Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-10-26

with the vehemence and continuity
of a crank-has made him blind to
passing events and the birth of new
issues. Like one addicted to the
opium or drink habit, he has gone SO
far that he appears anxious to take
the shortest route to the grave. His
case is q pitiable one. Personally
Mr.. Hartman il a pleasant, genial
gentleman and possessed of fair abil-
ity. but he has given evidence Of over
sizing himself, an unfortunate thing
for a young man i'm public life to do.
His recent actions have also proven
that he is nOt honest or sincere.
After receiving the Silver Republi-
can nomination for congress and tell
ing the convention, "God willing" he
would "'carry it's b inner to victory"
he goes to Bozeman, sits down and
writes a letter declining the nomina-
ton and at the same time offers his
services to the state Democratic COM
mittee to stump for Campbell. Not
satisfied with this act. of t~reachery,
DC ottCl1pNo ~ 0CDOcC Chat nAdu
tie ms chairman of the state Silver Re-
publican committee and put i'm his
place O. p. Chisholm, a local hench-
mar of his. To carry out this plot
he produced a letter alleged to have
been written by Chas. A. Towne, as
his authority. The letter bore no
date, and it is even charged that he
wrote the letter himself. The subse-
quent proceedings. his defeat in the
courts, all of which are given in de-
tail elsewhere, shows his conduct to
be that of a mailman and one who
has completely lost his head. Ruined
politically, he 10 determined to drag
Senator Mantle down with him, and
INDUCES i'm cheap twaddle about the
Senator being a Mark Hanna gold
bug.
Mr.. Hartman is a Democrat, re-
CARELESS of what he calls himself.
Every act for the past two years
stamps him as such. He opposed the
Dingley bill, opposed the bond issue,
opposes expansion, the annexation
of Hawaii and every issue which the
Republican party advocates.
His attempt to make some capital
on the bond issue to carry on the
war will fall fiat. Gen. Miles pre-
dicted that the war would last a
year, and the president and his ad-
visers thought best to provide for
such an emergency. In such a crisis
it was the part of wisdom to do al
any business man would do who
wanted money quickly and plenty of
it-borrOw it. Such Democrats as
German and Morgan voted
with the Republicans, like patriots
experiment with populistic notions
of finance. While Senator Mantle
aiding the administration all he
could i'm it's war measures, Hartman
was INDUCING in buffoonery and
abusing those who were standing
by the administration in car
rying on the conflict to a successful
Mr.. Hartman has played his last
He staked everything on the
silver issue and has lost. He is a man
without a party or a following.
Democrats despise him;
Silver Republicans distrust him; Pop
ulists have been the object OF his
abuse, while straight Republicans
will bestOw their suffrages and hon.
Drs upon another. Even the party
with which he has cast his fortunes
w again make n national
issue out of the silver question. 1t
will be a dead plank in it's platform
and will be referred to only in a sad
md r~everential way. Democracy
will kill silver without the aid of Re-
The Democracy of Mon
know this as well as any one.
md that is the reason they are strain
ng every nerve this year.