The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-09
SENATOR CARTIER, of MONTANA,
OUT FOR M'KINLEY AND HIS
PLATFORM.
OPPOSED TO FREE TRADE.
OBJECTS ALSO TO FREE RIOT
PLANK OF THE CHICAGO
PLATFORM.
REPUBLICANS REALLY FOR SILVER
Declaration Too Conservative. But.
to MIR. Carter's Mind, to Be Pre-
ferred to AItgeIdism.

HELENA, Mont, Sept. S.-Senator
Carter, who is in the East and cannot
attend, has written a letter to the Re
publican state convention. which
meets here tomorrow, explaining the
action of himself and the four other
members of the Montana delegation to
the st. Louis convention, in reserving
the right to the Republican party of
the state to accept or reject the de-
claration in favor of the restoration Of
silver by international agreement. The
senator says in his letter:
AS a Republican I believe In the free COIN
age of silver and protection to American la
Dor and American industry. / do not believe
In free coinage coupled with free trade, and
l do not believe that free coinage with free
trade can be successfully established and
maintained by our government. The free
trade policy will render the establishment Of
bimetallism an utter impossibility. The at
tempt to secure free coinage In conjunction
with free trade is a dream.
After looking the whole situation over 1t
will be found that the Republican party has
but in favor of the restoration of silver.
find in this particular that 1t differs from
the opposition platform only in the matter
of method. I believe that the Republican
party Is, in this behalf, too conservative.
but as between the acceptance of the Re-
publican platform with its conservative ex-
of the Chicago platform with its free trade
states rights, free riot and other objection
able features, / find no room to hesitate.
l believe 1t is the clear and unquestionable
duty of the delegates who assemble under
and in conformity with the forms and usages
of the Republican party of this state and as
delegate representatives OF the Republicans
who reside here. to place in the field electors
favorable to Mckinley and Hobart.
The party In Montana should in my opin-
ion indorse the entire national platform, ex-
cept to the feature declaring international
agreement a condition precedent to the re-
monetization of silver For that declara-
ton this conv ention should substitute a dec
laration for the free coinage of gold and sill
yer In the same manner our state con-
ventions have heretofore declared.
Within the past forty-one months the coun-
try has fallen from the height of prosperity
to the depths of despair. Thoughtless men
freely talk of revolution. In the midst OF the
reigning chaos in political thought our party
stands as the only conservative force ade-
quate to restore order and confidence With
out these elements prosperity is impossible.
In the future. as in the past, 1 shall stand
for protection and free coinage. Firmly be-
lieving that the best interests Of our state
and the nation at large will be subserved
by the election OF Mckinley and Hobart I
Ing the national platform does not meet my
approval In one particular. The few men
who seek to find justification in the platform
for advocacy of the single gold standard are
at war with the party and its platform. Their
discordant utterances to be regarded as
unavoidable noise incident to great po-
litical conflict. To those of our party who
feel constrained, on account Of a matter of
method on one issue. to depart from us on
all other national questions at the coming
Grafton, well knowing that in due season
they will return.