The Ravalli Republican., 1898-10-19
EDITORIAL. COMMENT.
In Granite county where at

In Granite county where at the
commencement Of this campaign
there was no regular republican or
ganization and from which county
there was no delegation TO the rcpub-
lican state convention, the Philips
burg Mail, representing the silver
republicans, makes the open dcclara-
tion that Mr.. Campbell the demo
cratic candidate fo1 congress, is a
straight out gold man and announces
it's intention Of dcvoting its best
efforts to defeat his election. The
same assertion comes from Park
county, the former home of Mr..
Campbell No attempt is made by
Mr.. Campbell Or the democratic press
Of the state to deny these charges,
and they must be accepted as the
truth. This demonstrates to what
extent a democrat will 60 when he
attempts to secure an election under
false pretcnces. What do the people
think Of this kind Of a man, and what
do they think Of Charlie Hartman,
who, disguised as a friend Of silver,
Will uIlASi tuhC W ClCCU u uCIijCl dUIC
gold-bug to congress. Hartman and
Campbell are both alike; anything
for Office Herald. ....-
The sooner the politicians cease
trying to make "frcc coinage without
the aid or consent Of any nation, lG
to l." the "paramount issue" the
IA f1 tf, ho
people. Just now it is supposed that
the championship of that issue is a
sure passport to the pie counter-in
Montana. In New York and the
other eastern states the "paramount
issue" Of Montana is gived the hor-
rible cold shouldcr--is entirely ig-
nored. In Montana it is claimed to
be the issue of issues. dwartng all
others into nsignificancc. In New
York the ''issue" is unpopular with
the masses. In New York jefferson
is quoted as an advocate Of the gold
standard; in Montana as a bimctal-
list In New York the Chicago plat
form is ignored, in Montana palmed
Olf as Il sort OF new declaration Of in
dependence. The point in these few
comparisons is, which state has the
most influence in national politics?
Then apply your common sense think
ing-cap and you will have some idea
what all this paramount issue" talk
OF Montana amounts to. Then also
democrats in the state convention
just held The ''parunount isSuc:"
Bosh.-DjIIon Tribune.
The Butte Inter Mountain finds
that by the slow process Of erosion
the democratic idea Of tariff reform
"a catch phrase applied to the doc
from the average democratic brain in
Montana. 1t further finds that when
the democratic politician put up his
fence, it was always Il hedge Though
he went about like Il roaring lion,
pounding the teachers desk in corln-
try school houses and yelling for JET
ferson, and other democrats who are
safely dead and cart change their
opinions any more, he observed d
clln-ilkc qliletlldc on the tarlll Qucs-
tion. Twenty cent wool under pro-
lection, with increased prices for
barley and lead, rs compared with
the dismal days Of the Cleveland
regime, was d ridge Of difficulties
over which the most sincwy gall
found it impossible to climb. Hence,
the democracy dropped into the habit
of emitting AL reference to the tariff
question from their platform, prepar-
atory to gradually siding up to the
other side of the question. Having
stolen the free silver issue from the
populist party, they are now waiting
for dark night when the bulldog is
chained to burglarize the republican
party and secure for their own use
it's fine stock Of arguments in favor
Of the protective tariff.
Gold Bug Campbell, standing on
the Chicago platform, and Silver Ad-
vocatc Marshall, standing on the ST.
Louis platform. Marshall repudiatcd
democracy because, at the bchest Of
Cleveland, the silver mining industry
Of Montana and the west was almost
ruined and has since hccn a rnOlIb1i-