Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-12

timent. should be liberal. and should be
literally administered n 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
ed wisely in its effort to secure for public
service in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the Philippine islands only those whose MT,
ness has been determined by training q
experience. We believe that employment
in the public service in these territories
should be confined as far as practicable to
their inhabitants.
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 revo-
lutionary and should be condemned.
GOOD ROADS.
Public movements looking to a perma-
nent improvement of the roads and hgh-
ways of the country meet with our cordial
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
| NC Sla1AS --sEf-N
ARID LANDS.
In further. pursuance of the constant pol
icy Of the republican party to provide Tree
homes on the public domain, we recon-
mend adequate national legislation to re-
claim sash1v, the c arid lands od tS Hf d shs nnl5ea e 81 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
| Naw MayicO - A arizona and Oki&10m1. Es@E5
A REDUCTION OF WAR TAXES.
The DingIey act amended to provide suf-
ficient 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 $4,000, O0c. So ample are the
governments revenues, and so great is 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
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,
control and protection of an isthmian canal
by the government of the United States.
New markets are necessary for the in
creasingt>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
merce, we recommend that congress create
a department of and Industries
in the charge Of a secretry with a seat in
the cabinet. The consular system should
be reorganized under the supervision OF
this new department upon such a basis Of
appointment n tenure as will render 1t
still more serTiceable to the nations in
creasfng trade.
The American government mnsr protect
fho rQrSnn md nrnnnTtvE nf ovnTu Rifizan
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
education and Industry.
President Mckinley has conducted the
foreign affairs Of the United States with
distinguished credit to the American peo-
Pile. In releasing the United States from
the grieyous 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
and the best harbor in the southern Pacific.
| every American interest has been safe
guarded.
We approye the of the Ha-
wafian islands to the United States,
we commend the part taken by our goy-
eminent in the neace conference at the
Hague. We assert our steadfast adherence
to the policy announced in the Monroe doc
trine.
The provisions Of the Hague convention
| were wisely regarded when President Nc
Kinley rendered his friendly offices in the
interest Of peace between Great Britain
| and the South African rennblic. while the
American goyernment must continue the
by every succeeding presidenf and Imposed
upon us BY the Hague treaty Of non-inter-
vention in Euronean controversies. the
s ssssssa tas parties te terminate .as STRIFE
Just responsibility Of cur victories in the
| Spanish war. the president and the senate
won the undonbted approval Of the Ameri-