The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-16
Communicated.
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Editor Herald:

tnlnk or the condition our country
is in or whittier it has drifted in the
last 40 years. Money seems to be
the only magnet. Our laws seem
to be all constructed for the few
and not for the many. Everything
seems for policy and not for princi-
pie. The question one naturally
asks where are we going, at the
rate we have been going down
stream for the past three years. We
are drifting to anarchy and despot-
ism. 1t fooks to me as if it was
time to call a halt and see if we can
net 90 up stream a while. Drop all
crecds, sectarianisms and nationality
BE as "one' get together and make
one mighty fight for principle and
right instead Of policy. Let us
elect to office men of honesty and
integrity: Let us elect men to 90 to
congress and the senate of the Unit
ed States who will take an oath before
a notary; That they will vote and
support "A per capita restriction of
emigration. The further restriction
Of emigration is one of the vital
question Of the American people
Italians in protection first, last and
al! the time. Our protective tariff
only protects the manufacturs and
agriculturists. We have never pro
tected labor. Let us protect the
laboring capital as we'll as the money
capital. Some such law as this
shonld be enacted: When the head
Of a family lands on our soil he must
have $500 or its equivalent, a single
man $500, IA woman on her own re-
sources 500. These same people
will be sclf-supporting not wage
workers. When we see the 3 to )
millions of unemployed in our land
and with our own increase of popu-
%lation, who dares say we do not
need a further restriction of emf
grafton?
The number of emigrants that
landed on our soil from 1881 to 1890
was 5,246,613.
The pessimist will rise up when
he reads this article and say:
We have IA free country and we can
not restrict emigration. In answer
to him we have an absolute restrict
ion of EN- gration to prohibit the
Chinaman from our land while all we
ask is IA per capita restriction from
other countries. We do not want a
country so free that it will peon us.
The Hon. Charles Curtis a re.
publican congressman from Kansas
two years ago presented this law to
Congress. II was ordered printed,
but went no further. We believe
the following is the only way of re-
deeming our country. Next spring
in our primaries instruct all dele.
gates to our state conventions to re-
fuse to nominate or vote for a man
who will not take an oath to vote
and support our measure and the
men nominated for the Legislative
ticket to take AL oath that they will
not vote for IA L. :. Senate who will
not vote and support a per capita
restriction of emigration. Then if
these same men after taking an oath
will not do our bidding the law will
punish them, The kicker will come
to the front again and say these men
seeking the senatorial seat and con-
gress will not do this, they are too
much the gentlemen to bind them
selves down by an oath. They are
gentlemen and their word is good.
L say their word is no better than a
poor mans. We want men to fiji
office in future, who wish their con-
stItuents to know positively that
they meal business. Oh. Won men
of money, if you are ashamed to take
an oath as a guarantee, we do not
need your service-none need apply
but those that will do our bidding
IT you 90 to IA bank to borrow money
you have to have security. That is
what we want this coming year we
want security from these men and
their oath is the only security they
can give us. To the republicans of
Montana if you want our vote next
year you will have to take this oath.