The Dillon tribune., 1884-10-18

/ pie OF the Territory sought to be controlled.
| H'>oi,'f. Tha, the policy ut free trade,
which is an ingr:.inrd doctrine oi' the Dom
ocr:,ic party, would inevitab, tend to the
, destruction OF our lead and copper mining
industry, and OF sheep llu>bandrv. by bring
ing the products thereof into competition
! with all the market: o, the world and tina.
/ the inevitable result Of >,,cha policy would
i h 10 rcds,c,: the wages oi the laborer and
/ deny to him and his family the privileges
and comforts which they arc now permit
tci 10 enjoy. and w condemn :, con-
>r:r;cv against the publi, welfare any at
temp, OF the Democratic party to get back
into power until it shall have Formally
finally an, fully Abandoned that policy
whicl, would pnt .i>Icrictn citizens apon 4
par with the pau;;vr labor,r~ OF other con
tincn,>.
I RM|.r4, !ha, the crime against the
>ufi;s::, pcrpetr;s:ed by the Democratic
party. IN is nans. and for its benefit in the
Territory OF Montana in 1851, whereby
the verdic, OF the i,'~, Fth electors OF this
rerritor. c<prt>>s! at the polls was re-
vrr>cd. for it> >h.unrlc>>,,e>> MAS unpnr-
a.lcei since. the tiav~ Of ballot box >tu,lins
III the 'i',lr;to.v Of Kansas and aS that
crime drove from power the political party
tina, refused to. condemn it, so thi, i,.iquitv
should ncNorablv cxcom,l,ricltc the polit-
ical y. ~ whc, has cont:onei, il no; ap-
provr,, it, from political power. That the
protection ot the ballot is the security NJ
democratic. government. and we demand Il
registration law which shall ascertain am!
protect every citizen, right 10 cast his bal
i6t once ut an election and to have the
~;s'nc counted in determining the result.
H,>/;rd. That cqualit, Of taxation, ac-
cordiny to its value, ot al! property within
our limits, i. an elementary principle of
Republican government: that the exenp-
ton OF large and valuable properties and
franchises from taxation is Il. practice to BIZ.
regulated. condemned and terminated. aud
70 the end 'fatal 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. thu. people o!' the Terri
tory obtain admission into the l'nion IT'S Il
sovereign State.
R~i,,a. That we demand such lr2i>la-
ton o: Congress as will cause an early and
complete survey .: all lands granted to
railroads within this Territory, and the
completion o! the title Of them to- such an
extent as tha, the said property may be
taxed precisely a> IS other property in Mon
tan:t.
PrNol7s,f, ! hat the lawful rights OF set
tiers upon public lands, and protection Of
title in them, is !, high duty Of the gov
eminent. and we commend to Congress !,
carcft.. examination Of the legislation in |,
this rcg;vd and such amendments thereof
As will protect ho" Ed, settlers upon the
public domain III the possession and pur-
chase OF their farms.
R'sM7.d, That possession hv individuals
Or corporations of large tracts Of the public |
land is an evil which should be reinc.!icd |
BY a vigorous enforcement OF The laws and |
policy OF the National government in that
.cyar,i, and by the sale OF gift o1 lands in
,nal! parcels tn Hct;:;tl settler, upon the
public domain.
R>oi7,d That the >uborGi,la,ion Of COR
,oratc powers to the authority which ere
a,cd them is an immutablc principle OF law
" hich cannot be surrendered, but should be
insisted upon, upon i'll occasions, ;t> nee
,>>arv to the essential protection OF indi-
;iiual rights and to promote the public
welfare but that control should be cxcr-
,>ed 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 rs WA
tcrc, socks in the corporations which con-
troll oar public highways as an evil to be at
once and forever terminated by law.
Pr~J7rf, l',is; T.. thanks of the citizens
OF Montana are due, and are hereby ten.
ticrcd, 70 lion. y. {. EotIin for th,. ;,;,- !
ness and ability with which he conducted |
the political campaign o, l>>-. from the
Just ult> of which lie MAS siciiuv,rd. and |
that the electors of the Territory OF Mon. |
'ant propose to make thar wrong. which
was personal to him, their own
HuH,TE, That the system o. sell rov.
crnnc:!t requires tha, The officers charged
with the public trusts shall hc near 10 the
communities TO which they are rc> pon>iblc.
and that therefore the system OF conduct.
ing public prosecutions by District .\t,or.
ncvs should be brolyht TO Il speedy close.
and that IN. citizens of each ,o,,nt< Sl:,r,li