The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-06-11
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM,

democracy of the state of Montana in
convention assembled send greetings to
the democracy of the nation and pledge
their earnest and patriotic support in
every movement that Will contribute to
the success of the great party of the peo-
pie. We recall with feelings of deepest
gratitude the great deeds of the demo-
cratic party, from the days that it was
founded upon the principle that in
rights and liberties all men are created
equal. until the present time, when we
find it battling on the side of the masses
as against the classes, and opposing
without compromise the efforts of the re-
publican party to further prosecute it's
iniquitous policy of robbing the many to
enrich the few.
We denounce the republican party for
its tariff policy, which compels the agri-
cultural and industrial classes to pay
tribute to the fat producing manufac-
turer; tells the laborer that he is made
prosperous by increasing his burdens
without increasing his income: compels
the farmer to buy in a protected market
while he sells in the free trade markets
of the world; enables the manufacturer
to eXtort higher prices from the people
of the United States than are received
for the same articles when shipped over
Thousand miles of water and sold in for
eign countries; a policy which draws the
surplus earnings of the people into the
pockets of a favored class; makes the
west a slave to the east, and places a yoke
on toll and "a whip in the hand of CAPT
tai. TO this policy the democracy are
unalterably opposed and demand that
the burden of taxation be reduced to
that minimum which is consistent with
an honest. economical and patriotic ad-
minlstration of public affairs, and that
In the levying and adjusting Of taxes
care should be taken to see that raw
material which enters into the finished
product, and the necessaries of life, be
as far as possible admitted free of duty.
and that the burden of taxation be
placed upon the luxuries and wealth of
the country.
We arraign the republican party for
its Wholesale corruption of the ballot, it's
blocks-of-five debauchery, its sale of Of
fees of trust and honor to men who fur
nish the corruption fund. its brazen and
defiant theft of seats in congress, and it's
black and disgraceful record in Montana,
where it reached the climax of infamies
by placing the stain of fraud upon the
fair name OF a virgin state and dragging
the people OF this young commonwealth
into the union as shackled victims of an
intriguing national administration. and
seating in the United States senate men
who were defeated by the sovereign will.
we recognize the proposed free coin
age OF silver as the paramount issue in
Montana and denounce the republican
crime of 1873, whereby silver was de
monetized. as the most fragrant act of in
justice that has ever been perpetrated
against the laboring and producing
classes of the country. Never in the
history Of any country has there been a
more dastardly blow at the prosperity
and happiness Of the common people.a and
not until the present impoverish-
ing republican laws are repealed and
silver restored to its proper place
as a measure Of value will the grip
of Wall street be loosened from
the throat of toll. The democracy of
Montana demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and applaud the demo
cratic party of the nation for its heroic
battle against the avarice and prejudice
of the east, a battle. the encouraging
incidents of which were the passage of "a
free coinage bill in the democratic house
of 1873. the solid vote of the democratic
party for silver in the congress of 1890.
and the democratic majority of iifty-tive
for the free %coinane bill in the present
congress.
When looking for IA leader in the cause
OF silver. one who is brave and loyal.
fearless and true. we tuIn with cont
dence and pride To that able champion.
tireless worker and answering democrat,
Richard p. Bland. Underline leadership
of Richard i. Bland the silver cause has
made the most encouraging strides. and
we call upon all voters of Montana. re-
CARELESS of past party affiliations. to fol
low the lead of this unImpeachablc ad
vocate. who says that when free coinage
is finally granted it must and will come
us AN act Of the democratic party.
The democrats of Montana hereby in.
struct their delegates to the national
convention Ia use every honorable means
To secure the insertion of a free coinage
plank in the national democratic plat
form and the nomination of candidates
for the presidency and vice presidency of
the United States who are friends of
silver, and who. if elected. will bow to
the will of the democracy Of the nation
as expressed 10y their representatives in
congress regardless Of personal views.
We commend the action of the demo-
cratic majority in congress in passing
a stringent Chinese exclusion bill. there
by seeking TO protect the interests of
American labor. We are unalterably
opposed to the system Of importing
foreign laborcrs underNron,ract by cor
porations. trusts and combines. and to
any code of laws which permits the
same. and we endorse the action Of the
democratic party in enacting laws to
prevent the introduction Of such labor
into this country.
We denouce the fraudulent. worthless
and partisan census taken under the
present administration. as being con
ducteu for political purposes, instead Of
for the general welfare Of the country.
We condemn the attempt of the last
congress to enact into the law the in