The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
ANACONDA NEWS.
Was SL|MLY ATTENDED
Gold Republicans Do Not Draw
Well in Anaconda.
COL. MARSHALL'S ADDRESS
His Talk Fun OF Prosperity From Begin
ming to End-w. B. Rodgers Also a.,
aProeperity Man-o. q. O'Ban-
non Explains His Position.

The meeting or rally that the gold
republicans gave last evening was sure
" and t%ruthfully a frost in more ways
h one. In the first place there was n
decided tendency in the temperature 20
set down as low as IL could. In the
second place there was not a particle
Of heat in Turner hall. where the
rally was held. and in the third place
there were only about 10 or Is gold re-
publicans In attendance. These three
things combined made the AFFAIR any
thing but warm
The gold republicans hired the Ana
conda band and made the poor music
tans stand out In the cold for an hour
or more. on the corner of Commercial
avenue and Main street. in the hope
that patriotic airs would rouse the peo-
pie to a spontaneous %outburst for gold,
and that the band would pack the hall.
But IL didn't. When the hour for the
speaking to begin arrived, there was a
miserably slim audience in the hall.
Not at any time during the evening
were there more than $50 persons pres
ent, and by far the larger portion OF the
crowd was mad up of democrats and
populists. There was a fair %sprinkling
of ladies present.
There were only four persons on the
stage. T. Z. Marshall. w. II. Rodgers.
q. II. O'Bannon and J. &. English.
During yesterday afternoon a great ef-
fort had been made to get some local
men to take seats upon the stage. but
the attempt was a failure: nobody de-
sired the honor. The effort To secure
some n to act as chairman was like
wise a failure. and at the last I'M
j. c. English himself was compelled To
preside.
Col. Thomas c. Marshall of Missoula.
republican candidate for congress. was
first introduced. He started In by say
ing that he had been a visitor to Ana
conda for the past 10 or IL years and
had noted with qualification the SPLEEN
did improvements that Anaconda had
made even in hard times. which this
city had felt as little as any city in the
country During his visits TO this city
he had found many friendships and ac-
quaintances. He had hoped he would
receive a more extended hearing here.
hut he a been admonished early I'm
the day that on Saturday night IL
would be a difficult matter to have a
large audience. owing to ms fact that
Saturday VAS a day of business.
Therefore he consoled himself with the
conviction that IL was not a lack of
interest in the issues of the campaign
that the hall was not more nearly
filled.
liz Aitiistl Nhf llAii vi
the republican party of Montana for
congress. The Other parties, the popu-
lists and democrats. had also presented
candidates. The former party pre-
scented the name of Hogan Applause
from the populists), while the m
Gratis had named Campbell democratic
a~pplause>. His Relationship with these
gentlemen was of a pleasant and
friendly nature. and there were no per-
sonal matters whatsoever connected
with the campaign.
The campaign was one involving the
doctrines. principles and policies of the
three parties. but we all hoped To obtain
one object-peace. prosperity. happi-
ness. good order. We nay have differ
ent ideas and views about which party
comes nearest to establishing his de-
sirsble condition.
In 1884 the democrats first elected a
standard bearer after years of repub-
lican administrations. during which
contentment and prosperity was ev-
erywhere established The president
elected by the democrats in 1884 could
not apply the principles Of the demo-
cratic party. because neither house of
congress was in accord with him. The
speaker. however. believed that. even
under those ~unfavorable circumstance.
Cleveland did do much to retard the
progress OF the country.
The speaker then eulogized the Nc
Einley hill. under whose operation the
country fully recovered from the set
back IL had received during Cleve-
lands first term. During the presi-
dency of Harrison the country took on
new life and activity and everything
was once more bright.
> Blu. the people of the United States
~ere peculiar. They thought there
might be something better and they
were always looking for something
better. so in 1892 Cleveland was again
elected and the people accorded him
both q democratic house and a demo-
cratic senate From 1898 To 1897 demo-
cratic principles prevailed in their full
application. Prior To that time there
had been prosperity. Farming. live
stock. mining and every industry had
thrived under the Mckinley bill as Il
had never thrived before. But what a
difference when democptic principles
were applied. Immediately the manu-
must result. They closed their mills.
this demoralized the laboring classes,
transportation lines had nothing To
transport. and h general paralysis
continued throughout the democratic
administration. The colonel touched on
the income tax and said that the demo-
Gratis had placed the deficiency In The
treasury 20 the failure OF that measure.
In 1856 the democrats recognized that
their principles had been an absolute
failure. They thea said IL was due TO
Cleveland's hostility 10 silver. Col.
Marshall declared that the democratic