Fergus County argus., 1890-10-09
GRAND REPUBLICAN RALLY.
County Attorney Smith Opens the Assting
With an Earnest speech.

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new land office, arrived in town Monday
evening, and ON Tuesday evening Mr.. Hart
man opened the campaign in Fergus count,
with an eloquent and telling spsech.
Though the announcement was asshert ant
the weather unfavOrable, IA gOod-sised au
dience gathered to hear the issues discussed
The Lewistown brass band rendered sew
eral choice selections.
Mr.. Cook, chairman Of the county com
mittee, opened the meeting by stating thai
Mr.. Louis ROtwitt, secretary Of state, wal
expected to be present, but was una void
ably detained in Helena. He said Mr. Bun
would perform all the duties usually ~
signed to Mr.. Rotwitt. Hsthen introduces
County Attorney Smith. who entertained
the audience for half an hour. He referred
tn the history and achievements Of the Re
publican party in the past and the work
accomplished by the session Of congress
just closed. He said the business trans.
acted was due to the firm stand taken by
Thomas b. Reed in heading on the obstrue.
tion tactics Of the Democratic minority.
s1V hcutssvssSu "s'stso " Sssc usVsO suIbOSVSus
bills passed by the present congress and
the benefits that will follow their enact.
ment, among them the tariff bill. silver bill
and pension bill. MIR. Smith paid n high
tribute to our able congressman, Thomas
II. Carter, and gave good reasons why
Charles W. Bayiies should be the next sen
ator from Fergus county.
Charles W. Raylies, our next state sena-
tor, was introduced and made u few ap-
propriats remarks. pledsins himself to be
faithful to every interest Of Fergus county
IL chosen to represent it in the next lssis.
lature.
Mr.. Cook then introduced Hon. Charles
). Hartman Of Bozenian. the orator Oi the
evening. Mr.. Hartman has u very pleas
ing manner VI addressing AN audience. He
is candid and earnest, yet fair in dealing
with the opposition. He thought IL was the
duty Of every man to examine into the his.
tory and policy Of the two parties and
make up his mind which side he would take.
lie believed in appealing to the reason. He
then went into brief history Of the tariff
IA protective tariff was the corner stone Of
the temple OF Republican faith" He re-
viewed the tariff legislation from 1883 up
to the present time, and showed the benei.
cence Of a protective tariff and the bane-
ful results of free trade. He said modern
Democrats were not following in the foot
steps Of their great men Of the past, such as
Andrew jackson, Silas Wright aud Sam
Houston, who were in favor Of protection.
They preferred the iallacious teachings OF
Grover Cleveland, Henry watterson and
the Golden Club.
Mr.. Hartman called attention to the
OF the Montana Democracy
adopted in 1883, which saversd strongly
OF free trade. Finding that they could not
win on this, the next year the platform
favored protection. Anything to win.
Mr.. Hartman said protection was syn.
onymous with progress, and briefly showed
the benefits resulting in the employment Of
labor. An intelligent revision Of the tariif,
he said, means increase as well as decrease
of the schedules, just as the Mckinley bill
calls for. In eloquent words he depicted
the progress and grandeur of this country
under it's influence. and predicted that IL
would exist until manufacturing extended
to the very borders Of our land and all our
industries developed and responding to it's
beneticent influences.
The Inconsistency Of the Democratic
party on silver was then shewn up. While
in possession OF the lower house for fifteen
years no attempt was made toward free
coinage. II they wanted free coinage why
didn't they get it.: They come along now
and say, I'VE were always in favor Of free
coinage" When the Republicans pass q
measure that sends silver up from ~ y cents
to 81 .19k, every Democratic senator votes
against it.
Mr.. Hartman paid his respects to pre-
cnct "a, and asked il any honest man be-
lieved that l73 voters went to the polls
and cast their votes in alphabetical order.
He read portion Of the list, which brought
smiles from the Democrats present. Even
the Mes" were separated from the MS y
II was bold piece of rascality. The ex-
clusion of people from the room and the
pasting Of paper over the windows were
alluded to and shown up to be the greatest
piece Of villainy ever perpetrated in Mon
tana. lie read from the Democratic plat
form that portion which contains this sen
tence: Let us purge the fair name Of Oui
heaped upon it, and aftsrward fight sui
political battles on plan Of common hon
esty." He asked what it meant. Hecould
see that it meant nothing less than a repe
tition of the methods of the last campa ign
then, after they had succeeded, fight their
political battles ION plan OF common
honesty" Hers the speaker scored the
nillionaires numerically. He spoke Of thu
four hundred noble men from Italy who
ma rched up to the polls with a card in theil
hands bearing the inscription: II cannot
read or write the English language. but
want to vote the straight Democratic
ticket" Mr.. Hartman here dwelt upon thu
Importance Of securing "a Republican lsgis
lature, not from a political standpoint. hui
for the welfare Of the state. The suprem'
court of Montana has decided that the Re
publican house il the legal body and thai
the Democratic house has no authority Il
pass laws. But il the Democrats gain con
| troll of the senate they will send all thei
bills to the Democrasic house, which vii
pass them and send them TO Democrats
governor, who will sign them. The case hai
been decided by the highest authority in th'
land having jurisdiction, and it cannot b.
changed. 1t will not be denied, in view o
this decision. that any attempt at legisla
ton by the Democratic house would b
futile and any law passed by them woul'
be null and void, and that any public o
private business transacted by virtue q
any such law would be equally void, 81
that an attempt on the part OF the Demo
| crats such "a they would surely make