Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-14

ldtlOn WHICH ndS IOr It's ODy0oU q AOOO6 IL
ton of services or an alienation for the
sufferings of those grand men who car
ried the flag to victory.
We favor liberal appropriations for the
improvement Of our rivers and harbors,
for irrigation and the reclamation OF our
desert lands, for the erection of coast de-
fences and for the creation of a navy in
keeping with the strength and greatness
OF the American people. We favor also
any well directed legislation which has
for it's object the restoration OF the
American merchant marine to position
in which it will command its due share
of the carrying trade of the world.
We pledge the cooperation of our
congressional representations with those
of the state of Oregon to secure the
speedy opening of the Columbia river to
navigation.
We are opposed to the formation of
trusts or corporations whose object is to
raise abnormally the price Of the neces-
saries of life, and we believe that it is
the duty Of the government to prevent
the formation of such combinations by
all needful legislation.
We recognize it as duty of the gov
eminent to stand between the people and
the unjust use of corporate power, and
to this end we believe in the policy of
regulation of railroads and other corpor-
ations by law.
We demand the rigid enforcement of
the Chinese exclusion act and heartily
favor such further legislation as may be
deemed necessary, in order to put final
and effectual stop to the immigration of
all who are unfit for American citizen
ship, and unable to comprehend the
fundamental principles of our govern
ment.
We believe it to be the duty Of the
state to provide rigid system of inspec-
ton of mines and factories, in order that
the health and lives of the employees
shall not be necdlessly endangered.
We recognize the right and duty of
labor to organize for its own protection
and heartily sympathize with every
movement which has for it's object the
moral, material or intellectual advance
ment of any portion Of our fellow citi-
zens.
We indorse and reiterate the declara-
ton in the last national platform, that
THE first concern of good government
is the virtue and sobriety OF the people
and the purity Of the home" The re-
publican party heartily sympathizes with
all wise and well-directed efforts for the
promotion of temperance and morality.
We are in favor of a liberal expendi
ture of public money, to the end that the
people may have cheap and ample postal
facilities. We favor the speedy adjust
ment of the vexed lien land question,
and pledge our delegates in congress to
use every effort to protect the settlers
in all their rights and to favor the for
fixture of all unclaimed land grants.
We favor the adjustment by the ma
tional government Of the claims presen-
ted by the pioneers of Washington be-
cause of losses sustained by Indian
depredations.
We favor such legislation with regard
to the tide and school lands as will best
protect commerce and will insure the
largest possible educational fund to the
state.
We favor the opening to settlement Of
all Indian reservations in the state, hav-
ing a due regard for the rights Of the
Indians.
Believing in the will of the majority,
we indorse the action of the constitu-
tional convention IN submitting to the
electors as separate articles the subjects
of prohibition and woman suffrage.
We heartily indorse the administra-
ton Governor Miles G. Moore.
In conclusion, we invite the voters of
this new state to cast their lot with the
party which saved the Union, and not
with that which sought to destroy it;
with the party which freed the slave,
and not with that which strove to weld
his shackles more firmly; with the party
which upheld the credit of the nation,
and not with that which favored repudi-
alton and dishonor; with the party which
cares for the widows and orphans of the
soldiers of the Union, and not with that
which makes light of their services and
insults their memory; with the party
which stands for protection to American
labor, and not with that which is marsh
aled under the banner of free trade; with
the party which secured the admission
of Washington into the Union, and not
with that which bitterly opposed the
extension to our people Of the ordinary
rights of citizens; with the party which
represents the principles of Washington,
Hamilton, Webster, Clay, Lincoln, Gar