The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-28
GIVING GOOD REASONS
TNo Speeches Pull Of Sound Logic and
Unansverable Conclusions.


he lneAettIR ~ "a ~ hs's ~
proved That the great splurRcs the reput-
licans have been making I'm his city the
past few days have accomplished nothing
save only to increase the earnestness. ac-
tivity and enthusiasm at the democrats.
There was no procession, no attempt NJ
display, everything i'm that line being re-
served for tonight, hut the hall was
jammeh to the very doors, and the spirit
intensity and gcnuin"ncss of the applause
attcsted the temper and wishes of the
people. John Doughcrty, chairman of the
democratic club. presided and introduced
as the first speaker Thomas ii. o'briefi.
OF Buffalo, n. Y. Mr.. O'Bricn began by
referring tn the unanimity OF the party
and the spirit of confidence that pcrvades
IL everywhere, the certainty of the state
Roingd emocratic being apparent. In
the present campaign the demo
Gratis have been appealing tn the
intellect. rather that tn the baser instincts
as the republicans have been doing. The
republican speakers have been bowling
through the territory the old WORKOUT lie
that ths. democratic party Is n free trade
party. pon the question of tariff reform
the grand old democratic party. as upon
all questions, is upon the right side, but IL
for nnybody to imagine IL IL. Daniel
Dougherty, who nominated Cleveland at
which voiced the sentiments of the party,
said that the charge that the democratic
pnn.,.s fahr;cation and an insult 10 ;ntciIi-
gcnce. Gov. David Ii. Hill said in that
campaign that the democrats were not in
The republican was "a party of class and
caste. The 81 war tariff on every LOO
feet ;u Of is"s Ss w ssw kSp m up m IN
on ""'s the working classes and s~versSosiy
move that -. just as IL proposcd tn take
the s3 per cent. of from salt. The speaker
went 70 Warsaw last year and inyss.isn,ssd ted
salt men there receiving S1.5O n day, and
when winter came they. were reduced To
the enormous proceeds derived from the
OF thc profits derived thcrefroin. The p.eo-
pie paid annually n tax of five millions for
tin, and the republicans kept mp this tax
all for the benefito Of one man. There was
10 per cent. ON non The democrats
proposed to take of some of these iniqui-
to,is taxes for the benefit Of the masses.
They were the friends of the people,
not of IL favored few. Look
at the starving miners i'm Illinois. Look
starvation wages under those republican
lords. Miners i'm Montana. and Nevada
receive 6O and 20 per cent higher. wages
fifty years of democratic administration nj
the country there were no such things Az
tss.A n The dem"cratic partS c%ontinaaii
protected the people as against those con,
~spirators who sought to deceive them and
party protected the public lands for the
common pr0ple. The republicans gave
eighteen millions OF acres in Mountains
the Northern Pacific railroad. II enor
nous protection is what has made thi'
i'm Germany and spain and Russia ana
China, all highly protected countries
wages are lower than in free trade Eng
land? Why has not protection benefittet
them? The speaker made "a very able
and clear exposition of the democratic
were frequently a~pplamaicd. Turning L
the silver question, he pointed ont how III.
republicans demonctizcd silver i'm 1s7:,
most vital interests. The eloquent Reed
when asked his opinion on the silver qucs
si .ns in n, this iaw very ws,a hail. M waS ns ' San n as ,
der democratic statesmanship and demo
I'll about the big four. These big four hav.
Pile, unlike New York's big four. who ar,
viewed by the country with snspician ant
prepared to give the party of trusts an,
gooi beating. At iii. Republican demon
t .%tration Thurslay night there was a
s f"n.p" Tns s:. rMs asS 9 1s and ,rs .S t ssss
they lie i'm their mean insinuation
about democrat coercion. When tn.
speaker was at Glendale he saw rcpuli
. can coercion i'm the worst form. MI
his head a cap Labelled Carter. Thi
"hS ~ I'D ab s"S ~
perintendent OF the Hccla mining com
pany Obliged his employees to wear. Th
employees in the mines controlled by MI
. Clark and Mr.. DAILY were free agents.. AN,
: had never heard of such n diabulicu
4 indivnity as had been placed upon tn
!. miners I'm Glendale. The speaker praises
Major Maginnis and Mr.. Toole for tllci
: DISTINGUISHED love for Montana, and thci
. distinguished services i'm her behalf. NJ
= O'Brien said he WAS an Irish Nationalist
7 He was with William O'Bricn mt Hami
ton. Ontario. when the bullets were n,
T ing around their heads. But a
" the same time he was an America
citizen and he despised these clap-trap M
pcals of the republican party to Irishmc
To win their votes. He had always bee.
), IA reader OF the Irish World. hut Ford wa
~ not so patriotic AZ tn he sending his pape
by the thousand into Montana at this pa
ticular time. He had been subsidized d
:, the republican money. But loys
!, Irishncn were not tn he swaye
u from tho path Of democrat
rrctitude by such unmanly means. I
Gods name what has the cause of Irclan
II to do with the Montana election? NJ
y Carter must have thought the Irishmen {
d Anaconda were illiteratc people. who ali
:. not read or investigate when he addrcsse
them as he did on Thursday night. IL
IL speaker read from the of We
p. tcrxlay morning it's account OF Mr.. Ca
ter's appeal tai the Irishmcn to vol
al for the republicans, because they honore
at Ir.shnlPn and Unys. them, .tpi.ns vrhS