The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-09-25
Hon. George Cassiday, Of Neyads,
Delights and Charms an En-
thusiastie Audience.
He Handles the Question OF the oay
in Mastery Manner Supported
bY Facts.
Good Democratic Doctrine from the Linz
OF an Eloquent and Able Demo
cratIc Advocate.

handsome Hon. Joseph X. TOOle hung i'm
mediately back Of the drop curtain. AmOnl
the many prominent democrats on III,
stage were Hon. samuel T. Hsuser, Hon
w. E. Cullen, Col. BrosdwAter, Thoma,
Cruise, Hugh Moo Qlade, d. A. G. Floweree
Dr. Steele, a IL Oles0n, c. b. Nolan. T
Maekaness, w. J. Penrose, ID. Bradford.
C. 2. Connolly, Ed. Zimmerman
Hon. E. w. knight introduced
the orator of the evening.
The applause aud cheers lasted for several
minutes before Mr.. Csssiday could be
heard. He said he Was charmed with the
cOrdislity OF the people Of this growing and
beaOt nj city Of Montana He was more
than gr&tifisd 20 find the fires OF democracy
burning 80 brightly in this beautiful CITY.
| ApplauseJ IL was appropriate beturs
proceeding with such facts as he would
| present during the evening that he shOuld
state that he had not come 20 Montana with
any view Of participating ia the canvass
| he had come on private business personal
| % himself but after his arrival he had
been pTeyn led upon TO make few spes n
| es- He had come to say in behalf of the
| great democratic party that the brightest
pages Of the worlds history could be writ
| Ten page for page with the history Of that
grand old party. Applause The dem
II
| Of mankind that ever exiAeG
4 under the sun. prolonged appI tuse. }
| We owed every blessing that VIC enjoyed
| under this government to-day to the demo
| cratic party That party had conceived
| and organlzed the government. IL had
| framed the finest and best government
ever known 10 mankind. In the same con-
| necfioB be could ssy that II was tbs oldest
| political party ia existence to-day on the
| face Of the globe. Democratic wisdom and
d. mocFatic state tssmGnship devised the gov
| eminent, and he would prove before con
| Guiding that IL was democratic valOr also
that preserved 1t. (Applause.l lt was a
/ itting time when Montana Was about 10
| take upon herself the responsibility OF
| statehood 70 consider briefly the relative
| positions Of the two great parties. We owe
oar dual form OF government whereby the
states are accorded certain privil-
/ supreme over ali, TO the DINO
| cratis fathers OF the republic. (AppIause-)
i 10 was extremely obemalical whether
| Montana to-day would he In a better POSI-
tion 10 apply Tor admission into the Union
I IS one OF tn American severe gnttes had
/ aDt the democratic party and the demn-
| -rafic idea prevailed In the convention
which formed this Union. The political
| idea represented in that convention BY
! Alexander Hamilton and his followers wac
antagoniz-d by Jefferson and Madison ana
| men ul tI4t school who represented The
| democratic idea which contemplated the
| NteAIluN NI iIlH 0uAl STEM or VeTulUeut
! - theTe1CTe, Mon ana eager Hs she was %
supply i-er oRu officers, had il not been Il
The form ard system Of government Gre
ated under democratic auspices. it Vas *
frrmely ooubiful II she could ever have en-
jos ei thst right ilpplausel.
Having said this mach that We owed
more % the democratic party than any
other, he desired % call attention %
some Of The achievements Of that grand Olo
CGrty. It was a fact, and he desired 70 be
I. r . IWf=IT 1E rt
record that to tie democratic psTtg We
owed be 6cquialjinu ~ every broad acre of
TIE public oumaiu except The Alaska pur-
chase. l. was all acquired under demo
cratic administratiOn- Loud applause
While that grand party had acquired every
Acre, u never, As political party, in con
Rress OF clseW Pre-, gave single acre Ut
The peoples land b. any cooperation unGer
The sun. iApplausC.l During the last
fouT years 81 democratic administration
the party had Pcted IN the interests 0f the
people. IL reclslned more than 100 co.,
600 acres a. the prople's land. He c1u q
also say 10 tEis connection that honest Gro
vcr c Cleveland gave 20 The country = safe.
