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

efforts snd "a western men, to whose
mncn o. her remarkable prosnerity. Sus-
t |, pY such influences and encouraged
" .ne OIlIiiant success of the democratic
SuInn istiatlon | may be pnrdoned If / in
NJ ~ m g nopefu! view Of the situation and
confirmed In this opini5n when I observe
sn1 en.nusiastic interest which has been
awahcneu everywhere so nearly In this
Mh,dPh a very. gratifying example Of
Tas;raa 70 u presented here this evening, and l
my sincere Te thsnk 20 IN the people Of Missoula
t,Gn ana reception. l do not assume that
tnls demonstration involves much of a per
soma nature, but that Il is the manifesta-
uoii,in PuDac interest in the discussion OF
THE PE~BPETUATIoN OF ~vocpA rrc
r,o PRINCIPLES.
hos : ue1nocratle IS the only party which
mas a history almost OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with
s gan,1 az sne government, snd since its or
and consistency through ali the vicissifndes
and changes incident to the development Of
q new country, while other political organ
lzations That seemed to be born Of passing
occasions successfully passed into decay
u use Of 0 the FEDERAL. PRIs SEA History tells
parties, all gone, and It will most likely be
its province In the near future to record the
demise Of their illustrious successor,
would ask your attention while / revert
oIieny 70 a rev leading questions which
agitate the public mind at this time. and
upon which the two great political parties
are now arrayed against each other in n
herculean contest. The principal issue
grows out of the tariff question.
-Four years ago there was apparently lit
tie difference between the parties on this
subject. At that time the republican party
appealed TO the business interests Of the
country. Knowing the natural tim.dlty of
capital to seek investment during seasons
o. political agitation, and Its tendency to
the government Ia potent factor. by the
way, In the present campaign, attempted
TO create the belief that inevitable ruin
would overtake all our industries, that
business would be paralyzed, and calami-
the land in the eventof the return to Dover
or the democratic party. In like manner
an attempt was made to play upon the jg-
norance and prejudices OF the negro popI-
iation by assuring them that the election Of
MI. Cleveland meant
NEW sHAcKLRs FOR rHEIE FEET.
now, the light of subsequent events has
not verified the wisdom Of those prophecies.
Capital was gradually withdrawn from Its
hiding places, and has been widely invest
ed 10 manufactures, railway. extensions,
the opening of mines, the building of cities,
and the countless channels of commerce,
and, II we except the discomfort now and
then manifested among the laboring
classes In the manufacturing districts,
which Is the result Of the aggressions Of
combine, which are the offspring of high
protection, this country is enjoying an era
OF unexampled prosperity. The condition
Of the negro at the south has been mater
tally ameliorated, and a large number Of
these facts and the privileges accorded
them by this administration are hocking 10
the standard of Cleveland AID Thurman,
(Cries OF. ''that's so.")
HAVING sIGNALLY FAILED
n these efforts they now turn their atten-
tiOn to the working classes, and are trying
to persuade them that their interests will
be prejudtced If any reduction whatever be
allowed from the present import. duties,
TO accomplish this they resort to such dis
honorable expedients as to assert that the
small reduction contemplated by the Mills
bill means ''free trade" while the facts are
that 1t amounts to less than . per cent,
mi AFFECTS principally raw material, leay.
ing the average duty of AZ Ito per cent,
Such statements as these are the lnsincere
ticlan and unworthy Of the leaders Of a
party that lays any claim to responsibility.
L nave no apprehension that the Intelligent
workingmen of this territory will be de-
ceived by their false and delusive state
ments. Ihs democratic party has ever been
AAhs StofOlhuut Will MS
usual sagacity, first comprehended the dan
ger OF the situation, n In q fearless man
ner suggested the remedy In his character
iistic message to congress, which resulted
10 the most remarkable tariff discussion IN
the history OF the country, and the passage
OF the Mills bill by the house Of represen.
tatives. (Applause.)
THIS WAS FOUGHT sTEP BY STEP
BY the republican party, Notwithstanding
the fact that It had declared for tariff re-.
form in tfo vllatfnru, pH 1904 W. I..u - l
ntterances of General Grant, Garfield, Ar
thur, Logon, Sherman, Allison and other
great lights OF the party which committed
them to the same policy. (Cheers.) But
when it was found that the democratic
party was the first to espouse the cause Of
tariff reform actively, and feeling that such
a prestige would surely continue 1t in
power, they set about to thwart' the move
ment II possible, and arrayed the party In
the attitude of advocating absolute protec-
form the startling declaration that rather
than yield any part Of the protective sys-
TEN they would remove all internal rev
enue n make whisky and tobacco free.
NOW 1t happens since the meeting of the
national Conventions and the respective
positions of the parties have been discussed
by the people; the republicans rave be-
come alarmed at the popular clamor for
tariff reform, and the republican senators
have made hot haste to propagate a bill
with a view Of satisfying the dissatisfac-
tion..
THIS BILL NOW BEING READ
Is said to contemplate a reduction of about
seventy million dollars, and the press dis
patches inform us that the first eighty
seven pages just finished reading are the
same as the Mills bill, and yet they seem
70 entertain 9 holy horror OF free trade!
The entire bill would no doubt have suited
them very well If they had only produced
II themselves, on the same principle that |
General Grant Is said to have explained
Mr.: Summers infldelity, because he did not
write the Bible himself. (Laughter.) But |
the issue has already been made up, absO-
lutte and uncOnditionede protection for the |
sake of protection, q theory In violation Of |
the constitution and in conflict with the |
spirit of American institutions, on the one
side, and a revision and moderate reduction
on the other.
THE ISSUES ARE NOW JOINED
and the question will be submitted tn the
intelligent judgment of the American peo.
pie who will render their verdict in No
yember. 1t is a question which will prOba-
bly, involve the fats of one or the other Of
the great parties. If the people repudiate.
as doubtless they will, the theory Of abso'
lutte protection the republican party will
nave no tenable position left and will 20
d0Wn like Its predecessors into Oblivion.
lCheers.l As stated before, their principal
reiiance for success is In being able to hold
IN Tine hao