Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-03

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IL want to say to you this, however
that the question of whether the repub
licans of Montana intend to follow that
eoldbug platform, or whether they will
repudiate it, ] do not consider an open
question. | am told that there are
few in each precinct in the state in each
county in the state, | had better Say
who intend to stand with the grand
old party in its secession from the past
principles and in its new allegiance to
the creed Of Grover Cleveland Any re-
publican who feels as though he has
more time for Grover Cleveland than for
Henry M. Teller has my permission to
90 and sit with the "stuffed prophet"
Applause,
"Somebody has said that Mckinley
was friendly to silver. Oh, my friends,
| don't care whether he is or not. He ia
an honest man, and, being honest, he
will carry into effect the sworn pledges
which are contained in the platform
which declares for a single gold stand
ard. SO that it matters not even if he has
II slight leaning toward silver; good
many mon are leaning toward silver
lately. Suppose he has 4 slight leaning
in that direction, can he consistently On
hla honor, when he has rledgeu TO sup
port and auetain q gold standard, do
anything in the direction Of silver? On,
20. 1t would not do,
Nov, Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen,
there are three classes of men who will
support Mr.. Mckinley and the gold
standard, for don't want you 10 forget
THAT when you support McNiuloy you
are supporting the gold standard, and
you Wli open your m0uth and swallow
the dose and swallow 1t without Winkiug
and say it Ie good iHughtari The
fret claes is composed Of number Df
distinguished gentlemen throughout the
states who are sincere believers in the
GOLD standard, who believe that IL %
better TO have collar that suddenly
appreciates in value and consequently
! doprocates the value Of everything thnt
wo produce. Then there il a second
class, nado up d the b.metalIjsta
who are going TO vote for Nc
| kiney. Why, Mr. Chairman, how DO
you expect to gct bimetalllsm by voting
| for d man sworn to bring about and p0r-
petuate the gold standard? A man
must take his intellect through s0ue
peculiar ard mysterious Processes if he
can arrive al that doFtIuatlou without
| EtfdiDlDg ms klONIJubb Don. w ny, Il
man who would attempt to say that he
was travelling toward bimetaliem when
he was going to the gold standard would
etart east when he interded to go to San
/ Fraucisco and would start west when he
| headed for New York; that kind Of a
man would be in favor of the square cir
cIo and the round equaro, and a long
short and black white and a virtuous
vice. but no. it won't do; it ia too ab-
suru
stN0w. again. there is a third ,.Iag4. a
| GIaag of PATRIOTS. purely philanl uropie
ltlfIcuru. gentlemen who lave for the
pubHc alone. gentlemen who might j.,
well designated as the patriots Of the
p, counter: gentlemen who prp The Wis
ions Of foreign missions, Of land Offices
Of surveyor-hips, United States iudg
slips and other political plums aoatn4
before fhrr eyes; gentlemen who have
been on all siIcs Of this question and
would have been on more sides if thrI,
had been an more sides to be- on
IIGbpcrs and laughter. | trI >ou, gen.