The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-09-17

and a snare, is insipccre, false and a sham;
used for the purpose OF giving color and
stability to its policy against the further
coinage Of silver and its use as money.
metal among the people;
Rcmi,rd.: That out Of total coinage Of
lac, 100000 Of silver dollars, the circula:
ton Of $500 100000 thereof as money in
the form Of silver certificates, and passing
from, hand to hand among the people, and
received as money in almost every con.
ceivable business transaction, is a better
test Of the popularity Of the silver dollar
than all the ..utterances and recommends.
tons Of the administration Of President
Cleveland to the contrary; and also the
best means whereby we, as citizens Of a
silver producing Territory, can judge Of the
sincerity Of the pretensions Of said admin.
istrati0n.
Hhereas:: In addition to the evils com.
planned OF, the people Of this Territory have
been and still are harrassed, persecuted,
obstructed and impeded in the bailding Of
homes and prevented from fencing and I'm.
proving their lands BY tho PRONUNCIATION
and enforcing Of oppressive and prohibitive
rules and regulations regarding the cutting
of timber.
int 1.Aercas: The people through the
congress Of these United States have or.
dained and caused to be enacted liberal and
beneficial laws regarding the disposal Of
the public domain to actual settlers, in or.
der that these Territories may be settled up
By athrifty and industrious class Of citi.
xens. and that BY sucl. settlement these Ter.
ritories might eventually be- erected into
young and prosperous commonwealth,
capable Of and entitled to seligovernmens
and statehood, whenever their industries,
wealth. and population should entisle. them
to these glorious rights and privileges:
4aad ',ae,eas: One Wm. A. J. Sparks,
commissioner Of the general land Office, by
series Of reprehensible and indetensible
rules and regulations applying to, and decis.
ions constituting the public land laws. has
perverted every principle Of justice, equity
and common.sense; and has By reason
thereof subjected a large number Of respect.
able and industrious citizens Of this Terri.
tory to great Inconvenience and unneces-
sary expense;
Ard zv1e'rns:' The said Sparks has by
his acts, orders and rulings sought to prac.
tically annul and repeal the acts Of Con.
gress relating to the disposal Of the public
laods, and has in many instances violated
the letter and spirit Of said laws; Therefore
be 1T
Rcsoi,ca: That we most e,nphatically
disapprove Of the acts and policy inaugur.
ated and enforced BY the said Sparks.
That we see in his retention in office the
deliberate purpose and intention Of the ad.
ministration Of President Cleveland to
retard the settlement and progress Of these
Territories; to turn back the hands of time
upon the dial Of progress for the purpose
of preventing them from enjoying the flu.
ture benefits and privileges Of selfgovern.
,nent BY denying to them The posslm.Llry
OF STATEHOOD;
Resolved: That the citizens Of Montana
Territory have suffered in fall measure
through the existence OF. these evils; that
We arraign the present administration
TORI
That 1t has given countenance and sup.
port to the disgraceful and unprincipled
war upon silver, thereby practically de.
stroying one Of the chief industries Of this
territory.
That It has countenaced and approved
Of the disgraceful action and policy Of Vim.
A. J. Sparks in permitting him to perse.
cute. harass and annoy the citizens OF this
Territory by harsh, nonsensical and unjust
orders concerning the cutting Of timber,
and approving Of his perversions and re.
peals Of public land laws by DELAYING hon.
est, bona fide settlers of this Territory in the
acquisition Of titles to their lands.
Rcsolseei.: That the retention of the said
Sparks in Office is an insult to-, an outrage
upon every honest settler upon the public
domain, and a convincing proof of the un.
friendly and unpatriotic attitude of the ad-
ministration If President Cleveland to.
wards this Territory.
Hcsol;ta:-That as American Citizens
we contemplate with shame and humilia-
ton the cringing subserviency Of the ad.
minstration 10 the unjust demands OF
powerful and arrogant foreign power, to
the great damage Of the fishing industries
Of the New England coast; and the blus.