The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-23
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paired witt, Mr.. Carter ON tho silver bill
-Chas j. Isoatner.
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REED AND CARTER
"His superior I never expect to see.'
shouted Mr.. Carter in his ecstacy o.
eulogy on Thomas B. Reed IN his speech
at the opera house on Monday night
The people of Montana long ago discov
cred that their representative was SO IA,
lost in admiration OF the great man, who
condescended to beam on him and pa,
him on the head in return for his humble
adulation, that he let their interests &c
by default, but they hardly expected
that Mr.. Carter would put forth his sub
servience to the speaker of the house as
an argument for his return to congress.
In fact one Of the most serious objec-
tions to keeping Mr.. Carter in Washing
ton is his fellowship with this same Mr..
Reed, who is deadly enemy Of Montana
and its every interest, whose baleful in
fluence over Mr.. Carter has blighted his
usefulness as representative and con-
vinced the voters Of this state that if he
is to be saved he must be kept at home,
where he may be free from the dominat-
ing will and stronger intellect Of the
man from Maine.
The voters of this state want an i'm
mediate dissolution of the firm of Reed
and Carter for many and potent reasons.
1t is partnership in which the senior
partner gets all the profits and the junior
is only the errand boy. How completely
Reed controlled Carter, how he kept him
in hiding in committee rooms, how he
pared him and side tracked him at the
critical period of the free coinage fight,
ere matters Of history. Mr.. Carter's
only reply to the exposure of his dupli-
city in this matter is to read garbled ex-
tracts from the Congressional Record
and to assert that the charges against
him are lies concocted by democratic
newspapers But the voters OF Montana
are intelligent readers of newspapers,
and we propose that they shall not be
tricked by Mr.. Carter's misstatements.
The Washington Post, republican
newspaper, edited by an ex.member Of
Arthur's cabinet and printed right under
the shadow of the capitol dome, ought to
be a pretty good authority. Here is
what it eaid Of the man OF whom Carter
says, "his superior I never expect to
See" on the day after that great strug-
gle in the house when Carter was paired
with Boatner: ...
One Of the most brilliant and daring of
Speaker Reeds moves was made yesterday
In connection with the silver bill. As a
matter of fact tho republican caucus held
on Wednesday evening to decide the attl-
tude Of. the party, broke up in row, and a
very confused idea was ELECTED as to what
had been done. There was one fact. how
ever, sufficiently we'll stablished-namely,
that about seventeen republicans were
greatly dissatisfied and were in q mood to
concentrate their forces and force the hold
ing Of another caucus. In this emergency,
the speaker called the committee on
rules together. had the special order pre-.
pared and railroaded 1t through tho house
before the kiokers could even hold confer.
ence among themselves. Had the matter
been left to ferment for even twenty
hours the differences would have become
even more irreconcilable, and the republic.
An managers would have been weeks in q
struggle with the same situation that ID
now such drag on the party leaders in the
senate. Speaker Reed took the responsi-
bility Of bringing his people willing or I'M
willing, into line By bold stroke. He sue
ceeded in risking his prestige on the coup,
which is substantial evidence Of his nerve.
So much for the man who gave free
coinage it's death blow. Now let US
follow the course Of his Montana agent
on that eventful day.
We have already quoted the Denver
Republican on this point to show that
Carter was the only republican from the
silver states that did not fight Reed and
Mckinley that day.
There were other newspapers that
were keeping record of the events OF
that period. Here is the story as told
by an eye witness Of the scsne in the st.
Louis Republic Of June Z:
In the caucus last night such western no
publiosns a. Perkins, Of Kansas, and some
Of the Iowa members, most Of the Cali.
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orado. Nevada and other northwestern
states, stated plainly that il free coinage
substitute for the bill was offered they
would feel bound to vote for it. OF course
Il these men were really serious in trying "a
protect the interests Of their people they
would beat Reed and his outfit, but theJ
are not really serious, they are merely play
ing into Reeds hand and keeping them
sslvss straight on the record for home con-
sumption. Rssd promised them, however,
that. II they would refrain from offering
frse coinage propositions themselves he
would take care that no democrat should
b recognized 70 do %, and consequently
tha4 hey veald not have 70 GO on record q
oppassd to free coinage
This Vas the situation Of aAairs this
moFnin9 vhsn ~ house convened. Nc
Kinlsy Bspostsd the rule for Ahs committee
aad asked for the previous qusstioa. The