Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31

AAS a as JuoSC as W liz Ill
ness and qualifications of members OF
the legislature, and in that way tried to
get control of the legislative machinery
of the state. If Toole should be elected
and the legislature should be close he
might again try to usurp the prerog;i-
tives of the legislature, and consequently
he is not a safe man to be placed in the
executive chair of the state. He stands
as the standard bearer of the fusion
ticket, and if you want a clean govern
ment and clean men elected to Office you
must see hat every man on the fusion
ticket is defeated next Tuesday.
Take the testimony of the Standard,
the Miner and the Helena Independent,
the three leading daily papers published
in the interests of the democratic party,
and according to their testimony there
is not a man on the fusion or the indie
pendent democratic ticket who is entitled
to the support of a law-abiding citizen in
the state"
The speaker dwelt at some length upon
the sterling worth and worthy citizens
ship of the candidates on the republican
ticket, both state and county, n said
that the feeling of the taxpayers of Sill
Yer Bow county was that it was impera-
tive that the republicans be given the
authority in Silver Bow county, for a
change is needed.
Il nave heard it said that Clark will
sacrifice candidates for county offices to
" the legislative ticket" continued
Mr.. Richards; therefore 1t is important
hat you take into consideration the
issues hat cluster oun this portion
of the ticket. You in this state have two
United States senator's to elect. The po-
litical complexion of the United States
mate may be so close that the elec-
ton in Montana may change it. Do not
scratch the legislative ticket for the pur>
pose of paying some friend a compll-
ment. 1t means so much to the state of
Montana that you cannot afford to
scratch it. The reputation of the state
at home and abroad depends upon the
election Of the republican ticket this
fall .-l
Shall we have government by injunc-
ton? Shall we nav some Of our mines
closed days and weeks while you walk
the streets in the meantime? Therefore,
l say to you that we cannot afford to
approve of this set of men. Shall we
have in the county of Silver Bow, the
great heart of the state of Montana,
Irregular pay day? Shall we have q full
and large pay roll, or shall we have
mines locked up by injunctions growing
out VI the Wnlm ana caprice OF a man?
1T has been charged that the .repub-
lican legislative ticket will be under the
control of some horrible corporation. /
assert positively and do not qualify it
one particle, that there is not a single
candidate for the legislature VINO Is
under a single obligation to do the bid
ding of any corporation or
They rave mo- been approached, directly
or indirectly, and asked to do a single
thing for any corporation in the state.
Every candidate on that ticket stands
squarely on the eight-hour platform
that was adopted with SO much enthusi-
asm in our convention
Mr.. Richards then took up the various
eight-hour platforms and showed that
the only true one was the one adopted by
the republican party.
AT the conclusion of his speech he was
loudly applauded, and one of the audi
ence proposed three cheers for Mckinley
and the republican ticket, and they We're
given with a will.
The candidates who We're present were
then introduced and made a few remarks.
All of them were loudly cheered, and
when the meeting finally adjourned the
consensus of opinion was that it was one
OF the most successful political gather
ings ever held in the town of Centeryille.