The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-09-24
WHOLE NO. 1913,

were receiving pay for their pasturage, bu
also to the entire industry on the con,inen
of America. Having il adveItei.lly passtd
law whereby the duties tpon impoltct WOO
were deere ased, To that extent We wer
brought into competition with foreign woods
The Democratic party and administration
has pertinaciously refused to restore this pro
lection 10 one of the greatest and most profit
able industries Of the country. We demand
the restoration of the tariff on wool of 1867
7. The advancing development of the ag
recognizing new avenues of commerce ant
new methods of Iocomoton, bill passed b,
the Congress Of the United States permittin,
the construction of graat highway of com
mafce through our northern Indian reserya
tion as vetoed by the President, avowedl,
to rescue from foreign influences the savage
life which from time immemo.ial has there
prevailed, although the savages themselves
nearly third of a century ago, had con
sen.ed that such highway might be built
In the Department of Justice, a scandal in
volying its head, of a character confessedly
more wicked and disreputable than any.
thing that has ever before occurred in oul
history, meets with no condemnation from
the head of the government, but all the in.
strumentalities of that great department
and of the government ilself, are being
openly and covertly used to encourage the
high officers of the government in their itch.
ing for gain.
s. Although the surplus in the Treasury
at the beginning of his administration was
large, and we were promised its distribution
to the creditors of the government, it has
since been increased by at least sixty mil
lions; and although a Law was passed pro-
viding for the distribution of large portion
thereof, the President of the United States
was able, by the adjournment of Congress,
to prevert the enactment from becoming q
| law.
| 8. The people of the United States, hu-
manized by their civilization. have set a
commanding example of the settlement of
National differences by arbitration. and their
| solemn word is given to the nations of the
| world that there shall be no war until more
peaceable means have failed. Notwith-
standing which, the incarceration of an
American citizen under the laws of sister
Republic, under the Jurisdiction of which lie
chose 10 place himself, and where he perpe-
trated his offense and where, with the ait
uations reversed, the United States would
not surrender the culprit except In the exer-
else of entire pnsillanimity, was threatened,
upon AL er parte examination, with all the
horrors of war if il did not instantly release
the prisoner.
The entire administration of President
Cleveland has been an administration of
broken promises and violated pledges. His
acts have beled his professions. and instead
of being the apostle of reform, he has been
the champion of the Democratic system of
spoils and plunder. He promised economy,
but has been guilty of profigate extrava-
gance. He promised civil service reform,
but has practiced the most shameless par
tisanship. In violation of his promises and
of law, he has removed from office crippled
soldiers who fought for their country in the
Union army, to make places for those who
fought in the Confederate army TO destroy
their country. He has appointed spies and
informers to make secret and unfounded
charges, which he dare not make public,
upon which honorable and faithful officers
have been removed in order to make places
for Democratic partisans of the most offen-
sive type, while upon our Northwestern
border many thousands Of American citizens
in the pursuit of industries more than a cen
tury old, which they have followed, are
being driven out from the high seas before
the guns of the British navy, and tie De-
partment of State has not made up its mind
what to do. In all these departments, in
frequent instances, grave public trusts and
high honors were sought to be conferred
upon felons who had satisfied or escaped
criminal justice.
For these and other betrayals of official
duty we disagree to resolution endorsing
the administration Of Grover Cleveland.
We demand faithful, honest and Intelligent
officers TO discharge public trusts; honest
and economic administration of government,
cessation of appointments of carpet baggers
to Office Ia the Territories, legislative and
executive action to appreciate the value of
silver and continue it as one of the measures
of commercial values in the industrial econ
omy of the world. To this end there should
be created a permanent financial comE.s
sion, whose duty 1t should be by every pro- |
cess occurring 10 intelligent and fair minded
men, to induce The civilized nations to recog
nize that this great commercial measure is |
essential to the industries of the world and |
the happiness of mankind, and that our |
Legislature should keep the same objects |
in view.
We demand that the system of espionage, |
which has been given such vigorous growth |
and has been animated with such malignant |
purposes, shall cease, aud that reports of |
special agents of the various departments of
the government shall be published as soon
as The pretended criminals implicated can be
arrested.
We demand The abrogation of those regu.
lations which prevail relating to the cutting
of timber, and that said law be administered
In the liberal spirit which dictated its enact
lnent, and that 1t be SO amended as that the
citizens of the West on lands unfit for agri-
culture shall, without waste, destruction or
ex xportation, have the free, untrammeled
right TO its use for all domestic, farming,
and mining purposes. And we
10 deny that there is any law extant where
BY the In erior Department can farm out to
'avorit.s any portion of the public domain
or the purpose Of cutting timber, but assert
hat the rights which that law secures are
equal to every citizen; and that The regula-
ions which propose to make it matter of
,arty patronage are in violation of the stat
lte itself, and In clear contrayention of the
rights of American citizens.
ResolUed, That the diminution and entire
destruction of the Indian reservations is
lain duty of the hour, and that The con-
inued existence of them over one fifth OF
be geographical area Of The Territory of
Iontana 10 q rep: naci to the civilization of
be age, and We pledge ourselves 10 efforts
nr their nstaa. diniuntion aud rapid ex.