The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-19
T00LE DENIES IT
Says He Never Wrote That
Letter.
TO JOHN G.. MARONEY
Refusing to Stump for Bryan Because Of
His Connection With the North
ern Pacific Railway.

1t was great crowd that turned out
to hear j. K. Toole at the opera house
Tuesday night. The house was full to
overtlowing and there is not the slightest
doubt that the large attendance was
compliment to Hon. Joseph X. Toole
whom, heretofore, every citizen of Mon
tana has delighted to honor. The people
of Kalispell in common with the rest of
the citizens of this state were anxious to
hear what explanation, if any. Mr.. Toole
had to offer for refusing, then taking, by
the fraudulent connivance of Messrs.
Bliss and Cooper, the nomination for the
governorship upon a platform endorsing
the most notorious briber in the history
of the nation. But those who expected
such an explanation were disappointed.
Notwithstanding that Mr.. Toole has
been assailing the Ama1gamated Copper
company wherever he has spoken here
tofore during this campaign, he was as
silent as the grave about it Tuesday
night.
The meeting was called to order about
| 8 o'clock by Chairman Pratt There
were only well-known Clark democrats
on the stage and few of them. Mr.. Pratt
introduced one Donovan of Great Falls,
who is running for the Office of attorney
general on the bribery ticket. Donovan
is populist leader and has most un-
savory reputation where he is best
known. He is generally regarded as we'll
qualified to do the Clark dirty work and
he maintained his reputation in that re-
spect in his address Tuesday night. He
is fairly good speaker and while he
confined himself to national issues he
did very well, but grew tiresome toward
the last. AS finale he. abused the
Anti Bribery Democrats and Governor
Smith in particular. He asked if the
people were not proud of Governor
Smith, and when there was shout of
yes from the audience the Doodle ad.
vocate grew red in the face and more
filthy in his remarks; SO filthy, in fact,
that at least one of the men on the stage
arose and left. When he mentioned
Fred Whiteside's name there was shout
of applause, and when he had the shame
lessness to announce that he indorsed
Clark, there were groans and Kisses from
all over the house. On the whole, Don
ovan's speech did the Clark ticket vastly
more harm than good, and if Chairman
Cooper is we'll advised he will pull the
foul -mouthed blatherskite off the stump.
The crowd had unquestionably turned
out in compliment to Elk Governor Toole
and when he was introduced there was
loud and prolonged applause The peo-
pie of Montana have many pleasant re-
membranes of him. The old-timers
especially hold him in high esteem, and
there were many of them in the audience.
The governors style was in pleasant
contrast to that of Donovan. He was
polished, scholarly, good humored and
courteous. He scored the trusts and
even said good word for free coinage.
Coming down to state affairs he paid
tribute to Candidate Folsom. He rather
astonished his audience by stating with
emphasis that in his judgment the anti
Clark delegation from Silver Bow county
to the state convention was unjustly de-
prived of seats in that body, but he said
he knew of no rule for the guidance of
political parties but the rule of the ma
jority and said the Silver Bow delegation
should have abided the action of the
convention, unjnst and unfair as it was.
The speaker made no attempt to suggest
a remedy for the 5000 Silver Bow demo-
Gratis who were displaced by the 400
Clarkites. If the action of the state
convention was to be quietly endured,
what is to prevent the minority in any
county sending contesting delegation
knowing that they will be seated by
partisan credentials committee appointed
by partisan temporary chairman chosen
by partisan central committee? The
action of the Silver Bow Clarkites struck
at the very foundation of majority rule,
but Mr.. Toole had no word of condemna-
ton for them. It is only when the brib-
cry forces are in the majority that the
minority should acquiesce, according to
Mr.. Toole's reasoning. The speaker
never once mentioned the Amalgamated
Copper company, which he has been be-
laboring SO vigorously in other parts of
the state. In his admission that all cor
porations are not necessarily trusts or all
trusts necessarily corporations. but that
monopolies only are dangerous and vi
cious, he knocked out the underpinning
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