Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-09-16
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! In extending its beneficent results bv
a wise and comprehensive revision of
the schedule of duties thst shall at
once tighten the burdens OF taxation,
/ promote the PRODUCT z interest," of the
country aud insure just compensation
/ To the woTkingmsu We recommend
especially the proposed increese Of the
tariff on wool aLd the provision
against the free importation of M.xi-
can lead ores which has exposed our
mtn-r- 70 direct competition with q
cla-s OF lahorers who are but little re-.
moved from a condition of slavery
and greatly depressed the value of our
lad product.
In further promot.n on of the inter-
e-;s 4 the workii rmsn, which j. the
primal purpose of the republican
party, We demand the strict euforce-.
mspt of the laws iprbidding TIE i'm
portation Of Chinese end contract
liborers, and favor tur establishment
Of reasonable hours ~ labor. and all
int measures that will tend 10 elevate
the working clr~1e and enable item
To secure homes for their families md
% rear their children thai they VII
become intelligen and enlightei ci 4.
zens OF the republic.
We congratulate the people Of Ma.
tana upon the legislation achieved by
republicans in congress, securing the
coinage Of the entire silver product of
the United States-s measure that
was promptly vindica'ed in an ad-
vance OF thirty per cent in the price Of
the metal and an increase In the value
of our mines SO great a. to defy calcu-
la,ion. The prediction Of the enemies
Of silver being completely re.u'ed by
the practical operation OF the law, we
need onlya republican majority in
the next congress to secure free COIN
age and fix the bullion value of the
silver dollar In the par with gold.
While we welc ,me with unab .tei
cordisliiy all persons OF foreign birth
who come to our shores to strengthen
as well as to enjoy our freedom and
prosperity, we recommend thorough
revision OF our naturalization laws, to
end that the hign privileges Of Ameri-
can citizenship shall oe conferred on
ly on those who are capable of apprs-
ciating them, and with held from those
who tend TO reduce the wages of Ia
Dor, corrupt the sources Of political
power aud lower the standard Of our
civil iiization.
We regard with admiration ami
gratitude the manly action of Hon.
Thomas b. Reed, speaker of the house
of represe eutstives, In defeating the
efforts OF the democratic members 20
obstruct legislation by outrageous and
revolutionary conduct, and In destroy.
ing the absurd pr-tens that mem-
bsrof a parliamentary b,iv can he
absent and present vt the same time.
We deprecate a. an unjust ann un-
called for abridgment Of the liberal
policy of our government respecting
the public domain, the withdrawal
from settlement OF large trac's Of land
In Montana under authority of the
act Of October ., 1855, and We endorse
the action of our delegation In con-
gress In insisting that they be re.
opened to entry by actual settlers.
We demand that no patents be is-
sued to the Northern Pacific railroad
until II shall have been established,
ty indisputatle affirmative proof, that
the lands which IL elaine see nom
mineral in their character. and that
the grant to that company be strictly
construed, according to its letter and
spirit, to the end that all mineral lands
be reserved for entry under tie pro-
visions Of the laws of the United
States.
We invite the attention Of our senators
and reprS sentative in congress to the
expediency Of extending to Montana
the provisions OF the law which y now
limited 10 the states of Oregon and
Washington which pei mit the acaui.
sition of timber lands on the public
domain by purchase from the general
government.
We view with pride and gratitude
the public services Of Hon. Thoma,
H. Carter, our reprr sentative In con.
gress, who hrs not only greatly pro
NOTED the interests Of Montana by bic
untiring efforts, eloquent advocacy
and commencing influence. but also
won an honorable position among
the distinguished statesmen who
adoru the ,uucils Of the nation.
We recoIn In'ss with unqualified ap-
probation the diligence, fidelity and
ability with which Hon. wilbur y.
sandsrs and Thomas g. Power, our
senatop In congress, have upheld The
principles Of the republican party md
euardsd the intssssts of the state and
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