The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26

call halt.
"One Of the main issues in the
\ recent polItical campaign was the
election of a United States senator.
aud the people spoke in no uncer-
tain voice upon the issue; by an
unwieldly, if not ungovernable,
majority, they delegated to the
democratic party Of this state the
power and authority to elect q
United States senator. They
served notice upon the republicans
Of this state that they had no voice
in-lhe matter and by that notice,
they SAID to them that they should
keep their hands off The repub~
lican party, though havlIg a
minrity in this body, have a duty@
10 perform; they have responsible,
ties resting upon their shoulders;
they have trust reposed in their
hands that should be as sacred to
them as their personal honor; and
The fact that the democratic party
in this ho lse is rent ia twain by
personal feuds or by sectional
strife does NOT lsssen that obliga~
ton nor reiieve them of that
responsibility; neitter does it
absolve them frcm he pledges
made 10 their constituents previous
o the election They will be held
to strict accountability by their
constituents for their action. in
this body and, whatever may be
the verdict in the end, if they have
allowed then selves to be swerved
hairs breadth from their line OF
duty, as they are passing through
the fiery deals of this contest,8
they will be branded as Gishonor~
able. and will be political outcasts
in the future. Ae' ~s
"When We chose and voted for
the election OF the city of Helena
as the capital OF our great CON-
wealth, we fondly hoped that
we would be able to point to it
with pride as the place from which
would emanatc Just, wise and pure
laws 1t was tie place, we sup>
po'ei, that would send men who
had b en- honored and who had the
confidence of their constituents to
cryetaIize into law the will of the
people, but No sooner had the
SIKH legislstive assembly been
convened than it seems to have
been necessary to convene grand
jury.
"The mem bers of this assembly
had hardly become located in this
city until they were slandered by
the libel that they had become so
many parcels of merchandise, SUBJ
ject to the price of the highest
/ bidder. resent and denounce
such action. We have. as repub,
Iicans. come here to represent our
constituents, and if we should heed
the advice that is given by the So
called 80 per cent OF the republi~
cans in this vicinity, we wou d not
only cal down on our families the
shadow of dishonor, but we world
ieave legacy of shame to our
childrrn.
''The man who have set them.
selves up as the lending business
men of this city, who would be
supposed to give advice a'ong lines
of honor and mteglity, have gone
so far as to say that the republican
contingency of this house should
throw honor to the winds, trarnple
under their feet their personal
integrity. be traitors to their party
in OF der that one n an might climb
to the United States senate by
reason Of their treason aud political
dishonor.
Il love my adopted state: have
confidence in her peoples; 1 have
faith that time would come when
this era of corruption, of bribery
and corruption, of bribery and
debauchery will be forever swept
from The state of Montana.
II realize the effect of following
the advice of the so called business
men; realize that they know that
if they could sweep the republican
members of this body into the
vortex of this political struggle
they, in the process, would be
ground to powder and would call
down upon themselves political and
social degradation; but still have
faith in The republican contingency
of this house and that they will
remain true to their constituents;
true to the honor and integrity OF
! the great commonweal th of Non>
tana. If we are to judge by the
words, or claims and counter claims
that have been bandi d from
mouth to mouth, in the hotel corr
ridors and upon the streets, the Is
members of be rel ubllcan party
in this body have been looked upon
as so many pieces of clay, to be
fashioned into shape and vote at
the will of some political broker,
but, gentleman, l want to say to
you that, when the erd of this
contest has been reached, the 15
members will be found as Is blocks
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