Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-09-28

THE UEHUfIA1IC PLATFORM.
f''@'1"tt"ns Adopted ut tho Democratic
+"hnft Convention, Sept. .B, 1xD4 +
We, the democrats of Custer couu,v.
Montana, 10 convention assembled.
nalI the triumphant democracy Ut the
nation anA embracing anew The doc
trlt'e1 laid down hy Thon1as Jefferson.
and guarded sacredIy by the demo~
crat't party for n-srly century, pro-
mulRate the following resolutions: r.
we Fiecge nur ts~trvtnk devotion
| 10 that pulley which ha. 4,auped the
| ar'iio'Fat1c i'hr<y a* 1he i'4rty Of equal
tty.
! We denounce the republican party
for i'> oiIcy IF favorlti-1n aud cIa..
legislation, which In in favor Of the
few hhd against The many
we heartily tndtr.e the national
democratic platform A- prnmu gated ut
tle IfIicaK" convention iast Juue.
w ttrniusnenu tn the consideration
~ a|l Walters In Mnn,atla The platform
and principles n~ tnunclated ut tne
s1aft atn''cratlc rnu vtntion held at
Great Falls on the l2lh, Inst. And We
r''d'- sst heartily tie principles III d.
clared IN hat PLATFORM Fl. g.: *>..:
VIZ recommend tn tue consideration
"f every voter n Montana the cautii.
dates nAmfn by tbe ceuucrutlc con-
Ventlnn ut Chicago and 1y the deu1n-
cratic slate convention held at Great
Fails.
VIZ stand with The national democ-
racy which hq1ire the vast public do
ma'ns tor The ptople, and proclaim
ni'compromIsing hc%tility TO the re-;
publican PARTY, which gave vast en-:
p|re@ of that tlumaiu t., railroad oorno-
rutinns. -.
W. telieve that the mineral lands of
Montaua belong ;c the people. and
express nur btarty approval of the
earnest and DIT ~rmintd etr,rt. OF the
Hou. w. w. Dix,,n and tha Hon.
Msrtin Maginni~ to SECURE the enact-
ment of wise and equitable measure
for the restoration ut these lands 10
their righttul owuers.
We heartily eudorse the actions of
Gov. Jos. K. Toole and the democratic
state senators OF Montana In their
efforts to prevent the consumma,lon
OF the reasonable aud fraudulent NO.
t1ons of tile republican party in Mon !.
tana. which resulted In placing two
men In the United States senate who
were never lawfully elected, and who
hold That office to-day by virtue of Tbs !
unprecedented rulings and peculiar
arithmetic of Lieut.. Gov. Richards, ::
which resulted In thwa-tlng the hon.
est efforts of these democratic senators
by declaring that seven was majority .:
of sixteen. The man who made these "
rulings and assialed In The perpetra~ "
ton OF this grand larceny Ia now thu :
candidate upon the republican ticket ~
for governor of Montana, and we cub
nit that every honest mau, whether ::
democrat or republican, should, In tbe j.
Interest nj Justice aud tight, cant his +
vote against the election of Mr.. Rick "
ards for governor. -.
.x~ >:*:
We recommend to the suffrage of II
The people of this cuunty, The cand1- j
lates which we have placed In nomi-@
-:
nation to-day for Legislators and count, . *::= !:
officers, believing that the people II y.
bis county will find 1t to their owl: ii. /
interest, and to the interest of the stAt s"= "s:=
1t large to record their votes on tlt i NJ IL
9TH OF November next for tho 1uenf=|.
famed on this ticket ~: *:*=2= ."=*.2=
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