Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-23

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ingmen would be deprived of
the boycott and the elective
franchise would be curtailed. He also
called attention to the fact that imported
material was being used in the construc.
tion OF the state agricultural college,
contrary to agreement, and that when
Gov. Richards was asked to remedy this
evil he replied that he was 80 occupied
with official duties that he could not pay
attention to minor details. He was re.
peatedly cheered and when be concluded
the applause was deafening.
The next speaker was
DANIEL BROWN,
Of Butte, Bryan candidate for elector,
and also delegate TO the assembly of
the Knights OF Labor. He said that he
hoped that he would be chosen elector
and laughingly promised that if elected
he would endeavor to cast two ballots
for Bryan. He assured the people that
all laboring men in the United States
are for Bryan. 1t may be said that
Powderly is not, but Powderly was ex-
PEELED from the Knights of Labor six
years ago. In conclusion he urged the
voters to vote for every silver elector,
not to scratch one because the voter did
not like him, but to remember that it is
the great leader for whom you vote. He
spoke eloquently and in touch with the
entire audience and when he resumed
his seat the cheers we're loud and pro-
longed and were mingled with cries of
go on and "More."
The next speaker,
THOMAS 8. HOGAN,
Of Anaconda, candidate for secretary OF
state, received an ovation. Men and
women cheered again and again and it
was several minutes before he could pro-
coed. He said that this election may
not decide the money question, but it
will decide whether or not the corpora
tions rule. There is force at work that
can beat back the money powers. It is
the teachings Of organized labor
Through those teachings the humblest
laborsr in the land has learned that he
has rights that he must maintain. He
no longer looks up to wealth, but looks
down on the holder Of ill.gained wealth.
| Backed by his union, he has learned to
know the right and to do it. He ceases
to be subservient tool, is the peer of any
man and is one to whom the privilege and
right Of suffrage is too sacred to be
effaced. McKinleyites tell us that labor
should not disturb the slumber of the
millionaire by the fear that some day
the oppressed may demand justice. They
would say to the poor laborer, "Be salts
fed with existing conditions;" to the
farmer, "Protest not, lest you disturb
the confidence of the usurers;" to the
idle, "Be satisfied, for you live In the
grandest country on EARTH"
| Aye, and they charge with anarchy the
leaders Of progressive thought and urge
them to not foster discomfort. It was
the spirit of discomfort that wrote the
Declaration Of Independence. The same
spirit forced the human race up from
| barbarism and will continue to advance
humanity. They called Washington an
anarchist, Lafayette fanatic, and JET
ferson demagogue.
You never hear the working people
demand special privileges; they ask only
justice. For 36 years no presidential
nominee dared to promise to enforce The
laws. But now, for the first time since
Lincoln, there appears candidate who
pledges himself to equal justice for all.
Shall we forsake our leader? Nay, the
laborers will assert their manhood by
the triumphant election ef William Jen-
nings Bryan. prolonged cheering)
Referring TO the state ticket, the
speaker said that in crisis like the pres
ent straddlers are more dangerous than
open enemies. The republican candi-
dates are executing the GRO wing feat Of
political jugglery. The convention did
not adopt platform until it's nominees
we're named. II any delegate in either
the state democratic or populist conven-
ton had proposed such course he would
have been shamed to silence, and, for
myself, would have been ashamed to
be the nominee of a convention such as
the republican. In one column on the
ballot, the republican candidates will
appear as silver men; in another, as fer
Mckinley. Such position questions tine
honestyand insults the intelligence of che
people of Montana. In behalf of the
state ticket, said the speaker, he could
guarantee that if they were elected they
would give clean. honest administra-
tion and would cartwright to the stand
OF the states silver representatives at
Washington. No man on the fusion
ticket was compelled to wait until a
platform was adopted before he knew
that he WAS for silver. He reminded his
audience that Smith and Hartman we're
fighting the battle of Montana in other
states and asked the voters to fight for
those champions at home.
Mr.. Hogan, who had prefaced his
speech by the statement that he was no
orator, then closed and was accorded
greater ovation than had greeted him.
The speech was eloquent and full Of
meat and had electrified the audience
The next speaker was
j. G. LANE
of Anaconda, Just elected district master
workman of the Knights of Labor. He
said that he was workingman at the