The Ravalli Republican., 1898-10-26
M.AGINNIS EFT AL.
Tell of Demoeracy's Friendship for Silver
to an Unrcsponsivc House.

Tell of Demoeracy's Friendship for Silver
to an Unrcsponsivc House.
Monday night was a pretty moon
light night, and the faithful and un-
terrified gathered in goodly numbers
to hear the principles Of Andrew
Jackson and Thomas Jefferson and
all the time honorcd ideas and prin-
ciples Of the old democratic leaders
expounded by Major Martin Magin-
mis-, County Attorney Myers and
would be County Attorney McCulloch.
They came prepared to be enthused
and ito yell and stamp at the brilliant
droppings from the lips of the
doughty major who 50 long repre-
sented the territory of Montana
through the influence of Broadwater
and Halser's money and the manu-
facturcd majorities of Wooley's
Ranch, the Coal Banks and Wilder's
Landing, which were always sufficient
in the early days to overcome any
majorities the legal voters and bona
tide citizens of the territory could
give against him. But they didn't
'thuse worth cent, and haitian hour
after the affair was over the lights
were out in town and most OF the
voters were home in bed thinking
what tame affair it had all been.
J. r. Faulds was master Of cere-
monies and introduced as the first
speaker County Attorney Myers, the
man who he has continually, in sea-
son and out OF season, abused in his
paper, but who now, as he is running
on heCdemocratic Legislative ticket,
it is presumed our contemporary be.
lieXes every man should vote for who
votes Sin the interest Of good gov
ernment.
Mr.. Myers spoke for half an hour
and all he said was the "frec and un-
limited coinage Of silver at the ratio
or 16 to l." He rang the changes on
that continuously, and once, to get
up some sort of applause from the
quiet and rather chilly audience,
worked up all his forensic ability in
Il lung drawn sentence to wind up
with the name of William j. Bryan.
But even then the applause did not
come, and Bro. Myers, evidently
wondering if the people had forgotten
! the name SO soon, repeated it, "Wil.
liam J, Bryan" And then from a
seat way back came the faint tap
ping OF a single shoe, and three
others in the immediate vicinity
tapped a little, too, but even the
crowd of candidates on the stage pre-.
served an ominous silence, and it was
evident they were thinking more ol
their own chances for the offices thar
Of 16 to l Or William j. Bryan. Like
the democrats of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
Wisconsin, Georgia and several othe
states, they did not consider 76 to
and William J. Bryan to be 50 mucl
Of an issue this time as how the.
were to get the offices.
All Lee McCulloch was the mex
one called upon, and he told a funn,
story and sat down, and the maste
Of ceremonies introduced Major Ma
ginnis, Now, the major is an olt
timer in the state, and lie used to b.
the idol of the democracy of Montan
until it's eyes were dazzled by th'
money Of the millionaires and th
party which in it's platforms alway
denonnces corporations cuddled a
to the biggest and most powerful
corporation west of the Mississippi
and surrendered itself completely t
the wishes OF that corporation 70
the sake Of a few county offices. Ant
SO the audience, being friendly t
the major, and evidently believing
+ that at last it was going to hea
something which would merit bein
called a speech, clapped its hand
feebly-at least a few did. The ma
ior started in and told how he wen
to Washington a few days before tn
Chicago convention, and how Grove
the Great consulted him as to Wha
kind of platform to put up to cate
the voters 50 that the people coul
have 'four years more ofclover' sue
as they had been enjoying under
democratic administration. And til
major informed the audience how h
had frankly said to the president
when the latter suggested that TIL
party should put on a brand ne'
:, sound money uniform and dazze tn
= eyes of the unwary, that this woul
v not do. And he told Grover tina
the democrats must in some way b
forninst the republican ideas, and d
; the democratic tariff for revenue cr
{ on which they had won the previol
; election had been proved the usui
dismal democratic failure in actlli
Il uperation-as most democratic tht
!, cries had-thcy must take the uppt
= site course aud get up Il new cry, {
: be evcrlastingly wiped off the face {
the earth. And he told the ma
whose administration and whose az
tion in ordering the repeal of the a(
under which the government bongl
100000 ounces per month-tf
major lodged the truth even the
c and put it 1000, ,000-of the produc
of the silver mines Of the west, ha
been ''cordially endorsed" by tt
Montana democracy; he, ''Maginn
OF Montana" told the president
the United States and the foremo
Statesman Of the democratic part
that he didn't know anything abol
"practical politics. That as tt
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