Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-05-23
CASCADE AT LIVINGSTON.
Delegate Mckay Votes for Eaton and Estes.
The Resolutions.

| The Resolutions,
Where is Dan Mckay? He was eX-
pected home from the republican conven-
ton yesterday, but evidently stayed over
at Helena to confer with other party
leaders. Perfect harmony reigned in the
! Cascade delegation. When they retired
to consult they brought in always a unan.
imous report. This was due to the fact
that Dan Mckay himself represented the
entire delegation and according to usage
cast three Cascade votes. He was placed
with Jere Sullivan on the permanent or
ganization committee and voted for Eaton
and Estes on the first and final ballots.
| Eaton got every vote except one from
Missoula. Power got 43 of the Sc and
Estes IS. Eaton is understood to
be for Blaine while Power prefers
| Allison, but he may regard the
| Blaine resolution as amounting
to instructions. Col. McCutcheon made
a forcibe speech in which he assailed
the administration, but said little about
the tariff The resolutions are emphatic
for protection to home industry, especial
~ III the interest of wool growing and
mining. They "demand that all mineral
lands shall be reserved for those who dis
cover and develop their treasures of prec-
lous metal,' and condemn the admins
tration generally. The resolutions which
fe1er to Montana directly are as follows:
Resolved, That We recognize in the re-
tusal of the democrats in congress and the
cabinet to set apart sufficient funds to Sc
cure the prosecution Of surveys Of the
public lands in Montana, a part Of the de-
ilberate purpose of the dominant element
in that party to discourage and retard the
growth and settlement of the west for
narrow, selfish and partisan advantages,
Resolved, That the denial of admission
into the union of those territories that
have sufficient population to entitle them
to statehood, unless they shall present
democratic credentials, is a political crime
that deserves the severest condemnation
of just and patriotic people, and that
we demand on the part Of the 100000 in
telligent and loyal residents of Montana
that they be no longer deprived Of the
privileges that belong to citizenship of
the republic.
Resolved, That we condemn the policy
which has been pursued by the present
administration in the matter of appoint
ments to office in the territory as being in
violation of the most solemn promises
made by the democratic party in its ma
tional convention in 1894, and is in utter
disregard, of the rights and best interests of
the inhabitants of the territories.
Resolved, That if q public office is a
public trust, Grover Cleveland has demon
strated to the satisfaction of the people of |
Montana that there is not a single. trust
worthy democrat in Montana who has the |
and ability to administer upon
the duties of a public office.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
that its delegates to Chicago
should go unrestricted. However, we
take occasion to gratefully remember the
services rendered at all times to Montana
Of Americas lofty patriot great
est statesman and most eminent citizen,
James G. Blaine, and to say that every re-
publican beneath the shadows of the
rock-ribbed mountains of Montana would
hail with delight his election to the pres
dency of the United States.