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

and orphans.
An EFFIcIENT CIVIL SERVICE.
we commend the policy OF the republican
party in maintaining the efficiency of the
civil service The administration has acts
So ssrs Wesel u en afs e aPapto s. R seeaef aa iSni pIa and
the philippine islands only those whose Mt
ness has been determined by training and
experience. We believe that employment
In the public service in these territories
their inhabitants.
1t was, the. plain purpose of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution to prevent
discrimination on account Of race or color
vices of state governments, whether stat
3utofy or constitutional enactment, to- avoid
the purpose of this amendment, are revo-
.lutiOnary and should be condemned.
GOOD ROADS
Public movements looking to a perma-
nent Improvement of the roads and high
ways of the country meet with our cordial
approval and We recommend this subject to
the earnest consideration Of the people and
the Legislatures Of the several states.
delivery service wherever its extension may
be justified. 4a
ARID LANDS.
In further pursuance of the constant pol
icy Of the republican party to provide free
homes gon the public domain, we recon-
LleuO reuueQQhte udIlOltdl %lGSlSldllOu " 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.
admission to statehood OF the territories Of
New Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma.
REDUCTION OF8WAR TAKES.
The Dingiey act amended to provide suf-
ticient revenue for the conduct of the war
has so well performed its work that it has
been possible to reduce ha the war debt IN
governments revenues, and so great is the
public confidence in the Integrity of Its OBJ
legations that Its newly funded 2 per cent
aonds sell at; a premium. The country is
now justified in expecting and it will be
the policy of the republican party to bring
about q reduction Of the war taxes.
TRADE EXPANSION.
We favor the construction. ownership,
control and protection Of All isthmian canal
by the government Of the United States.
New markets are necessary for the m
Every effort Should be made to open and
obtain new markets, especially in the ORR
ent, and the administration Is warmly to
be commended for its successful effort to
commit all trading and colonizing nations
through the policy of the open door in
China. In interest Of our expanding COM
<merce, we recommend that congress create
a department Of and industries
In the charge of q secretly with a seat in
the cabinet. The consular system should
be recognized under the supervision of
this new department upon such a basis OF
appointment and tenure as will render 1t
creaSing trade. Xs,f as# ~
The American government must protect
the person and property Of every citizen
wherever they are wrongfully violated OF
We congratulate the Of America
upon their splendid record OF public service
in the volunteer aid association and the
nurses In camp and hospital during the re-
sern nd western Indies, n we appreciate
their faithful cooperation In NIL works of
edHcation and Industry. ss5
foreign affairs Of the United States with
distinguished credit to the American. PEG
pie. In releasing the United States from
the grieyous conditions OF q European al
HAnce for the government OF Samoa. his
course Is especially to be commended. BY
his securing to our undivided control the
most Important island Of the Samoan group
and the best harbor in the southern Pacific,
every american interest has been safe
We approve the annexationaof the Ha-
waiian islands to the United States.
We. commend the partstaken by our gov
aagae. w aas.1 asser Re oss sseadfase' sah g nee
ia. the policy announced In the Monroe doc
trine. s5a
The provisions of the Hague convention
kinley rendered his friendly offices In the
interest of peace between Great Britain
and the South African republic. While the
American government must continue the
policy prescribed by Washington, affirmed
by every succeeding president and imposed
upon us by the Hague treaty of non-inter-
yenttOn in European controversies, 1.-The
American people earnestly hope that a wa
may soon be found. honorably alike to both
c0nf9ndfnP narfiQS. fn fPrfntnufn the SfrffQ
between them. $50 so
In accepting, by the treaty OF Paris the
Just responsibility of cur victories in$sthe
won the undoubted approval of the Ameri-
can people. No other course was possible
than to destroy spain's sovereignty
throughout the western Indies and In the
Philippine islands.
That course created our responsibility
before the world. and with the u~norgdnized
population whom our Intervention had
freed from Spain, to provide for the main
tenance Of law and order, and for The es-
adjustment Of good government and for
the performance OF International oblfga-
lions. Our authority could not. he less than
our responsibility and wherever sovereign
rights were extended 1t became the high
duty OF the government to maintain its au-
|thorjty, to put Town armed insurrection
and to confer the blessings of liberty and
civilization upon all the rescued peoples.
consistent WITH their welfare and our du-
ties shall be secured to them by law. To
Cuba Independence and self-government
We're assured in the. same voice by which
war was declared. and to the letter this
pledge shall be performed.
The republican party, upon Its history
and upon this declaration OF its. principles
and policies confidently inyokes the con-
siderate and approving Judgment OF thu
American people.
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