The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-10-05
The Leader to The 'FRONT.'
Prominent Citizens of Helena Express
Their
Admiration of its Independence and
FearlesSneSs.
A Factor in the Development III North
ern Montana.

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Err. THE campaign of 1880 will long be
remembered as the most hotly contested
one ever fought in Montana. The result
is close, and in some cases will require
the official count to determine who is the
lucky man. The stump orators did
their part nobly, but then their eloquence
and arguments only reach the ears of the
few, while the daily and weekly news
papers, brim full of solid truth and silent
eloquence, quietly enter the cabin of
the miner and the palace of money king,
and all of its contents were read and ana
lyzed in detail and opinions formed by
them. The orators kept up the enthus-
iasm while the newspaper formed the
opinions.
AS the LEADER was in the foremost
rank in the battle just closed and was
largely circulated throughout :he terri
tory, few opinions from leading repub-
licans in this section relative to the good
work done by the LEADER may not be
amiss.
Col. Sanders, the old warhorse of re-
publicanism in Montana, was the first
man met and interviewed on the part the
press took in the campaign. He said:
eyes, the republican newspapers of Mon
tana never tlinched one icta, but stood
boldly up to the great work and are just
ly entitled to large share of the glory
that the republican party has achieved.
| The Great Falls LEADER did double duty
in Montana. Its editorials were not Of
the policy kind, but bold and fearless and
called things by their right names. Why,
sir, the republican victory in Cascade
county bears conclusive evidence that the
LEADER is power in northern Mon
tana"
Chairman Seligman--",Hhe LEADER
did valiant work in Montana in the cam
paign and is entitled to great credit |
wish the republicans had Q paper of its
ability in every county in Montana"
Secretary Hathaway-"Non newspaper
in Montana excelled the LEADER in its
fight for the success of republican princi-
pies. 1t is bold and honest champion
of the peoples rights and the great Inter
ests of northern Montana"
L. H. Hershfield-'Th Great Falls
LEADER is good newspaper and die
noble work for the republican party il
the campaign. The LEADER, Helens
Journal and Butte Inter Mountain are the
three leading republican papers in Mon
tana and are all entitled to great credit
for the battle they waged against oul
friends, the enemies"
A. M. Hotter, leader of the Scandinav
ians of Montana-"The Great Falls LEAD
Err is the best republican paper in Mon
tana today. 1t slashed the democrats
right and left and gave no quarters ant
did great work in the late campaign"
T. H. Carter, congressman-ele -elect-"Th'
Great Falls LEADER is a good newspape
and rendered great service to the rcpub
lican party in the campaign"
Col. Isaac d. McCutcheon-"There i
no better newspaper published in MOI
tana than the Great Falls LEADER. l
was at the front every day during tn
campaign and did glorious work for th'
republican party. The great victory IL
Cascade county shows its power at home.
Judge Blake--"The Great Falls LEAD
Err knows what is right and has the man
hood and ability to stand up for the grea
principles of equality and protection.
, is good newspaper"
Major Eaton, L. S. surveyor general
, s'There are no flies on the Great Fall
I LEADER. 1t fought a good battle an
, won. Wish we had more newspaper
y like it in Montana"
Col. G. A. Broadwater-"I am out c
politics. The LEADER does noble wor
for the development of the resources c
northern Montana, and especially Gres
Falls and Cascade county,"
! Ex-Gov. Carpenter-"I heard of tn
, Great Falls LEADER a great deal durin
q the campaign and read it myself ever
: day. There was no milk and waite
! mixture in its editorials. AS a champio
v of republican principles the LEADE
a has no superior in Montana"
ED, Weed L s District Attorney--"Th
Great Falls LEADER is an able newspape
v and gave the democrats a great man
hard blows during the campaign"
Col. w. F. Wheeler-"The LEADE
did as much if not more, to bring abol
}, the election of Carter than any republ
e can newspaper in Montana. The r
q publican victory in Cascade county
n due to the fight the LEADER mac
e against the democratic bosses"
e F. II. Kleinschmidt, Chairman of Il
= republican county committee of Lew
/. and Clark-"The Great Falls LEADER
g an able and fearless champion of repub
can principles and is entitled to gre
# credit for our victory in northern Mo
70 tana."
Several other leading republicans we
interviewed and all expressed the highe
opinion of the course of the LEADER
the late campaign.
'e A number of democrats were ask
"a their opinion of the LEADER, and Iii
20 Col Broadwater, had no opinion to e
a press politically, but all said the Lead
le ment of Great Falls and all of northe
IN Montana and was deserving of libel
j.! support for this reason alone.