The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-07
State Stealers and Their Benehciaries Held
Up to just tSc0rn-DemoCrats
Of Silver Bow.

We, the democrats of Custer county,
Montana, in convention assembled. for the
purpose of electing detecting delegates to
the state convention to be held at Helena
on the 18th instant, do hereby adopt the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That We condemn the present
republican administration of national
affairs for having ruthlessly and wantonly
squandered the peoples money. they hav-
ing found at the end of Oleveland's admin
istration an enormous surplus. most of
which has been wasted for the benefit of
the republican party and without regard to
the rights of the people. We deplore the
present condition of national affairs, it
being now estimated that the deficit for
the present year in the United States treas
ury is more than $50 00O, 600, which estimate
is made by the honorable secretary of state,
Jas. G. Blaine, and we contrast the admin
istration of President Harrison during his
term of Office with that Of Grover Cleveland,
his immediate predecessor, whose admins
tration was the most economical and had
the greatest regard for the rights of the peo-
pie of any administration since that of
Andrew jackson, and we sincerely hope
that at the end of the present administra-
tion Grover Cleveland may again be at the
head of this nation as guardian of the peo-
ple's rights. We declare that the present
depressed condition of all agricultural and
laborinR interests throughout the whole
west. and the prosperous and fourishing
condition Of trusts and monopolies in all
sections of the country, is the result of
vicious legislation inflicted upon the nation
BY the republican party. This party has
practically had possession Of the govern
ment for the past thirty years, and wholly,
so far as the shaping any important
policy is concerned. In this brief
period it has leeislated out of existence
our once proudest industry, the merchant
marine and rendered extinct the American
sailor. 1t has depressed our farming inter-
est which occupies 45 per cent of our people,
to the verge of begging and has so reduced
the purchasing capacity of the dollar of the
laborer, farmer and mechanic that all har-
mony between employer and employe is
outraged and destroyed and disastrous, de-
moralizing and dangerous. Strikes and
contentious fill the land and the most
beautiful country occupied by the freest
people in the whole world is gradually as
Stunning condition of bankruptcy among
all but the favored few.
We look upon the election bill, commonly
known as the force bill, now pending in
congress as an infamous invasion Of the
rights and liberties of the citizen
intended solely for partisan purposes
and the perpetuation of the republican
party in power and the sacrificing Of FREQ
elections. If it fails to pass at this session
it will not be from any disinclination on
the part of the republican legislators to in
flict its workings on the states, but because
they quail before the indignation OF an
outraged constituency. We strongly favor
the granting Of liberal pensions to all citi-
zens who have suffered in the cause of their
country, but We deprecate the indiscrimi-
nate bestowal of bounties upon pretended
soldiers for political purposes.
We denounoe Mr.. II. H. Carter, present
member Of congress from this state. as a
WHY, slick and slippery politician who
has more regard for Tom Car
ter than for his constituency, and
whose craftsmanship is subordinate
to his desire to further his own personal in
terests. We denounce in scathing terms
he dastardly, bigh-handed and unscrupu-
lous action of the canvassing board of the
notorious Jack and Hall members of Silver
Bow county in throwing out and refusing
to count. contrary to law, precedent and
the will of the people. the vote of Precinct
"a in that county. We denounce the action
of the state canvassinR board for its trea-
sonable action in violation of the laws of
the state and the order of the court, and |
for conspiring with the said notorious Jack
and Hall to defeat the sovereign will of the |
people in declaring persons to be elected
who had not received majority of the |
votes cast. Wo declare the action of !!
the supreme court of this state in
in usurping the powers of the legislature
and assuming to declare and decide that
certain persons we're elected to the house of |
representatives Of the state who had not re-
ceived majo eity of the legal votes cast.
We condemn the record of our lieutenant
j. T.. Richards, in his arbitrary,
unjust and partisan rulings duriRg g the time
that he acted as the president o. the state
senate. We condemn the action of the
lawfully elected members of the house of |
in disobeying the constitu-
tion and laws of the state in organizing
rump house, in express and fla
grant violation of law and of |
the executive order, and for their
having refused to meet at the place as des.
ignated by Law and the order of the gov
ernor of the state for the meeting of the
house of representatives.. We condemn the |
action of the republican senators of the
state in consorting and conspiring with the
rump house and in assuming to elect two
senator's to represent this state in the
United States senate. We condemn the re-
publican majority in the United States
senate having. in violation of law,
precedent and the will of the people. given
seats in that body to Messrs. Sanders and
fower. two persons who were never elected |
United States senators, and who are now |