The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22
THE GREATEST RALLY
ANACONDA HAS EVER SEEN
m Most Eloquent and Brilliant Orators of the State Address the
People of This City Upon the Questions and Issues
Involved in the Coming Campaign.

| per City and OF Deer Lodge county.
The last time he had been In Anaconda
he had presided in this hall over the
democratic state convention. Al that
'. time he had received the nomination for
congress. He had stated at that time
III he had but one speech TO make,
and he would make II now. He ex-
pressed his qualification at the reception
thai was accorded himself and his as
sociate tonight. but he was not con-
ceited enough to take this as being due
TO any personal qualifications. There
are two great parties row before the
American people and before the people
OF Montana-the democratic party and
the republican party. II is true there
are two wings Of the silver republican
party and the populist party. These
are attempting to accomplish the same
ends as the democratic party. The re-
publican party is advocating the gold
standard and the democratic party the
free coinage of silver. We are not be-
fore you asking your suffrage upon any
personal grounds. but upon the princf-
Piles we represent.
The republican party Is attempting to
raise side issues I'm this campaign. They
max the tariff an issue and they talk
about the hard times under the admin
istration OF Grover Cleveland. There IL
but one issue in this campaign, and that
issue is the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at a ratio of 16 to i. ZAP
plause).
The first thing a republican speaker
does In this campaign Is to take out a
key. open a closet and drag out a skele-
ton. Then he pulls the wires and
shouts. This thing will surely catch
you IL you do not vote the republican
ticket" The tariff Is ancient history.
Il has passed into a matter Of record.
They talk about prosperity under Nc
Kinley's administration We do not
know how much prosperity you have
here in Deer Lodge county, nor how
much prosperity the woolmen and the
sheepmen have. But go and ask the
men in Illinois who are striking for liv-
ing wages to-day how much prosperity
they have. Go and ask the miners in
Pennsylvania, who are compelled 10
work for SIS or $40 a month. how much
prosperity they ave.
This reminded the speaker OF the
story OF the Irishman and the banker.
for whom the Irishman formerly work.
ed. One day the banker met the Irish
man on the street and said:
"Hella, Pat; how are you getting
along?"
mot at ALL" replied Pat. Times are
woefully hard with me-"
Where have you been? Out Of
town."
M. Il We DttH oul VI a Iops
We are thankful for what prosperity
we have. but wo do not want that kind
of prosperity. We want the kin OF
prosperity that extends to every man.
woman and child in the country: the
kind that extends to the howell as well
as to the mansion. They tell us about
the hard times under the administration
OF Grover Cleveland. II with
very poor grace for the republican party
to condemn Grover Cleveland, when
the republican party Is now advocating
the same identical principles which
Grover Cleveland upheld. The first
thing thai Grover Cleveland did was 10
place the country on the gold standard
basis. and that Is what the republican
administration Is trying TO do now.
They talk about the tariff. but as a
matter of fact there was only ; per cent.
difference between the Wilson Bill and
the Dlngley bill. When they denounce
Grover Cleveland they denounce the
policy they now advocate.
So there is no issue except the flnan-
cial issue. Nine years ago the speaker
cast his lot amongs the people of Mon
tana- They taught him a new doctrine,
and that doctrine vas free coinage OF
both gold and silver at the ratio OF l6 ia
1. Up to 1894 he had never heard a
man I'm Montana say hat bimetallism
was not a good thing. not only for Mon
tana. but for all the people OF the
United States.
The speaker then turned his attention
To Senator Carter. In 1895, said he. In
the legislature at Helena. he remem'
bered Carter had sworn allegiance &c
b%imetaulsm. II he had not done so hi
would not ave received one vote. In
the senate Carter said that the golc
: standard and free trade went hand In
hand. What great change has ariser
since then hat we now bow down ant
worship the golden calf IL bimetallisn
was good nine years ago. when th'
; speaker first came here. why is II no
, good now?
In 1879. without cause OF reason. tn,
! republican party demonetized silver
and for some time II was not know
they had done so. From hat time I
1896 they had firted with the free silve
South and West. But I'm 1896 the mas
was torn asunder and the republica'
PARTY came out openly for the gol
> standard. Still. they say that the onl
: hope for silver lies In the republica
party. Secretary Gage has recommend
ed -four WAYS in which the ountr ca
: be made prosperous" First. by NOR
firmly fixing the gold standard upo
the people: second. by the retirement {
all the greenbacks and treasury notes
d, third. the issuance Of bonds for the
= redemption. and fourth. to turn over I
= the banks the owe to issue nations
a ban notes. =.
= Still. ~ you wish to accomplish b
: metallism you must vote the repubi
4 can ticket.
l. ON the other hand. the democrat
= party. when Il met In Chicago in ms
J. tional convention In 1896. adopted
J, plank in Its platform providing for a
a free and unlimited coinage OF both go
= and silver at the ratio of is TO 1. ar
y 20 show that they were in earnes
q they nominated that gallant young NJ
II hraskan. William Jennings Bryan. u
e. president Of the United States. { Thu
d derous applause.)
p In 1885 the republican party, In
state conventions. In all but one sta
se In the union. heartily Endorsed the :
re Louis platform. and In all but thr
in states they came out pronounced q
e. the gold standard. Yet II you wish q
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