Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-07
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rbrating the tooth Anniversary Of
American. independence = Cleveland't
Letter a splsndid Campaign Documeni
-Fun of Good Points.
New YoRK, July 5.-The st. ramtnany
Society yesterday celebrated for the Tooth
time the anniversary Of the Declara4ion d
Independence. Usually the celebration
takes place in the wigwam, but the recent
fire there compelled the assemblage to take
place IN the Academy Of Music. 81 81
In addition TO the nsmbers g tho So
lciety, there occupied seats on the platform
as guests, Senator Vest, OF Missouri, Repre-
sentatiyes Roger @. Mills, OF Texas, Pat
rick A. Collins, OF Massachusetts, James b.
McGreary. Of KeHuucky, Chas. E. Hooker,
Of Mississippi. benjamin. +. Sheyely. .:of In.
diana. NilBurn n. Ford, i aiehga W u.
McAdoo, oil New Jersey, s. S. Cox and
others.
Many letters of regret were read, among
them one
FROM PRESIDENT CLEVELAND,
in which he says he cannot doubt that the
renewal of the '1ove and devotion to the
pure Jefferson Democratic form of govern
ment which you contemplate will suggest
the inquiry whether the people are receiving
all the benefits which are due them under
such a form OF government. These benefits
are not fully enjoyed when our citizens are
unnecessarily burdened and their earnings
and incomes are uselessly diminished under
pretext OF governmental support.
''Our government belongs to the people.
They have decreed it's purposes, and it is
their clear right to demand that it's cost
shall be limited by frugality, and that its
burden OF expense shall carefully limited by
it's actual nee Is, and yet the
USELESS AND DANGEROUS SURPLUS
in the Ma tional treasury tells no other tale
but extortion on the part of the Govern
ment and a perverson of the peoples in
tention.
''II tic midst of our impetuous enter.
prise and blind confidence in our destiny it
is time to pause and study our condition.
It is no sooner appreciated than conviction
must follow that the tribute exacted from
the people should be diminished. Theorie
which cloud the subject are misleading
honest men, and appeals to selfish interests
which deceive, the understanding make de-
parture therefrom which should be easy, a
difficult task.
Altheug those who propose
REMEDY FOR THE PRESENT EVILS.
have always been friends OF American la
Dor, and though they declare their purposes
to further it's interests in all their efforts,
yet those who oppose the reform, attempt
to disturb our working classes by the cry
that their wants and employment are
they advocate system which
benefits certain classes OF our citizens at
the expense OF every householder in the
land-a system of which breeds discomfort,
because il
PERMITS THE DUPLICATION OF WEALTH,
without corresponding additional re-
compense to labor, which presents an op-
portunity to work by sitting production
and limiting the area of the markets, and
which enhances the cost of living beyond
the laborer's hard-earned wages.
Attempt is also made to divert the at
tention of the people from the evils OF such
= scheme OF tsxation by branding those
who seek to correct these evils as free
traders and enemies OF our workingmen
and our industrial enterprises.
''This is so
FAR FROM THE TRUTH
that there should be no chance for such
deception to succeed. 1t behoves the
American people, while they rejoice in the
anniversary of the day when their free
government was declared, to also reason to.
gether and determine that they will not be
deprived of the blessings and benefits which
their government should afford"
Speeches were made by Senator Vest and
Congressman Mills, Cox, Collins, Nicer cary,
Hooker, Shievly, Maisch and others.