couss rvative aud honest administration %
public affairs. loud and pro
feuE I applause How stood the
rsoord u the reiubiicsns touching
thu lnut Question during the twenty Eve
5 sTs they were IN p0Wtr. They Reve L.
corporations IT the peoples land 81 arrs
Jf territory equal IN extent r. flg great
stste OF New luFk, the great state OF fe0n
IS lvauia. the great safe ~ Ohio and All tnr
New EoglABd states combined, ~ ARA ~
territory lHrEer hy far lhan many of The
countries Of The lid world. And IL VS. %
be told 10 the credit Of the democratic party
that during a brief period 81 four years
more than 100 600 900 acres had been n.
stored 10 the people. BE happ-rf1 .o
know Mr. Reed and his stand LrOa lie
single gold standard. He bad never EAST a
vote for silver in the congress OF TIE lbittd
Hs.H4a 4 A u
Having discussed the public Iand gues
tiOu he Wonid now pass 20 the prul4tuei4
Issue in this campaign, Tor "a ms luusipr nt
the silver question was the gieetr6f ure
now pending IL was therefore appruprl-
ale to exsunine the legislative record Nlth
reference m the two great parties nld see
for which one Of the parties voitf should
cast bis ballot. lie asserted ~ maitrz 20
legislative story that the o-Innrr@tic
party nf thfs country noEth auG u-h- ra-t
and west, 50 far Is represented Ia cQlgrt IS
for the last tru OF nfteen years had bee D
for the silver interests Of the western
states ard territories NO man WOO Q
deny that me republican party 10 1913,
controlling as il did the house % represen-
tafivas. the senate aud the chief executive
af tne nation, IN full power OF Al branches
Of the gDyerum ut, struck down THIS uaetsi
nf rbs people No mGn would deny this
declaration fspplause). Immediate
ioilOwinE that WHEN thsr found
the people protsstfd against ~
action they snif they hed onte e
IL bV mistake. The ma tar continued
un To 1873 during which TINE the repuoii-
can party was still In complete possession
or tue government, and he asserted IL 70 be
- fact No republican during that per.uo
II five years attempted 20 c9rreet the al
legged mistake. so II was until 1873 when
the democratic party succeeded In carrying
the nOose By 100 mei 1TIty that Diek Bland,
Gf Missouri succeedsd IN carry lng MS OIL
restoring the standard dollar through the
h0naea fHfsa 70 r. =
strictly BY the record. this bill passed the
house providing for the full and unlimited
coinage OF the entire silver pTcduct Il the
country. lApplause The history nf
Montana who stUdiee the Interests Of him
self and bis neighbOrs. What BECAME II
ms OH ? faeslng the geu0cra!ic house
tire democratic party supporting
II and the entire republican strength opDos-
ing il IL got 20 the republican senate
What became Of II? After much discus
IN ant macy pTOpo .itiOns to smsnf, it
vas finally amended and passed in The
form m which X now st1Lds- The repub-
lean -ensts ameDced IT, provid ug that
tFc millions per month should be coined
aad not 70 exceed four millions per month
IL only received SIX republican votes In the
senate. While every democrat but one. and
that was joe BrowD, Of Georgia, a s1rt ~
muGNump democrat fLsugbtsr.I Ia
This connection the speaker s2id he assert
d II u be q fact that no bill, no silver res
olution, 40 silver measure whAteyeF cOuld
be found iTctn 1873 down . the present
dag where eight republican senators have
voted In favor Of silver. ZAP
plzuse.l On every occasion when
The question fas bsen presented the
demDcrsfs had proved their friendship for
This metal and lot this western country
fsppla1sel. He did not recall an instance
where more than SIX OF eight demOcrsts in
the howe had ever voted against silver,
Their we're some other things 70 he SAID
| II reg ard 20 this subject We are told that
i @ nV-T Cleveland while president OF the
/ United States had the courage 70 express
himself IN r-ply 20 res7'i-r- ful letter touch
/ z this question. but Presid mt CIsvela q
d q not represent TIE great mass Of .
party on that question He did no more n
the SILVER subj-ct than all the republican
Il pr, side1ts- There ls another side q this
i question. What are the chances flr silver
| with republican senate? SO far as tae
senate Is concerned there Is no hope. There
is no hope for the restoration OF silver q
| rs old place unless we succeed IN over.
! throwing The republican majority In the