Fergus County argus., 1889-09-05
rHOs. H. cARrER's SPEECH.
Acceptation Speech of Mr.. Carter on Receiv-
ing the Republican Nomination
for Congress.

deferred day. Through anxious and
weary years the people whose repre-
sentatives are here assembled in con
vention, ogeth~r with their neig,bOrs
Throughout the length and breadth Of
this great ierrit ory. have been waiting
with pat riotic expectancy to catch the
first yleam OF light above the eastern
horizon that was to usher in the day
oi Statehood. With the magnificent
destiny which awaits the new state OF
Montana there coi.ies a line Of grave
responsibilities which those who were
here assembled have no desire to avoid.
H,rstofore we have been merely critics
observing the course Of public affairs.
Hereafter We are to he interested act
ors in the great drama Of national
life. Hereafter We are to stand erect
as men and participate in the affairs
of the government. AMI AT the same
time we are to he st r~ngt hens,i by ap-
preciating our full measure of respOn-
sibility for the influences which are to
control the ,lestinies OF the United
States. When the people assembled
in November last inevery village, town
and hamlet Of Montana, to consider
in public meetings and private cOun-
ellis the questions then pending befOre
the country. they realized that they
could but express their opinions Al
the polls in the election OF the delegate
to congress who would be given in that
body the privilege of voting. The
people were informed 10y the Ropubli-
can speakers and Republican press
that the vote east ior delegate was
sought IN behalf oi the Republican
party of the Territory OF Montana
with reference to public measures then
pending which affected in vital way
our material resources, the people un-
derstood that they were practically
pose oi contributing the mona, forceoi
the public opinion oi this territory IN
i'ehall oi the principle oi protection IL
American labor and American indu--
tries, while at the same time proclaim
ing to The people of the whole country
thsir just indignation incurred by the
harsh and cruel administration Oi the
United States land laws under the
Cleveland administration. quite dis
tinct from that unfortunate situation
Oi affairs are the conditions which
greet us now. We are no longer to he
kept humble supplicants at the iset oi
power. Tardy Justice is about to
| reach us. We are no longer to keep
company with the suffering natives of
Europe, now srOaning under laws not
only of their own making with "a
vague hope for liberation from wrongs
possibly more severe but not less
odlou, than those to which We have
been subjected during the four years
previous tn the lth Of last March. Ia
the future we will not be called upon
to hold elect ions for he mere purpOs,.
of creating Il moral force. rs our sOl,
Dependence IN rishting wrong., but by
our ballots this iall We are to confer
upon u member of congress the potent
political power Of the ballot in the ma
tional hous" oi represent atiyes. \,
le power to he conferred upon the
represent atives is infinitely great, in
the same measure does t he import ance
of the elect ion appeal to us as of more
vital concern. There does not exist
One single i>sne which appealed to the
intelligence Of ti,ese people IN NOvem-
bcr last which does not now exist. IN
ad,lit ion the record Of the adninistra-
tiOn Oi President Harrison since the
Nth day of March appeals to the peO
pile Of Montana as II record Of pledges
faithfully kept and in \ friendly re-
sprt for our welfare, to which, on the
part of the national administ ion.
we had long been strangers.
We with pride call the attention oi
the people oi Montana to ths achieve
ments Of the present administ ration
in our behalf. The Republican plat
form OF lSSS promised home rule To
he territ orie-. The Democratic plat
torn in 1854 had made the same
promises. Now take the measure oi
the part les as Indicated by the fidelity
with which heir responsible pledges in
this part ocular have been kept. Mr.
Cleveland appointed "A governor from
Kentucky. President Harrison ap-
pointed u governor from among the
old residents of Bcaverhead county,
Montana Cleveland appointed n chief
Justice, II very elegant enil'nnan, tobc
sure. from Tcnnc.see President lInr-
rison applntrd II chief jIiSiic from
Madison county, Montana. The pres
cnt United States marshal has been a
resident oi Silver Bow county ever
since q he organiZat ion Of that county.
The newly appointed collector of in
|
quarter OF "a century. The newly ap-
pointed district attorney has long
been Il resident of the terrific ory, as has
likewise oIrnewly appointed secretary.
Every Indian agent thus lar has been
selected from among ths residents of
Montana. Not an alien appoint menl
has been given us by President Harri
son. Let the people contrast this
course Of policy with he appointments
made from Mississippi, Texas, I.oulsi-
ana. Maryland and, indeed, every
where except Montana by Mr.. Cleve
land. Review, II you please, the vigor-
o,is administ rati ion oi he Interior de
part ment which reaches our homes
and compare such administrar ion with
the policy savOrinS OI malire which
made the benetici-nt laws u burden
and thegOvernnient everywhere otiOus
under the Cleveland administration.
Considering these facts, We hail with
pleasure as an element in the coming
campaign the new issue made up by n
comparison Of the Cleveland admins
tration with that of President Harri-
son. During the campaign OF last fall
we stood by the Republican party oi
the nation in favor OF protection to
American labor and American indus
try. We maint aimed that labor was
disniiiei in this country and that it
should not lie degraded 10y unjust and
unequal competition with the ill-paid
laborer> OF other count ries, who are
toiling and struggling at home to pro-
cure the means To cmigratr here To