The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-23


the republican party. Each has pol
luted our politics with officials and ap-
pointees.
THE commission of one wrong, like
the obtaining of one luxury. demands
another. Once imperialism is adopted,
this demands and must have as its sup
port militaryiSm; and these once OBJ
tanned must have two confederates. and
in order to have them we must have an
alliance with some other nation, and
our most natural alliance is with Eng
land So here we have the annual
American alliance. And again we turn
away from the teachings of all our
history from Washington to Mckinley.
Democracy, ever true to the teachings
of it's founders, answers no.
The trust under Mckinley has out
stripped all rivals, and to-day stands
with gun in hand, the drum major of
his prosperity. The gun is to ward off
the laborer seeking the employment he
lost by the absorption of the establish
ment of his employer. and to amuse the
travelling man while he reads his no
longer wanted
I'VE hear the question asked as to
what you are going to do about trusts
l would remove from them first the
fostering care of the gove rnment. They
are, to a great extent in this country
at least. the direct offspring of pro-
tective tariff and goid standard. The
protective tariff makes the way easy
and the gold standard makes it, in
numerous cases. a business necessity.
1 would first remove the protection on
every article. and when a trust with
out competition was formed on any
article of necessity, l would make such
| organization a crime. with imprison-
ment, and not small crime, as the
punishment and provide for the gov
ernment taking charge of the trust
and winding up it's affairs. With
plenty of money in the hands Of the
people new enterprises will spring up
instantly and business will move as 1t
should move.
IF the interstate commerce commits
sion cannot regulate transportation. l
would assist them by providing for the
extension Of the drainage canal to the
mississippi; by canal shorten the trip
| through the lakes and assume abso-
! lutte control of and construct ship
| canal across the isthmus of Panama,
and then throw open the water-carry-
| ing trade to all and any who wish to
engage therein.
Instead of fooling away our money
in the far-off Philippines, if it is land
we want. | would spend the millions In
constructing reservoirs in the Western
| states.
With the 500. 900, 900 spent ill that in
| vestment for an option on a war these
| Western plains and valleys would wave
| with their golden harvest as fields
! never waved before.
"A law should be enacted providing
| for a board of arbitra ton between CAPT
tai and labor that would and could arbi-
| trate, and thus stop the destruction of
property, loss of lives stagnation of
! business. and, worse than all, loss of
| respect for our laws and institutions.
Compel an equitable adjustment of diff
! ferences.
You ask what the leading issue of
| 1900 will be. My answer is, good old
fashioned democracy all along the line
| and our new Andrew Jackson leading
the fight into every state in the union
| Let every soldier enlisted in our cause
| select such guns from the many as
| may be best adapted to its use; then
aim at the enemy and not at our own
people. The war is not ended; it has
| just begun
| w. H. Kelliher of Nemaha county
was named as permanent chairman
and r. D. Logan of Frontier county
| secretary. w. J. Bryan was chairman
of the committee on resolutions. A con-
operate with the other conventions
after which several speeches and ad-
journment taken till evening.
The evening session was opened late
and did not close till after midnight
The report of the resolutions COM
| iHlttee dTOuSeu immense enthusiasm
and was adopted with rush. Then
| came the announcement that the pupu-
| lists had nominated Holcomb, and Il
| scene of confusion followed as an at
tempt was made to nominate ex-Sen-
| ator Allen. The latter, however sent in
disclaimer and Holcomb was finally
| named.
The anti-pass resolution next came
up. and for half an hour utter con-
fusion reigned. After several ineffec-
tual efforts to refer the resolution to
the committee, it was finally adopted
by small vote.
r. d. Sutherland was permanent
chairman of the populist convention
and E. NJ. Hussing secretary. The pro-
| ceedings of this body We're harmonious
| in the extreme, and here HolcOmb's
| nomination met with little opposition.
In the silver republican convention.
but 81 out of 80 counties were repre-
sented. w. NJ. Maupin of Omaha was
| permanent chairman and w. d. Kelly
secretary. The proceedings We're har-
monious.
Silas A. Holcomb. the nominee for
supreme justice, has served two terms
| as governor being elected in 1894 and 1896
on the populist ticket He is an able
lawyer and was on the district bench
when first nominated. His home is t
| Broken Bow, Custer county. He is
about so years of age.
| Inc PLATFORM adopted by the demo-
cratic convention indorses and en-
phasizes each and every plank Of the
national platform adopted at Chicago
in 1896. The money plank is as follows:
Our confidence in the principles set
forth in the Chicago platform has been
Increased, as those principles have
been vindicated by events. The gold
standard is less dcfensible now than it
was in 1896, since the president has
| confessed its failure by sending a com
| mission to Europe to secure interna- =
| tional bimetallism, while the inability
of the commission to enlist foreign aid
is added proof that the people of the
| United States must act alone if they
expect relief The present legal ratio
of l6 to | is the natural and necessary
! ratio and the opponents of that radio
have nothing to offer in its place bu;
the evasive and ambiguous phraseol-
ogy which for years furnished to the
gold standard advocates a mask tn
hide behind while they secretly la
H. L