Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-17

The pension laws. founded in this lust sem
timent, shOuld4be liberal, and should be
literally administered and preference
respect to employment In the public service
to soldiers and sailors n 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
cd wisely in its effort tossecure for publte
service IN Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the Philippine islands only those whose fit
experience. 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-
utory or constitutional enactment, to avoid
the purpose Of this amendment, are revO-
%lutionary and shout be condemned.
II GOOD ROADS.
Public movements looking to a perma-
nent Improvement of the roads and high
approval and we recommend this subject to
the earnest consideration of the people and
the legislatures of the several states.
We favor the extension Of the rural free
delivery service wherever its extension may
be justified. {48ysE8
ARID LANDS.
In further pursuance Of the constant poll
icy Of the republican party to provide free
homes on tile 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
New Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma. h
IA REDUCTION OF WAR TAXES. aE
The Dingley act amended to provide suf-
ticient revenue for the conduct of the war
has SO well performed its work that 1t has
been bee a,1 possible 81 sad te oon reduce ano Il the !. m war debt in n
governments revenues, and so great is the
public confidence in the Integrity of It's 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.
We favor the construction. ownership,
control and protection of ar 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 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 IN and industries
in the charge of a secretry with a seat in
the cabinet. The consular system should
be r~eorganized 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
creasing trade. ~
the person and property of every citizen
wherever they are ~wrongfully violated or
placed in peril.
We congratulate the women of America
upon their splendid record Of public service
In the volunteer aid association and the
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 cooperation 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 grievous conditions Of d 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
We annrove tha onnaxation of +ba Ha-
waiian isiands 70 tha I1n;Iad Statas
We ommend the mart taEen nv orr gov
Hag,a We assarp oIr ston ! CT aah nn
tn fha noIicv annnnnnad IN tba Mnnroa dnce
trine - - 49, = = 49, 49,
The nroyfsions of tho Haona oonvan+fon
were. wiseIv repa rded when Prasidant NJ
Kiniev rendered his friendly otfices In The
interest If neaca hetwnan Grast pr;+oIn
and tbe Snn+h / fr;nan 80, : ~ tha
American government mist continna the
nniicv nraserihed nv unsnsn uuntl ~ ~, ans
Nv eyerv sncceedine nrasidanf ona ;I,nosed
upon us by the Haghe Sfreaty ~ non -intsr-
vant;on * Euronean cnnfyrGoSy..ar ~
G bet Waen fba purtles' TO terminate the STRIFE
In accepting by the treaty of Paris the