Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-18
ONE Of THE
VERY MANY
HON. T. w. COAKLEY IS A CON-
VERT TO THE REPUBLI-
CAN FAIAH.
HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH
GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS.
Mr.. Coakley Will Speak Again satur-
day in Defense of Republican
Doctrine at Auditorium.

Noakley from BryanatlclSm TO the tenetS
of the republican party forms one Of the
most remarkable incidents in a campaign
that contains SO many incidents out Of
the ordinary.
For the first time in his life this able
orator took the rostrum at Meaderville
last evening in defense of republican doc
trine. He is a brilliant speaker, a man
who belongs in the 'spellbinder'" class,
and it will be of interest to the general
public to mention that next Saturday
evening he will make his appearance at
the Auditorium with Hon. Elbert d.
Weed and deliver an address exposing
the fallacies of democracy.
MI. Coakley is from Boston and was a
warm Bryan supporter up to the time
that the democratic leader raised the is
su" of anti-imperialism. Notwithstand-
ing his former advocacy of free silver,
/ a theory to which he still pins his faith,
he believed that the democracy was maxi
ing so great a blunder that he could no
longer consistently remain in the demo-
cratic ranks.
In 1896 Mr.. Coakley "stumped" the east
for Bryan, frequently speaking from the
same platform with the false prophet"
of Nebraska.
He was an active lieutenant of George
Fred Williams of Massachusetts in his
fight against the Cleveland wing of the
democraticsparty in that state.
In September, 1896, when the democrat
ic state convention was called to meet in
Music hall at Boston, the gold democrats
conspired to exclude all Bryan demo-
Gratis from the hail.. Williams and Coax
ley devised a scheme to defeat them in
their plans and were successful in the
execution of their scheme.
They hired Music hall for a speech by
Bryan a night preceding the ave
ton and after the meeting remained III
possession by force throughout the night
and until the convention was called to
order the next day.
They carried their point and the dis
ciples of the stuffed Prophet, had to find
another hall in which to hold their con-
vention. Ii order to win this victory
Coakley and his friends had to remain
without food>or drink for eighteen hours.
In 1898 The noted orator went to the
Philippine Islands on a business venture,
and incidentally made a study Of Phil
iprjne conditions.
He became thoroughly convinced that
the Filipinos are a band Of barbarous
Malays. nfit to overn themselves. His
WHY l1laI liz CAUSE VI cApdI1SloIl Is
the cause of civilization and progress be-
came SO strong that he has been led to
abandon his former party affiliation and
join the ranks of those who are working
for prosperity at home and prestige
abroad.
The converts disinterested motives are
seen from the fact that he has offered
his services as a speaker to the repub-
lican county central committee without
n solicitation by that body, n is
bearing his own expenses.
A PROPOSITION MADE.
Talk about cyclones and simoons, bomb
throwing n the earthquakes hurled by
the gunboat Vesuvius during the Span
ish war-they're not in for an instant
compared with the CONSERVATION pro-
duced in the ranks of the f%usionists by
the expose of the attempt to bribe w. r.
Young to withdraw from the race as a
candidate for sheriff on the republican
ticket.
Denials of the charge mad by the re-
publican county committee are being
freely INDUCED in by fusion leaders.
They wander around the corridors. de-
claring that no sue thing ever occurred,
and in the same breath swear that If it
did the proposition came from the inde-
pendent democrats Inc not from those
who draw their substenance from the
BARREL" e
They are offering to make all kind of
Wagers that the charge Is trumped up for
the purpose of casting discredit IN fu-
sionocracy and it's shining opponents in
local politics.; and in this connection the
agonized wall of the fusion leaders rises
above the ordinary run of "kicks'' and
roinf0rooc thoir rvotosto<i0p DC a0oc q
bass viol the notes Of an orchestra.
81 will wager any amount within the
scope of my purse-yes, within the scope
of the Darrell one of them stated
this morning, that no offer of money to
withdraw was made to Young or any Of
his friends by n f~usionist whatso-
ever. And I will further wager that if
any suchs offer were made at all it was
made by the independent democrats"
The music of these too violent protests
which, like Madge Morris Wagner's IA
nous coyote, rises to the third degree,
has been heard by the republican county
committee. Realizing that if the proof is
produced, the fusionocracy will imme-
ditely initiate the cuttle-fish and try to
obscure the issue by claiming that any
person making such an offer did SO on
his own personal responsibility and with
out the knowledge or consent of the fu-
sion leaders, the committee wishes to
make the following proposition. which is
unlimited in it's scope:
First, the committee cares to make no
wagers with anybody. 1t is not conduct
ing a pool-room or a faro game.
Secondly, if anybody having access to
the ''barrel'-and, an acceptance of these
conditions must be regarded as an un-
qualified admission that the person max
ing such acceptance has access to the
fusion ''barrel"-will sign the following
statement, to be published before the
| proof is submitted to the public, it will
he Speedflv forthcoming.