The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-29

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litlenl dgni1ea.es at1oshed . TIE elee
tjea whieh takes plaes h this city mex
Asaday than really appeas. upon tn
>. surface. The paramount question which
pesssnts itDslf 70 the vstse =: what e.
1bct will my ballot have upon the ulti'
mate determination Of the great laboz
|pgoblsm q the day4 Each must N.
swer for himself whether he can - Z
maa having q heart the bsst intssssta
Of the labosing white men Of tho coun-
tu ea4 biz vote IT . party whose rep
reoentatives and expoasats Of it, policy
aso opposed 70 those interests. No man
can dssy thai, - fAr - The Wet h con-
oerned, The labor question h the pr uni
nsnt one before e. Il he sileneed, for
The time being st least, oil Political
wrangling between tho two great par
ties In the Wssk They have put their
shoudess together and are working for
. common end. That end h the eleva-
ton e white labor and the suspension
q Chinese imnigratjoa. The former =
70 - Erected ~ comprising the latter.
ASninst them ars as1aysd the Rspabli-
en- party Of the Eat hacked b. tho
great corporations and powerful monop-
olies Of the country They have hard
hattie to fight. The odds arc greatly
against them. The hsains and money
q the dominant party are directed and
used in the Interest Of the cheapest Of
cheap and degraded Labor. They 80
white labor reduced to beggary, and
helpless wives and children suffering.
They So Chinese slaves usurping the
places which should b held By white
men and white women. They have no
power 70 check The evil. Day after day
It b spreading and taking deeper root
in their midst, and carrying moral desc
lation and death In it, train. IT. area IL
charging. California, Nevada, Oregon,
Idaho and Washington Territories are
withering under ito blighting influence.
Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colo
rado viii soon feelit. A cry Of distress
has gone up from the Pacific slope. The
people have petitioned and prayed to
Congress for relief They have present.
ed facts and figures and recited tales Of
wrongs perpetrated upon them and suf-
ferings endured by their wives and little
ones that would move the very stone to
speak IN their behalf But = Republican
Congress and . Republican President
have turned . deaf ear to their appeals |
and they have now determined to ig-
more and no longer know the Republi.
IAN party until their grievances are re-
dressed.
The people Of the Pacific slope know
he power Of the ballot box. Already
heir voice has been heard in It. At the
recent municipal election in San Jose it
poke in thunder tones. That city
5 q stronghold Of Rcpubleanism
nut the people laying aside
heir party prejudices elected the
Democratic ticket by an overwhelming
They did it in selcdefense..
they did 1t to show . Republican al
they would not kiss the
'and that smote them. They intended
- rebuke to the party in power.
With them the Chinese question Is the
living, vital question. 1t affects their
'appines and prosperity. What do
hey care for the tariff question or the
cad issues Of the rebellion when their
hildren are crying for bread: Moth /.
ny. They ask to be relieved Of the |
:esence Of heather hor1es in their I
litst, and when it is remembered that !
n every one hundred white male adults !
here are fOrty-three Chinese male adults (
|llOng them it will bc acknowledged :
1etr request is not an unreasonable one. h
hey propose to force the ad,ninistr.a- L
Oh to recognize the justice Of their re- d
''csts through the cogent argument of d
le ballot-b0x. And they are not alone 9
! this determination. Already the |,
ra(les Assemblies and Labor Unions (
the Jorge cities in the East are taking I,
cps to emphasize their disapproval Of o
le action Of the Republican party, I,
trough the same channel. Their SYM .
atllies are aroused for their cO-lalMrers :.
the West and they know the day is n
',se ut hand when their own home
i'll IL invaded by the heather
''des unless they shall bc checked
Nv. -
The la(mrin, men Of Butte owe it to y
cir brethren in the East and in the Vi
vs'; they owe il I" the callse Of humans r,
V; they owe it 1" their .a:iliiies and to N