The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-09-04

The Kind Of Talk the People Need at
this Moment.
No More Aiding or Giving Comfort to
Arrant Treason. i
Dfnna Ye Hear the Slogan?
EDITOR OF THE LEADRR: 4%
In your daily issue of Sept. first, / find
an editorial al-able, and,to the point-en-
titled "REa1srER, O yE REruBIIcANs!'
Among the opening sentences Of the ar
ticle we find the ominous words:
The Doodle -Four have Joined hands to deprive
US Of our birthright as republicans.
Then you ask further on, what they
have to offer us for our sufrages but
"spelter." Why, Mr.. Editor, do you not
know that they can offer us an array of
gigantic blunders, such as no party in
this or any other land can show?
Blunders so huge-blunders SO suicid-
al that one would suppose no man, or
party of men could possibly survive
them; a record of blunders that had al
ready become astounding In ante-bellum
days when they fought to prevent every
attempt to better the condition of the
producing classes; electing a man presi-
dent of the United States, who in line
with the principles Of his party, openly
said:
''Ihope and expect to see the dav, when the
price Of o Sleeps head and pluck, Will &c the
price Of q laborer's days work."
They opposed the homestead law, first
and last.
They opposed development of our min
ing and manufacturing interests.
They showed greater solicitude for the
success of foreign labor than for our
own. ~, '''.-'.-'' o.. .'''.-'
They were always advocates of cheap
and non paid labor.
Finding the genius of our young re-
public tending toward the emancipation
and elevation Of labor, they organized an
effort to overthrow by force and arms the
very government they now ask us to
commit to their trust and control.
They blundered in their neglect to Sc
cure the enlistment Of fair per cent Of
republicans in their armies Of rebellion
which had they done, would have COM
PEELED the republican party to bear part
of the everlasting shame that IL now
alone the heritage Of the democratic
party, that, by hook or crook, seems de.
termiued to gain control of what they
could not destroy.
Without going even into brief record
of its criminal blunders, we must admit
J., that the democratic party leads the world
in it's record of political blunders; seem
Ing impelled by some unseen power eve7
to do the wrong thing and to he blind t.
the needs Of the people they seek to rult
aud lead,
Subsequent events have even more sub
stantially condemned their course ant
engraved their blunders on our history
to be pondered over and wondered at b.
all future generations.
And now we see the very men VIII
perpetrated these blunders and planned
the treason against our government an
even against our civilization itself, still
in the lead Of that party-as OF old
smiling complacently and promisin
wondrous things, if we only will-What
Forget the past with its agony, its sorrow
Its death, Its blood and treason and agai
entrust to their keeping all we hold dea1
ask you, friends of law and order,
protection, prosperity and success-wi
we do this? Can money hire US, {
|. threats of death inttmidate US into SUI
rendering to them what we all SO earnes
'' ly and many to the death, struggled
prevent them gaining by force Of arms?
"They've met with change OF hea
er and are all right now," says someon
:. :. Are they? What does their record say
-, Montana, just entering into statehoo
~ can i'll afford to entrust her formati'
- work to a party whose record Is o'
chain of hlpnders linked together by re
e reant hands. What do they promise u
Promising, what will they, if put in po'
er, perform? Their own past histo
a alone can answer. Its answer tells us
beware Of them.
- The present ia the supreme opport
H. nifty Of the republicans of Montana. /
them select men known by their wor
to be able and true-men who can
IA. an opportunity and grasp it for the stat
welfare-men who can and will-if ele
~ ed-sink self, and party even, II nec'
aK sary, in the interest of the people tn
- serve.
IN. The people of Montana are alive
their needs and interests, and will
"surrender their birthrights'' nor tn
interests, but will elect-boodle or
ss; ',;: boodle-men in whom they can tru
ant They mean business.
A TENpERFOOT
"' GREAT FALLS, Sept. 2.
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