Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-08-05
A THIRD PARTY.
The Labor Party Proposes to
Enter the Campaign this Fall
and ..:ake things Lively.
Thus far it Has an Organ ano a
Platform and Will Find
q Candidate.
TIE LABOR PARTY.

TIE LABOR PARTY.
IL Organizes with an Organ and Plat
form.
HELENA. Aug. Sat the recent
session Of the Knights Of Labor. held
In this city, there were representatives
from nearly every city in the ststD,
and IL IL understood that the UPPER.
most topic In The convention was that
Of organizing the labor prr,y in Mon.
tsna. Since then there has been
activity among the Helena
leaders of that party and they seem to
have taken the lead In the movement.
By n recently published call they
have announced their intention Of
holding n state convention In Butte
CITY, and already delegates have been
cno-rn IN one or two towns. They
will place candidstes for the state sen.
ate and candidate for represents alive
IN congress IN the field. and 1t is un-
that the slate for each coun.
~ has already been prep6rsd. The
latest move In Helena has been the
purchase of weekly paper called the
Graphic, and It will be
edited by E. NJ. Iliff. q well known
printer. Already there In cons dera.
BILE talk and conjecture n IN who will
be the standard bearer Of the labor
party, and here In Helena there seems
to be but one choice--Wm. Lorey.
Mr.. Lorey 10 . painter by trade and
during the last campaign conducted
and edited Q small weekly labor pa
per.
The platform 10 a follows:
"First-That eight hours . dav 10
rather more than ample 10 which to
essn thu bread be eais and wherswith.
n be 10 clothed. sno Il believes 10 such
lawful and hu.ipess.like measures %
will gain for him . living for eight
hours labor st the most.
"second-That the public domain
should be reserved for sctual settlers
only. and not twittered away to cor
porate spectators, and that oil public
land held for speculative purposes
shall be taxed to its full value.
"Third-That the currency Of the
countrys ould he under the direct
control Of The government, should be
ample for the needs Of the country,
and shoald not be directly or indirect-
ly controlled by nstior al banks or
ether concerns interested In COM
founding interest.
"Four-That silver should be coined
without let or biDdrsnce, and that
silver dollar should be legal tender for
Ill debts, private or public, thst the
interests Of the masses Of the people,
in Montana aud elsewhere, deusDd
that silver should swell the volume Of
the national circulating medium, and
that any measure that only tends to
increase the bullion price. without in
creasing ils volume OF money. is op-
posed to the welfare Of the public.
"Fifth-Thst clAss legislation OF any
disguised under any usm-,
ID t. be avoided or defeated. The
Graphic has end can have no sort of
liking for any plSn Of economic leg,s-
latlon that taxes The many for the
benefit of the few. II believes and
will advocate that an Injury to one 10
the concern Of sIl, bht It will strenu-
oasly insist that the greatest good to
the greatest number is the proper cri-
terion Of public action, legislative or
otherwise.
"Sixlh-It believes In the pre- ven.
ton Of the stain of child la0or. and OF
convict contract labor In the new state
Of Montana"