Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-09-05

htting ths. Judas should be paid 80
marks OF silver; II was still part OF
the eternal fitness Of things, that.
having been guilty Of the bssest crime
Of oil the centu ries. he should 90 out
AMI hang himself History 10 repeat.
Ing i:self The great party Of the re
public having lived for thirty.fvs
yesrs, had never yet assisted in rivet-
Ing the shscGles on human beirgs,
aud now. wheL II was to he expected
that II would redeem Ito pledges and
he faithful To its history. II Is shout
to prove false and its repeated prom.
ises are not to be redeemed. II comes
victorious from every field. and II IL
falls now II finds in Its own party
those who are tsithless to the trust re-
pnsed In them. lit is To DO crucified
1t is only because its chosen leaders
have barterad away its principles for
tricks aud petty schemes Of politici-
ans. Judas I,cariot Of 1900 years ago
. to fiud y
CoUNTERPARTINT THB JUDAS IscAkIoT
OF today. Judas who took 30 pieces
of silver sud went sud hanged him
self, has left an example tor the Mai
Qusys that ~ we'll worthy of their
imitation. Som. time since ] st0cd
In my place on this floor and de-
nounced q senator from my native
state because when charged with c,r-
ruption and branded with infsmy he
tiu not arise in his seat and demand
an Investigation and inquiry that
should estaL lish the purity OF his ac-
tions and his personal honor. One
other occupying high place in the
councils Of the party to which I be.
long has suffered himself month iu
and month out 10 be charged with
crime- aud misdemeanors for which,
II guilty. he should have been con-
drmned under the laws of bis state
and have bird meted out ts him the
fullest measure Of punishment. This
man Is republican. Shall 1 now re.
main silent? IL II best and homes,
foreman ia my sest silent because
one who Is accused Of crimes aud re-
fuses TO seek for viudicstion 10 Q re-
publican. and that republican = recog
nized leader Of the party?
NEITHER DECENCY NOR HONOR
would permit me to do 40. I do no,
know whether the charges made
agaiurt the chairman of the notionai
republican committee are true or falss,
but I do know that they have been
made by journals Of character and
standing, again and again, and I
know that in the face of these charges
Mat Quay has remained silent aud
has neither sought nor attempted Ia
seek opportunity to vindicate himself
of them. do know that a. q great
republican leader he owned 10 to the
great psrty. st whose head he was,
either TO brand them as infamies or
t, prove their fslsity, or he owed II
to that party to stand aside from it,
leadership. He has not done either,
and for this denouDce him. The re-
publican party cannot aff.'rd tn follow
the lead ofa branded criminal. He
hss failed to justify himself, and
though opportunity and ample time
have given him, he remains silent.
His silence u uuder such circumstances 10
A CONFESSION ov GUILT.
An honorable man does not long daily
when his honor Is assaulted. He had
delayed too long to justify belief In bis
Innocence and he stands q convicted
criminal before the bsr Of public
opinion. Under such circumstances
he should be driven from the houre of
the patty his presence imperils. The
republican party has done enough for
It, pretended leader. Let him bs
relega,ed to the rear. II 10 no longer
question of bis vind.cation; IL IL now q
question of the lie Of the party II.
seli."
The Breckenridge case then W, mt