Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-05-18
in Butte and Select Delegates
to Philadelphia Strong Resolu-
tons Adopted.
DEN0UNCE THE PARTY TRAITORS
They Can No Longer Have Lot Parcel in the Republican
Councils Phillips Who Sold Out to
Clark, is Elected

(ing campaign will present are those
which have inevitably followed as a re-
suit Of our war with Spain. Chief among
these is territorial acquisition and the
government of our insular possessions
What The republican party has chosen
to call expansion. the democrats have
yainly tried to convert into imcrialism:
but il order that there may bc no confll-
sion in the use Of terms, let us present
the question in its simplest form Shall
We Keep the Philippine islands, or Shall
we give them up? For myself, cannot
consent to relinquish NY right 10 amy
thing which belongs To me. Or to give up
that TO which ] hold an undisputed legal
title. The property right Of L nation
are as sacred and inviolablc az the
property rights Of individuals. It may
be said that this is selfish and sordid, 4
proposition which, in these days of en-
ergy, enterprise and lawful competition,
when nations and individuals are strug-
Cling for every possible advantage, | can
not concede. Our first duty is to our
own country believe in that policy
which will result in the most good to the
people of the United States, especially to
our farmers and wage -earnors Does
any individual dispute our title to these
islands? Has any nation yet done so?
81 am not satisfied that the great vic
tory Of Manila bay on May |, 1888, and
the gallant charge of the men of the
First Montana shall go down in his
tory simply as a spectacular show
OF American arms. | wish that by some
legitimate means all these special ad
vantagcs might accrue in particular to
the brave men who bore their country's
arms in that far away lard.
"With hands uplftcd IN holy horror,
democrats ask if we are going to open
the markets of this country to the pro
ducts of cheap labor in the Philippine
islands. And yet for more than half /,
century they have frantcally howed
that our markets be opened to the pau
per libor of the whole world!
''Thc real opposition Of the democratic
party to the retention of the Philippines
is the fact that they believe it is good
policy to reject everything, regardless of
merits, which has its origin with the re
publican party ] have often thought
that if the republican party should pass
a resolution declaring that the devil was
bad man, he would find the democrats
vigorously defending his Satanic majesty
and contending that after all he was /;
pretty good fellow.
The republican party of the state OF
Montana is equally hopeful and certain
Of success in the coming contest. Never
before in the history of the state have
circumstances and conditions been SO
favorable for great victory as at the
present time. The republican party in
form. 1T devolvcs upon the party to res
cue from infamy the fair name and rep
utation Of this state. And even now there
is a fixed purpose and determination in
the mind Of every republican who is
loyal to his party, to make impossible,
for all time to come, any repetition OF
that disgraccful conduct on the part Of
the democratic party which has already
made the name of Montana stencil in
the nOstrlls of the honest people Of this
country.
We are proud to submit the record of
our representatives in congress. for con
trast with that of the cyponents of Mon
tana democracy. The only representation
which this state has ever enjoyed in that
great law making body, has been at the
hands of republicans. And today the
state of Montana is represented in the
senate of the United States by I, man
whose energy and ability has contributed
to the wisdom of the councils of party
when his advice is sought on all import
ant questions which vitality concern the
nation. No man in the United States sen
ate stands higher in his party than the
Hon. Thomas H. Carter of Montana,
through whose untiring efforts this
young state has secured recognition
which is a source of pride to its citizens,
and the envy of many older states.
s.The conduct and the records of the
two democratic representatives from
Montana in the United States congress,
is known to all. They speak for them
selves, and condemn forever the demo-
cratic party IN the state of Montana
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