The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-07-08
The Democratic Meeting.

Tbs speech Of NJ. Toole, which was post
poned from Up. M until evening, on thu
Fourth, attrsceel . good audience to TIN
Court Houss, and he was received viii
warm applause. X his speech. however
did not disappoint bis friends they must
certainly have expected little. We wish h
do Mr.. Toole justice. would concele any
thing reasonable. but the assertion Of the
editor Of the lndPesdest that ut was one
of the most mastery efforts It had ever been
his pleasure to hear" Is either the most sar>
donic satire, or evidence OF an experience
limited to primary school exhibitions A
evidence Ut this, the applause. which was
enthusiastic at the outset, rapidly decreased
and fully one third of the audience dispersed
before the speech vas ended. This would
not have been the case had it been mas
terly" or even '.fair" effort, even though,
the entire audience had been standing. Will,
scarce reference to the Democratic Plat
form, he devoted his time to the Republi,
tial particular, In review of over an hour,
u show flaw in it. he virtually conceded the
fact by declaring II WAS u ''p0licy platform, :"
y platform Of expedicncy" tn catch Dem
ocratic vOtea We call particular attention.
to this fact II he had made breach in II.
or shown It Objectionable, he could not
have thought 1t ~ halt for Democratic
votes" Now. il such Is the fact. what in
the naTae + all that - reasonable, is The
Vallssdighsm Platform, adopted by the
Democracy Ut Montana? That accepts
evcy principle the Republican party has
f,aght for. for the sole purpose of acquiring
Republican votes. Dues any one believe
ne Democratic leaders that have l,aitlcd
against the 18th. 14lh and 18Th Amend.
mcnts for years, would now fully and freely
accept those principles and pledge the party
to their enfOrcemcut-with only \ little
grOwl ut the anea"s by which they WERE
adopted. but not at the fact itself save to
reins'ate themselves in power? Not one.
A charge Of batting for votes comes with
bad grace from that source.
1t Is true that Mr. Clagctt wrote the ma.
jOrity Of tho Republican resolutions, and it
Is Just rs true that for years he has openly
avOwed and advocated the views therein OK.
pressed whenever and wherever occasion
presented itself, and that he would not q,
before the people to advocate . platform he
uSu UOt uCISCSC III. OUjy Oh Que ul8Vcf1NJ
national issue in that piaifo the Republi-
can party Of the States has MI taken pre-
cetlencc of the Montana Convention. Tina,
Is on the Chinese question They have the
theory; We have the practical knowledge
We know the Chinese are IN injury tn our
American citizens; they d. not. We would
I've false to ourselves and our party in the
States If we, knowing this. in abject CIV.
R1diCe closed our Inns lecatlsu the Nntiunnl
Convention had not indicated to Us what
We should say. Il 10 our duty 10 our priv.
ilegc 10 speak. and We would rather meet
defeat on that platform than win victory on
one silent or favOring Chinese occupancy
Ut our mines. Mr. TOOle was disingen uOus
in his speech by reading from the statutes
where Congress hah repealed an Idaho law
imposing . special tax on Chinese miners,
and trying to make the inference that any
law framed to reach the cxigcncies of the
case here would therefore be repealed The
Idaho law was violation Of the statutes;
here is practical remedy which is not, an.
hat we ask Of the Legislature.
Mi. TNDle discla'mcd several times a re.
IpOnsibil;,y for the frauds that bpat Mr..
cavsnaugh. and begging bis friends not to
throw offon him. fin shed up his speech amid
IN impressive silence 1t il proper l., say
ia IL s sSs1 WIEN Y &c aSed r. Jim brow"
,aving damned the. lUp- cared Aissour,nn.
md Clagett the flannel Tipped Irisl,." there
VAS not much pettifOgging in it. Mr.. TuIc
wont catch many votes with that kind Of
lait