Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-10-05

ItilnenC, Sn0uiQ DE liberal, ana VSnOulQ De
literally administered and preference
should be given wherever practicable with
Prospect 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
cd wisely in its effort 10 secure for public
service in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and
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 reyo-
iutionary and should be condemned.
GOOD ROADS.
Public movements looking to n 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 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. r,
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-
ticient 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 $40, DOC, COO. 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. TIL 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. va
TRADE EXPANSION.
We favor the construction. ownership,
control and protection of an sthmian canal
by the government Of the United States.
New markets are necessary for the in
ereasing surplus OF our farm products;
| obtain new markets, especially in the ORR
ent, and the administration Is warmly to
be commended for its successful effort to
through the policy of the open door in
| China. In interest of our expanding COM
merce, we 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 and tenure as will render 1t
! still more seryiceable to the nations in
creasing trade.
The, American government mist protect
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. gl%~3@
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 a 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,
l.every American interest has been safe
1 guarded. ii a..
waiian Islands to the United States.
We the part taken by our gov
eminent in the peace conference at the
Hague. We assert our steadfast adherence
| L lie pOllCS duAOuuCGu LII LIE MONROE uOC-
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 republic, While the
American government must continue the
policy prescribed by Washington, affirmed
by every succeeding president and imposed
upon us by the Hague treaty of non-inter-
yention in European controversies, the
American people earnestly hope that a way
may soon be found, honorably alike to both
contending parties, to terminate the strife
between them.
In accepting by the treaty Of Paris the
| Just responsibility of our victories in the
won the undoubted approval Of the Ameri-
can people. No other course was possible
than to destroy Spain's sovereignty
t~hroughout the western Indies and in the
That course created our responsibility
before the world. and with the unorganized
population whom our Intervention had
~tenance of law and order, and for the es-
the performance Of International obliga.
lions. Our authority could not be less than
our responsibility and wherever sovereign
rights were extended 1t became the high
duty OF the government to maintain its an-
thority. to put down armed Instruction
and to confer the blessings of liberty and
civilization upon I'LL the rescued peoples.
The largest measure of self-government
consistent Witt their welfare and our du-
ties shall lie secured to them by law. To
Cuba Independence and self-government
We're assured in the same voice by which
war was declared. and to the letter this
pledge shall be performed.
Inc republican party, upon it's history
and upon this declaration Of its principles
and policies confidently invokes the con-
siderate and approving Judgment of the
American people. -
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Inventors! US. FEE