The Dillon tribune., 1884-10-11

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pie Of the Territory sought to be controlled.
Rcsol,rd, That the policy Of free trade,
which is an ingrained doctrine Of the Dem.
ocratic party, would inevitably tend to the
destruction Of our lead and copper mining
industry, and Of sheep husbardry, by bring.
ing the products thereof into competition
with all the markets of the world, and that
the inevitable result of such policy would
be to reduce the wages Of the laborcr and
deny to him and his family the privileges
and comforts which they are now permit.
ted to enjoy, and we condemn as con.
>piracy against the public welfare any ut.
tempt Of the Democratic party 10 get back
into power until it shall have formally,
finally and fully abandoned that policy
which would put American citizens upon a
par with the pauper laborers of other con.
tincnts.
Rcsol,ri, That the crime against the
suffrage perpetratcd BY the Democratic
party, in its name and for its benefit, in the
Territory Of Montana in 1882, whereby
the verdict Of the bona fac electors Of this
Territory expressed at the polls was re.
versed, for its shamelessness was unpar-
alleled since the days Of ballot box stuffing
in the Territory Of Kansas, and as that
crime drove from power the political party
that refused to condemn it, SO this iniquitv
should inexorably excommunicate the polt.
ical party which has condoned, II not APP
proved II, from political power. That the
protection Of tine ballot is the security IF
democratic government, and we demand a
registration law which shall ascertain and
protect every citizens right to cast his bal
lot once at an election and to have the
same counted in determining the result
Resol,vd, That equality Of taxation, ac-
cording to its value, Of all property within
our limits, is an elementary principle of
Republican government: that the exemp-
ton Of large and valuable properties and
franchises from taxation is II practice to be
! regulated, condemned and terminated, and
to the end that all property within the linn
its Of the Territory Of Montana may share
in the burden of government alike, we
cordially recommend that under the pres
ent, or some better Constitution, to be
speedily framed, the people Of the Terri
tory obtain admission into the Union as
sovereign State.
| Rcsol,ed, That we demand sncl, lesisla-
ton Of Congress as will cause an early and
complete survey Of all lands granted to
railroads within this Territory, and the
completion of the title of them to such an
extent as that the said property may be
taxed precisely as is other property in Mon:
tana.
| Hcsol7xd, That the lawful rights of set
tiers upon public lands, and protection of
title in them, is high duty Of the gov
crnment, and we commend to Congress
careful examination OF the Legislation in
| this regard, and such amendments thereof
as will protect bona .fde settlers upon the
public domain in the possession and pur-
chase of their farms.
Resolred, That possession by individuals
or corporations Of large tracts Of the public
land is an evil which should be remedied
bv vigorous enforcement of the laws and
policy of the National government in that
regard, and by the sale or gift Of lands in
| small parcels to actual settlers upon the
public domain.
Rcsol7ca, That the suborcination Of cor
porate powers to the authority which Gre
atcd them is an immutable principle Of law
which cannot be surrendered, but should be
insisted upon, upon all occasions, as nec-
essary to the essential protection of indi.
vidual rights and to promote the public
welfare, but that control should be eXer.
cised in the spirit of prudence and fairness
to the interests involved and amounts in
vested; and we especially condemn that
form of corporate plumber known as wa
tered stocks in the corporations which con-
troll our public highways as an evil to be at
once and forever terminated by law.
RcSoi7ed, That the thanks of the citizens
of Montana are due, and are hereby ten
dcred, to Hon. \. G. Botkin for the fair
ness ana 'lOllttN WItH WHICH ue CoNuuCleN
the political campaign of 1882. from the
lust results Of which he was deiiauded, ant
: that the electors of the Territory Of Mon
tana propose to make that wrong, which
was personal to him, their own.
{ Rcsoi7rd, That the system Of self gov
E crnment requires that the officers charge.
1 with the public trusts shall be near to tt,
j communities to which they are responsible
;. and that therefore the system Of conduc,
j. ing public prosecutions by District Attor
f. neys should be brought to speedy Close