The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-21
CONGRESSMAN CARTER.
An Explanation to the Republicans
Of His Stewardship While
at Washington.
He Speaks About q Mysterious
Bli9hting influence Affect
ing Silver Interests.
A Big Republican Meeting at the Opera
House With Good Music
and Singing.

House With Good Music
and Singing.
It was a crowded house that greeted Con-
gresham Carter at Ming's opera house last
night, The club bearing his name had
brass band out and a good supply of red
fire was burned in front of the building as
the people focke to hear the congressman.
Romandy's orchestra rendered several ex-
cellent numbers while the seats on the
stage we're being filed. The congressman
was seated in the center of group which
filled the platform. Among those who had
seats ON the stage we're Col. l. ID. Nc
Cutcheon, Capt. Wyman and Lee Mantle.
of Butte; j. b. Walker, of the state centra
committee: Nathaniel Norman. Of Jeffer-
son City; Louis A. Walker, Frank Lang,
John r. Watson. Associate Justice Dewitt,
Samuel Schwab, A. Lathrop, George E.
Boos, Samuel A. Ballet, George o. Free
man, L. H. Hershheld, DR.. Rockman, Will
lam Harrison. w. A. Chessman, James
Crump. A. j. seligman, G. A. Donnelly.
w. c. Child and Prof. Yaeger.
sh There e ~ss ts psnn ssors s1ne e By
club, after which G. G. Newman, president
of the Carter club, made short speech in
Producing MIR. Carter, in which he referred
to him rs the man whom the people had
crowned rs their tribune. he congress-
man bowed his Acknowledgement to tho
loud applause which followed for a few
minutes. He has not changed in looks
much since his appearance on the stand
last fall, except that he is somewhat flesh
Ter in the face. Contact with the leading
speakers In congress has improved his man
ner Of delivery. He speaks in deliberate
no lack of applause during his remarks.
"About two years ago the people of Mon
tana," he started, "came to an agreement
on several essential propositions. The re-
suit Of the agreement was that notice to
quit was served on the democratic party"
The people in 1888 had test d TO ar years of
democratic rule. The renupilcans were in
control of the senate. The republic ms Of
Montana had been told from time to time
as the elections and campaigns came around
that If the democratic party ever did get a
chance it would show the people
of the country that it was equal to the
needs demanded by this great, growing and
Grover Cleveland was elected by very
trifing majority. He gave us four years OF
democratic rule indeed, and after the ex-
piration of that period the .,eople collected
together in the school houses, opera houses
and out on the commons and considered
what had come of the four years of demo-
cratic rule. They found each and every
product of our mines and our soil had BY
some mysterious bliRhting influence depre-
ciated in value; the great crop Of the state
the silver product, had drifted under the
blightlng influences Of Cleveland's various
proclamations and messages from LILO pei
ounce to the lowest point it had reached in
twenty centuries. 81 cents an ounce, there
by taking from the pockets Of the people
Of Montana an average Of $4,000 0O pei
annum. Again, not only the people o.
Montana but their neighbors that were en-
open market found that by some mysteri-
GUS blighting influence that product had
dropped in the market from q living
figure to the lowest point it had
ever reached in the history OF
the country, $500 per hundred. . point
European market in the last century. The
people thought that there was something
wrong about this. Again, the people Of
Montana engaged in the sheep husbandry
were called upon by the democratic party tc
consent to free, open and unrestricted COM
petition with the half-clad laborers OF
Australia and South America. All things
combined lead the sheep men to believe
that they could not prosper by paving 80
per month to their shepherds and compete
with men who were only paying $3.50 per
month. They could not see that PROPOSE
tion. Our people had not only been prose-
cuted but prosecuted for undertaking to go
the Almighty had placed there for the pur-
pose of aiding and developing the mines
not only contiguous but in some instances
under the trees. In the whole period OF
four years only about 1,4OO patents had
been issued. The. democratic congress ON
thAO l<>en k0hn inst hAfnp nvnynh n1r1
an election, had passed 4 law, as a rider
ON an appropriation bill, withdrawing
from homestead, pre-emption, timber cult
ure and desert entry all filings within
Montana. Thus prohibiting not only the
people here but those who contemplated
public lands and procuring home undel
the laws of our fathers. After looking
this situation all over the people of Mon
tana performed political feat without pre-.
oedent in the history Of politics in the
United States. In an aggregate of nearly
date had been elected in 1886 by $500 ma
jority. in 1883 the people repudiatcd the
democratic party with its free trade policy
by . majority exceeding 5000 votes. This
majority was given to the republican party
with the understanding that the party
should endeavor to apply to this new state
the principles OF legislation characteristic
of the republican party. It was understood
and agreed between the people of Montana
and the republican party, rs it was clearly
understood between the people Of all this
states, that that party should pass a Law
providing for protection to American iabol
and American industry and should frame
tariff on that line. Again. the people Of
Montana had taken the republican party
at its word when in its platform it pro
claimed to the world its determination t.
see that both gold and silver should consti
tute the circulating medium of the country
The party had been placed in power, ana
for eighteen months past it had been en-
gagged in an honest attempt to discharg
the trust reposed in it by the people. HI
was here in his humble way to OF
plain what had been done. Here the speake
explained how congress had met ON the sec
Ond of December last with republican
majority and how they determined upol
Thomas Reed for their speaker. "A man q
the head of affairs who had the Intelligent
and the nerve to control tbs body and max
it transact business" After this point ha
been carried the republicans were able {
proceed with business and passed the grea'
est, bravest and most thorough
American bill that ever graoed the statut
books of this country. This was II
force bill. Montana with only $1,000 {
10000 voters could only select single rel
resentative to congress, while $500 hiG
toned gentlemen in Georgia elected nil
members of congress. Was that fairs ~
democrats attacked and villihed tn
measure until it Was finally defeated ar
laid over. The force bill makes ballot b<
stufing and false registration crime to
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