The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-10-09
COMPANY INFLUENCE
The Great Corporations Of the Inter
Mountain Country.
FILL A SPHERE OF USEFULNESS
They Should Not Be Abused in Any
Manner by Interfering With
Any Employees Vote.

Mr.. Editor: No sane man will dis
pute the fact that the welfare and pros
perity of the citizens of the litter
mou ntain and mountainous sections Of
Montana are bound up with the welfare
and prosperity of her great industrial
corporations and their united pulse
rise and fall as therometer as it is
affected by good or i'll conditions.
Such being the undisputed case, it is
to the interest of every good citizen
to see that every legal right rightfully
belonging to a corporation is awarded
them without fear or favor, and so
long as they act within the legitimate
scope of their charter confine them
selves strictly OF the accomplishment of
their beneficial objects for which they
We're created and do not step out of
their lawful sphere of usefulness and
attempt in any manner to influence by
boycott or intimidation the vote of it's
hum lest emplOye for any purpose Or
in any manner whatever, they should
receive the support of all good citizens.
One OF the most precious bOOns of
American manhood is the supposed free
and untram m elled right to cast our vote
and grant our suffrage to the cause we
deem the most advantageous From
the highest to the lowest this is the
supreme democratic test of liberty, and
so long as this right is enjoyed, unin-
fuened by intimidation Or unfair
means, the high integrity of this
mighty republic is as safe in the
hands of the children of our revolution
arv fathers as it was in theirs.
It is now Il recognized fact that all
of the great corporations of the east
are by the grossest fraud and intimi-
dation fighting the election of W. J.
Bryan, man near to the hearts of all
industrial classes. Now if the mighty
labor vote of the United States does
no, remain incorruptible, uninitmi-
dated and Ill lf1uenced then Mr.. Bry
an chances for election is no better
Granite county and the great chapmion
of the people will be as impotent for
| good as ex-senator Sigh will be i'm
potent for evil in the affairs of Granite
county after the Sd of November, 1896.
If snch is the acknowledged present
stand of corporations in our national
affairs, is it unreasonable to ask the la
boring men of Granite county to fol-
low the much hopedfor example Of
their brethren in the east? and once
and forever set their seal of disapproval
on the intim1dating methods Of corpo-
ratiOns local to our state in debating
the nomination and promoting the
election of set of office seekers of
Granite county. AS all illustration
In the aggregation of conventions that
convened in Philipsburg on the oath
day of September, 1896 two of them
were called by their accredited author
tiles and were therefore regular; they
were the democratic and populist par
ties of Granite county. These two
regular conventions were practically
merged into and wholly dominated
by few disaffected, disappointed
office-seeking republicans (who, after
securing the county central republican
committee by the act of fixed state
convention of their party) and who
at an earlier date in this year, with
the aid of subservient county COM
mittee so grossly and corruptly gerry
wandered the county by padded appor-
tionment of delegates to the regular re-
publican convention that the respect
able republicans of Granite county rose
in their might and rebuked such
methods so stingingly (by showing
them under SO completely that they
abandoned rthe republican party sour
ried away like lot of cowardly coy
otes and by their usual "ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain" hyptno-
tized the degenerate pickets of the
democratic and populist county con-
ventions to the disgust Of all good
democrats and populists) conceived
and brought forth from this demo-
cratic -populist womb, what? repub-
lican baby in the shape of DR.. Sigh !!
In the name Of common sense did any
one ever hear of the like? Do they
get their authority from their state or
national parties? Has it not always
been the policy of both Of these par
ties to fight to the bitter end all repub-
lican legislation? And yet they name
him as their standard bearer for the
highest legislative Office in the gift of
the people of Granite county! Surely
their reason for this could not have
been political then what? Could it
be his past legislation in favor of the
people of this county? Are the fumes
that arise from the decayed body of
Senate Bill No Z SO overpowering that
1T must be buried IN ;nOn-partlsan
casket-a democratic -populist grave
No this could not be the reason; then
what? Was it the vote he cast for
Thomas Carter for United States SEN
ator? and did his eloquence in epxalin-
ing his vote two years ago capture the
democrats and populist who are re-
spons sble for this condition Of affairs
No that can not be the reason, because
the people Of Montana pronounce the
Hon. Thomas even greater fraud
than the tools that created him for the
destruction Of western interests Then
what? Was there anything in the
public or private record of this ex state
senator in Helena that caused these
two conventions to take this unheard-
of partisan stand? No, becau Q
the gentleman himself had rather All
of these matters should remain shroud-
ed under the broad mantle of sweet
charity than to subject them to the