The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-11
GERMAN DEMOCRACY
st Meeting Under the Auspices of
the New Club at Turner
Hall.
lirring Addresses Made by State
Senator Mats and Col.
q. B. Nolan.
(e Issues of tho Campaign Clearly Pre-
scented and the Faliacies of Pro-
lection Exposed.

THE German democratic club held its
Int public meeting lass night at Turner
II In connection with the B~roadwater
bib. the members of the latter o%rganiza-
Nm marching from up town to Turner
III behind n dram corps. President Geo.
hhrt, of the German democratic club.
lis chairman of the meeting. Among
lose on the stage were L. W. kuphal,
hartman Hanley, Of the county commit
b, Fl. Tom. Col. G. d. Curtis. L. IL.
Eutcher, Joseph Hogan, State Senator
atts, of Missoula county. and Col. Nolan.
nator Mats was The principal speaker
d WAS greeted with applause MS he was
produced by the chairman, and was ire
lently interrupted by similar demonstra-
pns. He caught the favor of the audience
kth his opening words. He said he
ought that il there WAS any class Of peo-
d who ought to be democrats it was the
erman class. He knew the time had
ben in the past when a large percentage OF
Q German voters voted the re-
lblican ticket. That party would
BIT be abused for the part it
Id taken in the battle for the
eedom of the slaves, but it had outlivsd
b usefulness and no longer stood for free
bm. 1t WAS organized upon a single
ca. The essence of its platforms in 1S56
hid 1860 was the freedom of the slaves.
low it is engaged in nothing but farming
bit the interests Of the government to the
Eiyileged classes. Since the end Of the
ar il has been without any prominent
sue, except to tiaunt the old issues of the
lar. 1t was met in every campaign By the
emooratio party, which is now engaged in
fight with the republican party upon the
tal question of taxation. The demo
Fatic party only asks that that party shall
bdeem it's pledges to the people. made
hen the heavy war measures were levied.
he democratic party says that in times of
|eace the shall be less and hat
hxation of the common people shall be-
bme less. For the old republican party he
lad respect, but only condemnation for the
|arty which is now trading upon a reputa-
ON and seeking to perpetuate a system
( slavery, under the guise OF protection.
hat is as bad as that under which the black
han toiled. No wonder that the supreme
burt Of the United States should charac-
brize a system like this as a fraud upon the
|eople of the nation.
The creed of the democratic party ia that
hat government which exercises the powers
IL government less generally produces the
|est results. The same hand that wrote
he declaration OF independence and the
constitution of the United States wrote the
|latform OF The democratic party for the
asst 100 years. Thomas Jefferson, the
r~eatest exponent of liberty the world ever
Jaw, WAS the founder of the democratic
barty. and it is fighting upon tbs same lines
ia when he fought the federalists. Senator
fatts denounced the force bill as an IN
|amous measure designed only to perpet-
Rate a party in power. and one which Is
Wholly unamarican and unconstitutional.
The protective tariff, aa advocated by the
|epublican party, ia a tacit conspiracy be-
ween the administration and the men who
|eceive the benefits of such legislation.
Under republican rule the tariff has been
|aised to about 60 per cent. The senator
laid he had heard many good republican
|peakers going about the country quoting
rom census reports showing how much
wealth had been increased from 1860 to the
resent time, how the cattle, sheep, farms,
to-. had grown tenfold. All this great in
erease is attributed by the republican party
10 protection. If this Is true then the sys-
|em must bs responsible for the increase in
nurderers and criminals. The senRtor
Pdlu VIC RF0dbuGb1 HhS uuo w Oho
md thas the republican party could mot
lain for the Mckinley bill what the al
had done.
Col. G. b. Nolan spoke for a half hour
was listened to with great attention.
Your presence here tonight, he said, indi-
,ases the interest which You have in the
contest which is now being waRed.
rho twenty-sighth presidential campaign
q being fought by the American people and
H. ,,,,~, vvill 1Afnrrnina tha lmnorfunt
question as to which policy shall prevail in
Governmental affairs for the ensuing four
years, The democratic party of the nation
before the people with a history Co
wal with the government itself. Starting
at the very inception of government, po-
tential in formulating its policies 1T mas
it's impress upon the history of the
with measures conducive to the
best inter eats of the people. starting out
Mt the very outset and confronting a condi-
lion of affairs when the government was
IT'LL in an embryotic state it insisted and
that power should be vested in
he people and rs against the agents of the
government Since that time the party has
Jeen against class legislation and in favor
Of legislation looking to the interests of the
many az contrasted with the few. Jap
olauSe.
Further along in the line of history when
his country became the asylum of the OPP
pressed il was the democratic party that
promulgated and maintained the doctriae
when an alien had pledged and sworn
allegiance to the American government, the
lag was pledged to protect him no matter
what portion of the globe he might be.
Applause. 1t was this party which gave
10 us tho vast empire west of the Missis-
5ippi river. And 80 in this campaign, as in
he past, the democratic party is pledged in
he interests of the people. Az against it
republican party stands before the peo-
pie to-day with a history extending back n
quarter of a century. He had no reproaoh
for it in its infantile stage of existence
when it achieved u prestige second to none
in it's struggle for human liberty. 1t were
indeed fit if the party had continued to
consider tho Liberties of the people as cou-
tradistinguished from the classes, but un-
fortunately. soon after accomplishing its
primary mission. it passed into the hands
Of a few scheming politicians and since
that time its legislation has been charao-
terized by perfect solicitude for the inter
ests of the classes as compared with the
In support Of HIS assertion that the re-
publican party has been. in recent times.
the masses, he referred to the well
known record of that party on the silver
question which eliminated i'll the iniquitous
aud infamous measure Of 1873, when the
metal wRs d~emonetized by the tepuh-
leans. He reviewed the history of tariff
legislation from the time of the Morrell
bill down to the present. and clearly
showed the fnliaoies contained in repub-
lican arguments in support of protection.
The position of the democratic party ia in
vincible because it isnow conceded that the
tariff ID n tax. and that in the collection oil
taxes. through the fundamentally of party.
masses are affected. And where does
the money 90? Why, it goes to tho ~clRRsas;