The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-11-14
HOW IT WAS DONE


The national election hiss resulted
fayorably 10 tlpc R,puhlican> and Gen.
Ben. Harrison. if le lives, will be the
chief executive Of this great government
for the next four years, after the fourth
of next March, The cause of this res"
entirely On the shoulders of President
Cleveland and til, Sc leaders of the party
who are nnalterab!y in favor OF tarih
revision. II is a move that will win
eventually, but at present the WORKING
people are not prepared TO accept
change. If Gle seland had been more OF |
a politician he could have managed TO
have kept the government in the control
of the Democratic party. but bis honest
c,nvictions outweis,ied all other eonsld' |
eratlons and we must be content to wait
four years more for the fruition OF our
hopes and the supremacy Of the Demo'
cratic party. which will then take posses,
sion for q long period to come. Had
tariff reform been made all issue year
prior to Cleveland's message. there Is
every reason to believe that the results
would have been different. We earnest
Iy trust that the Democratic party will
continue to beg the question and Insist
upcn the passage of the Mills bill. with
slight notifications. We are not inclin
ed to look at ihe triumph of the Rep'ibli'
cans from .ersimistic standpoint This
country cannot suffer great injury in the
hands Of any Political party in four years.
and III the meanwhile the need Of a
tariff revision will l.crone so apparent
that the whole country will siainor for it,
President Han risen hiss lcon clusely con.
nected with Montana enterprises, Knows
.,mr wants and we have reason to hope
tkat he will no, overlook rs in the next
four ysars. And right here we wish to
express y desire 10 s..u esurs one OF the
thirty uda Democratic Office holders IN
this territory, prepare their designations
to take effsc, on tho 5th day Of March,
1899. for il is reasonable to suppose that
Mr.. Hsrrisrn, Swinr tn hi, familiarity
with this territory and i,larse arqnaint-
anceship with anr citizens W III soon ask
for them. and wo have n, des'r, 10 see
the Democrats h"ld on with the same
tenacitv which characterized the Repub-
lican officials. wlr, wera deli with 80
lenIently by Mr.. Cleveland. In eonclu.
sion. many reasnns will be az isned for
the defeat OF AR. Cleveland and the
Democratic party, which has just hegin-
ing to fn'an ,,s mission, bnt the Whole
story is t" lr f. unh i'll one sentanee: lie
was sacrificed on tie altaruftariG reform
The election of Mr.. Carter, of Helena
for delegate 10 congress, waa 4 far greater
surprise. tf was unlocked !er by thoso
of us. s.nnewha, is,'lut,i IL III the '"o
great centres nf ,,,r territory, Who based
our predictions Upon the Shading o. tho
men and " sra unprepsred to sec the pre-
judices Of iaoorius men 81 successful y
worked upon. Mr. Clark ia man VIII,
has always been identified with the bes'
interests Of the territory, popular where
ever he is known, a man of clean re
cord, map Of marked ability and per
son whom the Democrats are pleased tc
acknowledge ~ one nf their best men
In reviewing the causes Of his defeat Y
must be apparent, from the immens,
vote that was directed against him. tina
religious prejudice rs well as the fact tha
he was large employer must have beer
appealed to and that tariff reform did it
part. There is not a single instance a
hand TO show hat the dirty tactics Of y =
Carter's cohorts made or lest ono vote, 3,
it cannot be raid that the numerou
charges affected the result one way o
the other. Mr.. Clark's majority /
nothing to what it should have been il
this county. bu. tho cause Of this dali.
becomes more obvious. With differen
religious belief Mr.. Carter would hav
been beaten hero by two hundred vote
and for this reason: His opponent |
resident Of Butte, our natural ally an,
he is in sympathy with every interest q
our people. 1t 10 burning shame tina
Mr.. Clark should have been defeated
but inasmuch a. The administration /
to be Republican. let the tail go with tn
hide. It 10 the second lesson that tn
Democracy of this territory has bee
Taught and they should be abls to prof
by it hereafter. The wild and unfoupt
ed talk Of a barrel" campaign, as silly q
it is untruthful did its part too, and Nor
a. lnta kal 80 d. kar All
without sense or reason, electins com
parative stranger, who has has no claim
upon our people. We hope that he wi
favorably surprise us.
In this connect ion we have heard
intimated that the Catholics of Montan
in obedience TO an edict or order from tn
priests cast their VOTES for Carte
Any reasonable person can sooD see tina
this statement is fallacious. In the fir
place the Catholics are not controlled I
any great extent by the priests, especia
ly by the priests OF this territory, vii
are Italians and consequently not in a
cord with their people who are mostl
Irish. We believe that the societies
Butte, composed mostly of Catholic
agreed to give their votes to Carter MOI
on the ground Of protective protestatior
than anything else, and that there a.
tions had it's effect upon large numb'
of Catholics, matter which was n,
overlooked by Mr.. Carter and his hencl
men and was taken advantage Of b
them in manner which shows up pre-
ty plainly in the returns. There is
large floating vote in Montana and the
are verv few indeed of those who ca
particularly how they vote. 1t is easy
see how they could be induced to fo
IN with the tide, in fact the returns fro
the outlying camps conclusively pro,
that it was the floating vote that assistt
the societies of Butte in their work. r,
instance, almost forty railroad men
Gallatin City, this county, voted Il
Democratic ticket almost straight, wit