The Yellowstone journal., 1894-11-06
A LAST WORD.

Win lulS lfSut VI tllc J'A hHAL- tiIf
campaign. that has been the theme Of
active discussion in these columns for
six weeks past. will be practically closed.
When tomorrow sun sets the battle
will have been fought, and the verdict
of the people will have become history
Embracing then this last opportunity
to speak to the voters we urge them one
and all, democrats and popuIists as well
as republicans to reflect before they cast
a vote for one candidate even, that will
in any way endorse or encourage the
party that has brought industrial de
preston To a prosperous people and alb
solute bankruptcy tohundreds Of friends
and neighbors. In the language of Ben
jamin Harrison. 1t is ii condition, not "A
theory that confronts us. Time was,
when people could theorize ON the pos
sible benefits return To democratic rule
would bring the country. but that time
is past. Long before the inauguration
of Mr.. Cleveland. the bare knowledge
that the reins of the government were
to pass into the hands of democracy, in
duced the money kings of the country
to gradually reduce their accommoda-
tions to country banks. and in sympathy
with this feeling of insecurity. the value
of all home products declined, factories
closed down or reduced wages. and with
every means of gettingfmoney curtailed
and confidence shaken, the financial panic
Of 1898 swept over the country and shook
the business world as il has never been
these successive calamities were not the
result Of the election Of 1892. No man
that is not saturated with the danger
Gus dogmas OF democracy will deny it..
The facts are at hand that none can dis
pute. and il is also proven that the ap.
prehension felt in the business and
financial centers. on the incoming OF a
democratic administration was not
without reason. In every act, the pres
ent administration OF Mr.. Cleveland as
been a complete and disgraceful failure.
II 10 dilbNN'cSai. " Nht0'
abortive efforts at government and
craftsmanship. Their history is too re-
cent. too humiliating and too disappoint
ing for any man To forget that he lives
in the shadow Of an utterly incompetent
democratic administration, nor To deny
TO himself that his first duty ds
citizen lies in contributing his strength
to an effort to uproot the party and
relegate it to that seclusion that II occu.
pied from lsG0 to lssi. while under re.
publican rule, the country enjoyed
growth and prosperity never equalied in
the history of natious Political princi-
are plants of tender growth and are in
complete and active sympathy with
ones pocket book. No man can stand
up for the political dcgmas that are
making him poorer day 10y day and IN
creasiug the burdens of life to himself
and his neighbors Why then will any
man encourage democracy by even so
much as q ,otc for democratic pound
keeper. With its grip on the throat Of
the nation. waiting only for encourage.
ment at this election to tighten it, de-
stands 5xpectaut, hut appre-
hensive. VIII it get encouragement:
That is the question for the voters to
decide. Remember that the strength Of
political party is in its deepest fouuda
ton. the town and county organization
Shatter these all over the country aud
he superstructure will lcrumble to earth.
Here as elsewhere. tomorrow there is
this duty to perform. See to il. friends
# good government. that Miles City and
Custer county does its duty by electiag
The republican ticket from top to bot
pom. This is no time for paying private !
yrudges. All that Is necessary To know |
about a candidate is that he is repub- I
md represents the principles that en-
lowed this country with great pros
'erity. Vote for them all and you make
40 mistake.