The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-14

Bair, of Choteau.
The resolutions adopted were as
follows:
We, the representatives OF the
republican, party of Montana, in
convention assembled, hereby re-
iterate our faith in and devotion to
the great republican principles of
bimetallism. protection and reci-
proci.y, announcing as our under>
standing of bimetaliism, the free
and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver at the ratio of Is to l,
Independently by the United
States. In the application of the
principle of protection, we insist
that the farmer, the miner and the
shepherd shall receive equal con-
sideration with the manufacturer,
and that through reciprocity
treaties, the prod net of our coun-
try, whether of the farm, the
factory or the range, shall be ac-
corded just and advantageous rec
ognition at foreign custom houses
in exchange for stipulated conces-
sions accorded by our gooernment
to the products of other countries
which We cannot ourselves pro-
duce, and that wool, as one of the
important products of the United
States, be accorded a duty not less
than that provided by the McKin-
ley bill.
We maintain that these three
cardinal principles of republican
faith should be the first considera-
tion of the congress of the Uuited
States, and that ample legislation
be enacted upon these subjects.
We call the attention of reflect
ing men to the recently marvellous
development of productive and
manufacturing enterprises in
China Japan. India and othsr
silver using countries, and submit
that the competition with which
we are thus menaced, imperatively
demands the res toration of silver
to it's ancient money function, as &
means of equalizing the difference
in exchange and the re-establish
ment Of the protective tariff policy
as necessary means of equalizine g
the difference -in-waras- and thu
cost of living.
We maintain that while the pro
tective tariff policy is Indispensable
as means of equalizing wages ane
the cost of living, it will not IN ane
for itself suffice to meet the differ
ence in exchange which gives
bounty of about 100 per cent t.
silver using countries, and that tn
| disparagement of silver will con
stantly place American competition
f at the ruinous disadvantage OF 10
, per cent in favor of the count:ie
using silver at par.
: We commend in unqualifie
terms the action of Senators Car
ter, Mantle, Teller, Dubois an
d Cannon in acting upon the prime
e Piles set forth in resisting the pass
Z. Age of the so called Dingley bill
d which we denounce as an at
e tempted violation by legislativ
r enactment of all the principles
the republican doctrine of protee
ton, for which the party has al
X ways contended throughout il
. history, inasmuch as it was Sc;
u u tional, as it failed and neglected
i adequately provide for the prote'
ton of western interests.
:, We declare our wavering az
= herence to the Monroe doctrln;
', and demand its rigid and deteI
: mined enforcement in all time an
against all European nations, b.
d lieviug it essential to our peat
IT and welfare.
is We extend our sympathy to tt
struggling patriots of Cuba
their efforts to cast off the yoke
1T foreign tyranny.
ee We commend the careful al
prudent republican administratit
of the state government and sui
nit to the electors of the commo
wealth that the best inter ests
Montana require continued repu
lican supremacy in the state.
n. We most heartily endorse al
st approve the course of Hon. L
nd Mantle, Hon. Thomas Fl. Carte