Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-07

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tione on corporate power.
Twelfth-Tbe producers an,
laborers Of the country should no
be taxed to maintain convicts II
idlenees, and the state should Civ
fush Employment to its criminals a
will relieve the taxpayers withou
forcing free laborcrs from their voca
tions or reducing their wages b.
unnatural competition.
Thlrteenth-We endorse the actioi
Of the state railroad commission II
IFS efforts to scure cheap transporta
q m, and we c c)ngratulate the ship
pers upon the success il has attained
ard we recommend that the law b.
20 changed as TO provide for th'
election of commissioners by th'
people.
Fourteenih-The Republican party
ever mind ul of the service of tn,
heroic men who served the Union
favors liberal pensions to the sailor
and soldiers of the republic aud ,
generous care of their widows anC
orphans.
Fifteenth-We favor economy IL
the administration Of national anc
state affairs, the prompt and eflec
tive restraint of combines or capita
lists for purposes unlawful or g.
variance with sound public policy
ample educational facilities for the
whole people by the maintenance
inviolate ofour public school system
reservation of public land of Uuited
States for homesteads for American
citizens, and restoration to the pub
lie d' main of all unearned railroad
grants; and we con emplate with
pride the progress of Republican
legislation and administration in al
Of the directions named.
Sixteenth-While inviting to ouI
shores the worthy poor and OPP
pressed of other nations, we demand
enactments Of law that Will protect
our country and people against the
Ia finx of vicious and criminal classes
q foreign natl, MS, and the importa-
ton of laborers under contract tc
compete with our own citizens, and
Earnestly approve the rigid enforce.
ment of the existing laws by the
present national administration.
Seventeenth-We are opposed to
the immigration of Chinese laborert
TO the United States, and demand
such extension of existing laws al
shall eflectually and forever exclude
Chinese laborers from american
soil.
Eighteenth-We are In favor Of
an amendment to the constitution
Of the United States providing fol
the election of United States sena.
tors by direct vote of the people.
Nineteenth Good roads being
essential to the welfare of all com.
munites, and especially the farming
community, we favor such amend
ment to the existing laws as will en-
able the several counties of the state
TO levy tax not exceeding five
mills for road purposes.
Twentieth-We take pride in COM
mending the work of the last Re-
publican congress, which, In the
face of Democratic filibustering
passed the Mckinley tariff law, re-
ducing the surplus revenues many
millions of dollars; increasing the
free list by adding thereto many OF
the great necessaries Of our daily life
not produced here in sufficient guam
titles to suppy the demand; and
otherwise re-adjusted the tariff laws;
passed the customs administration
act; pension law; land grant forfeit.
ure act, restoring many million
acres Of land to public domain; the
postal subsidy act; the anti-lOttery
act; the antitrust law, and many
other great measures, in the interest
Of the general welfare of the Ameri-
can people.
Twenty-first-We congratulate the
country upon the success and pros
perity that have marked the admin.
istration Of President Harrison. 1t
has brought dignity, vigor and
statesmanship to the conduct of our
foreign affairs, aud will settle many
grave international complications
upon basis which secures every
American right, and has indicated
to the nations of the earth that IL IL
lble TO, and will, protect the rights
Of the United States and of the peo.
pie thereof In every quarter of the
globe.
Twenty-second - We favor the
prompt construction of ample de.
lenses for all the coasts of the United
States, the building of aa efficient
navy, and the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine.