Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-08

-'" logs 'io NNcPtfNs
to the JOURNAL in last nights Courier.
AMI asking for space for a brief (?)
reply proceeds to unload a column.
Devoting modicum Of ftbis to the de-
f-us. of Mr.. johnson, he proceeds at
length to admit nearly every state
ment that the JOURNAL made, the
only exceptions are tnat he Is not as
busy during the months that the legis.
lature is tD sit, as at other times in the
year ION this point he is probably bet
ter Informed than the JOURNAL, we
coEcede this to him and that he is
not disciple of the gospel Of free
trade. This later statement, how.
ever, Is qualified. He admits that he
considers free trade necessity In
England, but has grave doubts con.
cerping it, working here. This is
his exact language though not quoted.
Now Mr.. Courtensy, you are demo-
crst, aren't you? Anticipating an
affirmative reply, hear then what the
foremost democrat in the country
Henri WaIterson-hss to say on this
subject: "7he democratic party is a
free trade party or il is nothing"
Which perch does Mr.. Courtenay Sc
lect for his resting place?
Last fall when the issue was before
the country in national campaign
Mr.. Coureoay was, as We have stated,
pronounced free trader. We state
this not only from our own personal
knowledge, but on the corrobarstive
testimony OF som. Of Mr.. Courtenay g
intimate friends and business associ.
stes. His party has not vet vacated
the position then taken, nor does he
seem TO have done so either. He
simply has grave doubts" Frankly
We believe that these doubts are simp-
ly as To whether an open adherence to
hi. life long views will not result in
bis defeat. There are great many o'her
democrats inMontana who are nursing.
the same doubts and many of them
are not even as frank as Mr.. Courtenay
Is. They decline /, be brought to book
Oh the subject and spend most Of their
time dodging TIE issue. II is of no
use though. The sheep men and the
miners Of Montana know the ins and
outs Of this subject thoroughly. The
sheep men, particularly, know when
ever they put their hands in their
pockets, or gaze on their bal.k ac.
counts, or contemplate the prosperous
condition OF their flocks and ranches,
that free trade is pernicisus and ruin.
ous theory; and they know something
more. They know thai they don't
want men in the legislature who bave
any doubts whatever on this subject.
They want men whose minds are
clear OH the proposition that free trade
means ruin 10 the infant industries of
this great state that is to be, and we
think there is enough Of them of that
way Of thinking, TO, by their votes at
the coming election, cousign the free
trade heresy to everlasting perdition.
Mr.. Coureuay IL an admirable gentle
msu in his way, but bis way is not
the way that leads 10 the legislative
halls of Montana. The record of his
party is bad, IL was condemned ald
repudiated by the country ut large "a
year ago on this very Issue and in
Montana IL was showed under bv a
popular upri sing unequslled in the
history Of the country. Had w. A..
Clark been elected last year we should
probably have heard,very little ofMr.
Courtenay's grave doub's' concern
Ing free trade. II probably on the
ground that Everything is lairin love,
war and politics. that hc sets forth
the existence OF these "crave doubts, -
bat the people will have none Of il.
They want men iu the legislature
whose heads are clear on this and
kindred questions touching the immc.
diaJe iut1fy col thyl pfuye,t. and
tbav ,4yIIl TuVe than