Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-06
DEMOCRATIC HYPOCRISY EXPOSED AT VAUDEVILLE

Despite the foggy. disagreeable demo-
cratic weather which prevailed last even
ing. threatening rain or snow or some
thing overhead, and fulfilling = dreary
promise of mud underfoot. the republic
an campaign may be said to be fairly
opened in Walkerville. since the very
successful meeting at Social hall. The
weather was very much against a public
meeting of any sort: even a free circus
would not be too we'll patronized at such
a time, yet a very goodly number of the
voters of that thriving little city We're
in attendance to hear the good political
gospel eNpounded by two of the able To-
cal republican speakers. That they We're
pleased vas evidenced by the frequent
applause which greeted the telling hits
of the evening.
If Mr.. Bryan We're to go to a place
where a crowd of small boys made as
much disturbance within and out of the
hall; he would doubtless characterize the
meeting as carrying the war into the
enemy's country indeed. But such is
not the case here. though a lot of prob
ably thoughtless boys did create a good
deal of a disturbance in the name of tho
vociferous lunged candidate on the al
legged imperialistic ticket. The boys We're
probably not hired to break up the meet
ing. More than likely it was mere
thoughtlessness and lack of regard for
the rights of others. The drum corps,
(which was to be in attendance, did not go
for fear of assault. There being no 10Y
for snow balling. they feared, and per-
haps with good reason. hat rocks would
take the pace as the only available sub
stitute.
The speakers Of the evening. George
N. Bourquin and Prof. A. c. Newill, cam
Gidates for county superintendent of
schools. were introduced by Chairman
Iohn Marsland. an old-time resident of
Walkerville. Mr.. Bourquin spoke just af-
ter a very fattering introduction by the
chairman. Mr.. Bourquin formerly lived
in Walkerville, and had many friends in
the audience who remembered him in the
days when he labored as hard as any Of
them, before ambition led him into the
course Of law.
He began With a brief mention Of the
early days when the camp was All a
trembie under the stamps Of the mines
which were then at work there, and CON
trasted the present fine comfortable
dwellings with the earlier boarding
house life, as an evidence that the en-
ergy Of the citizens was only transferred.
not destroyed BY its present employment
in tine great copper mines upon the hill.
He said he had been advised not to speak
on the silver question in Walkerville, a
silver camp, least of all, but he showed
his courage and a fine and telling line
of argument by devoting almost the
whole of his time to that one subject.
-Four years ago, when Bryan was
a candidate for election, the great issue
of the campaign was silver. 1t meant
much to this locality; in fact, silver was
one of the chief products of the state.
1t is still important. 1t would be more
so if il were a better price. Many Of US
disagreed with the republican party at
that time. / was one Of them. Some OF
you were also. But today I am back in
their ranks, for I believe their policies
are theb best, and I will tell 0 why:
You will remember that, after four
wears of democratic misrule under Cleve-
land, there was a great lack of money,
lack of work, lack of everything save
Coxey's armies. I now believe all this
was due to the policies of democracy.
'"There We're three arguments used in
that campaign. which had more or less
weight. The first was the local benefit
which would come with the market for
silver at $1.29 an ounce. The second was
tina the country hacked sufficient money