Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-11

ment in order that a still bigger and
better market may be provided for those
of our people who have labor, or brains,
or the products of field and farm to dis
pose of. ~
That is not the policy of the demo-
cratic party. Its platform is a compila-
'tion of anarchism. incend.arism ana per-
sonal hatred. 1t pledges vengeance. not
justice. 1T is expressive of all the ran
oorous disappointment OF men who want
something for nothing, who expect
riches without toll. who demand public
station without having the ability to dis
charge public duties, who would rather
maxi $50 on election day thar have hon
orable employment all the rest of the
year. 1t is a platform containing all the
crankery and none of the common sense
of populism and democracy, and which
censures craftsmanship and eXtols DEM
agogy, which discounts patriotism and
app,auds treason, and which Is Tor
everything thai is wrong and rotten in
human government. Free trade and
anti-eNpansion in the nation. corrupt
legislation in the state, injustice and
spo,iation-that is what democracy in
Montana stands for. and the man who
on any personal issue shall vote the dem
ocratic ticket will forever remember
that for once in his life AT least he has
acted as an a%pologist and defender of
~ineapacity and crime.
The campaign now drawing to a
close is based on a desire to create
public a~ntagonism towards a large
mining company. which, so far as
the people have been informed, has
asked for nothing but protection under
the law and a square deal. If it
has done more. they would like to know
and places. They don't propose to light
a man of straw or oppose the republican
party on trumped-up campaign roor-
backs. They only know that the Anal
gamated company distributes $40, 600. 900
a year in Montana, and will probably
enjoyment of its rights. But if the next
governor and the next legislature and
the next local judiciary. with the aid Of
the democratic press, join forces to dis
possess the company of it's rights. to
confiscate it's property, to tax it out of
persecution at the instance and orders
of its enemies. to abuse it's officials with
the expectation of driving them out of
the state and to hold lit up generally as
a public enemy, why then, in that case,
the people nay take a hand in their own
his fusion ticket in state and county
will come third in the election. They
will get a SHOW but not a place.
If the democratic campaign shall sue
coed, if the people al be deceived by
the democratic bluff, and if the persecu-
tion of the ~Amalgamated shall
begin by the perversion Of all official
functions, who win be the chief suffer-
ers?
Will it be the rich stockholders of the
or it's officials in this
Certainly not, except in a fnan-
cia1 sense. They can afford a loss. They
will have money. left. They can go to
other states where the people would be
glad to extend them protection if they
would develop and give value to the
local resources.
Would it be the local taxpayers?
Most certainly.
Would ~ ha tt1a ,,oo1 o~to+1 -,~a..
Most certainly.
Would it be the business men? Most
certainly. .4s- = -
Would it be the local holders of a few
shares of h company stocks who are
drawing 10 per cent dividends?
Most certainly.
Would it be 1.-THE coa beavers of Cas-
Sweet Grass, Carbon n Park
counties? Most certainly.
Would it be the men employed in the
forest and in the sawmills of the state?
Most certainly
Would it be the farmers of Montana
who now find a market in all the towns
supported by the Amalgamated
enterprise? Most certainly.
Would it be the miners and laborlns
men of Butte? MOST CERTAINLY!
All these classes of our citizens would
be seriously affected by a successful at
tack on the Amalgamated company by
the democratic party, but the miners
and business men would be the greatest
sufferers. A few people might be pleased
for several days, but they would all be
sorry during the rest of the year.
1t takes brighter men than the demo-
cratic party boasts to make the miners
employs 10000 good men and pays them
their wages and accords them their
rights-that such a concern is their