The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-10-01

cd to he draggled in the dust. believe
you will say that money cannot purchase
Il seat in the United State senate; that the
iron strength in your sinews will preserve
this new Switzerland of America from
detilement by the debauched and demon
lied democracy.
The democratic party must meet the
great issues of this campaign. On Oct.
first, you will pass your judgment upon
them. As a party does today, so will it
do tomorrow. The glacier carves it's way
to the sea; the river flows to the ocean
and by their marks you know them. So
with the democratic party. Their past
must be the criterion of today's judgment
History and the intelligent voter con-
demns them.
Mr.. Lansing said: / am here from
Nebraska with my message because we
gave to you the southern portion Of Mon
tana. l am here to congratulate you on
the boon Of statehood.
was born democrat, guided by
democratic father and spanked by dem
ocratic mother; here also in this good old
home l was taught that one must be born
again. | was born again and born re-
publican.
A democrat, like pig weed, is queer
thing. You can't kill him and he will
live on nothing,
| Every great act for quarter of a cen
tury owes itself to republicanisnl-ever
single one.
| Another thing about democrat. You
can't tell where to find him. He is here,
he is there, at the moments convenience.
Without principle for an encumbrance,
they remind me of man stuck fast in
the mud with an empty wagon. They
have nothing whatever to throw off.
They are branded free trade party.
We did not brand them; they branded
themselves.
Now these candidates should come be-
fore You as a jury. Let the irst witness
be the Hon. T. G. Power. Ct means the,
and G means coming; hence, T. G. Power
means the coming Power. He will tes-
tify that we arc in favor Of pure ballot
protection to American labor and Ameri-
can industry
Call Mai. Maginnis and ask him if he
favors a pure ballot and with bland
smile he will answer, 81 do" Ask him II
he is a protectionist and he will answer
"you bet your boots.
!, Now, Grover Cleveland spoke for the
party and said. ''The tariff is an addition
in price to the consumer" But this is no
so. Calico has tax of cents a yard ane
this same can be bought in any eastern
state at ~ cents. Cut nails pay a cen
/ tax and the price is 81. w..
! Now then, Growers statement must b
denominated lie or deep, dense, blin'
stupidity.
Il Here is an example of democratic in
y tellectuality. In 1868 we had all 8 cen
, tax on coffee and were putting $57 ,OO0,0 90
a into the national treasury. A howl Wen
up from the democracy that We wer
making the poor workingman pay a ia
/ on every cup of coffee he drank at hi
a morning meal.
To show them that they were wrone
: we repealed our import tax in '72 all
!. what was the result? Coffee went up 81
q cents pound.
# "But how is this?" again howled til
" democracy. This is how it was. Tt
# Brazilian government Immediately p1
n on an export tax and the $57, 100000 we
q down into the Brazilian jeans instead
j. our national treasury. ....
They say, "gye us power and we WI
. give you prosperity" Here is their re
ord. From 1S3S-4O we had almost fr
:, trade. Bank notes were discount
- everywhere; we had all barter and
money. | myself in New York sta
swaDped fine COW for 4 ten dollar clot
:. Calico was twenty five cents yard Al
:, other things in propo rtion.
90 A few years ago we got tired of being
,d power, stepped out and let them
nd They came with their $50 pounds Of r
no material, a quantity Of wise men a
nd rave us an example Of statecraft wond
~. full to behold.
In 1856 the republican party said, 'l'
at give every man who will go out il
w. Montana 100 acres of lan;l. The dem
od rucy howled, ''no,'' and President
chanan wrote 'sno'' across the face of
ION bill.
,or This same bill came before the great
h at man that America has ever put in
Md presidential chair, Abraham Lincoln
ex he wrote "yes."
eb. What did Grover do? He sent II
'es- out here to say that you were perjul
de- and had no right to your land. The e
her present Lamar said, ':this won't do,'
.ots Grover countermanded the order.
, of For the first time in history our
was hauled down in disgrace, but Gro
zen did not fight.
.de An American citizen appealed from
ool Mexican Jail for release, but Grover
ers. helpless.
DOL Soldiers widows appealed for aid, {
he wrote ''no, no, no" across their
hey paels. Southern soldiers said, ''ret
i'll our trophies" Grover wrote the or
ago then skunk behind clerk and said,
err. never did it,
we They were scared when they fo'ln'
let. surplus, for it was the first they had {
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