Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-05-14
STUMP SPEECH No. 3.
The last Edition Of this Real
istic and Effective
Screed,
The situation Discussed and Rea-
sons Assigned Why we
should
VOTE THE STRAIGHT TICKET
And by SO Doing Re-aifirm the Verdict Of
Last November.

@shN W ~ D"ahE tht
Last November.
On the occasion of another political
battle In this county and territory the
JOURNAL again addresses the republi-
can voters of Miles City from the same
old text that IL has preached from ever
since IL has been identified with the
parties Of this county-and that text
is-VoTE THE STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN
TICKET. The doctrine has not always
been an acceptable one for the party
at large, tor the reason that to prac-
tioe 1t involved the necessity of cast
ing vote against oGe or more friends
who might happen to be candidates
on the opposite ticket and such an act
was wrongly conceived to be an abuse
Of friendship and more heinous than
treason to party; but by slow degrees
the leaven OF this preaching has
worked and its effect was distinctly
seen and felt in the recent municipal
election in this city
The elt ction that we enter upon to-
day IL by hany regarded as unimport.
ant; 10 such an extent does this feel
ing prevail in this country that it is
doubtful II oDe-fifth Of the country
vote will be polled; this leaves the
contest for supremacy mainly to the
precincts of Miles City, Forsyth, Rose
budand Terry, anu in these precincts
the battle must be fought. While II
Is true that In a majority Of the mat
ters to be considered bv the constitu
tional convention, party politics viii
not enter, still there are some few
matters that will come before tha
body that are intensely political anc
may affect the status of the republican
party In the state for years 10 come
10 is therefore of paramount impor-
tapce that every republican should
stand by bis party and make the beeI
fight he knows how for Its success
The Office Of constitutional delegate Il
q transient one, confers no emolumen
on the persons elected and should b
reviewed In strictly party sense, AND
II this 10 done personal friendships o.
dislikes are eliminated from the ques
tion. There Ia no election that can b
more impartially viewed In o persons
sense than this one. for ~ we hsv
said, the party majority in the con
vention may make or unmake the re
publican party In the state for years 3
come. In this respect II is the mos
vital party question that has eve
come before the people In the histor,
of the territory, exceedinx z In Its effect
any verdict Of the people ever rem
dered at the polls. The republican
party has placed before the people tw'
unimpeachable candidates and b
them is due the cordial, unwaverin
and complete support Of the party
Let every republican remember tbs
through the meacre majority b
which we wrested Custer county fror
the democracy last fall. republica
principles were confirmed In many
wavering miud. and II we to-day re
peat that victory the good effects wi
be multiplied and the party strength
ened for the battle royal that 10 |
come off In October while u throug
Indifference or backslIding In th
fight to-day we lose one Of our cand
dates. the prestige gained last fall wi
be Lost and the fight next fall mad
unmessurably harder for the faithf,
who never under any circumstanc
desert the banner or the ticket. I'll
democrats present two candidates ar
fully calculated TO appeal 10 differel
sentiments In the voter. Mr.. Middl
ton was nominated on his record ma,
In the legislature last year whi
DIR. Redd In brought 70
ward on account OF his ackno,
lodged popularity. OF d
two, DR.. Redd is the me
10 be feared In this communit
Mr.. Middleton can safely be set dov
- nos polling anything more than h
, party vote n he does that, but d
Rsdd may, II the matter is not close
watched and guarded against by e.
individual voter, make some inns'
on the republican vote. There 10 n
sing.e reason Why DR.. Rsdd sbou
get . republican vote except thst
personal friendship and We earnest
hope that there is no republican
bound up In this abstract pr'nclp
that he will by his act sscrInce b
party and lie interests 70 II. The
!, ere other and much nors palpsble -
substantial ways Of showing ftisn
I