The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-10

been at work had carried the day In
that town. From that time have been
republican.
I'm the history OF this country every
page that tells of progress tells of the
achievements of the republican party.
The people OF the country are now
looking at the party and are expecting
1t to do what 1t has done for them in
times past-save them from the straits
they have fallen into. 1t will not dis
appoint the people. 1t will do what
Is right. For that reason say, what
ever action the st. Louis convention
takes as to gold and silver, Ii will be
seen in November that said republi-
cans have been elected. / am no bolt
er; never have bolted. and / never
will bolt. I will stand by my party as
long as there is shred of the fabric
left. / will stand for silver and for the
interests of Montana as long as there
Is fighting show, but should Ii come
to choice between party and local in
terests will stand by the party"
Judge Francis made a pleasant allu-
sion to Blaine and spoke eloquently in
favor of reciprocity. He said that
there was no need for the party to
think that there Is but one man in the
party that will win, for there are scores
of them. The party is not bound to
one man.
Continuing, he said: II am not
speaking i'll of the democratic party.
All that 1t has done has not been bad.
There are some good democrats, but
IL is written this year that a republi-
can will be elected. One more word.
You have met here clothed with the
authority to name delegates to the
convention that will name the men
who will represent Montana in the
convention at st. Louis. / am proud to
live in Missoula, in Missoula county.
and in Montana. / ask you and have
a right to ask you to send men who
will be loyal to the state, loyal to the
country and loyal to the party"
Hon. r. A. O'Hara of Ravalli county,
was called on for a speech, but de-
clined. The resolutions are hummers.
AS a matter of course they point with
PRIDE" but they are somewhat behind
the times in that they do not contain
the expression, mot one, but both"
That Is the only fault that a critic
could find with them. The resolutions
declare for protection and for the free
coinage of silver. They endorse the
action of our representatives in con-
gress and instruct the Missoula delega-
ton to vote for these men as delegates
to the St. Louis convention. They en-
dorse the remarks of Judge Brantly of
Philipsburg, in which he administered
a rebuke to the A. p. A.
The Missoula delegation is instructed
to introduce the following resolution,
prepared by M. L. Crouch at the Butte
Resolved, That the people of the
United States have more to fear from
manufacturing competition, from the
Oriental silver-using countries. than
from all the single standard European
countries" The resolutions close with
the following remarkable clause, which
is amusing and far from the truth.
This is what caused the convention to
adjourn so abruptly:
Resolved, That this convention
views with pride the fact that there
are no differences of opinion among the
of Missoula county regard
ing the wishes and interests of the re-
publican party, and that it is the sense
of this convention that the interests
and welfare of the republican party are
and above the interests of
any individual or set of individuals"