Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-06
DEMOCRATIC PLATFopv

After a quarter of a centnrr
eAtasvaganee by successive Repuhl,c%a ,srule and
Elevated ejsvedI to tnG BOWEN Uy@0cratic party has again ggsidn hiI
1t mas been assailed and its nroo-o..
BY q Republican Senate for no ,tsaess ~obstrueted
AMIN ana uny1eld1ng resistance PURPOSES.
the executive upon his constitnt However by
t nnaaiy yb 5e,uM Ihpe aS 50 that it is only a ,iilshis
inefficient officials, and their nlace.p 9rged Of
competent persons In sympathy with ;niled BY
then, the full fruitiOn of its hones all, II. CnHl
allied. The Democracy of Montana i n be re.
ton assembled, resolve, III conven.
That we re-afirm our faith IN
laid down in the Democratic nation. principles
at Chicago, and congratulate the tonnt platform
the imitation and progress of lepi,latinn!! Upon
amelioratlon OF the condition of th no iof The
classes, and find ample cause for reneu% raOoring
'ea; y 70 we en co ra ! ap nsmoef RAJ party. OUT
ton OF President Cleveland for its sh;lii,nnlstra-
tegrity and economy in the manaannt.y, H.
national Affairs. and recognize in the pun. Of
and members of the Cabinet faithful and ne.on
servants. patflotic
That we applaud the action of q no,o
House of Representatives in the passage AnoscI1atie
of paramount importance to Montana n . ~ ollls
To tax the Ian grant of the Northern '3ps aNn
Railroad In Montana, whereby the entire iaclhe
of more than 100000 0 acres of the land slant
Territory will become taxable as rapidIv . "a a tnls
surveyed; to prohibit special legislation IL Is
Territories, whereby large and powerf"ii m the
rations will no longer find an incentive to eorpo-
ure and control our legislat We assemhl;;0.cal zap.
provide for the arbitration of labor tIonbi0as TO
tween railroad companies and their emnIoIo-
10 legalize the incorporation of national r irossee;;
unions; to protect mechanics, labore-s snd aus
wants in their wages; to ascertain the eyten, N,
effect of convict labor upon the industries o;aaIf
country to prohibit any officer, agent or serysn,
of the Government from hiring the lahn,aant
prisoners incarcerated for violating the law, of
the United States; to prevent the employmans VI
convict labor and alien labor upon public hr NJ q
ings and public works; to amend the law rsi!s,
ing to the importation and immirrat;uree.at.
foreigners and aliens under contract 10 ne,toIt
labor IN the United States. fA"l
It Eas. re organized and increased the iudic;o.
of our Territory, thereby affording ample fsc%iiI;y
ties for the enforcement of our rights and de IL
dress of wrongs through the courts. IT,
has passed a bfi, to regulate interstate eu
MERGE, and to give relief to the people apsin,
the oppression under which they have eroans,
for Years. N"'
For the first time in the history of the Te,,,
tori t6s public offices in Montana have in tho
main beer Rlled by our W citizens. VIZ
The timber troubles, precipitated by the pr
aggerated reports Of a Republican special Iona Mi
agent, have been fully Investigated and satisisOu
tofi1y settled.
We favor a financial polio. in which gold and
silver coin and paper money, readily convert.
ible into coin, including the volume of Jnited
states notes now provided for by law, shall W
the circulating medium. We insist that tbe
surplus in the national treasury shall M he
promptly agpdli Lid j in Il 1h r.. payment y q,itn Of {hs ma:
duced to that end; that large accummulation in
the treasury beyond the proper necessities Of tba
public service shall not occur, thus ASSURING
honest and economical government, and relley..
ing tire 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
igation of the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone
rivers; to procure the annexation Of the faho
panhandle to. Montana, and to secure our I'D
mission as a State into the Union.
We hail with delight the approach IT alicomY
peting lines of railroad within our borders, and
Condemn with u unqualified disapprHaiss
attempt of any railroad company to dortAstp
the politics of Montana.
We recognize labor as the source of all wealth
and demand for the working classes such remu.
with economy and sobriety to improve their 50.
cia1 and financial condition; further, we con.
denim the policy Of the Republican party in
building up m%onOpolies and classes by special
legislation, hostile to the best interests Of the
masses1
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 hat just end will be crowned
with success.
That the firm stand taken by the Administra
ton in demanding the release Of A. X. Cutting,
an American citizen, unlawfully deprived of his
liberty by Mexican officials in the Republic of
Mexico, is q sure guaranty that Or foreign pol.
icy will protect the humblest citizen in all his
constitutional rights.
That we heartily endorse and approve the
past course and action of our Delegate in Con.
gress, Hon. Joseph K. Toole, and cordially
recommend him to the people of Montana for
reelection,