The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-07-30


Oh the whole line of imports. His bill
was killed by a republican senate.
Mr.. Mckinley's plan to reduce
the revenues was to increase
the duties on all the accessories of
life-except sugar. 1t has worked 80
admirably that Mr.. Cieveland's treasury
surplus of about S%14O,OOO,OOO has been
swallowed up in the expenses of the
government and a deficit of several mil
lions is staring it in the face. The ex-
p%erlence gained by the operation of the
Mckinley tariff shows that the Mills or
tariff for revenue plan is much the
better. The present administration has
shown that the way to support the
government when the revenues fall be-
low it's necessary expenses is to beg
bondholders to grant extensions of time
for the payment of bonds falling due or
to continue them at . per cent. AS was
done in the case Of the S52,000,00O of 4
per cents which fell due last September
and which the government could not pay
on account of the extravaganza of the
billion dollar republican congress.
Fourth: what encouragement to
honest men is found in the record of the
present democratic house to induce the
people to entrust the appropriations to
that party again" Answer. The
same encouragement they have to en-
trust them with republican sen
ate which passed and "a republican
president who signed the house appro-
priation bills.
Fifth: "How the receipts of the gov
eminent can be lessened without in
creasing the government debt" A boy
ish question. AS well may it be asked
how can a debt of two dollars be paid
with one dollar. The proper answer to
the question is: cut down the expenses
of the government within its receipts. In
order to do this, the people should never
elect another billion dollar q
which fastens by law extravagant ap-
preparations upon succeeding congresses
Give the democratic party control of the
senate and the executive department of
the government and that matter will be
satisfactorily cared for.
Sixth: "Who will be the chief bene.
f~iciaries and the chief sufferers by such
reduction" Answer: The chief bcne-
f~iciaries by a reduction of government
expenses and a reduction of tariff taxa
ton. will be the v%orkingmen of the
country. The chief sufferers if such
men can suffer will be those forming
the great trusts and combines and mon
ey corporations that under the present
tariff laws, are sucking the life blood of
the people and w%ringing gold out of their
Drawn and muscle.
Seventh. "Whether the democratic
party believes in a tariff as outlined by
the report of the national democratic
convention committee at Chicago. which
favored duties SO adjusted as not to in
terfere with wages and not to disturb in
dustrial conditions, or in the tariff for
revenue plank" Answer. The senti-
ment of the democratic party upon the
tariff is embodied in the plank adopted
by the Chicago convention. That plank
appears at the head of these columns.
The Inter Mountain has it's informa-
ton. Now. will it honestly and truth
fully state whether or not it is ashamed
of Benjamin Harrison, Rat Reid. the
billion dollar congress, and the repub-
lican party generally? Whether it en-
dorses the action of the republican mem
bers OF the house On the silver question
and whether it thinks Carter will not
help Lee Mantle to the republican nomi-
nation for governor Of Montana unless
it continue to misrepresent every promi
nent democrat in the state. The Inter
Mountain has the floor. Stand w and
answer like a man.
IMMIGRATION.