Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-10-16
SUN RIVER SPEECH,
Hon. j. K. Toole's Grafton Opening the
Delegate Campaign.
Maiden Effort in the Pending Can.
yass of the Democratic Nominee.

Hon. J. X. Toole, Democratic candidate
for Delegate, was present to fill his appoint
ment at Sun River Crossing on Monday
evening, October 7th. There was an au-
dience of upwards of one hundred assem-
The meeting was called to order by Hon.
/ L; S. Ford, and music for the occasion was
furnished by the Sun River band. The Or
ator of the evening, Mr.. Toole, on being
presented, in substance said:
Ladies' and Gentlemen Il agree with the
views already expressed by the President
of the meeting, and he puts me to great
disadvantage after the tedious ride which
| | have Just had over the Bird Tail Divide
! and do not feel much like addressing you
! this evening / find here my friend Col
! Worthington, and he is here in the inter
est Of the enemy; but l wish to assure
both you and him that there is nothing in
this campaign that would prevent me from
giving my honest and true sentiments in
regard to it. In all wish to say concern
ing my opponent, Judge Knowles, l will
have nothing to say of him of a personal
character, and believe it will be the same
way with Judge Knowles concerning me,
applause and hope that the campaign
will hereafter always be conducted in the
same way.
While it is true that we people OF the
Territories have no vote on this Presiden-
tial question, they have not lost one jOt or
title of their interests in this matter, and
they cannot be unmindful of the great pO-
litical interests and struggles now going on
in the East. The Democratic party OF this
Territory has honored me with their nomi-
nation for Delegate to Congress, and no one
can feel more honored by that nomination
than myself The Democratic party is the
one which grants the greatest amount of
civil liberty of any other party; and she
wishes to collect no greater amount of rev.
enue from the people than is absolutely
necessary for the carrying on of the gov
ernment. They have in the field as their
candidate for the Presidency that
eminent statesman, Grover Cleveland. AL
though he does not go about the country
carving brass bands with him, but he,
like Samuel j. Tilden, has given years of
his life to the study of reform In the gov
ernment-and Cleveland has shown the
highest order of ability for carrying out
reform measures in government second
only to Samuel j. Tilden, and has shown
himself eminently competent for the posi-
tiOn to which he aspires. On the other
hand his opponent, James G.. Blaine, has
been characterized as the standard-bearer
of the Republican party. Without turn
ing to any other record than that furnished
by his own party, he can be shown to be
entirely unfit for the high position to
which he aspire S. and he Is now so ar
raigned before the American people; and
it seems strange that such papers as have
most denounced him, should now turn
into line and support him. He goes about
the country to-day as no other man who
has ever aspired to such high office as
the Presidency has ever done, and creating
a demoralized state of affairs and we see
in the newspapers accounts of the immense
crowds of people that 60 to see him. He
has been denounced by such men of his
own party as George w. Curtis and Carl
Schurz yet people 60 to see him-they 60
to see the individual who has been charac-
terized and denounced as corrupt by the
best men of his party.
So far as my own individual views are
concerned in this matter, believe firmly
that there is only one question that is in
volved in this campaign in the minds
of the people of the East; and that will
be simply that the Republican party has
been in power so long that there will have
to be change in the administration of
government for that reason. A party
which stays continuously in power for
twenty-five years will necessarily in the
course of time become corrupt. l do not
make this charge only against the Repub-
lican, but also of any other party which
has been in power so long. 1t is danger
Gus to the interests of any government to
have party so long in power, and | be-
lieve that opinion will be very much the
views of the people at this election.
There are questions which arise in this
local campaign of ours which will also de-
mand our attention; and | will also say
thai if l should be elected as Delegate
to Congress, don't believe that any Opin-
ions which l held concerning the tariff
would be of much avail to me. The dele
gate has no right to vote on any question
that may arise in Congress, or to express
his views, except in those matters which
may arise concerning questions of interest
to his own Territory. 1t has been sug-
gested that the Delegate should be fully
in accord with the party in power, and if
the signs of the times are OF any indica-
tiOns TO US it would seem that Grover
Cleveland will be the next President, and
our next Delegate will be in full accord
with his administration. Applause. Our
present Delegate, the Hon. Martin Maginnis,
has been against the party in power, and
where can you find amongst all our other
Territorial Delegates man who has done
more for his Territory than Martin Ma
ginnis? Applausel.
There is a question in this campaign
that both parties have evaded, and which
both parties have left to the individual
citizens. If l have heard anything since
the nomination at Deer Lodge, it was said
that l interfered with certain matters in
the Constitutional COnventiOn-what /
said and did in the convention at Helena,
and whatever those things were that ex-
ceptions were taken to, am ready to stand
by them now. thought it was discrimin-
alton iIG hines and live stock, which should
never have been done. 1t was questions
which called forth great deal OF discus
sion. | did it because thought it was
right, and not on account of any Opposi-
ton which had to either mines or live
stock, but siJuply because they were ques-
tions which i thought were properly in
the entire province of the Legislature, and
did not belong to the convention and if it |
should be found hereafter necessary to tax
those interests, nothing except change in |
the constitution Of the State would per- |
NIT them to be taxed. These cOnsidera- |
tions were rejected, and, upon its final
passage voted for it. That provision is