The Ravalli Republican., 1898-08-03
DENNY EXPLAINS IT.

81 am unalterably opposed to ru-
sion in any particular, and | think |
SO expressed myself lit the meeting
Of the committee lately held in Hell
ena. ! am opposed to either state or
county fusion, but, Of course, if eth
cr convention decides on fusion then.
as a good democrat, | am in duty
bound to abide by the result 50
much for fusion. Hon. l.. &. benny,
democratic state committeeman for
MissOula county.
Mr.. Denny is Il true and fair rep
rcsentativc or his party, and states
the ideas and the teachings Of the
democratic organization as truthiully
and as fairly as any republican could.
Mr.. Denny is personally opposed to
fusion, and thinks it the wrong
course. But should a democratic
state or county convention decide on
fusion, Mr.. Denny, '';ls i good domO-
GRAFT" would feel that he was sin
duty bound to abide by he result. :"
Even II the state convention should
decide against fusion, declaring, in
the language Of Mr.. Dcnnv'S gifted
cU-dcmocrat and fellow citizen, Mr..
Stiff, that to Il democrat the idea Of
fusion with either silver republic
cans or populiSt> ',S nauseatin@ to
the highest degree" and then the
democratic county convention Of Mis-
Solla should aftcrward declare for Il
fusion with either, in the interest Of
a "principlc' (and to make sure Of
the oliccs>, Mr.. Denny, "as Il good
Democrat" would feel himself sin
duty bound to abide by the result -
In other words, Mr.. Dcnny aud his
fellow democrats would dcnuln"c is
undcmocratic 4 fusion on the state
Office because the party convention
said SO. And with equal fcrvor they
would declare that a fusion on county
offices was according to the principles
OF pure democracy because the party
convention said So. And should the
larty conventions reverse this action
two years lcncc-dcclurc for fusion
on state Offices against fusion on the
county O'lice>-thcsc gentlemen could
right about face in two seconds and
never feel the slightest symptoms of
a head swim.
Mr.. Denny starts out by stating
that his opposition to any fusion is
'unaltcrablc," and then goes on to
show it is not, if the party requires
it. The cardinal principle Of the dem.
ocratic faith iS--tlc party. 30 mat
ter how much individual members Of
the party or the democrats of any
vicinity may be opposed to Il mcn-
sure, If the majority Of a democratic
convention declare in favor Of That
measure the Individual and the dem
ocrats Of Il vicinity or d state, ,'as
good democrats, feel bound to abide
by the result, and to mount the plat
form Or hold up the street corners
and declare to the world how GOOD,
how wise and how beneficial will be
this measure which in their inmOst
souls they believe will be harmful to
the community and the nation. 1t
goes without saying that should the
next democratic national convention
put Silver in the background (and it
looks like it now to the man up the
trce), the democrats of MOntanl ''as
good democrats, will feel themselves
';bound to abide by the result" and
vote the party ticket and for the
nominees Of that national convcn-
tlon, even if they do not like it's fin
ancial plank. That is Just the differ
encc between democrats and rcpubli-
cans. The one votes for hi, party.
while the other votes for what he
believes is right. And if the plunks
at St. Louis and Chicago, on the fin
ancial question:, had been reversed
two years ago, there would never
have been Il silver democratic party
in Montana. Mr.. Denny explains
democracy very we'll indeed 1.-The
party. first, last and all he time.