The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-06-05
Sergeant thus EXPRESSES his views:

=! notice IN tins morning issue
.hat the Butte Miner, with q pcrss-
tcnc,' worthy Of 4 better cause. con-
tin,!nS to Gcridc the s;at Lake silver
conference: but what good it expects
to accomplish thereby is past COM
prclensinn. ! it could by its jibus
undo the Wnrk Of the conference. do
it over again and do il better, there
might Dc some reason in its course,
hut inasmuch as it cannot change
the result. and is doing Only harm to
the cause. its diatrin~s are utterly
without Justification or excuse.
''lf its dcnunriations applied only
to errors Of Judgement and lack Of
enrc showed. It would Eot be 50
harmful, lilt it charge, that its
members, n""rl j bali Of whom arc OG
the political faith as ITSELF, and all Of
whom were in hear; y accord, did not
bring to the work If tNc conference
sincerity Of desire or SinG!onc>s Of
p,irnM4r in the cause o: hiinctalii>ln.
! nigh: rct~rt with more color Of
Truth that the Miners persistent ci-
forts TO stir up strife IctN:aen TIL"
frionds Of silver in Montana are pre-
Silnnpti%c l%ntf I:l il is being run
in the interest Of the gold men: but !
viii not be so unfair nr 10 unclnrita-
| BILE do SAY. However. and ! call
| upon all the readers Gi The Miner to
witness. that its own files justify the
assertion that if we were employed
bv the gold men and well rIidlEnr its
work il could not~s'o any more than
it i, now doing to create strife and
dissension between the friends Of sill
YER at home, and to bring the cause
Of binctalliSm into disrcplt" abroad.
We expected That no matter to What
| degree Of excellence the work Of the
! conference might attain. ii WOuld be
criticized. misrcDrcscnted and NAL
igncd by tic goldbuY press, but we
did not expect that these unfair
criticisms would be trknn llp. re-
| printed, glU&ted over, and sent On
t!icir way rejoicing, reinforced by
the enu;;:il, unfair criticisms Of u
paper sight in ol'r midst Which pre-
tends to DC and IS a true friend of
silver. In other words, we expected TO
draw the fire Of the enemy II front
| bat we did lnI expect to lee fired
upon l,y uGr friends IN the rear.
"s!7I!e Anaconda: Standard for i few
days during and after the conference
vita 40 other motive: apparently,
I!Ha 10 h,!G the members of The
conference, and especially ti!2 Mon
t"na delegation, % ril'iii" and con-
tempt. and possibly also to show it's
readers how bright ana sharp its in
| lNiitL l'tt'I lp'lN tl Y NJ ~, 'ti iNt ~
juicinos into the cnciny's camp and
| filled the hearts Ct SilEcr'S friends;
with sVrruW aHd grief, Dut t h; stand
ard seeing its ini.jHitc, had .ciSc
enough to quit. 'Iiin Miner scerI,
net to realize he harm it i, doing,
and that bY lis continued ard St-tl>;c-
les: attacks upon the conference it
hH: already done il!r1Icui;,b!r injury
/ to tie c;ll,c Of bi!lh,taIli>m. If the
| friends Of silver WlU Gp what thr>
/ can, however little, ;!r" tD DC ever
}astingIy abused iti "ut doing more
Or doing j: differently. we may a.
vel! cease cur = III E,:!c1 and boW uHr
head To- he gold l.,s yoke, Gl5, ;tH!
fate IS sure to GS@rtNkc Il, is death
un!cs, we all work together hArmuN-
iDusly. without strife ur contention,
encouraging, net dI~uar; ;2Eiu-g, on~
anothcrs'> Efforts. and c;t@lI ole do
inI tho best lie r;ti.
Many Lives lost.