The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-10-03

aside nor the glare of an illustrious lineage
outshine 1t. The SOBER sense of an intelli-
gent public, the honest conviction and
patriotism of eleven million of voters are
appealed to and they will settle this for
the right-if this republic shall continue to
exist. 1t is not only in what he clearly
represents but in what he distinctly op-
poses that Cleveland is strong before the
people. His career has been marvellous,
showing how greatness may be the
LEGITIMATE ASPIRATION
n reward OF any citizen of this republic
endowed with courage, brains and integri-
ty. His career has made him the exponent
Of clean and honest politics. In the ad-
miDistratiOn of every public trust com
united to his keeping, he has shown that
he is superior to partisan bias and indifer-
ent to such party interests as are in con
welfare. No executive was ever more Sc
yerely tried than he has been as president.
He has steadfastly resisted the impOrtuni-
ties OF designing politicians and defeated
the purposes of selfish schemers. Every
member of the democratic party in this
broad land who is not absorbed In private
aims, which are in conflict with the public
good Is OutspOken In his praise and de-
mands his reelection. Let 1t not be for
cotton that he has now the good opinion of
Of all republicans who are not so far gone
in ~partizanship as to have lost the power to
APA IL Ill q llLLG hI-
yersary. No, democrat, mark the predic-
ton whose patriotism is not subOrdinated
to private grudges or personal d%isappoint-
ment will withhold his vote from Grover
ton.
CARTER's MoDEsTY.
The republican candidate is nothing if not
modest. Hear him sing: In his speech at
Butte on the Esd of September he says, ~
am satisfied that you will send to the con-
gress Of the United States a representative
who will without hesitation, fear or favor,
demand that theM Mills bill die where 1t isl
IL seems a warrior is wanted, not a real
warrior whose plans have matured and
whose attack shall be supported by the
principles of military strategy-but a war
rior with sounding brass and tinkling GYM
bal (true Chinese t%actics), who shall be sent
upon this mission OF massacre. | havs seen
the house of representatives draped in
mourning, | have seen the bowed heads of
three hundred and twenty-five stalwart
members, OF congress over the bier of a
loved and lamented chiof Justice, but the
solemn stiffness of that awful hour is lost
to memory in contemplation of thatterrible
time when a republican delegate for Mon
tana, with vengeance on his brow and
murder In his heart shall stalk down the
main aisle of the American congress and in
Q stentorian voice demand that the Mills
bill die where it is" A bill that has with
stood the assaults of protected and pam
pered wealth, withstood the united attack
of the leaders and the rank and file of the
republican party in and out of congress
might be expected to simulate courage and
make a show of resistance
IN H PRESENCE OF SUCH DANGER,
Not So. In the startling presence of our
CORY friend, Carter, the Mills bill will hang
its head in shame; signs of impending dis
solution, paralysis and heart failure will
set In, and languishing, it will die. Death
will be inevitable. One witness, more com
posed than all the rest who survives to tell
the story, will be at the coroner's inquest,
and will testify about as follows: | was
present at the death of Tariff William; |
also heard his statement in articulo mortis.
He said: 81 am dying; Carter killed me;
he killed me with his gall, and further de-
ponent saith not" Pardon the levity, but
l could not refrain. A delegate doesn't
vote, and it seems mere bombastic furioso
to talk about a delegate killing the tariff
bill. l have been there, and never heard
Of q delegate soaring congress into
doing anything. But then Carter
always was considered dangerous official.
believe the only office he ever held in
Montana was public administrator, and it
is said that he performed the duties faith
fully; so faithfully that he added another
terror to death. 1t is said that statistics
are abundant to o that during his in
cumbency the rate of mortality in this
CUuuIy utClthbtu W pei CtlU. D6 IL lar
from me to cast the slightest imputation
upon Mr.. Carter's administration of that
office. l make mention Of it simply to EN-
phasize the coincidence and to show how
widespread and far-reaching the influence
of a dangerous man may be.
REPUBLICAN MISREPRESENTATION.
The tariff policy laid down in the presi-
dents message, In the st. Louis platform,
and finally adopted in the Mills bill, taken
as a whole, is n in which intelligent and
conservative men In all callings and in
every y. section %ss can accept Sc ssu 2 sound u or me-
actual situation. Dur party has always
promised that IL elevated to power 1t would
so adjust the tariff that the burden of tax
alton should fall upon the luxuries instead
Of the necessaries of life, but our republican
friends, who were once substantially with
us, are prepared to repudiate all their pre-
vious platforms and declarations, and the
past professions of every man of prOmi-
nence In their party. In the presidents
letter of acceptance he justly reprNaches
While we cannot avoid partisan misrepre.
sensations our position upon the question of
revenue reform should be SO plainly stated
as to admit Of no misunderstanding. We
have entered upon no
CRUSADE OF FREE TRADE.
Our people ask relief from the undue and
unnecessary burdens of taxation now. rest.
ing upon them. They ask for bread and
are given a stone. And, in this connec-
ton, | hope you will indulge me until. l
show you how flagrantly Mr.. Carter, like
other republicans, misreprepresent the
facts. He said in q set speech at Butte on
September Esd: "WOol was placed on the
free list, it appearing that from this source
only 49, 900, 900 per annum passed into the
treasury, whereas sugar, upon which near
ly $50, 0OO, 900 per annum Is collected on i'm
portations, was left protected to the full
extent allowed by the tariff law of 1883,
and the same is true of rice and other com
modities, the product exclusively of the
Southern states" In the speech of Mr..
Mills on the floor of the house of represen-
tatives on July 81, this statement was
made, and went unchallenged: ION sugar
we reduced the rate from 7S.l5 per cent. to
1913 | per cent. This is the largest reduc-
ton made in any schedule except the wool
en-. The reduction of revenue on sugar
proposed by the bill is S11, 759, 799. and, ex-
cepting the wooden schedule, is nearly
twice as much as all the others combined.
THIS is A HEAVY CUT,
hut nobody seems to be distressed about 1t.
We rave dealt more harshly with sugar
than with any article we have left on the
dutiable list" In politics, as in everything
else, Mr.. Carter, 'honesty is the best pol
Ii a modification of the tariff, by which
7 per cent. of reduction upon the entire