The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-05
Di IL ELATTOIssI.
: aHpkllDN,
City Clerk.

/ The Re- ublicans of Custer county
! Montana being again assembled on the
! eve Ot campaign take occasion TO again
! declare their unwaveTing faith in the
/ cardinal republican principle Of protec
/ ton To American Industries and Ameri.
! can labor. = principle upon which the
battle Of lS.f2 was fought aud lost but
which could have mad no abler or more
! complete demon ungtTstIonS OF - Ba!it icai
/ 1T o,s SEQ .secoesity that tina! gwen u
/ the world by the democratic congress
4 recently adjourned that individually
/ clamored and fought 10 pIecemeal for
/ what they condemned DIS a whole and
I finally, by series # the most question
/ able proceedings that ever disgraced a
session OF congress. through the muck aud
slime of party periidy and party dishonor,
succeeded IN placing among the statutes
of the country tariff law that protects
every thing but wool and makes the
democratic platform Of 1892 with all its
! high sounding condemnation of protec-
/ ti"u as the eliminating atrucily OF class
| legislation. thing to be jeered at as
long as democrats endure.
Ne express our thorough appreciation
and approval of the able representation
by Hon. Thomas G. Power and Hon.
Charles S. Hartman Of this sovereign
state IN the congress of the United
States, which representation though Of
of the minority was none the less zeal
Gus and active and not without impor
ant results.
We heartily endorse the administration
OF Hon. John h. Richards, governor OF
this state. and particularly commend his
action in protecties the state fro:-. tiie
shame and disgrace of a special session
OF the third legislative assembly.
We denounce and disown the traitor
republicans of the last legislature who
bartered for money what little honor
God entrusted them with, ana point
With concious pride to the unsullied rep
utations of Custer county's delega-
tion-Senator Swift and Representatives
Huffman and Mckay, who passed
through that fire Of bribery aud cor
ruption untainted by suspicion even.
We especially denounce'the hostile az
titude of the democratic party toward
the wool interest of the United States
whereby one of the principal industries
Of this state has been ruined, and which
has robbed the woolgrowers OF this
county alone of the vast sum Of $1,000
GO and reduced hundreds Of our citizens
to absolute poverty thus depiis ing many
of the fruits Of years of honest labor.
Mindful OF tim depression brought
upon the mining industry IN the western
portion of our state by Il ,is'a ion hostile
TO silver we declare in favor oF policy
that viii place that metal or parity
with gold, and thus restore to large
portion OF our state. the prosperity it
once enjoyed.
Ever faithful in its fulfillment of ante
election pledges, whether the. - .aade
to the nation or to the people Of acounty
We congratulate the people Of this
county on the definite action already
taken by our republican board of
county commissioners for the consiruc-
ton OF bridges and the improvement Of
roads, promised by the republican
party in the last campaign, aud We here
by renew these promises as standing
pledge from one campaign to another
until every difficult or dangerous stream
10 bridged and every road made fit for
travel.