The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-16

j. fm R1rUDG1oAN R1.AIToRll
: It b supposed that platforms e.
, body the principles of The party thu
adopts them, and emphasize The eou
> vicaions Of it, member upon all i'm
pestant questions whinh divide AZ
: are the basisof politiI III oeganisatiooa
. Measured by this rule the platform
adopted BY the Territorial Rspabli
can Convention which met IN thi
city On the l3th instant, hlls farshos
Of such Office. It b really bat . fsv
we'll reunded periods q what maj
ju.tly Be termed In st<rsotypedphra
''glittssiog gsnssalities," bat when
boiled dewD Invested u It, vssbosi
y and anylised, It viii b found b
aoound with declasatio.s glasingly
inconsistent with The practices Of tn
Republieaa party aud ominously II
lent - regards some q the mast vital
measures deeply affecting The inter
ests Of The people of this Territory.
The Instrument sets out with The de.
elaraaioa that:
1.-THE Republicansog No0tana abide
IN The convjcti0o that The p9iDeipleD
and aeeioa Of their party joe its en-
| tire exiaeeaoo 0f moro than quarter
Of century, have commended Il to
the eoosidesate approval q I'll eivili-
sation - bene6e00t, moral and in
tsile''tnal force, inspired By lofty aims
and enHngod In boSu6e 0o0eovoe."
There . OILY ooe way ~ which
the beseAeesee and morality q 20.
litieal - we'll - sectarian orsAniza-
tions may b judged, and that = BY
their performances. Pr0Geoslons in
this practical ags amount to nnthing.
Individual, eommunities, states and
matthias are judged By what they do,
not BY what they pvotss TO ia, and
when their actions belis their pro6es-
sioas there ars none % quick to ap-
prehend the fhct 10 theaverage Amesi-
can citizen. Hence. when the voters
Of Montana are told that the Repub-
licen party b - beneflcent, moral
snd In ellectual force inspired BY
lofty aims and en9aged In hesslc en-
deavor," hey will turn their eyes
back over The history Of the party and
ask II this b true. In reviewing ito
history they will nnd that under it,
rule the American foreign Carrying
Trade has decreased from seventy-dvs !
per cent. to sixteen per cent; that !
its legislation has force,l !
American shipping from the high |
seas and made room for foreign bot
toms; that It hes bred, nourished and |
fostered the largest corporations and |
monopolies In the world
that are reaching out and embracing
within their merci)ess grasp the in
dustries Of the country, thus forcing
labor to ply them tribute; that 1t has
Imposed . system Of Internal revenue
md federal taxes upon the people
which h onerous, burl]ensome and
unjust; that It has multiplied Gov
officials beyond necessity
whosap and drink up the substance
4 the people; that 1t has formed and
protected rings whose cor, uptions
Ind populations have excited the
wonder and disgust Of the civilized
whose existence CAR
rot be prevented and whose menu
,en cannot Be punished; that It has
'ntaile'l National debt "n.n the I'M
,orn Of the future and which debt b
Now manipulated1n the interest oflhe
ich ~ against the poor; that It b en-
|eavoring to cen tralise the powers Of
be Government In the hands Of the
ew and by an Ubiquitous system Of
'a'lftical assessments to perpet uate it,
'ower In defiance Of the popular
ill; that It has granted millions up
y millions o: acres Of the public do
main to corporations. and now seeks
D gain local Offices and power by leg
stating In their Interests aud that Il
} to-day prostitutin4 itself tn contin-
% its rule and that It 10 not ut all
articular ~ to the company It
eeps; the combinations It forms, or
be bargains It makes, - that IL may
ontrol the political destinjes OF this
rat Nation. So much tor the party
"beni6cent, moral and Intellectual
ME inspired y lofty aims and en-
aged In heroic endeavor."
Again the platform fails to men, :.
ION Or even allude to measure which ! ,
he Repabliean party has sought to ,
'gislate upon adversely to the inter.
'ts Of the people Of this Territory ,
nd q the West. They are ques- ,
ons which vitality affect the pros ,
Gritty OF our peoi le, but the ,
Dtute politician who drafted :
Ne instrument dared not compro-
'ise himself or biz party by referring
them. The Democratic party, ever
'e friend OF the laboring white man,
In it, Territorial plat
nm two resolutions, whose language G
~ unn,istakable. and whose mean I
e could not Be misunderstood. These
express the yentimeuts Of 4
'e Democratic party uron the silver b
liestion and upon the Chinese ques- e
IN. These are very important mat :
~ for the people Of this Territory, ! d
nj ones In which they are not only q
reply Concerned, bat In which they Z
lie . great Interest. They favor the s
image Of silver under the existing s
~. and denounce the Republican .
'rty for seeking it, repeal, b
ID also congratulate the Nation =
pm the pssssagc Of the Chi s
- restriction bill, which {,
'came . law only BY Democratic ! =
Dtea Our Republican friends saw ! !. y
to ignore these questions. Their s