The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22

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and bimefaliism go hand In hand. The
party which accepts one and not the
other may expect no support from the
people OF he West" Yet TO-
day hat man who uttered
those words Is going about
Montana asking you support, when he
II UNFOLDING the one and r~idicuIing the
other. He ays he expects no support
from the people of the West, and we
hope his expectations will not be disap-
A further extract was thus: Each
day brings q fuller realization of the
utter impotency Of the tariff bill under
the gold standard" Either Mr.. Carter
was lying then or he Is lying now.
The governor asserted hat he could
take IN Of the republican leaders Of
the country who are now advocating
the single gold standard and condemn
them the same as Carter. Reed himself
put himself on record as a bimetallist.
Mckinley criticised Grover Cleveland's
gold standard policy. and yet to-day
he IL trying to out-Herod Herod him
self.
This country is big enough and strong
enough to maintain the free and un-
limited coinage OF silver independent of
the action OF any other nation. The
speaker showed the effect that would
AtcoAt IL thfS Co0IItIy SnOQlu tO-UlOT-
row adopt the free coinage of silver.
He quoted figures and statistics at some
length and told OF the failure OF the
Wolcott commission. That commission,
he said, a gone to the European ma
tions. under the instructions of the
platform adopted at st. Louis. and said
to them: I'VE are come to ask you IL
you will assist us in adopting an in
ternational bimetallic system. but IL
rrnvr dnnft xvnnt me- -. ya.1 -
preserve the gold standard" What the
commissioners should have said. and
which a commission under tie Chicago
platform would have sad. was this:
I'VE are come to ask yod to join us in
adopting International bimetallism, but
IL you don't want 1t. don't take IL. The
United States is big enough to do 1t
alone"
The governor quoted further from
history, showing o France had MAIN
tained a parity between gold n sill
yer for nearly a century. and France
was not one-twentieth as great as the
United States.
What will the people of Illinois and
Kentucky say IL we send a gold bug to
congress? In Kentucky in 1896. silver
vas defeated by 400 votes, but i'm 1897
silver had a majority of $4,000. What
would these people say? They would
say those people in Montana are abso-
lutely traitorous to their own interests,
and We will fight for them no longer.
They say that Mr.. Campbell Is a gold
bug. The speaker had known him since
he came to Montana, and was prob
ably as well acquainted with his views
on this matter as any other man. The
assertion was absolutely false and
without foundation.
Governor Smith then picked up the
circular which had been profusely dis
tributed about before the meeting.
The governor branded the statements
contained in the circular as utterly
and absolutely false. This screed
says" said the governor. that Mr..
Campbell voted against every bill in
troduced In the interests of labor and
was In favor of the corporations while
he was in the legislature. When Mr..
Campbell came to Helena, / went 10
him and said to him. Il want you to
prepare a bill imposing a heavy Ii
cense on the insurance companies do
Ing business in Montana; a license that
will produce in revenue $40. 900 a year
He not only prepared the bill, but he
carried IL successfully through, and to-
day 1t is producing $50, 900 to the state
OF Montana each year, and IL has not
cost any man in Montana one postage
stamp to collect IL.
Was that in favor of the corporat-
sNcAAo ~ Na1 II III " vi ldpOE . Ilu
that lessen the burden of taxation on
the people of THE state, or did IL add
to them? Was IL in favor of
tons that a law was mad imposing a
license on foreign corporations, and
compelling them to pay to the state in
revenues $4,000 where they paid only
81, 200 before?
Mr.. Campbell also assisted w. A..
Clark OF Madison county in the prepa-
rattan nf the N HApsN.- - a. IGNa a.
imposed a tax upon the estates left by
wealthy people, and thus lifted more
or the burden of taxation from the
shoulders OF the laboring people. Was
that in v of labor or was IL in ia
vor of corporations?
Mr.. Campbell also worked in favor
OF a bill compelling railroads to pay
for damages done to property and stock
along their lines through the state. This
measure was opposed by a leader of la
Dor in the legislature. / sat alongside
of him.. The bill was defeated the first
time, and the labor leader voted against
its passage. / said to him: You are
wrong, o don't know what you're do
Ing He then saw the error he had
made and had the courage to move a
reconsideration, and the bill passed.
Vas that In favor of corporations?
This screed also says That when he
'otte 1aaAo ~ ht TIA
labor organizations couldn't run him.
Yes, and ] admire him for IL, for I
want to say right here that no labor
organization. no millionaire and no cor
can run A. j. Campbell.
(Thunderous applause).
THE circular further says hat Mr..
Campbell went to Butte as a Clark
man. That Is an absolute lie.
1T Is also stated here that he is one
Of the leading reprasaptativas % a..
democratic feud that has distracted
politics. disorganized communities, cor
rupted the people, coerced voters and
damaged the good name of
this state. Now, my friends. 1 want
to ask you how many of you knew A.
j. Campbell before he came to your
city to the state convention. I venture
to say not a dozen of you. How many
of you ever heard Of him before he re-
this nomination? Very few. Yet
this man. practically unknown and
unhaard Of I'm poiitioar ne