Fergus County argus., 1890-09-25

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We invite the attention of our sena-
tors and representatives in congress
To the expe,iiency of extending Ia
Montana the provisions of the law
which is now limited to the States ol
Oregon and Washington which permit
the acquisition OF timber lands on the
public domain by purchase from the
general government.
We view with pride and gratitude
the public services of Hon. Thomas
ii. Carter, our representative in Con
gress, who has not only greatly pro-
NOTED the interests Of Montana by
his untiring Efforts, eloquent advo-
cacy and commanding influence, but
also won an honorable position
among the distinguished statesmen
who adOrn the councils OF the nat ion.
We recognize with unqualified ap-
probation the diligence, fidelity, and
ability with which Hon. Wilbur r.
Sanders ana Thomas &. Power. our
senators in congress, have upheld the
principles of the Republican party and
guarded the interests of the state and
the nation, and declare that they have
fully proved themselves worthy of the
great trust that has been reposed in
them by their constituents.
We favor stringent measures OF legis-
latiOn for the protection of the lives OF
miners, and insist that the statutes
for that purpose, enacted by n Repub-
Iican legislative assembly of Montana,
be made effective by the appointment
OF fit and oapabIecitizen as inspector
OF mines.
| We claim for the Republican party
OF Montana that, in the passage OF the
registration law and the Australian
voting system, it has proved itself to
be the champion of the freedom and
purity Of the elective franchise, and all
persons who desire that every lawful
voter should be permitted to east his
ballot without fear and have it count
ed without fraud must look for that
cOnsummatlon to the Republican
party. While we recognize that the
Australian voting law may require
amendment SO as to simplify the de
tails of it's operation, We pledge the
Republican, members OF the legislative
assembly to see to it that all it, essen
tial provisions shall be preserved in
violate upon the statute books of
Montana.
We congratula the people of Mon
tana upon the defeat oi the monstrous
fraud that was attempted 10y the Dem
ocraiic party at precinct - oi Silver
Bow county. II has passed beyond
the domain of discussion or doubt
that the returns from that precinct
were wholly fraudulent, and the thanks
Ol all honest citizens are due to the
Republican canvassers of Silver Bow
h 4 ,sf, IL
the supreme court and he Republicans
IN the senate oi the United States for
eiieciing lac overt hrow oi thlscriminal
and inIpuitOus conspiracy. We d-
clare IT to be- the firm purpose oi the /
Republican party that henceiort Ia elec-
tions in Montana shall be honest ex-
pressions of the will of the people and !
that all attempts at fraud upon the |
ballot-box shall be prosecuted until !
the prison doors shall have closed |
upon the offenders
We arraign rs tyrannical and revo- |
lutlonary usurpation of power the at
tempt OF Gov. Toole to violate the
constitutional right OF the house of |
representatives of the legislative as
fcmbly to Judge of the election. RET urn 1
and qualification OF its own members. |
thority, the place where it should |
meet. keeping the hall so designated /
under lock and key and IL guard sta
toned at the entrance with instruc- /
tions to admit none who were not |
provided with credentials ISSUED in |
violation of the express provisions oi |
the constitution.
We applaud with enthusiastic an /
t.r -al
the X publisan members of the late |
legislative assembly, and condemn he /
course OF the Dem Dcratic members I
VINO, Tor narrow partisan purposes.
prevented the legislation that was
greatly needed to put in operation the
machinery Of the state government,
deprived laborers of their Just wages.
left our public institutions without |
funds to deiray their necessary ex-
penses, embarrassed. all the functions
of statehood and worked irreparable
damage to the substantial interests
and to the good name OF Montana.
We denounce the Democratic party
OF the United States for its want of |
patriotism, for its iniidelity to the
wOrklngmen OF America, for its crimes
against the ballot-box, for its antag-
Onism to the essentials of freedom,
equality and national unity, for its
ready championship OF the most mis-
chlevOus political and economic her
estes, for its policies of obstruction
and retrogressiOn, and especially for
its relentless hostility to the interests
OF the great northwest. While the Re
publican party is comprehensive in its
principles and national in its politics.
both are peculiarly calculated to ad-
vance the welfare and prosperity of /
the vast section of the Union ot which I
Montana is u part. IN proof OF tins
we cite the action of the present Re
publican national administration and /
Republican congress. They havcadded /
immeasureably to the value of our
output of precious metals, thus as
suring just wages to laborers engaged 1
IN the mining industry, and an abund
ant and remunerative market for /
products of agriculture; they have |
given additional protection to wool, /
tn the great advantage OF AN import
ant interest; by admitting the terri |
tories OF Wyoming and Idaho. they |
have aided in moving westward the
center of political power; in Montana |
they have created two additional land /
districts, to the material convenience |
Of the people Oi the western and north |
ern parts Oi the state; they have re
duced theCrOw resrrvati ION and opened |
sW),WW acres tn sci tlenent and i'm |
proveinent; they have increased CON
siderably the sum to be expended in
the survey Of public lands within our
limits, and they have contributed
largel y IN all respects to the harmoni-
Ous development of all the interests ol
Montana and the west. Pointing Ia
this record, and contrasting it with
that OF the Democratic party. we ap-
peal to the people of Montana, with
out respect to previous political as
sociati ions, to insure the maintenance
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