The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-09-04

courtesy be hung up with the sickle and
fail of bygone days. Referring to the be
trayal Of Christ by Judas, Kennedy said: :
ut was meet and fitting thatJ Judas should
be paid thirty marks OF silver; Il was still
part of the eternal fitness OF things, that
having been guilty of the basest crime OF
all centuries, he should go and hang
himself. History is repeating itself. A
great party Of the republic, having lived
for thirty-five years, never yet assisted in
riveting the shackles OF a human being,
and now. when it was TO be expected, II
would redeem its pledges and be
faithful TO its history, II is about
TO prove false, and the oft repeated
promises are not to be redeemed.
II comes victorious from every field and
il il fails now il finds in its own party
those who are faithless to the trust re-
posed in them. II il is TO be erucitied, IL
is only because its chosen leaders have
chosen TO barter away its principles Tor
the tricks and petty schemes OF politi-
clans. Judas Iscariot of 1000 years ago
is to find counterpart In the Judas Is
CARROT Of to-day. The Judas who took the
30 pieces Of silver and went and hanged
himself has left an example for the Matt
Quays that Is well worthy OF their imita-
ton. Sometime since / stood i'm my place
on this floor and denounced senator be-
cause, when charged with corruption and
branded with infamy, he did not arise in
his seat and demand an investigation and
inquiry that should establish the purity OF
his actions and personal honor. One
other occupying a high place in the coun-
ellis of the party TO which | belong. has
suffered himself month in and month out
TO be charged with crimes and misde-
meanors for which, IL guilty, he should
have been condemned under the laws OF
his state and had meted out 10 him the
fullest measure of its punishment. This
man is a republican. Shall now remain
silent? Is il just and honest to remain in
my seat silent because one who is accused
Of crimes and refused to seek for vindica-
ton Is n republican, and that republican
the recognized leader of my party
Neither decency nor honor would permit
me 10 do so. | do no, know
whether the charges made against the
chairman Of the republican national COM
mittee are true or false, but l do know
they have been made by journals of char.
acter and standing, again and again, and
do know that in the face OF these charges
Matt Quay has remained silent and neither
sought nor attempted to seek an oppor'
tunity TO vindicate himself OF them. dc
knOW lilht Us tllt Rrtd' Tepuoiicah ittoef'
| he owed il to the great party at whose
head he was, either to brand them as in,
famies or to prove their falsity, or eowed
IL To that party 10 stand aside from lis
leadership. He has not done either, and
for this denounce him.
"The republican party cannot afford "a
follow the lead of branded criminal. He
has failed TO justify himself, and though
opportunity and ample time have beer
given him, he remains silent. His silence
under such circumstances Is confession
Of guilt. An honorable man does not long
daily when his honor is assailed. He ha,
delayed too long to justify the belief il
his innocence. and he stands convicted
criminal before the bar OF public opinion
Under such circumstances he should b'
driven from the head of the party, who's,
very life his presence imperils.
"The republican party has done enough
for its pretended leader. Let him be rel
egated 10 the rear. Ii is no longer ques
tion Of his vindication, il is question o
the life ofthe party ITSELF"
The Breckenridge case then went owe
and the house adjourned.