The Ravalli Republican., 1896-01-22
AN Ideal. C.tEDiO.ATE..

For, months dGmocratic papers all
over the nation have been busy pick
iny Il presidential candidate for the
republican party, They have can
yasscd the merits and dcmcrits Of all
the possible republican timber, until
one got the impression that they re-
allied the hopclcssncss Of the struggle
before them and were only concerned
as to the manner Of man the republic
cans would place at the head of the
administration on the 4th Of March,
1897. They seemed to have no can
didatc Of their own, and not one Of
their wcll-known leaders appeared to
,lc even willing to be ''mcntioncd."
The ''iounvcarS more Of Grover had
resulted SO disustrous!y to the coun-
try: instead Of 'clovcr" the people
had been made to rustic hard to get
even lusEls: and it really began to look
as thOu-h h the democracy would have
to ''pcrsuadc" their gol(lbug leader,
the 4rcat-;lnd, blessed fact. lie only
--Grover Cleveland, to accept the
almost hopeless nomination for It
third tcrmA in the hopes that the
(orciyn Goldlbug clique would throw
enough npncy il Sight to elect him
- again do their bidding. They had
no fears Of the faithful Kicking over
the traces and bolting ut The name Of
Cleveland. Two years ago today they
might have been fearful that the
democrats of the western silver states
might ''buck' antl refuse to support
the man who called a special session
Of congress to give silver its death
blow. They have no such fears now
They are reassurcd on thnt point
when they recolltct that the dcmoc
raCy Of Montana, the greatest silver
producing state in the union, less
than eighteen months ago s'cordially
cndOrsod' the administration Of Gro
ger Cleveland, and all its acts. And
they had reason to believe the said
democracy would do 50 again. The
only thing they had to fear, aside
from the general disgust OF the com.
mon. people at any measure Of the
l;lSt two years that WAS labeled "dcm.
ooratic,' was the third term bugaboo
That was where the stick came in.
But the democracy need no longer
worry over a candidate. a.. Moses has
been discovered who is willing t(
lead them through the wilderness t(
the land flowing with milk and honey
and official pie. IIc is Melville e
ingalls,, and he lives in Cincinnati
And he is an ideal latter.day demo
cratic candidate, The democratic
papers and orators tell us that party
is the party Of the poor man, th'
party OF the common people and Op
posed tn monopolics. Then Mcllyil!(
f. ingalls, is just the man for them
lie is a poor man himself, one of tn
common people, occupying the hum
Bic position of president of the Ii!
-Four and other railways. If he hat
been a' purscproud conductor or eycI
a stuck-1lp "br;llcy" lac wouldn'
have done fer the poor mans party
But a president: that's just wha
they are scckiny-a president. An
Of course he is opposed tomonppolics
being at the head Of several railroads
which corporations arc known to b
always opposed to monopoly-by til
either fellows. That he is a go]dtu
goes without SAYING but that wi
only strengthen him with the agent
of foreign capital and with the pa
riots Of Wall street in the east, viii
the democrats Of the silver -produciu
states like Montana can safely be d
pcnueu upon u ''c0fuldllI cnuOfS(
him, after their warm expression
Of confidence in that other goldbu
Grover Cleveland, which still stan'
as,the official opinion Of Montan;
democracy.
And then,. too,, according to ii
dispatches. '~a combination Of bus
ness men and politicians" is pushir
Mr.. Ingalls, as a candidatc.. Th
ought to be sufficient to arouse c
thusiasm in the poor mans part
And he is comparatively unlSnow
,Dhat is another recommcndatio
and. state of affairs that can
rcmcdied at the proper time. Groy
vas comparatively unknown when