The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-03
MAKING UP THEIR CASE
SENATOR MANTLE TALKS To SILVER
REPUBLICANS.
His Address Was Largely One of Self
Defense and Explanation-Crtt
icism FOR Hartman.

The silver republicans of Butte held
a rally at the Auditorium last night
and were addressed by Senator Lee
Mantle and Hon. E. ID. Weed. who.
while pretending to be for silver, are,
like w. A. Clark and Senator Tom Car
ter, laboring to defeat A. j. Campbell,
the only free silver candidate for con-
gress. The gentlemen had n big audi
ence and spoke over three hours. Mr..
Nantes speech was largely one OF
self-defense. and. to put IL mildly, crit
icism of Congressman Hartman. Both
speakers said all the mean things of
the democratic party they could think
of-the party whose alleged
they and the silver republicans a short
while ago begged permission to share.
w. McC. White. chairman of the sill
yer republican county central commit
tee. called the meeting to order and in
troduced Arthur G. Newill as chairman
OF the meeting. Mr.. Newill did some
talking and told the audience a thing
or two and said the eyes of the world
were upon Silver Bow county. He then
introduced Senator Mantle and led in
the applause with which the senator
was received. In the course Of his
speech Mr.. Mantle said there were four
aAhAte III u, Wv ~
cratic. silver republican. populist and
Mckinley republican-and that the sill
yer republican party represented the
best there was; that its principle was
bimetallism at the ratio OF l6 to I by
the independent action OF this country.
The senator talked o h benefits
of bimetallism and said the question
was still the paramount issue. notwith-
standing the other great questions that
have haan hnfnra tho nntInfrX hlrinn
the past three or tour months. A ma
ton that Is great enough and strong
enough to enforce the Monroe doctrine
against the nations Of Europe should
be great enough and strong enough to
establish and maintain a monetary sys-
tenn of its owl. Free silver and pro-
lection go together. and the single gold
standard n a tariff for revenue should
also go together. The senator said the
attitudes Of the republican and demo-
crat parties were not consistent. and
the silver republican party vas the only
real thing. He said there ought To be
but one silver party I'm the state OF
Montana and hat there would have
been but one IL common sense n JUS
tice had prevailed and had the advice
Of the great silver leaders of the ma
ton been needed. The populist and
silver republicans went to Anaconda in
sincerity and with a feeling OF patriot
ism. Before the conventions were held
w. A. Clark opposed with all his might
a cooperation of the silver forces. and
the other faction of the democratic
party was in of IL until the demo-
crat primaries had been held I'm Butte
and w. A. Clark had been eliminated
from the senatorial question. n then
the DAILY democrats switched n de-
clared that one but simon-pure demo-
Gratis would be nominated. and then the
silver republicans found that they had
been deceived.
Senator Mantle went into ancient
history and related matters regarding
the Anaconda conventions n the
course pursued subsequently by Mr.
Hartman. He said the congressman
had plotted with the democrats be-
fore he was nominated and afterwards
attempted TO steal the place on the sill
Yer republican ticket for Albert j
Campbell. Mr.. Mantle thought the sill
Yer republicans represented W. j. Bry'
an and that the democratic party had
no right to pretend to represent him
He referred to Montana's popular con.
gresham as little Charley Hartman
and said he was going about the state
with the wind whistling through
. his o q tails. frantically, fren.