Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-10-04
CLARK AND CARTER.
Democratic and Republican
Candidates-Their Respective
Demerit and Merit.
Clark Represents an Administra-
tion Obnoxious to Montanians
and Thinking Americans.
THE TWO CANDIDATES.
An Able and Fair Minded Review of Their
Merits.

An Able and Fair Minded Review Of Their
Merits.
By all odds the strongest, most crit
ical, and withal, most lucid and con-
vincing presentation Of the relative
merits OF the two parties and their
candidates in Montana, Is that given
by Cant. Mills In the New Northwest,
which we produce below, and com.
mend to the careful perusal Of all. 1t
is as follows:
Mr.. Clark, by the endorsement Of
his party, represents an administra-
tion that in It's brief lease Of power
h as been hostile to every interest Of
Montana; that has given US an ineffi
cient and inadequate postal service;
that 10 its hostility TO silver has de-
preciated every ounce Of the principal
product of Montana fifteen cents; that
seeks to ruin our wool industry by
abolishing the tariff that protects it
against the psuper husbandry of Aus
trslia, South America aud India; that
would shut down every lead and sill
yer mine in America; that harries and
hunts through the courts those who
produce the lumber necessarily used
In our mines. mills and buildings, and
compels the consumer, as an inevita-
BILE result, to pay the cost; that leaves
our timber lands unsurveyed and un.
obtainable by Withholding appropria-
tions Of limiting compensation for sur
veys so no surveyor will even make n
bid thereon; that has practically de-
MED statehood and citizenship to
Montana and MontsnisDs by condi-
tioning our possible admission on a
gross wrong to sister territory, and
that In gross violation Of the instruc-
ton of even its own party, has coD-
tinued to fill our most important
offices with imported officials who
make, expound and administer our
laws before tney are even entitled to
vote under our territorial statutes,
And this Cleveland administration
that. In its national capacity, In the
name of reform, is spending at the
rate of one hundred million dollars
more than did that of President
Arthur; that in its national conven-
ton absolutely ignored the territories
and their interests; that has bumili-
sted the nation in its foreign policy,
and as browning injury would ire
parably destroy its prosperity by
breaking down the protective tariff
system under which American capital
and labor alike are shielded from ruin.
Gus competition with the low-priced
money aud the starvation paid labor
of Europe, is endorsed by the demo
cratic party, and representing that en-
dorsement, hedged and fettered and
enmeshed by all its sins, Mr.. Clark
comes before the people OF Montans
asking that by his election they COM
NIT themselves to approval OF its evils
done and invite their continuance.
Mr.. Carter represents party cast in
heroic mold, whose record emblszoneC
on the pages of American history dim,
al Others In it, splendor. 1t has beer
claimed its work was completed, bu
before IL In this day have arisen issue
affecting hundred times more seri
ously the material welfare of the peo
pie than did the slave labor that beior
1861 made competition impossible an,
toll reproach. To meet these ney
conditions; to battle once more what
ever appears foe to well-rewarde,
labor; to shut our ports 10 paupers an,
pauper products, the republican part,
has risen from its repose, il rallyiug :
It's standard recruits from every part
and industry, and the stragglers fron
it, own rank, aud on the 9Th of No
vember will crush out the heresy q
free trade in all It's DISCUSSES, so tina
not again within this generation shal
II menace the iireside Of toll or locI
The doors on the industries Of tn
land. IL is this party, this resolve
this object Mr.. Carter represents, an'
in doing 81 he represents party tina
In its national convention at Chicago
after the democratic convention at ~
Louis had showed the territories asid'
aud out OF sight as burdeDsome, dan
gerous aud irritable subject, had Tbs
courage aud fidelity tp demand fol
them and secure by unanimous adop
tion the approval Of all their claims
The national republican party is un
qualifledly committed to Nh enablinl
act for the admission Of Montana ~
state, aud pending this admission Tia
appointment OF all federal officer
from bona llde residents; 10 the reset
: walton Of lands for entry under th