Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
cL OSING ARGUMENTS
OF THE CAMPAIGN
TaT Continued from Page Five.) -

Gratis admitted the theft OF the oaii"'S,
hut ne sale that the republicans AnocN'"
tbem down and tool them away.
"From that day h democrarsc parry
has tried to throttle n gaTrose .n'
penple of the state Of Montana, n ..e
democratic records from that to I1'S
viii bear me out i'm the statement"
T~ha sneaker spoke of the first legls-
lative assembly of the state. wuen the
Questions hinged on the seating OF
three or four members from Silver 10"
county. Joseph X. Toole put on the
legislative doors the memorable lale
locks. and appointed as d~oorkeepers men
who had records Of blood. who in chi
cago would he called plug uglies." II
them to admit no one except
those VIII could present cards OF admls-
sion bearing his ~~,gnature.
Mr.. Toole Is as.dn a candidate Tor the
high Office Of governor of the state
said Mr.. Richards. Il say that the rec
ord he has made has demonstrated be-
ycnd any doubt that he is no a safe
man TO elect as the chief or
the state. 1t is generally believed that
THE legislative assembly OF the state
this year will be so close that If elected
he might again be lii a position to usurp
the p~rerogatives of that body. You Will
not put in h executive chair a maj
who has shown thai disposition?"
Mr.. Richards at some length took up
the case of Hogan. the candidate for
g~ubernatorial honors on the independent
democratic ticket, and read an article
from the Anaconda Standard relating to
him on November 5. 1898. This article
referred to the candidate as a man who
had something Inherently weak about
him; something wrong; he lacked char
acter. Yet this same paper at the pres
emit time was holding the man UP to the
people of the state as its candidate. The
matter needed no argument, for the
paper said that he possessed every quail
ity OF craftsmanship.
The speaker said that on the other
hand every man on the republican ticket
was competent and clean and deserved
the support of the people, and knowing
David e. Folsom as he did, he knew
that he woul not become the tool of
any corporation or set of men.
ut Is a fact, and I say it with
shame" SAT- Mr.. Richards, ''that the
people of this nation regard Montana
as a country with a low code of morals
and look upon US as a community whose
conscience is dead. We are face to face
with the problem and we must meet it
at the ballot box. 1t is this: Is Montana
suffrage to be offered for sale like a
band Of steers? When we go to the polls
to discharge our duty to our
God and to ourselves, We will determine
THAT the only safeguard for ourselves
and for our country is to support the
republican ticket from .op to bottom,
In Montana you ART, to elect two sena-
tors, and they may determine the polit;-
cal complexion OF the United States SEN
ate"
MI. Richards spoke briefly upon the
absurd charge that the Standard Oil
company was in the present nght, and
said:
= want to say to you, that il I be-
lteveS h Standard OH or
the Amalgamatsd company, or the
Northern Pacific Railroad or
any other corporation was trying to OBJ
cain control of the legislative. u
OF ]uudcaal departments Of the state. I
woufu give up my time and Tabor agains,
any encrOachment OF this kind on the
sssns and liberties of the people of the
enate. l know Of my own knDwledse
tina there is o one man on the lesisla-
1--WE ticket OF the repue7ican party who
Is under a pledge or promise to do one
on'hs Tor the Standard Oil company. the
Anaaisamated company or any other
corporation in the state"
He closed with an adnonition to the
voters to cast their ballots straight Ton
the republican ticket. He was qoualv
and many remained to nor.
sonaaly congratulate him upon his ab1s
aiR on q subject that 50 closely con-
Germs the interests Of every resident in
the state. 40