The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-11-05
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the state treasury as mineral land agent
OF Montana, is going up and down the
state campaigning for democracy, adj
dressed d fair sized audience at Heffer-
Inns opera house Thursday night. Ma
Jor Maginnis, by reason Of loyal service
in defending the Union against the as
sault made upon it by southern demo-
Gratis and their northern allies, as we'll
as long service as a delegate from Mon
tana, is always entitled to a respectful
bearing, and Livingston is not behind
other cities in the state in extending
this courtesy. But through the wise
decision of Montana's supreme court
which no democratic cunning has ever
succeeded in controverting, the dem
Gratis We're baked In an effort to
thwart the will of the people and pre-
vented from securing two democratic
United States senators-one of whom
would have been the redoubtable Major.
This has embittered Mr.. Maginnis
against the republican party and calls
for the employment of his strongest in
vective in denouncing the highest ju-
dicial tribunal of the state.
His speech was devoted mainly to the
silver and tariff issues. In his discus
sion of silver he followed the usual line
of campaign orators for the democratic
party by charging responsibility for all
legislation inimical to the white metal
upon the republican party. notwith-
| tan nl,n. ha fon Ant Ill
as republicans voted for the demoneti-
zaton act. lie claimed that as the con-
troll of the government is vested IN three
branches-the president, senate and
house of representatives as the
democrats have not in thirty two years
been in possession Of all three Of these
branches at any one time they cannot
he held accountable for any legislation
during that period. He failed, however,
to state that republican senate had
. passed the Stewart free coinage bill at
the last session and that that measure
;. was prevented from becoming a law by
a the democratic branch of the govern
g ment-the house of representatives with
i a democratic majority of 139. He crit
v icised Carters silver record and eulo-
d gized that made by Mr.. Dixon. Con-
II tinuing he dealt the third party VIC
: ious under cut by outlining what he
j. termed the democratic financial policy
!. which he declared was far better than
!. issuing cabbage leaves, corncobs or eau
r. lifloWer. He asserted that the passage
+s of the fugitive slave law caused the de-
,s thronemeLt of the democratic party, and
" expressed his belief that the attachment
N of President Harrison's signature to the
,r Mckinley bill was the death knel of the
h republican party. All he desired was to
" see the grand old democratic party in
70 control of every branch of government
and then if it failed to remedy the evils
complained of he was ready to cast his
political fortunes with the third party,
: or the tenth or fifteenth, or any other
,r party for the purpose of working it's de-
= feat. He ironically referred to republi-
>, can legislation for the reduction of the
a. burdens OF taxation by claiming that the
IN tax upon railroads, telegraph lines and
a+ the repeal of the income tax an d the
# tax upon bank checks, were measures in
:, the interest of laboring men-because
~ laboring men were largely interested in
IN railroads and telegraph bonds and
j, stocks, and we're kept awake nights COM
f. putting the tax upon their incomes ex-
- ceeding $1,000! He referred to the OBJ
- solete mode of practice by bleeding pa
" tients for every i'll, and applied it to the
To republican policy upon the tariff. He
a. said when the people were suffering un-
as der the burdens Of an unjust tariff tax
,o the republican party bled them by in
~ creasing the tariff. When their condi-
as tion became worse under this treatmen.
N. they bled 'em again, and when later
,h they were in articulo mortis they prop
a. ped them up with the Mckinley bill
IN drove the sword clear through them and
turned it around.
a In discussing state politics he appeal
,s- ed to local prejudice by asserting that
~ President Harrison while senator from
as Indiana had in 1884 voted against a
nt measure to permit railroad construction
10 to Cooke. In this he certainly failed oi
!; his object, because it is fact too vel
;r- known for controversy that a republican
IN senate has repeatedly passed measure
,r with this object in view, only to be al
:, often defeated by the house when it con
"a tanned democratic majority-formine
NJ the democratic branch OF government
This was the case in the last session
nd when the segregation measure passed
- the senate by vote Of 30 to Is with bu,
,le 'nioo uenoo."'s 'osnie ~ .he ainrnia
ho tive, while of the Is negative votes al
!; but one were democrats.
The meeting. while the most success