Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-07
THE RULE AND RUIN POLICY OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The Montana Republican platform de-
aloroo omnpn nfhnr fhspro.


The Montana Republican platform de
clares, among other things:
That the chief purpose Of the Republican
party, is the protection OF our industries
the elevation OF American labor, and tn
just compensation Ut the ~workingman.
If the purpose Of the party is as stated
above, then its mission seems in no like
lihood of ever being fulfilled. Truly in
this, as in many other cases:
The best laid plans OF mice and men
Gang aft aglee.
Since the Republican party has been in
power in this country, the American mer.
chant marine has been utterly destroyed
and our foreign commerce. trade
which, since history began, has always
made nations great-has been ruined, ut.
terly ruined.
In proportion to the cost of living,
wages have been steadily decreasing, and
to-day the thousands of toilers in the
protected industries of the greatest pro-
lection state in the union, Pennsylvania,
are barely able to exc out an existence,
while living in absolute squalor in COM
pany's houses and ruled by the pluck
me" stores of their protectionist en-
ployers.
Oh, yesl The Republican party is do
ing great things for "the protection of
American industries, the elevation of
American labor, and the just compensa-
ton of the workingmen."
There are certain facts which are en-
tirely ignored in the discussion of points
regarding the apparent prosperity pre-
valling in this country. What real pro-
gress has been made was due entirely to
the great and immense natural resources
Of the country; to its cheap lands, its
minerals; its diversity of soil and eli
mate, and its a~daptability to the needs of
the people. The Republican party AFRO
gates to itself credit for all these great
bounties of nature, when in fact nature
has been aiding the multitudes in def
anee OF the h%indrances thrown in the way
by this same Republican party.
The Republican party has been for
years, and is to-day, a party of obstruc-
'iOnists. Is does not want trade ex-
ended, and is constantly yelling free
'rade at every person who desires to build
Up great commercial relations. Under
he pretense of protecting the people, it
'inds them hand and foot, and then
rgues that they can outstrip their
leighbors in this guise; to make them
ich, and happy, and contented, it taxes ,
hem terribly for everything they eat,
rear or drink-althOugh the party is
somewhat of removing the tax .
'om rum; and in order to extend our !
'ade, 1t builds a high and almost i'm :.
assable Chinese wall around our mer-'
lants, and tells them to sell and buy
My within those walls if they wish to
'c0me prosperous and great. I,
Ii there ever was a party that COM '
etely stultifed itself in its promises Ii
I'd performances, it is this same Repub- a
party. 1t is no longer the party of v
q people, but simply lives OH the tradi- y
'ns of Lincoln and Greeley. 1t does " !,
thing for the people, except to make III
omises, to be broken like p~ie-crusts. It'll
the party of the gold-bags, the party 70
at demonetized silver, and the party nc
at legislated its own paper money to a I'll
'count by repudiating it for debts due tn
government ~,
Il there is any n thing this Repub-
party ought to live for. THE MINER
uld like to know what it is. The III
'ple of Montana certainly owe it no di1
It, mol even good will. Why should tn,
be expected to contribute to its sue 81,
8 this fall?