Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-10

t%ilnent, should. be liberal, and should be
literally administered preference
should be given wherever practicable with
respect to employment In the public service
to soldiers and sailors and to their widows
and orphans. s5s
AN EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE.
We commend the policy of the republican
tparty in maintaining the efficiency OF the
civil service. The administration has act
Led wisely in its effort to secure for public:
service in Cuba Porto Rico. Hawaii and
the Philippine islands only those whose fit:
lMess has been determined by training and
Eexperience. We believe that employment,
In the public service in these territories
should be confined as far as practicable TO
their inhabitants.
1t was the plain purpose of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution to prevent
discrimination on account of race or color
in regulating the elective franchise. De-
vices of state governments, whether stat
utory or constitutional enactment, to- avoid.
the purpose of this amendment, are reyo-
lutionary and should be condemned.
GOOD ROADS.
Public movements looking to a pernaa-s
nent improvement of the roads and high
ways of the country meet with our cordial
approval and we ecommendathi subject to
ltheSearnest consideration of the people and
We favor the extension of the rural free
delivery service wherever Its extension may
ARID LANDS.
In further pursuance of the constant pol
icy of the republican party to provide free
homes on the public domain, we recon-
mend adequate national legislation to re-
claim the: arid lands of the United States,
reserving control of The distribution of wa
ter for Irrigation to- the respective states
and territories.
We favor home rule for and the early
admission to statehood of the territories of
Il NnwF&M nyipn IN riZnnQ - nd u 0Ela hnpnu HENSG
A REDUCTION OF WAR TAXES.
The Dingley act amended to provide ssuf-
fcient revenue for the conduct of the war
has SO well performed its work that 1t has
been possible to reduce the war debt In
the sum of S40,000,000. So ample are the
governments revenues, and so great is the
public: confidence In the integrity of its OBJ
legations thatSits newly funded 2 per cent
bonds sell a5Na premium. The country is
now Justified In expecting and 1T will be
the policy of the republican party to bring
about a reduction Of the war taxes.
TRADE EXPANSION.
We favor the construction, ownership,
8control and protection of an isthmian canal
; y the government OF the United States.
New markets are necessary for the in-
creassng surplus of our farm products.
Every effort should be made to open and
obtain new markets, especially in the ORR
be commended for Its successful effort to,
commit all trading N colonizing nations
through the policy of the open door in
Emma N interest OF our expanding COM
merce, we that congress create
q department Of commerce and industries
IN the charge OF q secretly with a seat in
the cabinet. The consular system should
ne reorganlzed under the supervision of
this new department upon such a basis of
appointment and tenure as will render it
still more seryiceable to the nations in.
cfea n trade.
The American government must protect
/ the person and property of every citizen
Wherever they are Wr0ngfully violated or
placed IN peril.
we eongratniate the women OF America
upon their splendid record OF public service
in the volunteer aid association and the
nurses N camp and hosplta! during the re-
cent eampalgns OF our armies IN the east
their faithful cooperation IN all works of
edncalion ana iqdustry.
.fIesldenL Mcfslnie mas conducted the
foreign affairs of the United States with
distinguished credit to the american peO-
PIE releasing the United states from
MS rs grieyous conoltlons OF 9 European al
aa ,.s aofslne government OF samoa his
course ls especially 70 pc commended. BY
MS securing 9. our und1Nlded control the
naosl nnporlant Island OF the samoan group
ana tue esL.nafpor m tne southern Pacific.
eseIy Anherlcan interest," mas Deen safe
uarded. ,
We apnr0Ne the annexaIlen or the Ha-5
WaIldn &tsIaHus t0@Ihe OniIeu states.
-Me gem % tne part taken py our gov
Il TT-a-.2VaW
aague.EsSW assertSour steaafast adherence
8. lne poitcy announced IN the Monroe doc
lfi n1is .4.,,
the nTovlslons 1.-THE league convention
Wsrs .W!seiy Regarded When resident Nc
kiniey rendered MS friendly offices in the
anterest OF peace between Great Britain
~ - alne SCUM AIricans epuDhc- While the
AInerlcan government must continue the
poiiey prescrlped by washington, affirmed
~ every succeeding president and imposed
upon. US ny the hague treaty of non-inter-
may soon be found, honorably alike to both
befwasn tba gat 1e g teflnlnate me strife
I accepting BY the treaty Of Paris the
Spanish var, tie PRESIDENT a and ies Ia nan afe
Won, the undonbted approval Of the Ameri-
than 70 destroy spain;s sora pgiisapas
fph a. thssxwestern Indies and In the,
That course created our responsibility
Population Whom onr interve an8rgani Red
freed ten. Spain, to provide for the main
tablishment OF good government and for
Ine performance OF international oblfga-i