Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-03

other wing of the democratic party and
the republicans are working together, but
that is utterly false. .,r.
The democratic party and its populst
allies had control of every branch of the,
state government. including three fourthS
of the membership of the state legisla1
ture.a They had it in their power, by a.
wise and honorable administration of opr
affairs, to bring new dignity to our-name,,
and to reflect honor and credit upop
themselves. But they have been unequal
to the high duty and the splendid oppoSa
tunity which was theirs. They have.
permitted personal and fractional hatreas
to divide and array them in unreasoning1
antagonism against each other. with the,
result that the public business has been
neglected. the public offices ave been,
proStituted to serve personal ambitions,
sworn duties have been shamefully vio-
lated and the public interests betrayed in
behalf of one faction or the other. Tn
public morals have been openly debauch-
ed. party faith and allegiance nave been
broken under circumstances which JUS
tify the worst suspicious. Regulations
have been ruined. and the good name Of
the state and it's citizenship lave been
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bribery and corruption in the full gaze
of a disguised and indignant nation.
1t is useless for the democratic party to
attempt to escape punishment for its
crimes. or to justify itself by pointing to
the fact that a few republicans Joined in
this ~disreputable carnival of treachery
and venality. The responsibility is upon
them. The duty was theirs. And they
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jury which they have heaped upon an
outraged state, and upon the defenseless
heads of an unoffending but helpless con-
stituency. :
But my friends, I am not going to,
measure up my state and it's citizenship,
by the infamous record made for it by the
democratic party during the past, two
years. l know its people far too we'll to
judge them by the rule of conduct set up.
by those who have misrepresented n
belied her true character and purpose. I
look above and beyond the charlatans,
and tricksters who "a juggled with her
good name for their own personal n
political advantage. I look higher than
the personal contentious of a few men.
who imagine that their w selfish de-
Sires for revenge upon the one hand, or.
for vindication upon the other, are para
mount to the moral and material inter-
ests of the people of a sovereign state. I
think of Montana's happy homes and
tiresides. of her domestic virtues I think
of her true manhood and her glorious
womanhood: of her splendid sons and
daughters who are growing up land who
are to carry her burdens and work. out
her magnificent destiny and make the
world happier and brighter for having
lived in it. l think of all her hQpored
4 past and of all these things which go to
make up the moral estate of our beloved
commonwealth. And 1 ask myself If it is
possible chat the men and women who
have made it's history, whose homes are
here: those who build and maintain its
churches and school houses and libraries
those who have given the best years OF
their lives to it's upbuilding, whose hopes
and aspirations and ambitions are wover
into the very fabric of it's existence;
those who would reward true merit ant
who place brains at a premium over dol
lars; those who would set an example tt
the youth of our state which shall be {
timulus and an inspiration to high anf
noble endeavor-I ask myself if it is pos
sible that these will give their counte
nnce to a continuation of the detestabtl
and degrading conditions which hav'
come upon us as a result of democratii
~ascendancy. I will not for one momen
insult the dignity and intelligence of tn
majority of our citizenship by thinking
such a result possible. ;
In a few days more the o%pportunit.
will be given the voters of Montana t.
render judgment upon the party whicl
has betrayed and dishonored her. TIL
republicans of this state have put fort
a platform of principles so clear and EN-
phatic in it's declarations upon all ques
tons touching the welfare of our stat
and its people, that there is left no room
for question or bubble or doubt. AND
upon this platform they have placed
state ticket composed of men of sue
long acquaintance with our people an
so closely allied and identified with theil
every interest, and withal of such hig
character, ability and probity that thu
tongue of SANDER n touch them.
And so with this platform and thi
ticket, the republicans go forth in thei
crusade against bribery, and perjur.
Against the political party which ha
sought to utn her good name. And /
this labor of redeeming a sovereign com
mOnWealth from the clutches or the Pc
litical Goth n Vandals who have over
run and debauched it, they earnestly in
woke the aid Of every honest Independent
man and of every good woman, SO tina
when the ides of November shall COM
and the polls shall close on election day
all good citizens may join in proclafmin
to the nation, and to he world, tina
Montana is at last ~regeneSated and re
deemed. ..
Every intelligent citizen of our stat
must have observed the vast amount o
Inconsistency to be found in the make
up of the two wings of the democrati
party, notably in their candidates. .TW'
years ago the independent democrat
We're accusing Mr.. Hogan of all sorts Q
political crimes and misdemeanOrs
They advised the people to vote agaics
HIM, saying he was the ;.rch-enemy Q