The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-17

promulgate the following declaration of
principles:
We pledge our answering devotion TO
that policy which has stamped the dem
ocratic party as the party of equality and
the party Of the constitution.
We denounce the republican party for
its infamous policy of favoritism and
class legislation, which has impeded the
progress OF this young and vigorous re-
public, produced vast fortunes in the
hands Of the few at the expense of the
many; compelled the toilers of tie coun.
try to pay unjust tribute to the million
aire manufacturers of the east; bowed to
the dictatorship Of moneyed aristocracy
and through duplicity and cunning led
the people to the precipice of disappoint-
ment and revolution.
We denounce the republican tariff
bill as a fraud and a standing lie, which
was passed under the promise of in
creased wages, and whose only fruits
have been reduced wages. strikes, lock-
outs and bloodshed. We recognize i IN
the Mckinley bill the grand climax of
republican hypocrisy and demand a re.
vision of the tariff on lines consistent
with the democratic doctrine that all
unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa.
ton" and that the only tariff tax that
should be placed upon the people is that
which is necessary for the s%ustenance
of the government. economically admin
istered.
We indorse most heartily the tariff
plank of the national platform, and sa-
Lutte with pride and loyalty the noble
standard bearers of the party, the next
president and vice president of the
United States, Grover Cleveland and
Adlai Stevenson.
We demand such revision of the tariff
as will place the burdens upon the lux.
uries instead of upon the necessaries OF
life, and challenge the republican lead
ers to deny that every tariff law enacted
by the republican party has imposed
increased burdens upon the poor in the
interest Of the rich.
Realizing the promises and predictions
Of the republican party on the subjec
of wool have proved to be a delusion ant
a snare; that wool has declined in value
under the Mckinley bill, while the de
mand for mutton, which is without pro
lection. has increased, we denounce tn,
republican party for the misrepresenta
ton and dishonesty of Its state platform
on this subject.
Recognizing the proposed reinstate
ment of silver as one of the great issue
of the day, we applaud the democratic
party of the nation as represented in thu
congress for it's Just and fearless actiol
in going on record by a large majorit.
vote in favor of free coinage. We al
raign the republican party for it's relent
II less hostility to silver, which began wit
the decentralization act of silver in 49,.
and has for its latest infamy the almos
unanimous vote Of the republican part
in congress against free coinage. Recog
nizing the fact that every step toward
free coinage has been taken by the dem
cratic party, recalling the action Of tn
democratic house which passed a FIRE
coinage bill in 1873, only to have
emasculated by a republican senate, an
approaching the action of democracy i
giving a clear majority in favor of tn
free coinage bills of 1890 and 1882, "
look confidently forward to the tim
when under a democratic administratio
silver will be restored to its proper plac
beside gold as a money metal.
The democracy of Montana acceI
the leadership of that gallant dcmocra.
Richard p. Bland, vino with IA clea
understanding of the subject, says, tina
when a free coinage law shall he enacte
it must come as the act of the democrat
party. and we express Our supreme con
tempt for the republican Sherman &C
. which has driven silver down to II
u lowest price in the history of the meta
g. closing mines, robbing labor, and par;
as living industry. We indorse mo-
n. heartily the action of the democrat
party in congress as represented by
d' majority. and we hereby instruct MOI
tana's representatives in the congress
use every honorable means to secure II
., passage of a bill for the free coinage {
-, silver.
u We stand with the national democrat
which acquired the vast public donna
in for the people and proclaim our uncon
ne. promising hostility to the republics
i, party which gave vast empires of tn
~, domain to corporations. The miner
IT, lands of Montana belong TO the poop
mt and we unrcservedly express GU a
proval of the earnest and determined {
forts of the Hon. w. w. Dixon. and Il
nc Hon. Martin Maginnis, to secure Il
"a enactment of a wise, just and cquitah
re measure for the restoration of such Ian
of to their rightful owners. TO the dem
cratic majority of the house commit
'"' on public lands are due the thanks
w all our ClIlZtnS lOT tIlclT IlOIcSt uIlu Z
nd less report, and we have but words
de condemnation for the republican mine
80 ity. whose report and substitute we
'oi against the interests of Montana.
ot We demand that the boundaries
. the National park be changed IN accor
ance with the provisions of the I've
BILL in order that a rich mining distri
now isolated and inaccessible shall cnj
the vitalizing influence of competiti
railway communication.
We warn the people against the II
q%uitous forco bill, which, if the republI
an party regains full power, will be G
acted into law for the perpetuation
republican rule, and the complete 81
version of the sovereign will. TO t
people of Montana this warning has
pecial force, coming as it does upon t
heels of the great conspiracy by WIN
a popular majority was reversed and
virgin state disgraced. We denounce
unmeasured terms the action of the
nublican marty i'm nominating for Ollie