The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-03
MRS. kNOWlES-HASKell
Talks to a Small Crowd Of Pops ut Great
Ealls.

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Great Falls. Nov. At was a
pitifully small crowd which the
populist rally called to the opera
house this evening to hear Mrs. Ella
knowles-Haskell speak. The Great
Northern band paraded the streets in
vain. the crowd had other business. At
the hall the decorations were the same
as those of the previous evening. The
same bunting and fags. the same chrys-
anthemums. flowers Of gold. In fact.
the populist orators in this country
have this fall been employing about the
same arguments against democrats
that the republicans have used, and per-
haps no change In externals was call
ed for. So. too. IL was fitting that Sam
Stevenson. silver republican candidate
for state senator. should act as chair
man and introduce the speakers. Out
side OF the latter. there were four pop
ulists on the stage. The chairman said
the democrats had been anxious to Sc
cure a fusion of the silver forces of the
state. but at the time Of the conventions
had turned fusion down. He apologize
ed for the fusion on the state ticket
between the populists and his party
and tried to show that the result was
not 80 bad after all. He said Hart
man was a democrat, that Pemberton
was a democrat and the democrats
wanted everything else. And he whin-
ed over the wickedness OF the democrats
some more. insisting that they were
ruled by Hanna and Carter. There
was no applause. He also said that
Mrs. Haskell had an intellect that was
ahead OF the average Of her sex.
Mrs. Haskell had thought she was
out of politics. but a love of country
had forced her ack to the mi She
was only a pebble on the beach. but
had not been washed away from her
political mornings. She also CAV the
democrats a little scoring. They had
been guilty OF offering from the pop
ulists. the only and original reformers
Of politics. Therefore. the populists
should be maintained in their purity
and integrity. They were the genuine
stuff. and though the democratic plat
form contained all that was good in
populism. the conversion would not be
lasting. The leaders OF that wicked par
ty were ~favoring the gold standard in
the East. and in 1900 the whole crowd
would follow.
The speaker invited all democrats to
Join the populists at once and then went
back to 1896 for a review Of the silver
question. She blamed h working
classes for the present conditions, be-
cause they had not voted with the pop
ullsts. Some of the stock arguments
of'the goldbugs over production Of sill
yer and the like. were next tackled and
overthrow. The initiative and referen-
dunn was the next subject and Mrs.
Haskell said the only objection TO II
was that IL would throw some politi-
clans out OF business. They were afraid
OF the great people. and she roasted
George Ramsey OF Bozeman for his acts
two years ago. Campbell n Stanton
also got a real good scolding. The suf-
frage question was on deck, Of course
and the awful men who refused to agree
with Mrs. Haskell W years ago had
to take their rating with the above
and the audience snickered In sympathy
for those tongue-lashings. or course
only democrats were included In tn
scoring. while the republican local can
didates were called good fellows gon,
wrong. anti occupied most OF hel
attention. and then after saying a goot
word for the populist candidates. sh'
/ uuit.