The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-09-01

lie questions on their merits ana IN e
peaceful appeal for the redress of all t
grievance that lie within the legiti |
mate scope of Legislative power. We
therefore condemn all acts of lawless- s
ness by whomsoever committed and {
proclaim to every person in the state
the prompt and equal protection of
the laws.
Third-We declare that the repub-i
lican party was founded upon thf
principle of protection of free labor,
and we are therefore radically opposed
to any monopoly of the right to labor.
We favor organized labor, but believe
that all labor organizations should be
protected in the spirit of American
institutions; and while we recognize
in full the right of labor to organize.
for its benefit and protection, we de-
clare that all such organizations must
be administered in subordinatiop to
the laws of the land, that every per
son has the right to earn an honest
living, free from interference or
wrong from any person or organiza-
ton whatsoever, and that such right !
should be amply protected by law.
Fourth-That, while we believe
that freedom of labor should be pro-
tected against all unlawful aggres-
sions of labor organizations, we also
believe that all labor, whether so Or
ganized or not, should be protected
against the unjust eXactions of cap
ital. We therefore condemn that
system of employment which, under
the penalty of loss of employment,
compels the employe to patronize the
store or other business of the employ
er or his managing agent We be-
lieve that this system tends to mon
,, opolize all of the business Of any
community by few persons or cor
2 porations, Injuries the public and pre-
vents harmonious relations between
capital and labor. We also pledge
the republican party to the passage
of law providing for boards Of ar
hitration to determine all differences
and controversies between laborers
and their employers which may be
g submitted to them.
Fifth-We are unalterably in favor
e of the policy of protection as applied
q to agriculture, capital and labor. We
e declare that complete protection in
competitive articles is secured by the
II levy of such discriminating duties rs
= will equalize the cost of production
q at home and abroad; that less thar
u this is not protection and more thar
'e this is monopoly. We therefore spe
IN cially commend the plank in the ma
tional platform ON this subject, "a
ut embracing certain and definite guild
lie in tariff legislation.
u Sixth-The good faith of the gov
y ernment and the entire country i
no pledged to the faithful carrying on
VI of the Columbian exposition in 1893
and, inasmuch as this is to be mad
ne an exhibition of the industrial pre-
~ ducts of the nation, display Of th
y skill, energy and industry of our me
a., a., chanics, laborers and artists, it be
no comes a subject of national and stat
pride. We therefore most earnestl
III endorse the action of those member
'oi ~ of the fifty second congress who vote
ne for liberal appropriations to carry Q
"' this great work and pledge the SUI
port of the republican members {
'Ve the next legislature of Idaho for
.Sa 'Ua liberal appropriation to aid the con
'ne missioner of this state IN his endeav'
'on TO place Idaho in the front rank vii
g., e,i other states of the union in the di
'ie play of our natural resources al
'on grand possibilities.
ho Seventh&We call the attention
no the national administration to the u
ver necessary delay in alloting the lal
20 of the Nez Perce Indian reservatio
ion We ask that direction for the speet
conclusion of such allotments be sc
+od forward and that those in charge
,4;o the work be instructed to attend
the same at once, or that persons
+ho substituted for them who will; a
we demand immediate action in {
~" ~, opening of the reservation TO sett
ment
'eH Eighth-To furnish the workir
men of this country facilities for
safe deposit of their earnings, there
tate fostering thrift among tina people,
'ery favor the immediate passage of i
fare by congress by which the postofii
the can be used as savings banks of
plies posit and exchange.
Ninth-We believe with the fathe
our that the preservation of republic
ton institutions depends upon the vir
CON and intelligence of the people.
lille believe the institutions are now s.
ding iected to a severe strain which
ping now reached point of absolute d
/, we ger. We believe that our libera
osed of sentiment and action as nat
,tion has debased the suffrage TO a pc
free which calls for a rational change.
ther therefore demand, first: the immt
tory ate amendment of our laws relat
netal to immigration and naturalization
S of inadmissfble elements among our
con- eign immigration whose presence
stock degrades the wages of labor and
also dangers our institutions by the
con basement and corruption of the
,inoo frooa. cacon1 tho adoption of