Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-03

respect to employment In the public service
to soldiers and sailors and to their widows
and orphans. s
AN EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE.
We commend the policy of the republican
party in maintaining the efficiency of b
civil service h administration has act
ed wisely in It's effort to secure for public
service IN Cuba, Porto Rice, Hawaii and
The Philippine Islands only those whose ft-
ness has been determined by training and
experience. believe that employment
In the public service in these territories
should be confined as far as practicable to
their inhabitants.
It 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
tue purpose of this amendment are $reyo-
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.
We favor the extension of the rural free
delivery service wherever its extension may
be justified.
ARID LANDS.
In further pursuance Of the constant pol
Icy of the republican party to provide free
homes on the public domain, we recom-
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.
"A REDUCTION OF WAR TAKES.
TIL Dingley act amended to provide 'suf-
hclent revenue for the conduct of the war
has so well performed its work that it has
been possible to reduce the war debt In
the sum Of. 10000 900. So ample are the
goNernment' revenues, and so great is the
legations that its newly funded 2 per cent
bonds sell at a premium. The country is
now justified in expecting and it 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
creaSlng 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
pc 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
q department Of and industries
IN the.charge of a secretly with a seat In
the cabinet. The consular system should
be reorganized under the supervision of,
tins new department. upon such a basis of
still more seryiceable to the nations In
creasing trade.
The American government must protect
the person and property of every citizen
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
lance Tor 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. @B5
We approve the nnexation OF the Ha-
Watlan Islands to the United States.
We commend the part taken sby orr GOV
ernment in the peace conference at the
Hague. We assert our steadfast adherence
to the policy announced In the Monroe doc
trine.
The provisions of the Hague convention
We're wisely regarded when President Nc
knley rendered his friendly offices in the
a and fe.'a 81 o. peace. Y Great Britain
american government must continue the
policy prescribed by Washington. affirmed
BY every succeeding president and imposed
up0n. us blythe Hague treaty of non-inter-S
Yention in European controversies. the
American people earnestly hope that d way
may soon be found, honorably alike to both
eonLend.ng 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 thelsenate
won the Indoubted approval Of the Ameri-f
can people. No other course was possible
than to destroy Spain's sovereignty
I~nrougnout. the western Indies n In the:
Philippine Islands.
That course created our responsfbilityyY
before the world, and with the unorganizpd
population whom our Intervention had
Ireed Isem Spain, to provide for the main
ehanee .et law and order. and for the es-
the performance of international obliea-
lions, Our authority could not be less than
our responsibility and wherever sovereign
rights We're extended it became the high
duty OF the government to maintain Its au-
lhor1ty, to put down armed insurrection
and to confer the blessings of liberty and
ciy1iSation upon AL the rescued peoples.
Inc largest measure of self-goyeFnment
consistent with their welfare and orr du-s
ties shall be secured to them by law. TO
Cuba Independence and self-goyernments
were assured in the same voice by which
war was declared. and to the letter this
pledge shall be performed.
Z The republican party, upon Its history
ana upon this declaration Of It's principlas
and policies confidently inyokes The con-
sideratea and approving Judgment Of the
American people.
Editorial Comment on the Pioneer
Limited.
Nothing richer has ever been pro-
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neer Press.
Its a world beater..-st Paul
Globe.
The best thing the railroad world
can produce ST. Paul Dispatch.
Prominent and discriminating peo-
pie marvel at the creation Of elegance
and comfort wrought by modern car
builders-Minneapolis Tribune.
The Pioneer limited stands today
perfect in construction. gorgeous ii
finish and the acme nf I1YT,ru ana ooyn.