Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-18

literally administered and preference
S Sesneet &c 3e s saYen ,mnsrei ie tP Pea Susie Service VICE
to soldiers and sailors and to their widows
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 act
ed wisely in its effort to secure for publies
service in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the philippine islands only those whose Mt,
ness has been determined by training anu
experience. We believe that employment
In the public service in these territories
should be confined as far as practicable to
their inhabitants. e..
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
the purpose of this amendment, are revo-
lutionary and should be condemned.
4 GOOD ROADS.
Public movements looking to q perma-
nent improvement of the roads and high
ways Of the country meet with our cordial
the earnest consideration OF the people and
the legislatures of the several states. V
We favor the extension of the rural free
delivery service wherever its extension may
be justified. s .%3 T.; &
ARID LANDS. ~
p III E1urlueE pursuance S9uSIuAI W.
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,
ter for irrigation to the respective states
and territories. Hb# a5EE 2
we favor home rule for and the early
admission to statehood OF the territories or
A REDUCTION OF WAR TAXES.
n,,o Dyn GLOW ont op,ondod IN prnvido S1f-
hcient revenue. for the conduct Of the war
has so we'll performed Its work that it has
been possible to reduce the war debt IN
the sum Of SAC, 000, 900. So ample are the
public confidence in the integrity of its OBJ
legations that its newly funded 2 per cent.
bonds sell at a premium. The country Is
the policy Of the republican party to bring
about a reduction Of the war taxes.
TRADE EXPANSION.
w favor the construction. ownership,
control and protection of an isthmian canal
by the government Of the United States.
New markets are necessary for the in
creasing surplus Of our farm products.
Every effort should be made to open and
obtain new markets, especially In the ori-
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
nGrCe,. we IGCOlulu6uu ludt COuSIGSS CIGuLt
a department Of commerce and industries
in the charge Of a secretry 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
still more serviceable to- the nations in.
.creasing trade. 4
The American government must protect
the person and property of every citizen
wherever they are wrongfully violated or
placed In peril. AZ Z5S .say
W. congratulate the women of America
upon their splendid record Of public service
nurses In camp and hospital during the re-
cent campaigns of our armies In the east
ern and western Indies, and we appreciate
their faithful corporation In all works of
education and industry.
President Mckinley has conducted the
foreign affairs of the United States with
distinguished credit to the American peo-.
pie. In releasing the United. States from
the grieyeus conditions Of a European al
lance 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
guarded.
waiian Stands to the United States.
We commend the part taken by our gov
eminent in the peace conference at the
Hague. We assert our steadfast adherence
w kAV pOA&Sy RAuVNAASVa III WIG x4OAkVS wv
trlne. .!5s s25s&
u The provisions Of the Hague convention
were wisely regarded when President Nc
Klnley 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 affirmed
by every succeeding president inc imposed
yention IN European controversies, the
American people earnestly hope that a way.
may soon be found, honorably alike to both
sontending parties, TO terminate the strife
In accepting by the treaty Of Paris the
just responsibility of our victories in the,
Spanish war, the president and the senate
can people. No other course was possible
than to destroy Spain's sovereignty
throughout the western Indies and In the
THAT course created our responsibility
before the world and with the unorganized
population whom our intervention had
freed from Spain, to provide Tor theEmain-.
adjustment of good government and for
the performance Of international obliga-
lions. Our authority could not be less than
our responsibility and wherever sovereign
rights were extended 1t became the high
duty of the government to maintain its au-
thority, to put down armed insurrection
and to confer the blessings Of liberty and
civilization upon all the rescued peoples.
The largest measure of self-government
consistent With their welfare and our du-,
ties shall be secured to them by law. To
Cuba Independence and self-government
were 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 invokes the con-
siderate and approving Judgment of the
American people. s&
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