The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-09-10

none which protective taxes could. or ever have
oeneftted US. They never raised the price of our
wool. our lead, or our copper" OF c0urse one Of
these positions or the other must he false. In
this years platform they demand a tariff which
shall be SO levied ''that labor shall be protested
md industries encouraged" Last year Toole and
Ma2innis both declared that taxes never did and
never could protect labor or encourage industries.
LIE NUMBER &.
We 60 before the people with record for the
of the finances Of the Territory Of Montana from
Sessnss Ssed
lnent, and by wise and liberal laws have secured
the settlement, development and welfare Of the
schemes Of plu,deF and extravasant salaries
and expenditures. the Democratic Plat
+ WHAT THE REAL FACTS ARE
The democratic Legislative assembly Of Montana
ut the inception Of the telritory's existence, with
out the sanction Of any law and In defiance u an
propriety, passed an ordinance peylnkt1 - I'D
eral officers salaries Of from $500 10 &a0Oo out
OF the territorial treasury. They alsoga them
selves as legislators in addition to the per diem
payment Of four dollars allowed BY the United
Suites, an additional per diem payment Of twelve
dollars taken directly from taxation upon the
~Vsee
$4,000 and in seven PEARS created debt amount
ing to 3l42 M8.99. Governor Potts in 1874 appeal
ed to the legislature to abolish this law and urged
that If they did abolish 1t the territory would be
out Of debt in five years. A republican member
Of the council Of 1871 proposed an act In accord
anee with Gov. Potts recommendation. BY the
votes of eight democrats its consideration was
"indehnitely postponed" The negative vote on
this proposition was recorded by two republicans,
the only republican members Of the council, and
only three democrats. This robbery went on un-
til the republican congress at Washington passed
a law forbidding 1t. After that the debt of Mon
tana rapidly disappeared
LIE NUMBER 6.
1t is matter Of pride that our party has always
carefully guarded the liberties OF the people BY
the enactment Of wise laws, and has 30 enforced
them as to preserve to all equal and exact Justice.
-[From the Democratic Platform.
WHAT THE REAL FACTS ARE
The democratic administration Of the land and
| timber laws In Montana has been characterized
by every kind Of partisanship and dishonesty. In
the first place, the construction Of the law forbid
ding the cutting Of timber was strained unnatural
y and falsely to the laws spirit. 1t was promulgat
! ed by Land Commissioner Sparks and his orders
we're sustained by Secretary Lamar and Villas and
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however, partially was shown to democratic wood
choppers. That excellent democrat, Mr.. Word
chopped wood at will. That other excellent dem
ocrat, Mr.. Robinson, also chopped wood at will
but republican wood choppers were hunted down
rs criminals. The enforcement of land laws Was
utterly dishonest and oppressive Patents have
been withheld both for mining claims and fo
land which had been earned, upon trumped VI
charges, none of which they dared to bring Il
trial. Under the democratic administration 4,
600 patents we're thus retained, causing Thousand
Of dollars OF loss and an incalculable amount 0
other injuries to miners and settlers. The dem
ocratic administration left the dispensing Of pat
ents three years In arrears. but under the vigor
Gus administration Of Secretary Noble they ar
so far advanced that BY the first Of January pal
ents will have been dist lbuted In an amount tha
will leave the department not more than one yea
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