The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-08
ROUND AFTER ROUND OF
RINGING CHEERS FOR
CAMPBELL AND SILVER
The Standard Bearer of Montana Democracy Greeted
With Tumultuous Applause at the Auditorium.
Votes He Gave for Labor Bills.

voices and then there was renewed
cheering. Mr.. Campbell said that he
could not allow certain charges that
a been preferred against him to pass
without resentment. Marshall and Ho-
gan had villified him from many ros-
trums in the state. and in the case OF
Hogan he was generous enough to
draw the mantle of charity by saying
that as a matter of fact Hogan did not
know what he was talking about. And
the republican papers,. too. have made
statements In regard to his political
record that he would not allow to go
unchallenged. They have gone SO far
In their abuse of him as to call him
outright a scoundrel. Then the gentle
man told about his first locating In
Livingston. going TO the legislature and
later removing 10 Butte and he prided
himself on the fact that he had always
done what he believed to be right in all
matters. private and public. He had
hoped that he had gained the conf
dence of the people, as well rs their
respect. Said he:
Il am not in the habit Of defending
my actions. but 1 feel that IL Is a duty
I owe to my friends to explain away
those false charges. and 1t Is. i feel,
due my friends that I tell them can
didly how / stand on the silver ques-
ton"
Again several voices rams out:
You're all right! Let 'em howl!
You're all right"
Ms Labor Record.
Mr.. Campbell read a list of charges
made by the opposition. beginning with
the labor bills. which he voted against
in the legislature. One was ~unconsti-
tutional and was in V OF class legfs-
lation. II voted against bill be-
cause I always uphold the constitution.
(Applause). As for the e~ight-hour bill,
i opposed II after a petition signed by
more than 1,5O0 laboring men protesting
against ii had been read in the house.
No laboring man came to defend II,
unless. be 1t said, that Mr.. Shinelbin,
who favored IL as "A workingman. and
as to his working, 1t has occurred TO
me that 1t would be wise, maybe. TO
find out who he is working. I told MIR.
Shiffelbin then that he nor no other
w~orkingman was going to influence me
in the performance of my duties. APP
plause, long and vigorousD. 1 voted
against the hospital bill and in favor
of the bill for the future protection OF
underground miners. safety z for
mines, eight hours for stationary en-
gineers. tax on inheritances. tax on in
surance companies, enforcement of
/ liens on buildings, enforcement of liens
on logs and the repeal of the Bennett
act.
They also charge me with Delng u
| corporation attorney. l wish II were
so. I have not received fees enough
from corporations to pay my Office ex-
penses. No. / repeat what l did in the
legislature | believed to be right and
lust. They also bring the charge
ain me that / am n tool of this or
hat man. | am proud to say that l
am a democrat and an American citi-
zen. (Applause).
"The republican orators have gone
over the state talking tariff, war and
territorial expansion N studiously
avoiding the dominant issues. silver,
/ declare. is the paramount issue
Then the speaker reviewed the legls-
lation Of the past few decades on the
money question and depicted the hard
ships wrought by the single standard.
He showed by unmistakable language
the vital Importance OF the silver cause
being carried to a successful issue. He
wondered at the actual necessity OF dis
cussing this question to a Montana au-
dience. He proved to the interested
audience that he is n close student OF
the question of bimetallism. When he
finished the audience showed its APP
prevail of his sentiments by hearty APP
pIause.
T. J.. Walsh followed in a mastery
discourse on the money question, after
which the curtain fell on the most inn
portant campaign ever witnessed In