Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-07-19
he leasing of the public lands of the

the leasing of the public lands Of the
United States, whereby corporations
and syndicates will be able to secure
control thereof and thus mOnopoliZe
the public domain, the heritage OF the
people.
We are in favor of the principles of
direct legislation.
In view of the great sacrifices made
and patriotic services rendered, we
are in favor of liberal pensions to de-
serving soldiers, their widows, orphans
and other dependents. We believe
that enlistment and service should be
accepted as conclusive proof that the
soldier was free from disease and dis
ability at the time of his enlistment.
We condemn the present adminiStra-
tiOn of the pension laws.
We tender to the patriotic people OF
the South African republics our SYM
pathy and express our admiration for
them in their heroic attempts to pre-
serve their political freedom and
maintain their national independence.
We declare that the destruction of
these republics and the subjugation of
their people to be a crime against
civilization. We believe this sympathy
should have been voiced by the Ameri-
can congress as was done in the case OF
the French, the Greeks, the Hungar-
ians, the Polanders, the Armenians
and the CubanS--and as the trad tiOns
of this country would have dictated.
We declare the Porto Rican tariff law
to be not only a SeHiouS but a danger
Gus departure from the principles of
our form of government. We believe
in republican form Of government
and are opposed to monarchy, and to
the whole theory of imperialiStic con-
troll. We believe in Self-gOvernment-
a government by consent of the govern
ed and are unalterably opposed to
government based upon force. 1t is
clear and certain that the inhabitants
of the Philippine archipelago can not
be made citizens of the United States
without endangering our civilization.
We are, therefore, in favor Of apply
ing to the Philippine archipelago the
principle we are Solemnly and publicly
pledged to observe in the case of Cuba.
There being no longer any necessity
for collecting war taxes, we demand
the repeal of the war taxes levied to
carry on the war with Spain.
We favor the immediate admission
of New Mexico and Oklahoma.
We demand that our nations
promises to Cuba shall be fulfilled in
every particular.
We believe the national government
should lend every aid, encouragement
and assistance toward the reclamation
of the arid lands of the United States
and to that end we are in favor of a
comprehensive survey thereof and an
immediate aScertainment OF the wa
ter supply available for such reclaim
alton, and We believe it to be the duty
of the general government to provide
for the construction of storage RESET
voirS and irrigation works so that the
water supply of the arid region may
be utilized to the greatest possible eX-
tent in the interests Of the people,
while preserving all rights to the
state.
Transportation is a public necessity
the means and methods OF it are mat
ters of public concern. Railway com
panieS exercise a power over induSt-
rieS, business and commerce which
they ought not to do and should be
made to serve the public interests
without making unreasonable charges
or unjust discrimination. We observe
with satisfaction the growing sent
ment among the people in favor OF the
public ownership and operation OF
public utilities.
We are in favor of expanding our
commerce in the interests of Amerl-
can labor, and for the benefit of all
our people, by every honest and peace
full means. Our creed and our history
justities the nations of the earth in
expecting that wherever the Ameri-
can flag is unfurled in authority, hu.
man liberty and political liberty will
be found. We protest against the
adoption of any policy that will
change, in the thought of the world
the meaning of our flag.
We are opposed to the importation
of Asiatic laborers in competition
with American labOr--and more RI
gid enforcement of the laws relating
thereto.
The silver republican party of the
United States, in the foregoing prin-
ciples. seeks to perpetuate the spirit