The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-10-27

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good rallies in the east end of town
last week under the. supervision Of
the Bryan and Stevenson Sixth Ward
Club. The meetings were we'll attend.
ed and the. ward seems to be unani.
nous or Bryan
Saturday night the Republicans
succeeded for the first time in arous-
ing any enthusiasm in this city d. l..
| Folsom, their candidate for governor.
and Ex-senator w. T. Sanders spoke
at the old opera house to a good-sized
audience. MIR. Folsom is no spell
binder. He was not able to make
even a Statement of what the cam
paign was about, and his address was
coldNin the extreme. 1t was some Diff
! fercnt with Col. Sanders. He is a
succeeded in arousing some enthusi
asm. The greatest applause of the
evening. however. was at the first
mention of Bryans name, the same as
at the Republican meeting one. week
previous. when Mr.. Porter spoke here.
| AS the campaign proceeds il there is
any one thing made clearer than an
other in Montana, it is that the people
distrust the Republican party. While
they are as patriotic as the people of
any other state on the paramount is
sue and will prove on the 9th of No
yember by an overwhelming vote that
they stand for the republic and not
the empire, they also have Il local
grievance against the Republican par
ty for the false promises made in
their platform and by Mckinley and
others four years ago i'll regard to
obtaining bimctalism by interna
tional agreement, and then passing the
currency bill Mt the last session OF
Congress, giving the banks the right
to issue the paper money and ''more
thoroughly fastening the gold stand
ard upon the country The Republi
can party never pretend to curry out
any of their platform pledges only
when it will give them Il distinct
party advantage or is beneficial to the
controlling influences (the trust mag
nates) of the party. Where would
they stand or what would they get i'll
the coming ele ton if they went fairly
and candidly to the American people
and said they did not believe that all
men are created equal. but that some
men are "boYn to rule by right Iii.
vine," and apl lying the rule to nations
that some peole, on account of their
color, had not the right to self-govern-
ment and thai a Republican form ot
i government vas unsound in theory
and in practice, and dangerous be-
cause giving the people too much
power, and that an empire was the
only sound AID right government, be.
cause it gave to the "blooded few"
and rich classrs Il chance to over-taX
the great mass of producers and plum.
der and enslarc weaker peoples, I'M
hampered by the eternal principles
that the Creator endowed them with
the rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness" But no, they
try to deceive the American people
by claiming that the slaughter of 50,-
coo Filipinos and the taking of their
whole country by force is legitimate
American expansion. That the pur-
chase of that unfortunate people is
justified by Jefferson's Louisiana pur-
chase of IL vast track of land. 1t the
. great mass Of voters will remember
that every vote for Mckinley is vote
to indorse this anti-American and inhu-
man policy of power and greed, and a
vote to go backward toward the dark
ages; and that every vote for Bryan is
Il vote to continue forward, with the
constitution and the flag together, one
: and inseparable; the former being inn
itated by enlightened peoples through
out the world and the latter known
OH every sea as the grand emblem OF
| liberty, justice and fair dealing; will
have no fear of the result.
JOHN T. CASEY.
Anaconda, Mont, Oct. Is.
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