The Ravalli Republican., 1895-07-17
TIE PARTISAN VIEW.

The Butte Miner, Helena lnde-
pendent and other democratic papers
throughout the state, day after day
hold up 70 the eyes of their readers
the loud and assertiye statement that
only in the democratic party can the
friends Of silver find relief: that the
action Of the next democratic ma
tiOnaL coaycntion will bc strongly in
favor Of silver, and that friend Of
silver will be nominated for the pres
idency by that party. At the same
time they assert just as loud!N that
there is no hope in the republican
party for the white metal; that it's
leading men are all gold bugs and
weddcd to the cause Of so-called
"soHad" money, which means gold
monomctalism. They are not daunted
BY the action or the democratic state
conventions, in other states than
Illinois, nor by the acts and words Of
their high priest. Grover Cleveland,
who is already working for another
nomination with q fair prospect OF
getting it and being again "corclially
endorsed" by the unterriticd OF Mon
tana: nor do they allow themselves
to be diverted from this cry by the
acts Of the democratic secretary OF
the treasury, the national democratic
tlnancier. The national democracy
is going 10 nominate Il silver candi-
date on a silver platform is what
they tell us, and the republicans are
going to nominaxe a gold bug candi
Z. date on gold buss;ptt$SIfn> Yea,
verify; the dcmocrat' AkAIon-
tana are ';also among tfKfs@-ffofhcts,"
Now, OF course these t1fSa4s Will
come to pass, for haven't thts%Es far
seeing journals told us it is to BE.
But somehow cs other tho common
people, as they used to say ir,.-N9Al.. ~.
tana twenty years ago, "don' t,1&ra s. s
it," Tho common people df this
state have little intelligence left,
even f many of them have been vot-
fng the deW2sreatic ticket ever since
the days Of Sam McClain, Jim Cav
~ans,1gh and Maroin Magniniss, now
s&lnaost forgotten; even if a few thou
sand did walk up to the polls last
tall and deposit their ballots in favor
of tEe party which, by their repre-
representatives., "of1lce holders and
seekers" as the Bozcman Chronicle
puts it, 'cordially endorsed the ad
ministration of Grover Cleveland
and expressed ''confidcncc in hi!
patriotism and craftsmanship"
Nontanians are not all the time
fools, although we must confess that
the consistency OF many Of them il
early days in :yoting ker straight
when they struck a ticket with "de
mocracy" ut its head often led lis t
think so. But many Of those hay
since redeemed our opinion Of them
and the way they ilsM been votin!
OF late years bears outDur statemcn
that they are not at AL 3imes fools
And these intelligent mtnabers 0
the rank and file Of AL parties i
Montana know that :C,rover Clevc
land has sEach a hold Oh the democHa
yic organ Mations OF Nhe country
backed by the power ,of patronag
and: I,?e int1ucnce and wealth OF tn
lnoncyed svndicatcs whose hired ma
:he is, that-if he seriously goes afte
another nomination he will con-
. mighty near g4tting it. Thesc con
mon peoptf also know, somethin
wlrcl the Montana Democratic O
gans are very careful! not so remin
them Of, namely: that it takes
=. two-t tllirds vote in demQcEAtic n;
tional convention to nominate, ant
nomattcr how strong the feeling X
silver amOs5g western anu SOME SOllt u
ern democrats may be, a free 81
yer candidate HiIl never be able
secure a two third vote in a conyel
tion the delegates TO Mtich are cho
en- through the present polite
machinery of the democratic part
That is one thing which may as we
be considered a settled fact.
The best the silver democrats ca
expect from their next national co
vention, ii their own forces are
all strong, is a split and walkou
Next to that, a goldbug candidat
They may be strong enough, in ca
they submit to the latter aftermath
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