Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-10

ne. ~. s"o"iu De measured by the rules
or strict economy; and it is equally clear
That frugality among the people is the best
guaranty OF a contented and strong SUP.
port of free institutions.
civil Service Commended.
One mode of the Misrepresentation Of
public funds is avoided when appoint-
ments to office, instead of being the re-
wards OF partisan activity, are awarded
to those whose efficiency promises a
FAIR return of work for the compen-
sation paid to them. To secure Tho
fitness and competency of appointees to
Office, and to remove from political action
the demoralizing madness for spoils, civil
service reform has found a place in our
public pol cy and laws. The benefits
already gatn.d through this instrumental
ity and the further usefulness it promises
entitle it to the hearty support and en-.
ouragem ent of all who desire to see our
public services we'll performed, or who
hope for the elevation of political senti.
ment and the publication of political
methods.
Trusts Should Go.
The existence of immense aggregations
OF Kindred enterprises and combinations
OF business interests formed for the pur-
pose OF limiting production and fixing
prices is inconsistent with the fair field
which ought to be open to every indie
pendent activity. Legitimate strife in
business should not be superseded by an
enforced concession to the demands of COM
binations that have the power to destroy,
nor should the people to be served lose the
benefit of cheapness, which usually results
from wholesome competition.
Opposed to the American Sense of
Fairness.
These aggregations and combinations
frequently constitute conspiracies against
the interests of the people. and in all their
phases they are unnatural and opposed
to our American sense of fairness. To the
extent that they can be reached and re-
strained by federal power, the general
government should relieve our citizens
from their interference and exactions.
Loyalty to the principles upon which u
government rests, positively demands that
the equality before the law which it guar
antees to every citizen should be Justly
and in good faith conceded in all parts Of
the land.
The enjoyment of this right follows the
badge of citizenship where found, and un-
impaired by race or color, it appeals for
recognition to American manliness and
fairness.
A Word About Lo.
Our relations with the Indians located
within our borders impose upon us respon-
sibilities we cannot escape. Humanity
and consistency require us to treat them
with forbearance, and in our dealings
with them to honestly and considerably
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effort should be made to lead them
cation to self-supporting and Independent
citizenship. In the meantime, as the ma
tion's wards, they should be promptly de-
Tended against the cupidity of designing
men and shielded from every influence or
temptation that retards their advance
ment.
Bound to Tariff Reform.
The people of the United States have
decreed that on this day the control of
their government in its legislative and ex-
ecutive branches shall be given to a polit-
ical party pledged in the most positive
terms to the accomplishment of tariff re-
form. They have thus determined in favor
of a more just and equitable system Of
federal taxation. The agents they have
chosen to carry out their purposes are
bound by their promises not less than by
the command of their masters, to devote
themselves unremittingly to this service.
Must be Done Wisely.
While there should be no surrender Of
principle, our task must be undertaken
wisely and without vindictiveness. Our
mission Is not punishment, but the rectii-
cation of wrongs. If, in lifting burdens
from the daily life our people we reduce
i%nordinate and unequal advantages too
long enjoyed, this is but a necessary Incl
dent of our return to right and justice. If
we exact from unwilling minds a%cquies-
cence in the theory of an honest distribu-
ton of the fund of governmental benef-
icence treasured up for all, we but insist
upon a principle which underlies our free
institutions. When we tear aside the
Delusions and Misconceptions
which have blinded our countrymen to
their condition under vicious tariff laws,
we but show them how far they have been
led away from the paths of contentment
and prosperity. When we proclaim that
the necessity for revenue to support the
government furnishes the only justifica-
ton for taxing the people we announce q
truth so plain that it's denial would seem
to indicate the extent to which judgment
may be influenced by familiarity with
perversions of the taxing power; and when
we seek to reinstate the self-confdence and
business enterprise of our citizens, by dis.
crediting an abject dependence upon gov
ernmental power, we strive to stimulate
those elements of American character
which support the hope of American
achievement.
Will BE Held Accountable.
Anxiety for the redemption of the
pledges which my party has made and so.
licitude for the complete justification Of
the trust the people have reposed in us
constrain me to remind those with whom,
I am to cooperate that we can succeed in
doing the work which has been especially
set before us only by the most sincere,
harmonious and disinterested effort. Even
If insuperable obstacles and opposition
prevent the contamination of our task, w
shall hardly be excnsad: and it failure can
be traced to our fault or neglect we may
be sure the people will hold us t. a swift
and exacting accountability.
The Constitution a Rule of Conduct,
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