The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-10-29
TH0S H. CARTER
TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH
To the Citizens of Dupuyer and
Vicinity in the City Hall Yes
terday Afternoon.

Senator Carter arrived here from
Choteau at noon yesterday. A
large banner was stretched across
the main street of the town. bear
ing the words, efWelcome to Du-
puyer." Above the city hall the
stars and stripes fIoated merrily
to the breeze. The bad condition
of the roads prevented very large
Attendance from the country. The
hall, however, was crowded and
many were unable to hear the
speech which the senator made in
the afternoon. Promptly at 2
O'Clock the speaking began. Every
word was listened to with eagar
attention and the speech was fre-
quently interrupted with applause.
1t was high honor for Dupuyer
to have chance to hear the man
who has served as chairman of the
national republican committee, and
who now represents the interests
of the great state of Montana in
the highest legislative body in the
nation, and the peer of any one in
the world.
The speaker prefaced his remarks
by tribute to the rural popula-
tion of the country, who, he said.
were more apt to be il formed on
subjects of political economy and
eXpediency than dwailers in
cities. He drew an accurate pic
ture Of the condition of the country
under Benjamin Harrison, with it.
unexampled prosperity, and the
ruin that has been wrought by the
tariff reformers under the present
administration Then came the
question whether we wanted to get
back to the road to prosperity and
happiness or plunge still further
into the slough of despond. He
said that if we upheld Rryan with
the inevitable free trade which
would follow, we would destroy the
sheep industry in this country
BY SO doing we would simply throw
away one half of tbs taxable wealil
of Teton county and compel tn
other half to pay all the taxes,
was q startling idea and one that
it would be we'll enough to pom d, +
upon. He would also impress us
with the idea that whenever a free
coinage bill was passed. all the
gold in the nation would 90 out of
circulation within one hour. There
is no doubt but that is a fact, ANY
thinking man will readily see how
that will happen. No legislative
power on earth can make the two
metals pass on any other ratio than
their commercial value. The aG
dress was full of happy thou hts
and felicitous expressions. Espe>
cially was such the case when he
came to speak of the dsgruntl-
ed soreheads, who were willing to
wreck the party and the party
principles to Sratify their own
pers sonal spite and ambitions. A
man who was fairly beaten by a
primary and convention was try
ing to break up the party to which
he professed to belong and he
should be STAN peded out. Politic-
ally speaking he should be ground
into the earth beyond the hope of
resurrectit n. The speaker said
that trying to maze better times
by ihe free coinage of silver was
like trying to increase the crop Of
hay by making more hay racks.
The first and best thing to do was
to give our idle men employment.
1t was better to open the mills and
factories, the mines and workshops
than to coin the silver of the world
at a fictitious value. After the
speaking was over three rousing
cheers were given for Senator Car
ter. He left Immediately after the
conclusion of the address, beiug
scheduled to be in Kalispell to-
night.
That WAS n cOm nj imant and han