The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-25
Sounds the Keynote For Montana
Gold Standard Party.
ABUSE OF DEMOCRATS
DoDGED SILVER QUESTION AND
PARADED OLD ISSUES.
Mckinley Republicans Hold Con-
vention, Nominate Goldbugs and
Declare That Mckinley Whipped
the Spaniards-Hartman's Sure
thing Proposition.

Helena Mont, Sept. 24.-The admin
istration Republican convention was
held today and nominated Thomas c
Marshall of Missoula for congress
Judge Theodore Brantley of Anaconda
for chief justice; George H. Grub OF
Kalispell for associate justice, and Ben
jamin Webster of Helena for clerk OF
the supreme court.
Senator Carter was made permanent
chairman of the convention and made
a long speech. He thanked the con-
Vention and greeted the delegates as
the chosen representative of re-
unitd party. He declared that from
the day of it's birth, the state of Mon
! tana had always been Republican, and
Should continue so, because of every
association. Our. interests are rather
with Illinois and Iowa than with Fler-
ida and Alabama The Democratic
party had stolen the old clothes of the
Populist party in the effort TO get back
into power. Passion and prejudice and
all other bad elements were appealed
to by the Democratic party of free
trade. Their campaign had been con-
Quoted on the theory of the patent
medicine man. The people of Montana
had been misled by the false sayings
of the party of free trade. The speak
Montana conditions of 1896 and 1898.
The senator scored the present state
administration and reviewed at length
the Republican party's policy n the
past and future. He made no refer
ence to the silver question, being con-
tent to say that all questions could be
settled better by the Republican than
any. other party.
The platform does not include the
plank being as follows:
I'VE endorse without reservation or
exception the declaration of principles
adopted by the last national Republic
an convention, as promising wise poll
cies of public auction and bringing to
the country prosperity which we have
not heretofore known"
The administration is endorsed as fol-
lows: I'VE renew our abiding faith in
the prudence, the courage, the intelli-
gence of William Mckinley, the presi-
dent of these United States. He has
borne himself in his great office as be-
comes the successor of George Wash
lngton and Abraham Lincoln. We con-
graduate him that it has his felicity to
emancipate from the thralldom of ar
bitrary power so many millions of hui
man beings, and confer on them the
priceless heritage of liberty. And in
this good work, to be carried to its I'LL
innate conclusion, we pledge him the
unwavering support of every patriotic
Republican. In the discharge of the
duties of peace he has entitled himself
10 the unqualified commentator of all
his countrymen."
The other planks relate to the glories
OF the war with Spain, the Nicaragua
canal, etc.
By large majority the convention
voted down an equal suffrage resolu-
ton.
Thomas c. Marshall left the Demo-
cratic party two years ago, and four
days later the Republicans sent him as
a delegate to the st. Louis convention.
He did not walk out with Teller and
Hartman, but did not vote for the plat
form adopted.
Judge Brantley is the nominee of the
silver Republicans for the office of chief
justice. The other two candidates are
pronounced gold standard men.