The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-26

spirits that ever shoue upon this planet
statesman of worldwide reputation
whose vii ana genius not onll
laud, but had flashed like beam OF hRh
across the Atlantic, sparkled amid tn
courtly societies OF Europe, and sh0ne liz
q western star in the ancient halls OF tn
Orient itself (Applause a man OF sncI
profound information and versatile genius
that his peer has not been known In oul
history-sO thoroughly yersed in Engilsh
literature aEo learning that once hearc
| Ben Butler say that "Cox was deoaucheC
with too much knowledge" so thoroughly
yersed in all the ways. history and philos
| ophy of stateemanship that he was Away:
| ready 70 argue the most profound and
momentous Propositions, with All tnt
weight and depth of q concise logic, and to
throw upon IL all the CLEANS of light thai
had been struck from the experiences OF
| the pat (Applsuse.) He was patriot
4 on whom there was no stain, states u an
1 upon whose record there was no blot and
| when he died this earth lost as grand q
4 man, as lovely q nature, as fine a genius,
Il as ever adorned our annals; and there
never entered into the portals of heaven q
/ purer or whittier soul than that of Samuel
1 Sullivan Cox Applause His last jour
| ney on earth was through the four new
i states which be helped into the union, and
/ his last dying declaration was thar OF MS
i Justice TO New Mexico, which had been
| sacrificed to partisan wiles. His aid and
| assistance ID securing the admission OF the
( new states has been recognized by the peo-
i pie of the northwest In Montana alone
| the press launched little stings OF sarcasm
At him, and my friend Mr.. Carter was
| pleased TO be interviewed ABOUT the visit
i of this artliest, brightest and most
lovsble OF men and piled up
all the stale chestnut that the
| republican orators and republican press OF
| Montana from Sanders down, and the com
bined efforts of all of them could not reach
the coat tails of the man against whom
their shafts have been aimed. tApplause.)
And, my friends. trust you viii ssno q
democratic representative and two demo
cratic senators TO Washington who viii DO
Justice TO New Mexico and carry out the
last diving wishes OF patriotic sunset
Cox. Upon what ground was the exclu-
sion of New Mexico Justified? There is
b5got named Baker, from New York,
ms mber of the committee on te-ritories,
who wrote q minority report on her admis-
sion and based IL upon the ground that her
people, who. by the treaty OF Guadalupe
HidalRO, were entitled al once to admts
siOp, spoke the Spanish language, and
their religion Zone of the Oldest OF the
Christian sects) was comprised OF deoas-
ing superstitipns, although, my friends, that
was the Language spoken py tnst great
genius who conceived the idea that there
might be a new world beyond the sea, the
language of the first accents that broke
from the lips of Christopher Columbus
when he first planted his feet upon the
shores Of q new,y discovered world Tap
plause); il was the language or ferdinand
and Isabella, who EQUIPPED and started
him upon the seas, ana that was the re-
ligIon not only of that court but OF large
number of the American poople; and was
sorry, of all men, 10 see my friend Thomas
Carter sustain thst report, considering the
grounds on which il was made, for he wac
the first man ia this territory who, when
running for office, conceived it 10 be neces-
dor rf md
creed. [Applause. That, my friends, is
a two edged sword: IL cuts both ways; 1t
may do for the single stroke, but the back
handed stro4e 10 often more dangerous
As for myself, l care not of what race
or creed any man may be. or
his adventitious circumstances are, say
that no man has a right 70 appeal for the |
suffrage of the American people except |
upon his record Gs patriot, IL he Is one |
as statesman, and above all, as an Amerl- |
can citizen, aud nothing else (epplause) ; |
and he who steps beyond the bounds of |
propriety in that respect abuses American |
suffrage.
