Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
DEMOCRATS
ARE EXPOSED
Rousing Republican Rally Held
Last Night.
LIBRARY IN POLITICS
Present City Administration Roundly
Roasted For Its Misd0.
ings.
LIBRARY IN POLITICS

in addition to public speeches on the po-
litical issues of the day, good music of
the inspiring brand was rendered. The
large room and it's spacious gallery were |
filled with persons, many of
were ladies. The national colors
and pictures of distinguished statesmen
hung in p%rofusion from the walls, especi- ,
ally the south wall at the rear of the
platform.
The exercises We're opened with a song
by the Silver Bow Glee club, followed by
an address by A. F. Bray, and then a
musical selection from the Boston IN
Montana band. more speaking and more
music and songs.
The remarks made by Mr.. Bray were
right to the point and ELECTED great APP
plause throughout. The Miner this morn
ing credits the gentleman with the ex-
preston: IF the republicans are elected
they will suppress gambling" Mr.. Bray
said nothing of the lind What he did
say was that if the republicans were VIC |
torious they would give the city a good
and wise administration. He began his
address by asking the audience If it
favored the actions of the present city
administration. He would " to bring
charges against those in power-those at
the head of the administartion-he said,
and then ask whether the administration
Of the future should be conducted as it
had in the past. Il for one," said he, lam
opposed to the present administration.
We find that gambling, which has been
declared a felony by the legislature of
this state, is being conducted with a more
wide open policy than ever before and
those who are at the head of the admin
istration are compromising a felony in
permitting it. Every business in his
city. even the veritable peanut stand, is
taxed to it's utmost capacity, and yet we
find that gambling is being conducted
all over the city without a dollar from it
finding its way into the city or county
treasury. AS to where. the money goes
which the gambling fraternity pay l will
leave you to judge for yourselves"
This remark struck the bullseye. for
the. audience without hesitation smiled as
one. as much as to say: I'VE know"
Continuing, Mr.. Bray said that the
ballot box was the place at which his
abuse of power should be rectified. What
the city wanted and needed was a wise,
good and lawful administration
He then referred to some Of the cheap,
raw work Of the democratic city admin
istration in connection with the public
library.
I'VE have" said he. "a public library
in this city that cost SAC, 900. 1t is an
adjunct to our educational institutions
and is supported by a one mill tax on the
property of the city. 1t is governed by
five trustees, three Of whom are men,
bers of the city council n two out
siders, whose official acts are governed
!, by the city council. The Institution was
founded upon the understanding that
neither politics nor religion should inter-
fere with it's management. But it has
been for the democratic administration
| to declare that to the victor belongs the
spoils,' and the spoils are never too small
for a democrat. After having been as
sured that the janftor n engineer OF
the library building would not be mo-
Tested during the present administration,
what do we find. We find just this:
That both have BEEN removed by the
present administrations; and I will say
in this connection hat the engineer Is
an old soldier with only one arm, a man
who fought for the preservation of the
Union, but his children cam read and
write. which is something some of the
democrats in power cannot understand.
The librarian, too, has been removed by
the board of trustees, and yet the action
Of the board in removing these mem has
never been submitted to the council for
approval. The institution is going to
decay. TIL books are falling from their
bindings. Not a new book has been re-
Gently bought, Notwithstanding there is
money in the library Jul with which to
do it.: but the administration is such that
it does not know the necessity of learn
ing or education. If we want a change
in the state or county we must COM
mence right in our city, where a fourth
of the taxes of the entire state are paid
Hon. ]. L.. Hamilton was the next
speaker. In part he said:
II am not here to claim infallibility fol
the republican party Or a corner upon
purity by republicans. Neither do
come here to charge the democratic party
with every sin of commission or omission
a gigantic trust monopoly on total de-
pravity. 1t is possible that both The
democratic party and officials might b.
a little worse.
ITO admit that some few things may
have occurred under republican admins
t~rations that were not just proper is bu'
to confess that m nature Is not d1
vine. Not in a petty. peevish, cynica
spirit, should parties or policies be judg'
ed. AS it would be unjust to rate an,
man spasmodic. itful tempers; SO parties
and administrations should not rank &C
cording to little alterations of policy o
ter or pessimist should be treated as
lyellow-flag nuisance and be strictly quar-
antined.
In the coming national contest, tn
republican party will declare for poten
tial, live issues or the hour and times
What will the democratic party do? We
the Lord knows, just What! One thin,
sure, whatever other fool things 1t does
1t will kick, and kick. then kick aOln
more, winding up with a pathetic how
against Imperialism, and with a sickl,
Wh3Op for Bryan and AguinaldO.
w are soon to enter upOn q canlpaig
i which shall rQScl1o Tho state Of AFontova,