Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-02
PROMISES.

Dufine the weary years OF Republican
misru's and when Sanders, Claegett, He'd
ges, Leavitt, Ofr,fBotkin and Knowles sue
csssively entered the lists ~ candidates fol
Delegate in Congress asainst the Demo
cratic nominees, the Republican press
made urgent appeals to. the people Of thu
Territory to support the Republican can
didates on the grounds that being in politi
cal accord with the administration they
would obtain more favors for the Terri
tory from Congress and that the immedi
ate admission Of Montana as a state woull
be assured.
The people took no stock in thes'
promises and sent Democratic delegates
to Congress as usual. At one election
however, q Republican-Mr. Claggett-cap
tured the delegateship through dissensior
in the Democratic party. During the can
vass preceding his election bis party pres
was prolific Of promises Of what the silver
tongued orator would do for the Territory
in case he was sent to Congress. He wal
sent, and notwithstanding the pledges b.
and his party made, Notwithstanding
his all convincing oratory. notwithstand
ing he a. in full sympathy-politically
and in everything else-with a most cor
rupt administration, he left no marks o
his influence, his oratory. his statesman
ship behind him. Montana, instead Of be
ing crowned with the promised statehood
was not only left in Territorial vassal
age but shorn Of nearly 10000, 600 acres
of her best lands which were turned overte
a few thousand dirty, thieving, murderous
Indians from which, while being fed by thu
government, they made almost daily raids
upon contiguous white settlements.
And all the Territory has to show fol
those two years of Republican representa-
tion-or rather Misrepresentation in Con
gress-are a. LOT 81 1-aion RESERVATIONS
comprising nearly one.third of the finest
agricultural lands in the West, ostensibly
set apart for the rascally redskins, but
really as the objective points of a most
corrupt and thieving Indian ring.
In view of these facts, which are patent
ritory, the. Republican press and Repub
lican speakers have the hardihood-the
brasen impudence, better words to express
the tactic assert that the chances fol
Aontana's admission among the sister
hood Of States would be greatly enhanced
by the election Of Col. Sanders; that his
oratory, wit, ridicule and sarcasm would
put. to fight all opposition to any favor he
may ask Congress to bestow upon Mon
tana; that Sparks would crawl into his
hole and pull. in after him Carl Schurz's
timber rules and regulations; that Man.
ming would resign, flee to a foreign land and
never utter another John Sherman word
about silver, and that Cleveland would
throw up the Chief Maeistracy of the ma.
ton and with Arthur's recommendation to
demonetize silver in his pocket go off and
die.
These are among some of the great things
promised the people OF Montana if they
will elect Col. Sanders. But with all defer.
ence to the Republican press and the
speakers OF the party the people of the
Territory are forced to say they don't be.
lieve a word of it. They have tried one
Republican orator, one master of wit,
rldicule and sarcasm, one who defeated
Sanders when the latter attempted to in.
corporate his pro-Chinese resolution in the
Republican platform, one who outranks
Sanders in tact and in %eloquence, and
what did he do for the Territory of Mon.
tana? Nothing-just the measure OF San.
ders' usefulness to the Territory if the
people become so lost to their interests az
to elect him. But the electors OF Montana
will not, for the second time, tie to Repub,
lican promises.