The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-21

iepoft OIL the committee on rtSOIutlOnS
Mr.. Burke read the resolutions in a
| loud, clear and impressive voice, as on
| ly Ed Burke can read resolutions. The
| reading was interrupted at frequent in
| tervals with demonstrations of enthusi-
| asm. AS the words of denunciation of
| Clark and his methods fell from Mr..
Burkes lips, the delegates listened with
| the deepest attention and frequently
| broke out in applause. The resolutions
are as follows:
| 1.-THE democrats Of the city of Ana
| conda, in convention assembled, hereby
| pledge anew their abiding faith in the
| principles of the democratic party as
| enunciated in the Chicago platform of
1896. We reiterate our belief that the
restoration of bimetalism at the time
| honored ratio of 16 to l and by the in
dependent action of our country, re-
| CARELESS Of the wishes, the aid or con-
sent of any foreign prince, potentate or
power, Is, and must continue to be- the
paramount question before the Ame-i-
can people, until it is settled in accord
ance with the principles of right, JUS
tice, and the permanent prosperity of
| our people. We announce our unswerv
ing allegiance to the leadership of that
great commoner, the brave and in
trepid soldier. statesman and patriot.
William j. Bryan of Nebraska and
here and now do we make our enlist
ment in that great army which, under
his command, shall not cease it's vigil.
nor halt in its march, until he bears
the banner OF bimetallsm. mingled
with the stars and stripes, in triumph
through the white house gates.
I'VE congratulate the army and navy
upon their great achievements. upon
the land and sea, in the late war with
Spain, and express the earnest wish
that the war Of conquest now being
waged in the distant Philippines shall
soon cease. to the end that our ante
war promises may be kept and the
blessings of liberty and home rule
vouchsafed to the people of those ISL
ands. We send greeting to the boys
from this city who are serving in COM
panies X and NJ of the LIST Montana
regiment in the fever-laden jungles Of
Luzon. We are proud of their valor,
and sympathize with them in their
hardships and sacrifices. When the
time shall come we shall welcome them
to their homes, their families and their
friends, as men who rendered their
lives for their country's honor and its
flag.
believing that a public office is a
public trust, we indorse most emphat-
ically the wise, patriotic and honorable
course pursued by our members of the
Sixth legislative assembly in the recent
senatorial election. We condemn in
unmeasured terms the conduct of those
men who used their position of trust
and honor for their own private gain.
Their crimes can never be condoned
and must not go UNPUBLISHED, lest their
example shall pollute the body polite
and endanger the institutions of our
state. For the man that expended
nearly million dollars to purchase his
election 20 the United States senate,
the, people of this state will always
have contempt and scorn. They are
proud of their state, its institutions
and its laws and will guard with jeal-
GUS care it's honor and good name They
will not cease in their efforts ito purge
the state of the dishonor and dis
grace put upon it by w. A. Clark and
his agents by the wholesale bribery of
the members of the legislature, the cor
ruption Of grand juries and the en-
ployment of an INSCRIPTIONS and cor
rupt lobby. The enormous expenditure
of money does not mitigate his offense,
but simply makes him the greatest
bribe-giver of the century. He hides
behind his gold and defies the law and
it's penalty. He challenges the credit
the honor and the pride of our state.
with purchased certificate of cleo
ton in one hand, he snaps his finger at
the manhood of Montana. Made defiant
by the pride of wealth, made desperate by
oil lie tram
Piles the cause of democracy beneath
his feet, and SCOTS at public virtue. His
crime will not be forgotten by the peo-
pie of this state, nor efforts be relaxed
to punish the offenders, so long as there
is difference between right and wrong,
between virtue anSS'ice, between honor
and crime.
las the representatives of democracy
of this city Of $1,000 inhabitants. we sub
NIT to the electors our platform and
candidates. with the assurance of a wise,
patriotic, prudent, yet progressive add
ministration of the affairs of the city
We point to the past democratic ad-
ministrations of this city as a safe
guarantee that the affairs of the city
will be wisely, honestly and economic
ally administered.
ED. BURKE,
&c. j. EMERSON,
H. H. MAYHEM,
JAMES JOHNSON