The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-06


and reckless pension expenditure, which /
oyer.eaps the bounds OF grateful recog
milton of patriotic service and prostitutes |
to vicious uses the peoples prompt and |
generous impulse to aid aid those disabled |
In their ccuntry's defense.
1t il plain dictate OF honesty and good |
government that public expenditures |
should be limited to public necessity, and |
that this should be measured by the rules
Of strict economy; and it is equally clear
that frugality among the people is the best
guaranty of contented and strong sup
port OF free institutions.
Civil Service Commended.
One mode of the misappropriation 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 q
fair return of work for the compen-
sation paid to them To secure the
fitness and competency of appointees to
Office, and to remove from political action
the deinoralizing madness for spoils, civil
service reform has found place In our
public policy and laws. The benefits
already gained through this Instrumental
ity and the further usefulness 1t promises
entitle it to the hearty support and en-
couragement of all who desire TO see our
public services well performed, ora-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 in inconsistent with the fair field
which ought to be open to every fnde-
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business should not be superseded by an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 chcapness, which usually results
from wholesome competition
Opposed to the American Sense OF
Fairness.
These aggregations and combinations
i frequently constitute conspiracies against
the interests of the people. and i'm 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
+ 4 EOpeTHfEeHt bH0utu FGilGNC UuE OibtSSHS
from their interference and exactions
A Word About Lo.
Our relations with the Indians located
withiu our borders impose upon us respon
sibilities we cannot escape Humanity
and consistency require us to treat them
with forbearance, and in our dealing'
with them TO honestly and consideratel,
regard their rights and interests. Ever,
Il z -. n L.. a. Vak.I AIn..
through the paths of civilization and edu
cation to self lfsupporting and Independent
J 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 o
temptation that retards their advance
ment. -
Bound tn Tariff Reform
The people of the United States hav
decreei that on this day the control @
their government in it's Legislative and es
] ecutive branches shall be given to a polii
! ical party pledged in the most positiv
: terms to the accomplishment of tariff n
! form. They have thus determined in favo
j Of n more inst and equitable system G
D federal taxation. The agents they hav
: chosen To carry out their purposes ar
Q bound by their promises not less than b
the command of their masters, to devot
7 themselves unremittingly TO this servic'
Mus, be Done Wisely
While there should be no surrender {
! principle, our task must be undertake
wisely and without vindictiveness. Ou
!. mission is not punishment, but the rectii
: cation of wrongs IL, in lifting burden
! from the daily fife our people we redut
: inordinate and unequal advantages te
!. long enjoyed, this is but necessary inc
!, dent of our return to right and justice.
we exact from unwilling minds acquie
cence in the theory OF an honest distrib
tion of the fund of governmental bene
icence treasured up for all. we but insi
upon principle which underlies our fr
e institutions. When we tear aside the
e Dclusions and Misconceptions
which have blinded our countrymen
, their condition under vicious tariff law
! we but show them how far they have be,
!, led away from the paths of contentme
>. :. and prosperity. When we proclaim tn
Z the necessity for revenue to support d
. government furnishes the only justifie
/. tion for taxing the people we announce
- truth so plain that its denial would see
= : to indicate the extent to which judgme
- may be influenced by familiarity wi
a peryersions of the taxing power; and VIII
- we seek to reinstate the self-confidence n
business enterprise of our citizens, by d
crediting an abiect dependence upon gt
ernmental power. we strive to stimuls
a those elements of American charac,
be which support the hope of Americ
NJ achievement. sa 3
&c Will BE Held Accountable.
= Anxiety for the redemption of I
!, pledges which my party has made and
af licitude for the complete justification
the trust the people have reposed in
constrain me TO remind those with wht
am to co operate that we can succeed
ze doing the work which has been especia
M set before us only by the most since
lte harmonious and disinterested effort. f,
ny IL insuperable obstacles and oppositi
". prevent the consummation of our task,
ne shall hardly be excused; and If failure {
sr be traced to our fault or neglect we p
l.y be sure the people will hold US to a sw
~ and exacting accountability.
The Constitution Rule OF Condu
on- The oath now take to preserve, prot