St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-31
SAKGO|NE THOMAS CARTER
Montana's New Delegate Says the Ter
ritory Is Safely Republican.
CLEVELAND'S MISSIONARIES.
He Thinks Were a Potent Influence in
Turning the Mountain State
Over.
Special to the Globe,

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Montana's
choice is here. Whoever meets with
Delegate-elect Thomas FL. Carter, of
Helena, must ecognize him as one of
the superior men of this country. Mr..
Carter was an Iowa man until 1881. He
lived in Burlington, but wanted to go
west and grow up with the country,
and he did so. No vOdng man ever got
to the front in a new country any faster
than Mr.. Carter did in Montana. But
Delegate Voorhees,, of Washington,
kept pace with him. Mr.. Carter says
that Montana has population which
is nearer 100000 than $4,000, as is COM
monty claimed. l am glad" he adds,
that the people are beginning to I'M
derstand what an empire our territory
is. 1t is time for our admission to the
Union. We were ready for admission
nearly five years ago. Ii admitted we
should have progressed more rapidly.
1t is mistake, popular falfacy, to pre-
sumo that Montana is rich only in min
eral and grazing lands. We have good,
productive agricultural lands, tens of
thousands of acres being open to set
tlement under the presumption and
homestead laws. We have all that man
can reasonably ask or wish for susie
nance, comfort and wealth."
"How long will Montana be Repub-
lican?'
"That is question which the oldest
inhabitant cannot answer eX-cathedra.
The territory has been going Demo
cratic as regularly and certainly as Mis-
sissippi for the past twenty-fOur years.
Our present delegate, Mr.. Toole, was
elected in 1886 by the Democrats by
majority of about 4,000."
"Can you tell what has changed the
political complexion of the territory?''
"lhe principal cause for the large
majority given to the Republican ticket
in '8S has been stated on the. floor of the
house within the pas few days 10y Dele
gate Toole. Our people were not only
dissatisfied, but Disguised, with CIeve-
lands carpet-bag appointments. They
were unwise, and not in accord with the
pledges of the platform of 'S4. Instead
of giving our territorial Offices to our
own people, be insulted our intelligence
by subiecting us to the importation of
Southern brigadiers and worn out poll
ticians from the states. 1t was simply
uncomfortable. The wonderis that there
were any Democratic votes cast at all
at the last election"
''Will Montana MAINTAIN her present
5000 Republican maiority?'
"She has not so large majority as
that. Circumstances conspired to in
6uce many Democrats tovOte the Re-
publican ticket this last time. Hence,
the recent election is no criterion for
the future, except incidentally. The
Republican vote has increased gradu-
ally. and we have now about $500 ma
jority. Admission by Republican action,
under Republican administration, will
that when we elect our member of con-
gress next November, we will give him
a Republican majority of between 1000
and 5000. l regard the new state as
safely Republican. We have been wait
ing, watching, hoping and praying for
admission during the past four years,
and the Democratic party has actually
sneered at us. We are tired of that sort
of treatment, all of us. A great many
men in Montana have voted the Demo
cratic ticket for the last time. simply
because they are energetic, manly, and
cannot tamely submit to the ignominy
of disregard which the Democratic
administration has put upon US. We
know when we are sat down on real
hard, and we all know that Grover
Cleveland sat down aud spat down
upon us. We also know that the Dem
ocratic chairman of the committee on
territories of the house ignored us and
DELAYED our admission, solely because
he had predetermined that New Mexico
shall come into the Union with u.s."