The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-28

the state campaign was opened in Sill
Governor X. Il. Smith. The Copper Hill
band furnished music and the hall was
crowded to the doors. Scores Of voters
stood at the rear of the hall and In the
gallery throughout the meeting. There
were many ladies in the audience. There
was never a more attentive audience
gathered in Butte and 1t was the gener-
al sentiment hat the speech was the
best the governor ever made here. 1t
was a most persuasive argument. The
governor spoke with great earnestness
for an n and a half and, although
he did not relieve his argument with a
single story or incident. he held the
closest attention of the big audience to
the close.
On She stage were seated w. NJ. Cock
rill and Dave Marks. chairman and Sc
cretary of the state committee. Charles
). Booth. H.. l.. Frank. r.. ID. Leggat.
J. II. Conrad 81 Great Falls. and a aum-
Der OF the democratic county candi-
dates. including Thomas +. Courtney,
John O.. Hollond. Joseph A. Lewis. Jere
A. Clifford. Frank Normoyle, John K.
Moran, c. p. Connolly. Con. F. Kelley
and Joseph Volker. p. ]. Macarthur,
chairman of the county committee, call
ed the meeting to order and named III.
l.. Frank for chairman. Mr.. Frank
made a few appropriate remarks in in
PRODUCTION Of the governor as the speak
er OF the evening and the governor was
very warmly a~pplauded as he advanced
to the from After expressing his pleas
ure in addressing such a splendid au-
dience of intelligent voters, the COVER
nor aid
Those who cast their votes for Will
liam j. Bryan (applause) two years ago
have no reason to cast their votes for
any other ticket this year than the one
they voted for then. The republicans
have committed themselves to the sim
gle gold standard of finance. The ques-
ton of finances Of the country Is at
the root of good government. is at the
root OF that which brings prosperity or
adversely to the people. II you would
bring stagnation to enterprise and pow
erty to the people. then vote for the
republican ticket. II you believe in a
policy which will give prosperity to the
people. which will give them an ample
volume of money. then 1t is your duty
to your country and to humanity to
syipport the democratic ticket. Every
political writer without distinction
agrees to the proposition that as the
volume Of money grows mailer or re-
mains at a s~tandstill. the value of labor
and of labor's products falls. With an
increased volume the prices rise. There
are people in this country, who, a few
short years ago, claimed to be ardent
friends OF silver. Only a few years z
the republican platform declared for
free coinage and only a few years ago
all the leading republicans of Montana
advocated the free oinage of silver at
the ratio OF is to /. To-day they are
advancing exactly the opposite of what
they then commended for. Are such men
safe men to follow?"
Carter vs.. Carter.
The governor then read extracts from
speeches Of Senator Carter a few years
ago.. in which he said that bimetallism
must be restored and the minis thrown
open 10 free coinage. But now he says
that the government cannot give any
value to bullion by putting a stamp
upon 1t. Still later. in February. 1896.
while in the United States senate, he
spoke in favor of protection and BIZ
metallism. not one but both. n he
said that on those propositions the
whole West is united. and that the party
which accepts the one and ridicules the
other cannot expect the supper of the
people of the West.
Il hope" said the governor that he
VIII not be disappointed in the expecta-
tions he then expressed"
The governor ridiculed the statements
made by Carter that prosperity has
come to the country in two years mere
ly on account of the change In the
name by which a tariff bill goes. Be-
tween the Wilson bill and the Dingley
bill there is a difference of only 3 per
cent. He referred to the slurring re-
marks made by Carter In regard TO
Bryan n said that Carter is not
worthy to unloose the shoes of William
j.. Bryan. a statement which was greet
ed with ~uproarious applause. The gov
ernor said that money is the blood Of
commerce. the medium of exchange.
Instead Of clipping down this volume
of money IL should be increased by all
the wealth that is in our hills.
The governor explained the reasons
OF the advance in the price of wheat
as being due to wheat spectators. 1t
was doomed up to 81 for a short time,
but II is now down to 30 and 81 cents.
The people Of Butte. where the hills
are stored with copper. have no idea
OF how little prosperity there Is in the
country at large. The governor told the
history of the monetary commission
which went abroad to bring about an
International agreement on bimetallism.
The commissioners sent over by Nc
kinley went there and told the leaders
OF finance in Europe that they had been
sent over to bring about an interna-
tlonaI agreement on bimetallism IL pos
sibh. but IL II was not granted they
would maintain the gold standard any
way. But men sent over by Bryan
would talk with some effect. for they
would say that IL Europe did not agree
to bimetallism. America would go ahead
In spite OF them and establish bimetal-
lie basis.
America Is a debtor nation and IL is
to the interest of the nations of Europe
to ave this country on a gold basis.
They want the interest paid in gold and
they want to keep down the price OF
American products. The governor main-
tanned that this country can maintain
bimetallism by itself. He said that
there Is no danger of the silver Of Eu-
rope being dumped into this
because their silver is already coined.
They a no silver bullion. The
French nation maintained the coinage
for silver for 20 years against all Eu-