The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-10-22

i've sentiment from the audience. He
then gave county politics a whirl by re-
iterating the charge made against the
republican officials of extravaganza and
incompetence. AS IA sample of the un-
reliability of his assertions on this sub
jecJ he stated that the county had been
involved in debts aggregating about
$4,000, with nothing to show for it.
while the people We're being burdened by
taxation to the limit of law. Hav-
ing with the deliverance of this attack
exhausted himself as we'll as the audi
encr he retired to make room for the
speaker of the evening.
| Hon. f. d. Mats of Missoula was
next introduced to the audience as the
"Bald Eagle Of the Rockies" He is
pleasing speaker and among the best or
ators in the democratic party OF Mon
tana and as a result his plea for free
trade was greeted by attentive listeners,
although a large proportion of the au
dience differed with the conclusions
reached by the speaker. His opening
remarks were a scathing rebuke to the
speaker who had preceded him. lie
stated it as his belief that almost with
out exception the people of this country
are actuated by honest and patriotic mo-
tives in an effort to secure the best pos
sible form of government, and thel efore
entitled to a candid and respectful con
sideration of their political opinions.
Believing this he would not indulge in
any offensive personality. but would dis
cuss the issues involved in the campaign
fairly from democratic standpoint.
He also declared his belief that pro-
tective tariff is unconstitutional, and
then entered into long discussion Of
the beauties of free trade. notwithstand-
ing the fact that leading democrats Of
Montana have publicly declared that IA
removal of the duty on lead would close
down the lead mines of the west and
throw thousands of men out of employ
ment. His tariff talk was benefit to
the republican cause in this city and
can be relied upon to greatly increase
the majorities for both Legislative and
county ticket. HIS discussion of the
silver question was repetition of that
employed 10y democrats everywhere. He
charged the republican party with re-
sponsibility for the demon etization act
of 1873 as we'll as all other legislation in
imical to the white metal lie did not,
however, explain why, if the democratic
party is friendly to silver, it failed with
| - ~, ka TO
the house free coinage bill, and why
later in the last session it also failed to
= pass the Stewart free coinage bill after
!, that measure had received the approval
v, of republican senate. He denounced
10 Weaver as an enemy of silver because he
. favors an irredeemable paper currency,
;, claiming that he was unworthy the sup
!, port of friends of silver. On the other
, hand he urged his hearers to vote for
"a Stevenson. the democratic candidate for
90 vice president, probably forgetting that
:. Mr.. Stevenson owed his election to con
on gress to an advocacy of the same fiat
;s money policy that secured Weaver's
,+ first election to congress. The nam
lio reason for urging the election OF Stew
ce enson was the speakers belief that Mon
!, tana, with several other states woulo
80, elect democratic United States sena
&C tor leaving that body a tie, in which
"a event great advantage would accrue t.
,.+ the democratic party by having demo
,os cratic vice president to preside over thu
NJ senate. The republicans present "caugh
l., the tip and many who would otherwis'
"a have sacrificed politics for persona
- friendship will now refuse to supper
.,, any candidate whose vote might con
=, uibute to the election of a free trad
- democrat TO toe senate from the state o
"A Montana.