Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
LET BUTTE SPEAK OUT,

of placing the municipal government on
a better footing, to the end that this city
| may reap the full measure of prosperity
that is justly it's due. The past two
years of democratic rule has unfortu-
nately contributed nothing to the good
name of this city abroad.
The system of local government, or,
vited to this city the criminal classes
from all over the country, and burdened
| our taxpayer with court expenses; that
has impaired the reputation of this COM
murity and kept many desirable people
from locating within our borders, and
! that has prevented the investment Of
millions in real estate by home seekers
from the east, should be tolerated no
| longer.
In defending the present administra-
\ ton, with all it's faults and it's sins of
! omission and commission, the democ-
racy promises nothing better. To them
the reign of the CRATER and the graft of
| the boodler is another name for states
! order of things 'a d~esideratum devoutly
to be wished for" Against the moral
| apathy of the democracy, that includes
a laxity in the handling of the financial
affairs of the city that is perfectly APP
palling, is aligned the voters who stand
for good government all along the line.
At heart, a large majority Of the citi-
zens of Butte prefer a good, economical,
straightforward and honest administra-
ton of public affairs. They look upon
Butte as their home, and upon its future
welfare must their own depend. They
keenly realize that the improper eXpend-
ture of public funds, and Indifference to
the moral demands of a civilized COM
munity, means the gradual deterioration
Of property values in this city and a
check to the growth that properly be-
longs to this imperial industrial queen
Of the new northwest.
The more nearly that Butte conforms
to the conditions of civilization that have
.zla ,>o,eiblo tho cp1on1iH ma
turity of other prosperous and populous
cities in the land, the more nearly will
this commonwealth realize the full
f~ruition of it's %unequalled energies. TO
accomplish the ends of civilization good
government must be inaugurated and
maintained, popular rights must be re-
spected, and the nobility of citizenship
forever guarded with a jealous eye.
The republican party stands for a sys-
tenn of municipal government that recog-
nizes the right of the most humble citi-
zen in the community to cast his ballot
according to the dictates of his own con-
science. To this principle hangs every
human right vouchsafed by a republican
form of government-to this principle is
welded the historic names of those who
have died for liberty and the flag. 1t lies
at the foundation of freedom and is the
safeguard Of the republic.
Yet this birthright of free men-this
grandest of jewels in the crown of human
eXperiences-is denied by the democracy
of Butte. Men who are faithful and true
to the duties and responsibilities of the
positions they hold in the Industrial
world, are forced to vote the democratic
ticket in the forthcoming municipal cleo
ton or be robbed of the bread that would
keep the damp, icy dews of death from
the palled brows of their starving little
ones.
Were Butte politics of this type to be-
come the politics of the state, and the
politics of his state become the control
ling forces in the political life of the ma
ton, where would the life and liberty of
our proud republic go? The principle Of
coercion is wrong. It is destructive Of all
that an honest man hugs to his bosom as
the prizes of a successful and we'll round
ed life.