The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1906-09-26

i ieportcd from the state and from the,
homes and set down on the prairies Of |
Kansas and such as the vicious KID
mapping of Messrs. Meyer, Haywood |
and Pettibone and their confinement
in Jail without bail contrary to their
rights.
DENOUNCE FoPEIGN FOREST
RESERVE SYSTEM.
1--WE condemn the republican adj |
for its action in putting
enormous areas of our valley into for
est reserves and withdrawal strips.
thus depriying the honest, bona fidc
settler and the poor man from estab
fishing home on government land.
which is supposed to and ought to be-
long to the people and which is capable
of producing fruit, grasses and crops
in profusion and which if settled
would abound III luxurious orchards.
green fields and happy homes; thus
depriving the settler of the use of the
tihhoSA "iiSb Slouib OSloHS W tiiN
people and depriving our sheep and
cattle men, and farmers who have
small herds of livestock. of the. rig ht
of pasturage on the public domain and
eXacting of them eXorbitant prices for
pasturage, under a multiplicity Of
rules and red tape and the tyranny of
a horde of supervisors and rangers.
We declare such policy ruinous to
the prosperity of our county and we
hold the republican party responsible
therefor and we call on the people of
our county to repudiate it and show
their disapproval of it by supporting
the democratic ticket.
STATE AND COUNTY SHOULD RECEIVE
THE INTEREST.
''We condemn the republican party
for it's peridy i'll that two years ago
IN it's state convention at Billings it
adopted platform pledging its can
didates for state treasurer if elected to
turn into the state treasury for the
people all interest derived from the
deposit in banks of state funds and its
candidate for state treasurer having
been elected he has utterly failed and
refused to SO do and the state has not
derived one cent of benefit from it's
money on deposit IN different banks
over the state; furt ther, at the late
ts.fD IL.
party a resolution was introduced con-
demning this but it was voted down
by d large majority. This we un
sparingly condemn as trfling with the
people and we declare ourselves in
favor of a law requiring state and
county deposits to be let out to the
highest responsible bidder Offering
| the highest rate of interest on daily
balances and requiring the interest
| thereon to be turned into the county
treasury and we pledge our Legislative
candidates if elected to work for the
enactment Of such law.
"We pledge the democratic candi-
dates for office in the county,if elected
to the enforcement, faithfully and i'm.
( p artially, of all existing laws on the
statute books and to a faithful ant
conscientious discharge of their duties
we further pledge them to "a careful
prudent, economical conduct of tn
County's business and affairs an,
pie dge the III to a careful policy in al
matters of the interests of the tax
payers ard to carefully guard the ex
penditure of county monies, to the en-,
that n one but needed and legitmat
expenditures of public money be mad
and that the tax rate of the county b
kept as low as is possible and con
sistent, in order that the money an,
the interests of the taxpayers may b
carefully guarded and properl
handled; to all of this we pledge our
selves and our candidates.
"P ublic service corporations are th
| chief source of political corruption
must be forced out of politics by tn
initiative and referendum and drec
: primary nominations.
: "We earnestly advise voters to adoI
: the eight-hour day, child labor an
initiative and referendum amendment
| and pledge democratic candidates fo
: the Legislature to work and vote 70
: effective laws putting these amend
: nents into operation.
= eve demand that the property O
railway companies be assessed fo
5 taxation at its full cash value a
the law requires.
= "We advocate law authorizing cit
councils TO fix rates for water, ligh
| and street railway fares.
t "Our candidates for the legislat ur
e are hereby pledged to work and yot
S in aCCor dance with the demands of th