The Dickinson press., 1894-07-14

and maintain boards or tribunals of con-
Citation or arbitration, whereby the dis
agreements and differences between en-
ployers and employees may be settled with
out strikes or %locGouts; (3) to reclaim and
to preserve the public domain for actual
settlers under homestead laws.
All proper and necessary measures
should be adopted and enforced to ex-
cludc from our shores all paupers, crimi-
nails and other dangerous and undesirable
classes Of immigrants.
The farmers and oil other producing
classes are entitled to cheap and suitable
facili:ies for storing, shipping and market
ing their products, and therefore we ore
and have been in favor of such legislation
rs is requisite and essential to secure
promptly aud without discrimination and
ut reasonable rates, convenient and ample
elevator and warehouse accommodations
and proper and speedy transportation to
all nccessialc and appropriate markets.
corporations or individuals performing
any public service or employment, are
amcna5ie aud subject to public control;
and We favor the enactment and enforce
meat Of such laws as will compel them to
render efficient and approved service at
fair a:ul reasonable rates. without favor
or Discrimination as TO persons or places.
The pensions awarded by a generous ma
ton to the disabled and unfortunate vet
Grams OF our late war. their widows and
orphans, should be given them with a
fair and generous hand, and not grudg-
ingly and with restraint. We dcprecate
the parsim0nius. super-critical and harass-
ing attitude of the present cmocratic I'D
ministratinn in its treatment of the bene-
t~iciaries of our pension laws.
The Republican party has always ad-
vOcatcl equal rights and privileges for all
the people without any distinction what
ever MS to classes or individuals. We be-
lieve in the fullest rights of labor and of
laboring men, and are opposed to class
privileges Of all kinds. The American
worknan are the producers of our wealth
and greatness and we are and should be
solicitous for their welfare and happiness.
We earnestly advocate such legislation as
will secure the peaceful adjustment by
arbitration of differences arising from
time to time between employers and m
ployes, and condemn unqualifiedly capital
lists and others who refuse to settle such
differences along these peaceful lines.
The wanton destruction of property,
whether private, corporate or public,
should be prevented and mob violence
promptly suppressed at all hazards. We
stand for law and order, for the punish
ment of crime and for the lawful redress
of all wrongs.
Whereas, There are now now in this
state aboue four million $4,000, OOO) acres
of railroad lands which are not held or
used for railroad purposes and do not con-
tribute to the gross earnings tax or to
any other state or local tax, we demand
that said lands be taxed by the ordinary
method of direct taxation, and that such
tax be in addition to the present gross
earnings tax upon railroad property.
We earnestly and cmphatically urge the
adoption of an amendment to the national
constitution cXtcndig the term of Office
of the president of the United States to
six years; and providing, that no person
who has been president of the United
States shall thereafter be eligible to the
same Office.
We therefore respectfully request coll
gress to propose al amendment to the
national constitution that will speedily ac-
complish this end.
We recommend and endorse the wise,
economical and statesmanlike administra-
ton of the affairs of the State of Mime
sofa under Gov. knutc Nelson.
We commend likewise and patriotic
course Of our senators, Cushman X. Davis
and William ID. Washburn, and OUT Re
publican representatives. j.. A. Tawney,
]. 7. McCleary, A. r. Kiefe- and Loren
Fletcher in the congress of the United
States upon all questions appertaining to.
the public interests and the welfare of
their constituents. They have at oil times
fully and fearlessly discharged their duty
to tine people. and we give them our
hearty cOnmendation.