Inetiiciency and It's coward.
ice. Having Withdrawn from the Senate
all pending treaties effected by republican
administration for the removal of foreign
burdens and restrictions upon our com.
merco and for its extension into better
markets, it has neither effected nor pro-
posed any Others In their stead. Profess
ing adherence to the Monroe doctrine, it
has seen with idle complacency the extern
sion Of foreign influence IN Central
America, and of foreign trade everywhere
among our neighbors. 1t has refused to
charter, sanction or encourage any Amer
Ican organization for constructing the
Nicaragua canal, a work OF vital import
ance to the maintenance Of the Monroe
doctrine, and of our national influence in
Central and South America, and neces-
sary for the development OF trade with
our Pacific territory, with South America
and with the islands and further coasts OF
the Pacific Ocean.
We arraign the present democratic ad.
minisIation for its weak and unpatriouc
treatment of the fisheries question, and
its pusilanmous surrender of the essen
ual privileges TO which our fishing vessels
are entitled in Canadian ports under the |
treaty OF 1913, the reciprocal maritime
legislation Of 1890, and the comfy Of
nations, and which Canadian fishing yes.
sells receive in the ports of the United |
States. We condemn the policy Of the |
present administration and the democratic |
majority in Congress toward our fisheries |
as uniriendly and oonspiouously unpatri- !
oJie, and as tending 20 destroy a valuable !
national industry, and al indispensable
resource OF defense against a foreign |
enemy.
The name Of America applies alike to
all citizens of the republic, and imposes |
upon all alike the same obligations OF |
obedience to the laws. At the same time
that citizenship is and must be the pan.
,ply and safeguard Of him who wears il.