New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-28

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promise. When the murderous demon Ives was
captured at Nevada City and summoned before
tine whole town to answer the charges of murder
and robbery, the most important feature OF his
defence was the charge that Colonel Sanders,
who was acting as prosecutor, had served I'LL the
Yankee Army This was adrotly urged by lves'S
friends, moving around among the crowd, IN
complete Justification OF his crimes.
From the earliest days OF Montanas settlement
until $685. migration into the Territory came from
a southcrly direction The Missouri River fur
nshed the only means of entry for many years,
and when a second WAS finally obtained II was a
railroad from Utah and the Union Pacific country
Not until the completion of the Northern Pacifc
line was the population Of Montana increased by
any considerable number Of people in sympathy
with Republican ideas. After that event, new
impulse was lent to everything, settlers came In
from the Eastern States and from the great he
publican commonwealth Of Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Michigan The valleys were filed up
with an agricultural population. The cities and
mining camps doubled and redoubled in size, ana
at one swoop the Democratic party was cut down.
The Democratic leaders had forcseen this fatal
blow In 1884, when their candidate showed
himself able to muster only majority of go they
had q warning Of what was to come. In the next
campaign they made a brilliant stroke ana sue
ceeded in postponing their fate. They MADE q
labor cry against the Republican candidate. lie
was one of the counsel of the Northern Paclnc,
which, however, as n corporation eXerted what
ever strength it did exert against him. That cir
cumstance did not in the least affect the Demo-
cratic plans Of an ant-corporat0n' campaign
The Democrats were quite willing to profit by the
Northern Pacihc's favor, and at the same time 10
train their mock guns on capitalists. They shooK
their fists at Mr.. Cakes, at Henry Willard, al
Charles Francis Adams and at everybody else
supposed TO represent corporate strength. lhey
made love to the Knights of Labor, ana they
elected their man by something like an old-time
majority.
Their happiness endured but for a season. The
Republican leaders concluded that if the Demo-
Gratis wanted labor issue they should have it in
dead earnest. Events at Washington proceeded
most fortunately for the Republican plan. The
effect of the proposed Mills bill upon Montana
products wool and lead, the course of the Ad-
ministration with regard to local affairs the pup
lie domain and the timber laws together with the
wise and liberal policy Of the National Republican
leaders. all combined to give the Montana Demo-
Gratis all the labor issues they wanted. lhey
chose for their candidate the successful chairman
of their last campaign committee, w. A. clarke,
of Butte Justly esteemed their strongest and most
available man. Mr. Clarke was an old-tlmer,
a phrase of much significance here. The old
timers are those who came here before j. 800, VINO
organized the Territory and have consistently
abided with it since They have social organ
ization of their own, and one of its functions Is 10
protect the old-timers" from the pilgrims and
the tenderfeet. Mr.. Clarke had come to Montana
a day laborcr and had dug millions from the
mountains. lie had educated himself. From an
illiterate miner, he had become cultivated
millionaire speaking the modern languages and
reading the ancient ones. lie was great en-
ployer Of labor and in putting him forward the
Democrats did their best. The Republican can
ddate, Thomas ii. Carter, was lawyer. lie had
never been in politics. His residence In the
Territory had endured for only eight
years and 10 thousands of voters he
was stranger. But for the begin
ming he made powerful impression on thu people.
He refused to talk anything but principles. The
Democrats he said, had invited labor campaign,
and a labor campaign he meant TO give them.
II was brilliant and exciting struggle rendered
all the more so by The great battle that was going
on throughout the country. If the Republican
tariff leaders in Congress had laid their plans
with especial view TO the capture Of Montana, If
the platform adopted at Chicago and the Letter
of Acceptance of General Harrison had both been
framed with this one purpose they could not
have been more wisely shaped and expressed.
Lead and wool were among the leading products
of Montana Tariff legislation affecting them
tOuched Ianchmen and miners both. The Mills
bill put wool on the free list, and reduced the
tariff on lead ore and lead dross from / l-2 cents
a pound 10 "a Of cent, and on lead bar from
2 cents TO IA cents. II did not take the ranch
men and their berdcrs long to figure out where
they would be left by TIM reduction Of wool 10
the free list. Sheep husbandry would be at once
destroyed blotted, OUT No possible way could
be found of adjusting the wages of hcrders TO the
scale that would be necessary if the business were
pursued in competition with the wool growers OF
Australia and South America. Herders in Mon
tana were intelligent Americans earning from
$40 10 $40 month and their board. IIerders in
South America either slaves or semi-bar
baranS for whose labor 81 0 a month was a high
price. In Australia the price of that labor did
not 20 above SIC while in both countries it
went as low as 90 80, and averaged less than
ST. Moreover, in both those favored lands, graz
ing obtained the year around, while in Montana
it was necessary TO store hay for the winter
season, and TO corral the sheep when the weather
became severe The question with the Montana
wool growers, then. was whether they should
vote in favor of Mr.. Clarke and help TO ruin
industry wherein they had $40, 900 in
vested, or in favor of Mr.. Carter and in aid of
their business interests. They had seen their
business suffering since the Mills bill was pro-
posed Wo0llen goods manufacturers were waiting
the outcome of the election before purchasing
supplles Every ranchman in Montana felt that
Democratic success meant personal disaster.
The miners too, were equally alarmed. Not
only those engaged in producing lead but all others
as we'll recognized that the Democratic plan struck
directly at their incomes. Their principal com
petitors in mineral production were the miners of
Spain and Mexico where labor was worth only
from 30 to 60 cents day. The Montana miner
commanded 50 50 day. His earnings enabled