Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-08
DEMOCRATIC

liter a quarter of a century of misrule and
extravaganza by successive Republican aomlnAs'
~tratious, the Democratic party has again Oeen
elevated to power.
It has been assailed and Its progress obstructeo
by a Republican Senate for partisan purposes.
Affirm and unyielding resistance, however oy
the Executive. upon his constitutional rlgnts
finally triumphed, so that 1T is only a question Oh
time when the administration will be purged OF
inefficient officials, and their places filled by
competent persons in sympathy with 1t. Until
then, the full fruition Of its hopes cannot be re-
allied. The Democracy of Montana IN conven-
ton assembled, resolve, ~
That we re-afirm our faith IN tne PlinctPles
laid down In the Democratic national platform
at Chicago, and congratulate the country uP1n
the initiation and progress OF legixlat1On TOR the
amelioratlon of the condition, OF the lab0flng
classes, and find ample cause for renewing Our
fealty to the national Democratic party.
That we cordially approve of the admin1stra-
ton of President Cleveland for Its ability, In.
tegrity and economy in the management OF
national affairs, and recognize in the President
and members OF the Cab1netfa1thfu ana patrlotc
servants. 49,
That we applaud the action of a Democratic
House of Representatives in the passage Of bills
of paramount Importance to Montana asf0ll0Ws:
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
| provide for the arbitration OF labor troubles be-
tween railroad companies and their employees;
to legalize the incorporation Of national trades
unions; to protect mechanics, !aborers ana SER
wants in their wages; to ascertain the extent and
effect of convict labor upon the industries of the
country; to prohibit any officer, agent or servant
of the Government from hiring the labor of
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 relat-
ing to the importation and immigration OF
foreigners and aliens under contract to perform
labor In the United States.
1t has re organized and increased the judiciary
Of our Territory, thereby aftording ample facill-
ties for the enforcement of our rights and re-
dress of wrongs through the courts.
has passed a bill to regulate interstate com
the oppression under which they have groaned
for years.
For the first time in the history of the Terri
% MAY be been Ru filled G by our o. own m Citizens. nave III TIC
The timber troubles, precipitated by the ex-
aggerated reports of a Republican special land
agent, have been fully investigated and ~satisfac-
We favor a financial policy in which gold and
silver coin and paper money, readily convert
IDLE into coin, including the volume of United
sss'e ei nesis hGT P PeSE'aea 1 %e by ins isw' that fhsn tS be
surplus in the national treasury shall be
promptly applied in the payment of the ma
tional public debt and that taxation shall be 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 rellev-
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
igation of the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone
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 disapproval the
attempt OF any railroad company to dominate
the politics of Montana.
We recognize labor as the source of all wealth,
and demand for the working classes such remu
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 mOnOpOlies and classes by special
legislation, hostile to the best interests Of the
masses.
We seize with pleasure the opportunity of ex-
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- /
tion in demanding the release of A. K. Cutting,
an American citizen, unlawfully deprived of his
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 course and action of our Delegate in Con-
gress, Hon. Joseph K. Toole, and cordially
him to the people of Mon tana for
reelection.