The Ravalli Republican., 1898-10-26

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the candidates and scattering APP
plause in the audience.) The major
went on to say that they had been
beaten, but the democratic party still
stood for silver, and in every state it
had carried on that issue two years
ago the party had this year reaHirm-
cd its fidelity to the Chicago plat
form .(but neglected to tell that III
the states where they had been badly
beaten on the free coinage issue they
this year were repudiating free coin
age by overwhelming mnjorities in
their state conventions
The speaker told Of how, two years
ago, he visited Wheeling, W. ", and
saw thousands OF tons Of iron rails
piled up and rusting, with no sale
Tor them, because trade and business
was SO bad that the railroads could
not buy and had all they could do to
get money enough to keep their road
beds SO they could be Travelled over.
But he carefully refrained from tell
ing his hearers that since republicans
had resumed control these rails now
found buyers, and with the increased
activity in business, the enormous
enlargement of both freight and pas
senyer traffic, and the loosening up
of money, the railroads were improv-
ing their roads and extending them,
besides declaring big cash dividends.
The speaker told only one part Of the
story, and that was, unfortunately
for his cause, the part relating to
the period when we had democracy
aud ''cloyer." His very illustration
disproved his assertion that times are
not better now.
The major said the tariff question
was settled, by which he must have
meant that the democrats acknoWl-
edged now that they had been wrong
on that proposition, as usual, and the
republicans right. The speaker paid
a high compliment to President Nc
Kinlcy as d good man, a wise and
patriotic statesman, but thought he
had made a mistake in not removing
Alger. The most spontaneous ap-
plause the major received during the
whole OF his talk was when he refer
red to his own whitening hairs and
Amos Bucks bald head. But he
mede no votes for his party.
After Major Maginnis was through,
Mr.. Golden, candidate for county
surveyor, was introduced, and that
gentleman told the audience that he
had been nominated by .fthe demo.
Gratis for that office and he hoped
they would vote for him. That he
would run the Office economically il
elected, by implication suggesting
that the present democratic incum.
bent had not, a thing that was not
necessary, for all knew it.
Then Mr.. Woods, nominee for the
legislature, spoke a few words, tell
ing the people that he was demo
crat and that the democratic part,
was the great friend of silver. Ht
spoke of the repeal Of the Sherman
act and said that the democratic
party had been charged with rcspon
sibility for that act, but it was not
"a democratic president had called
democratic congress together in extr;
session for the express purpose Of re
! pealing that act by which $500, ,00l
; oumces Of silver were purchased b.
the government every mouth, o
5 81, 600, 900 ounces q year, under re
, publican legislation.) lie said tina
! when that act was passed IN tn
| house Is per cent. Of the republican
} in the house voted for the repeal ant
T only % per cent. of the democratic
members. How on earth Is rcpubli
} cans out of about 100 and 66 demo
Gratis out of 800 ever passed that re
+ peal bill SO quickly over the votes 0
about 25 republicans and about 23
$ democrats, the speaker did not con
: descend to show.
t At this point the floor manage
G again advanced to he front and salt
r that the people al! knew who he was
I They might not recognize him, from
. the fact that he was dressed up, brl
! If they would took close they kne1
Il him. He then informed them tina
a there were other candidates Of TIL
e democratic party on the stage ant
e called On j. NJ. Higgins, candidat
, for public administrator, to advanc
e and show himself, which he iinal
Y succeeded in doing. Abe Mittowc
e was called on, but as Abe knew h
d could not make speech he was sen
I sible enough not to try.
G G.. L. Satterlee, nominee for com
S missioner, did not want so get ur
J but the old man compelled him tt
8 and at last Satterlcc got up and sal
Il he would like to get clcctcd-as ever
Il democrat does--and sat down.
= And the meeting adjourned.