Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-03
FROM SPEECHES Of HON. LEE Mantle DELIVERED


silver's interest in the most insulting
I terms. He called them u tentative
political fungus whose highest ambition
Mas the spells of Office He said they
We're political mongrels,' and he re-
fused to submit to the lewd embraces
OF the populist party" How circum-
I stances do alter cases to be sure. and
0d,at a difference it makes even to q
! JsITersonian democrat, whose political
! OF is gored? Today we find our friend
| Jbe right in The pot Will the fungus"
| reaching out greedily for the 'spoils of
| office hand and glove with the ''politi-
c@l mongrels," in fact, right in bed sub
hitting to the "lewd embraces of the
pepulist party" with populist Judge
tf,ancy on one side and populist Pat
| Aeaney on the other!
| Surely the poet must have had some
. such scene in mind when he wrote those
famous lines descriptive of the alluring
character of vice. To fit the present
case, however. they must be somewhat
paraphrased:
| "Fusion is a monster Of such hideous
mien
AS to be hated needs but be seen.
ASNs SNSA wv Wv ~ "ANA - ~
whiskered face
He first refused, then reconsidered. then
Submitted to it's lewd embrace"
SENATOR CARTER.
For the second time in the brief his
tory of our state these fractional quarrels
in the democratic party ave resulted
in depriving us of one-half of our repre-
! sentation in the nat of the United
States. Instead of two senator's we
have but one. but it is a source of great
pleasure and satisfaction for us to know
that in this emergency no interest of
our commonwealth has suffered or. been
neglected. I believe ] speak the senti-
ment of all republicans, and, l trust, the
fair-minded men of all parties. when 1
| say that we take a just pride in the
! knowledge hat no state in this union
has a more able, or a more popular and
| influential emf of that distinguished
1 body than has Montana in the person
I of her single senator. Let his political
fenemies say what they may, but l say
\ to-you that few men a " gone to the
senate of the United States who. in so
brief a time. have accomplished more
d for their constituency, or who by their
1 energy, their untiring industry and their
| great abilities have won higher respect
4 OF greater honors for themselves than
t Hon. Thomas H. Carter.
b WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THREE
\ ~ AND A HALF YEARS.
\ The past three years of our national
existence have been productive of tre-
mendous events, events which. have
placed us in the very front rank of the
civilized nations and in making us a
great world power. And it must be ap-
Il parenti to every rejecting patriotic citi-
z that if we would maintain our pres
h tige and influence in this, advanced posi-
!, ,tion, We must take, up and bear with
scouragefandrresolution aourofull share OF
the grave duties and responsibilities tc
civilization and humanity which belong
to this high station.
And these three years just passed have
been as remarkable in the wonderfu
transformation they have worked in the
material status of the nation ana lts
people as they have been in extending Its
political power and in charging its geo
graphical area.
r., And all these events and wonderful
changes must have demonstrated to re
necting men what a vast difference il
makes in the prosperity of the nation
and in the happiness of it's people
whether the administration of its gov
eminent shall be in the hands of a part!
id Of patriotism and progress which eve
i1t turns its face hopefully and courageous!
iii to- the future, conscious OF it's own lnteg
ritv of purpose, having faith in ltsel
/ and possessing the confidence of the PEG
Die. or. whether it shall be In the hahu'
OF, a party of pessimism, of contractiof;
>, of negation, of a party whose chief stoci
81 in trade consists of lofty platitudes an(
IL Offering generalities, but which add'
:, nothing to the glory of the flag or to tn
!, material improvement of the people
II Which panders to the discontehted am
= ,discordant elements or all lactiohs
) !. Which revels in calamity, Whlch prom
'Y SIaas everything when out and does moth
~ ing when in, and whose 1uture' thai'
: God, usually lies behind 1t. .
To get a clear conception of what !
involved in this campaign and of VIVA
I If means to the people of Montana am
l Of the country, we must AXE a prle
: glance at the conditions as they EXISTED
three and a half years ago ana com
mare them with the present.
. Three wears ago business was suspend
> cd capital was in hiding, labor was
r drug on the market, the mills ana iac
:. tories and. workshops We're ldle' anu III
s looms and spindles were silent. Asflcui
ture was Improbable, the m OF tn
land were impoverished and loaded dow
with debt, while poverty and suHerini
were supreme everywhere. Labor Una
was only too willing to work. was com
I pelled by hunger to accept charity tina
/ was humiliating. hundreds of thousand
Of honest and industrious men were con
yerted by want into an army OF wv
. ing tramps, while the free soup mouse
and the sheriffs' offices were the ON
- institutions in the land that were thrA'
ing. u,
RIP 6Now all this is changed. The sou
: houses went out of business wheh In
10 democratic party went out OF power
g Trade is fourishing, capital IS nuntin
investments and labor Is at a premium
~ While every wheel is turning ana ever