Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-03

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Immense
Known German-American Citizen Q n
the Political Issues Of the Campaign.
Reasons Given why w. A. CLARK shonId
be Elected to Congress.
The following are extracts from an ad.
dress delivered in a meeting OF politically
independent Germans in Butte, Tuesday
evening, November 80:
The once glorious Democratic party had
fallen into the control of the bad elements
OF the party; the Southern slave barons
were subordinating the welfare OF the
union to their private interests, and used
all means to retain the supremacy, just as
we now see their successors, the Northern
factory, railroad, coal and coal oil and
lumber barons under the colors OF Blaine
& Carnegie-by money and misrepresenta.
tions of a lying party press, and by polit-
ical ~demagogy, attempt to make the la
borer in the workshops believe that their
wages depend upon the money making ca
pacity OF the wealthy manufacturers and
corporations who employ them, n so
accomplish their purpose.
By and by the county was
REGAINNG ITS FORMER PROSPERITY.
Immigration had brought millions to our
shores, whole empires had been settled, the
population had doubled itself, the revenues
hod become enormous and before the most
sanguine ever expected it, we were in a con-
dition to reduce our internal revenues. But
the money still was pouring in and the
great statesman of the Republican party
began to recommend q reduction OF the
terrible burden upon the nation and it's
industries-the tariff.
There was not one illustrious leader Of
the Republican party, but that he pro-
nounced the time on hand for the purpose
Two National Republican Conventions
pledged the party by the adoption OF plat
form planks for q reduction.
But, as once with the Democratic party,
the bad elements OF the party had gotten
control. That memorable week, when all
cur eyer were cast towards Chicago and
when we hoped that our party would re-
deem itself by the nomination OF such q
man as Gresham-brought us sad disap.
pointment. The Blaines and Depews, the
Goulds, Vanderbilts and Cdrnegies, came
out victorious, and had succeeded to i'm
pose upon our once great party the ridicu-
lous declaration: THAT the interest OF
labor and the wages and welfare Of work
ingmen we're more closely identified with
the profits of capital, than with the econo-
mics that supply cheap food, cheap cloth.
ing, cheap fuel, cheap building material and
cheap implements.
LIES AND MISREPRESENTATION.
This is a campaign of lies and misrepre-
sensations. The question OF free trade is
not involved, and it is, and always will be,
the policy OF the United States Government
to collect the principal part OF it's revenue
by a tax upon imports.
And now, as far as our local election is
concerned I will only say: Let US vote
for the best men without regard to party.
Not too much precaution can be takeni in
the selection OF our legislators. A low
once upon the statute book can act great
harm and hardship.
MEN AS FIG URE-HEADs.
I remind you OF our last session, two
years ago, and ask you If you do not
think that only the best, most honest and
most competent citizens should be selected
and without regard to party? Men who,
as legislators. are not only figure-heads,
but can become dangerous through such
legislation as that OF the celebrated lien
law OF two years ago., which, no sooner had
it passed than it had to be annulled. Which
credit was claimed for the good this had
done for workmen and mechanics, when, in
tat - -nn n~0fhnm Dor1sDr fo~ 1sr,,alf
and it was his own protection and not
that Of the miners and mechanics, that he
was looking after His share in the pas
sage OF the Local Option bill. which in it's
spirit and form is just as Objectionable as
those of any of the Prohibition states, and
should ALLEVIATE him from any liberal mind
ed German.
THE CANDIDATES.
The two parties have put up men to rep.
resent US in Congress and to vote for whom
we are called upon and Of whom we have
all reason to assume that they are respect
able citizens. The many ISLANDERS and lies
which are circulated about both IAN only
serve to excite the utter disgust OF decent
citizens. Mr.. Carter is from Helena and
Mr.. CLARK from Butte, our home.
Mr.. Carter, shortly after his arrival in
this Territory, filled a public Office in Lewis
and Clarke county and of late is practicing
law.
Clark is q business man and the origina-
tor and owner of many enterprisessin this
Territory-a man who has worked his way
mn =. our midst. As the latter he is a true
ttative of the principal industry of
territory and contributed BIS
such to the prosperity OF the country more
than any other indiSsScdtua'. AS Il business
man, we trust him with aopr money q
believe that there are h~unG4Feds OF tnous-
ands left with him for safe-keeplnngl, n !
return he trusts the men of the comLe@a1lty
that they may extend their enterprises aneQ,
thus create values of all kinds and advance
the prosperity of the land.
Now, if both are equally compete it; and
this condition I lave nowhere seen denied
yet-should there be any doubt in our
minds as to for whom to voter Should it
be for the ~oficeholder and lawyer or should
it be the business man, producer, creator
values and employer and fellow towns
and neighbor? I hope not the former,
except with party fanatics. If we are a
people of producers, workers and business
men, We will vote for Clark; If we are a peo-
Pile OF oficeholders, party beggars and their
followers we will vote for Carter.
To US German Americans Mr.. Clark
should be particularly sympathetic. He
acquired q knowledge of our mother tongue
and gave his children q German education.
I believe that, il ever sKnownothiugism
should raise it's head again, neither Mr..
Clark nor any OF his IONS would meet US or
any of our children in enmity or hate.
People who enjoy the knowledge OF differ.
ent tongues are never fanatics and better
representatives of a cosmopolitan nation
like ours. than those who do not. L am
Tor W. A. Clark first and last. I have
the man during eighteen long years
and he always commanded my esteem and
admiration.
Vote for the best men without regard to
Women's Home Missionary Society. Q
BosroN, November 1.-The seventh an
nual convention of the Women's Home
Society opened to-day, with a