Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-08-22

timent, should be liberal, and should be
literally administered and preference
should be given wherever practicable with
respect to employment in the public service
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 public
the Philippine Islands only those whose fit
ness has been determined by training and
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-
vices of state governments, whether stat
utory or constitutional enactment, to avoid
the purpose of this amendment, are rero-
5lutionary 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.
EE&WS avn the eAleuSlUua OlLluG TuCa1 Tree
delivery service wherever its extension may
be justified. 5&A
ARID LANDS.
In further pursuance of the constant pol
Icy of the republican party to provide free
homes OF the public domain, we recom-
mend adequate national legislation to re-
claim the arid lands of the United States,
reserying 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 TAXES.
The Dingley act amended to provide suf-
ficient revenue for the conduct Of the war
has SO well performed its work that it has
the sum of S40,000,000. 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
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
creaSing surplus Of our farm products.
obtain new markets, especially in the orr
ent, n the administration is warmly to
be commended for it's successful effort to
commit all trading and colonizing nations
through the policy OF the open door In
merce, we recommend that congress create
department of and Industries
lnSIhe charge OF q secretly with a seat in
tne CABINET. h consular system should
be recognized under the supervision of
this new department upon such a basis of
appointment and tenure as will render il
still more seryiceable to the nations in
scfeasing trade.
The American government must protect
the person and property of every citizen
Wherever they. are wrongfully violated or
placed In peril.
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
5ern 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
pie. In releasing the United States from
the grieyous conditions of al European al
nance Tor the government of Samoa his
course Is especially to be commended. BY
MS securing to- our undivided control the
most important island of the Samoan gronn
and the best harbor in the southern Paci6c
every american interest has been safe
GGss SElACI dAuSAdtlOA OlELQeEH4.
Walian Islands to the United States.
We8commend the part AXE by our gov
rnmen In the peace conference at the
We assert our steadfast adherence
5trine. #44E IW S
The provisions of the Hague convention
were wisely regarded when President Nc
5kinley rendered his friendly offices in the
and the South African republic. While the
american government must continue the
pollcy prescribed by Washington, affirmed
by every succeeding president and imposed
upon us Dy the Hague treaty5Of non-inter-
v,ention In European controversies, the
American people earnestly hope that a way
may soon be found, honorably alike to both
zeontending parties, to terminate the strife
In accepting by the treaty of Paris the
Just responsibility of our victories in the
spanish wal, the president and the senate
won the nndonbted approval of the Ameri-
can people. No other course was possible
than t. destroy SPANS sovereignty
~Inrougnou the western Indies and In the
Phlippine Islands.
That course created our responsibility
before the world. and with the unorganized
population whom our Intervention had
freed from Spain. to provide for the main-
tehance OF law and order, and for the es-
tie hsAI performs n so e internaeIenal and aS,,g for
lions. Our authority could not be less than
our responsibility and wherever sovereign
lights were extended 1T became the high
duty OF the government to maintain Its aI-
thority, to put down armed insurrection
and to confer the blessings of liberty and
sclyilzation upon all the rescued peoples.
~ largest measure of self-goyeFhment
consistent with their welfare and our dl,-
ties shall be secured to them by law. Ia
cuba independence an self-goyernment
were assured in the same voice by which
war was declared, and to the letter this
pledge shall be performed. 80
q republican party, upon It's history
ana upon this declaration Of Its principles
ana policies confidently inyokes the con-
siderate and approving judgment Of the
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