Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-09
DEmoCRATiC platform.

AMER Z QUARTER of . century Of misrule ana
extrsvagance by successive Republican admints.
~trations, the Democratic party has again been
Il I'd Been sssailed and its progress obstructed
by . Republican Senate for parttsan purposes;
Affirm and unylelding resistance, however. Dy
the Executive upon bis constitutional rlents
time when he administEation will be purged OF
inedcient officials. and their places nlleG ~
competent persons in sympathy with u. OnI1l
s siIas The democracy Of Montana in conven-
eG Thss we pe.ainrm our faith in the principles
laid down in the Democratic n, national oaant Pia1 nnon
The Initiation and progress Of leg1slation FOR the
amelioratlon of the condition of the laboring
classes, and find ample cause t or rene rens"lns oor
ton Of President Cleveland for its ability, in.
tegrity and economy In the d 11agemc1t OF
and members Of the Cabinet faithful and patriotic
That we applaud the action Of a Democratic
| Of psramount importance to Montana as follows:
| TO tax the land grant of the Northern Pacific
| Railroad in Montana, whereby the entire grant
Territory will become taxable as rapidly as it is
| surveyed; to prohibit special legislation In the
Territories, whereby large and powerful corpo-
rations will no longer find an incentive to cap
| ure and control our legisIat We assemblies: to
| provide for the arbitration Of labor troubles De-
tween railroad companies and their employees:
to legalze the incorporation OF national traces
| unions; to protect mechanics, laborers and ser,
| wants in their wages; to ascertain the extent ana
| effect of convict labor upon the industries OF the
| country; to prohibit any officer, agent or servant
| prisoners incarcerated for violating the laws OF
the United States; to prevent the employment OF
! convict labor and alien labor upon public build
ings and public works. to amend the. law Fe!at.
! inc IN the imn0rfQf1On and 1mm1Xf0nO0 OF
| foreigners and aliens under contract to perform
labor in the United States,
of our Territory, thereby affording ample facili-
ties FOR the enforcement of OUT rights and re-
dress Of wrongs through the courts. ....
has passed a bill to regulate g ate i nsen'a e. COM
the oppression under which they have groaned
For the first time in the history Of the Terri
| tory the public Offices In Montana have in the
\ main been filled by our own citizens.
The timber troubles, precipitated by the ex;
aggerated reports of a Republican special land
f asdip9t, . hays been fully investigated and sat'sfac'
We favor a financial policy in which gold and
silver coin and paper money, readily convert;
iele Into toe COIN ,,,l including crodidggd the re- volume on me- OF .b Hn1'e 60
surplus in the national treasury shall be
FRi5 cna}P Sgzt fRpd1i ebt and in ta sSa Pa tss4s'9tn st sba IL Be- n re:
duced to that end; that large accumulation In
the treasury. beyond the proper necessities OF the
public service shall not occur, thus assuring
honest and economical government, and felfe7-
ing the people from unnecessary and oppressive
taxation.
We demand further and continued efforts on
the part of our delegate in Congress to secure
free and unlimited coinage of silver: to reduce
and open Indian reservations to settlement and
occupation, and to secure the right of way for
railroads through the same; to improve the nav
rivers; to procure the annexation of the Idaho
panhandle to Montana, and to secure our ad
mission as a State into the Union.
We hail with delight the approach of all COM
peting lines of railroad within our borders. and
condemn with our unqualified %disapproyal the
the politics of Montana.
We recognize labor as the source of all wealth,
and demand for the working classes such remit
neration for their services as will enable them
with economy and sobriety to improve their So
cial and financial condition; further, we con-
denim the policy of the Republican party IN
building up monop0lies and classes by special
legislation, hostile TO the best interests Of the
masses.
We seize with pleasure the opportunity ofex-
| pressing our sympathy with Ireland In her long
and patriotic struggle for Home Rule, and trust
that the day is not far distant when her heroic
efforts to attain that just end Will be crowned
| with success.
That the firm stand taken by the Administra-
ton in demanding the release of A. K. Cutting,
liberty by Mexican officials in the Republic Of
Mexico, Is a sure guaranty that our foreign pol
icy will protect the humblest citizen In all his
constitutional rights.
That we heartily endorse and approve the
past cotrse and action of our Delegate in Con
recommend him to the people of Montana for
reelection.