The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-06
THE MIN ERAL LAND p,.

The Inter Mountain, in nors,
that gutter snipe, scavenpe, %
which distinguishes it during p%a
campaigns, charges the defeat ppDu9
gresham Dixon's mineral land y
Grover Cleveland, Speaker Cr;.' "N
the l39 democratic majority
house. If the Inter Mounta;n
charged its defeat to a last years a.rp
OF the u or to the present attitn%l
the Shah OF Persia toward the oua',,
OF woman's rights it would bavo
quite as near to stating the true c.u.'
the failure Of the measure to na""
house at this session as if do.
charging it to Cleveland and tba a.,
cratic party. If such papers
Inter Mountain may be believed ~
was not the choice of Clevs,s.Is
speaker. That gentleman, accordis
republican authority, favored Mill
speaker and Congressman Dixon r,1
for Mills. Crisp has been charpod ".
hostility to Dixon on this ccour,
he was really opposed to the NINA
land bill it was not because bsn
influenced by Cleveland but. On
contrary, because Cleveland fayorc
But it is a waste of time to dwell N.
this aspect of the case. The min
land bill, like 5000 or 6,OOO Others M
were introduced in the house. has r,
the way of "dcad-for-the session" M,
ures' 1t was a carefully prepared me-.
ure and diligently urged by Copg,.
mar Dixon and Mineral Land COMM,
sioner MagInnis. The bill WAS ir,,'
duced for the purpose of CORRECTING cT
pably ignorant, inexcusably defecsp
and unwarrantably extravagant rennb
llcan legislation. If the republican rart
had cared the snap of a finger fo, NJ
safety of the mineral lands in fine waI
it would never have granted such a TRAD
of land to a railroad corporation, ,rd|
If after making the vast grant the part1
had evidenced a disposition to correct NJ
mistake some leniency would be Show,
toward it. but for over twenty wears tbJ
mineral land matter has been bappr,|
over the heads of the people of Mopta,|
and not a single republican in or o,
Of congress has formulated a bill n
taken a single step.toward settling il nj
of our miners, nor has a repubIj.n
congress shown any disposition to amend
the grievous fault committed years s1
a congress and president of its party
So much for the political aspect Of tn.
matter.
Now the fact is that the Republicans
well as the democrats in Montana
would like to see Congressman Diyns
mineral land bill become a law. Or air
other measure become a law by witch
his mineral land question would b
'quitably settled. No two opinions exist
n the minds of the people of Montana
is to the injustice of turning over Two
acres of valuable mineral land
n the state to the Northern Pacific ri
Dad corporation. All honestly bels
hat that company, under a strict d
'truction of it's grant, cannot Justly
to a single acre of our minen
But without some action by COZ
,ress we are powerless to help %ourseIu;
The courts have decided in its favor and
ubservient congresses have refused to
'nact remedial legislation.
What are we going to 10 about it: DO
We help matters by charging that this
hat party is responsible for the preseli
Ondition of things? Is it in the line d
to say that l~eyeland Or
harrison is raising heaven and earth ID
is efforts to rob the miners of the lands
matter is too grave to he thus treat
and none but small Drained, shriyelei
ouled, gutter snipe newspapers would
tempt to make political capital out d
:. Will the Inter Mountain never learn
nything: Will it always be odltorlaIy
onducted within that marrow LITTLE
roove in which notes are noticed
nd fought while the great, broad
eld outlying Astounding ID
things, remains unseen: II
GEMS SO. For if that journal has failed
} note and comment upon Il political
nemy from his personnel to his kitchen
was when the establishment Was too
to know whether it was runnlng
newspaper or Il mud battery.
The situation at Homestead evidences
10 npcpacity IF Laop;pr tr,nns al tht