The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-10-29
Presenting the Principles ofthe
Party as Outlined by the
Committee, and Concluding
with n Sketch of the Candid
ates
FOR SILVER AND PROTECTION

sertion will not be denied, that four-ffths
Montana unite in the belief that the free
coinage of silver by the United States is
the question OF first Importance in Amer
lean politics today. 1t can be affirmed
with equal confidence, and the PROPOSE
ton annot be refuted, that two-thirds Of
the voters OF the state of Montana have
been and are believers in the national pol.
icy which will afford adequate protcc-
lion to our American industries and
American productions. Free coinage and
neutrality-suspicious. and free coinage
word it as you will, transpose it as you
wish-these are the two great principles
which possess the conviction and fire the
enthusiasm of the people OF this young
and ambitious state. These are the two
great principles-nOt one, but both
that would speedily be made firm and
abiding in national enactment if Mon
tana could command the law-making of
the nation. 1t is then with a pride
which needs no justification that the sill
yer republican party OF Montana and
Cascade county, breaking away from
those Mckinley republicans who would
more firmly fix upon this country the
single gold standard, placing one foot
squarely upon the plank free coinage
AZ III to l. and the other upon the plank
protection, adequate and equitable
advocating these two patriotic and Amer.
Ioan doctrines, it may be repeated. ii is
with pride that the silver republican par.
~ OF Cascade county asks all electors,
who believe i'll these principles to 90 to
the polls and vote like men for the only
party in the state that champions both
uf them fearlesjly. honestly and without
reservation. Every man who favors these
Two national policies should be found in
the silver republican organization sup
porting his convictions. Thi, i, prc-cmi-
nently a campaign when men should vote
Ior principle. Right now the lines are
forming for the great battle Of 1900.
The silver republican party of this
county was organized in accord with the
directions given in the first instance bv
chairman Towne of the national silver
republican party and through Chairman
Mantle Of the state committee. On the
2Sth day OF last January Chairman
Towne issued the eXhortation that there
should be organization in every county
az Montana. II will be remembered that
he spoke in no uncertain tone as to who
might affiliate. These are his words:
The right to participate in the organ
Izatlon OF the party and the election OF
ITS officers should he limited to those cit
IIens of the state. qualified electors, who
vt the general election OF 1896 voted for
iryan electors, or who declare their bona
"a t-Nz -. - -
republican party in the campaigns OF
1898 and 1900, i'll its efforts to secure the
Tree and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver at the ratio OF III 10 by the in
dependent action of the United States
and without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any other nation on earth"
And that there might be no mi,under-
standing as to the principles of the silver
republican party Chairman Towne closed
with this explicit statement:
Let every man who desires to partic-
ipate in our organization understand that
the silver republican party has no antag-
onism toward any political party which
honestly and faithfully gives its adher-
enee to the great cause which our party
il organized to promote. The only foes
we know are the gold republicans, gold
democrats, and such persons a, from any
cause aid the forces of the gold standard
IN carrying out their schemes"
With due regard for the wishes of the
national leaders the silver republicans Of
this county have kept their organization.
They do not expect to win the votes of
those republicans who believe in the
financial plank of the ST. Louis platform.
Every other republican, who can put
principle before pie, should be found in
the ranks. And silver republicans can.
with complete consistency, appeal to every
voter who wishes to advance the interests
OF silver and maintain Il proper protec-
tive tariff. This election is the skirmish
line OF 1900. food citizens should chose
their political party with care. Look
we'll TO the future.
The fight is on in the democratic PARTY
TO discard silver. No fact stands out to-
day palmer upon the face of current po-
htical events. Democratic orators may
protest up and down this state that it ia
not so. Democratic editors may work
themselves into a high feather OF indig-
nant denial. The bald truth will not
down. The democratic party never was
a friend of silver until 1896. 1t is almost
AZ sure as death and taxes that the silver
democrats will be ousted from control in
1900, and that the national platform of
that year will undo the work of the Chi
oago convention. Right here in Montana
the democratic state convention at Ana
ronda threw principle to the winds, re-
fused to make Il decent effort for a union
Of the silver forces, started in upon its
Supremacy selfish scheme to capture both
Il congressman and q United States sem
ator in its political fish net. and still has
the e~ffrontery to claim the allegiance of
silver men regardless of party. Such
work is too decidedly coarse to deceive.
The democrats of Montana, who nave
struck free coinage a body blow by di-
Niding the supporters of silver, have got
10 make answer to the people OF this COM
nonwealth for their treachery. East and
west the mask is coming Off. The voter
who goes over to democracy this year.
thinking it is ~silver's best champion. will
make a fearful mistake. So much for de
mocracy.
II almost goes without saying that
I silver men cannot stay with the Ne
kinley republican organization. The
sophistry of Senator Carter can no longer
delude voters. The constant and deadly
war that has been conducted against the
silver organizations by his federal pa
trona9e workers will not prevail. The
JUDAS acts OF those men, who two years
ago, professed to be silver men. and who
IN TINS campaign, under the leadership of
MI. carter, have been denying the right
OF a SILVER republican to political exist