Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-08-21
Quinn vs.. Hartman.

j. M. Quinn, editor Of the Butte Mius,
has published reply to the recent card
OF Hon. Chas. S. Hartman. The docn
ment is too lengthy to permit of its puh
lication in full in these columns, m,
space is given the salient points !,
opening, Mr.. Quinn says:
Your cause for complaint is found i,
the fact that have taken the positim
that your partisan action at the recen,
republican conference in this city and
your declaration that you would not 40.
cept nomination at the hands of ths
democratic party has made it impoesbl
for self respecting democracy to ofe,
you such nomination. l regret that IN
your appeal to the people you hsys
dragged the discussion down to person.
allhes l regret that you have COMPELLED
me to address to you letter which IN
some respects at least must be persona
In your complaint against the Minv
you say that l am candidate for Con.
gress, and add:
III am constrained to believe that tbs
'vaulting ambition of my friend Quinn
L desire to say to you that have not
been candidate for congress or auy
other Office I challenge you to mans
one man in Montana to whom | have
stated that was candidate or who's
support for office l have sought. ] have
never been an ot1ice-seeker and not until
you kindly placed me in the field for The
office which you occupy did l feel that il
was necessary for me to make denial Of
the soft impeachment, which through
the kindly mention of friends may have
been brought against me.
After reviewing the career of Hartman
prior to, at, and subsequent to the con-
ventions, which, the writer says, was TO-
consistent, the letter continues:
You insist upon saying that am
candidate for congress. While l have
never caught the office.seeklng diseass
l desire to say to you that should iats
have in store for me seat in congress
would endeavor, when elected, to per-
form my duty to the great silver cause
with the same consistency with which
hope have performed it as writer FOL
the press.
I would not, as you have done, vote
for the election Of Tom Reed, the arch
goldbug, to the speakership of the house
in preference to Charles F. Crisp the
splendid silver champion.
would not, as you have done, cast my
vote for the transfer of the Legislative
machinery OF the house from siyers
friends to silvers enemies.
would not, as you have done. refuse
for over year to unequivocally indorse
the non-partisan stand taken by Senator
Teller or any other noble leader, who
cast party aside in the interest of bimet,
allism.
Iwould not, as you have done, intro
duce a proposition applying the old
greenback exception clause TO the silver
dollar when in contact with the com.
merce of the gold standard nations, thus
surrendering to the goldites the entire
Fundamental principle upon which the
silver issue rests,
| would not, as you did, intimate to an
intelligent, selt-respecting people tnst
unless they elected to the national co1,
vention delegates of my naming would
raise the white flag of surrender and
prove coward in the fight.
Off elected on party pledges which my
party in national convention ignWej ~
violated, | would not expect members
of the party which in national couyen-
ton honored and redeemed its pledges to
step to the rear and surrender to Il the
fruits OF victory.
While claiming to be an independent
champion of silver | would not attend a
partisan meeting and consent to az
agreement whereby the gold men werl
recognized as the true representatives J
my party, nor would l meekly submit tc
an Understanding by which the silver
men were to be put in the light o
boilers.
The letter concludes:
In closing, let me assure you that YOU
cannot drive me from my duty to tht
public by nominating me for office; you
cannot compel me to suppress the trutt
by charging me with personal ambition
you can neither frighten nor cajole MT
into an admission that hypocrisy is tidel
ity. nor can you convince the people tina
the gold patched political crazy quill
under which you are paradipg is tht
bright, unsullied banner of the silver