appear before you tonight, fellow-citi- |
zens, as the candidate of the democratic |
party of Thomas Jefferson, the |
author of the Declaration Of Independence |
{ (spplsusel; the party of Andrew jackson,
the hero OF Sev Orleans (applause): the i
party which tnis parody on the Declsrs-
ton of Independence which our republican /
friends adopted over here in Anaconda says /
has not maintained the right of the Ameri-
can citizens against foreigners, when Il
there is not q child in this audience who has /
read the primer of American history, but /
knows we never had a war with foreign /
nation, and that our guns were never /
leveled or our Oay0nets pointed, or our L
cannon opened upon foreign foe, nor our
dag Haunted in the teeth of any foreign ad- /
versary, but that that war in defense of /
American rights and in defense of the
honor and glory and the prowess of the
flag of our country was fought by demo
cratic congress. Applause Others
may claim the credit for wars at home; the
glory of al foreign wars belongs to US, and
that is the vindlcation of the diplomacy
and the foreign policy of the democratic
scoffed away with foolishiy conceived
and illy-written epigram. (Applause.D
The major, in referring to the number OF |
democratic soldiers who had marched and
fought and bled and fell in defense of the
lag of the federal unicn, said that Col
sanders had recently stated in public
speech that the democratic party began
his campaign in 1861 and were still fight
ing il. "But the colonel didn't keep IL up
very long," said the speaker, unless IL
was by the magnificent flank movement he
made on the Rocky mountains," which |
brought down the house. Mr.. Carter had
said in a speech delivered at the same time
hat the democrats OF the north had sent
guns down south 70 fight for them. al
tidn't send any," said the major, |
Il carried one, while he was hunting
rabbits in the haystack," and the audience
went wild, and a bouquet of flowers fell at
he speakers feet. "And so did hundreds
md thousands of other democrats" con-
inued the speaker, standing elbow to
.lbOw and shoulder to shoulder with their
-epu bican brethren in defense of the con-
,titUtion and the laws; and when the war
was over they bore no hatred OF malice in
heir hearts towards the section of country
hat was conquered. They said, these
'Outhern men who marched so brsvely and
10 desperately up to the mouths of our can
hon and the muZzles Of our guns must have
)een inspired with profound belief in the
ustice of their cause; that they were men
# bravery, and men of bravery are always
men of honor, and when they laid down
heir arms and again saluted the Gag OF
he Union, we knew they would keep |
he pledges they then made. (Applause.
soldiers ask me, "Wby should you, who
we're a soldier, vote with the democratic
,srty Z" Let me ask you, my comrades,
Tote with the republican party? (Ap-
)luuse give full credit and honor To
he original founders OF that party; they
we're men of pure and lofty Eotives; they
nay have been inspired as some thought
~ fanetieism snd their efforts al agitation
brought on the war; but their motives were
ust and humane; they were inspired by the
yrandest sentiments Of humanity; they
Flsned 10 strike tne snhcklee on the limbs
# the slaves, but they never desired or in
ended to enchain in the oppression of
he rich and the servitude of capital
heir white bTe.hren of the north. (Ap-
)lause.l These were great and grand
nen: they were lovers of the masses OF the |
people: there was no sordId stain on II EN-: |
hey were defenders of the people, black
md white alike. fApplause-) But after
his war was over the men who had made
IMMENSE sums of money out of the con- |
rscts during the war, the men who had
aid the foundations of their fortunes on the
nissries of their fellow countrymen, be-
;sme the dominant power of the republican
party, and since then, as you know, tt has
been the instrument of the monied classes
If this republic 70 oppress the poor. zap
olause } The speaker said that the foan-
.iaI Legislation OF the republican party since
he war was deprecated by republican and
iemccrafs alike. You saw here during cur
,ors ituti nal convention two great sena-
ors Of the United Stetes-one an ultra
-adicsl, Senator Stewart of Nevsds, the
)tner, not only an ultra-democrst but 9
member Of Jefferson Davis
.abinet. Senator Reagan, and though both
addressed our convention and through that
convention addressed the people Of the ter
-Itory, no man who heard them could tell
rom rreir speeches which was the republi-