Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-27
Hon. Lee Mantle and F. E. Smith Expound
Political Gospel at Anaconda---Enthu-
siasm Rampant
deer LODGE COUNTY IS SAFE
FIRST UNINTERRUPTED REPUB CAN MEETING OF THE SEASON.
HIRED RUFFIANS GIVE WAY TO APPRECiATVE
VOTERS.

SO declared in it's platform adopted at
Kansas City. But it requires much ego
tism on a man or party of men to say
what paramount issue is. But do not
believe paramount issues are made by
men, they are simply result of econom-
ical conditions"
The speaker took up the purchase of
the Philippines and declared this was
done just in the same manner as other
territorial acquisitions of the United
States. But of late, he said, the demo-
cratic orators have had little to say about
this question of imperialism, as they call
it; they say it is the trusts that threaten
the destruction Of the republic, and en-
deavor to fasten the responsibility for
them to the republican party. But, the
speaker said, he did not believe the re-
publican party was responsible for them
any more than the democratic party was,
and possibly not SO much, and he related
that during the Cleveland administration
$500, 900, 900 worth of trusts were formed,
yet during the second administration of
Cleveland every branch of the govern
ment was in the control of the democrat
ic party and nothing was done; no legis-
lation was enacted to destroy the trusts
Coming down to local matters, Mr.
Smith declared that Montana has one
trust and that it should be made para
mount issue. ut is the one-man politi-
cal-debauchery trust, the officers and
stockholders of which should be driven
out of Montana politics in everlasting OBJ
loquy. tt is not subject Of politics, it
is a matter of social life; it is a
matter the voters of Montana should
keep in mind above all others when
tn q nol1c NnVar1ohpr 6t1
II believe the time has arrived to remove
this stigma from the state and I have
confidence the people will do it by their
ballots, one week from next Tuesday,"
Although Mr. Mantle came unprepared
on account of sickness in his family, he
made what is conceded to be one of the
best political speeches ever made in
Anaconda. His hearers took in every
word he uttered with marked interest.
MIR. Mantle devoted considerable time
to the silver issue and said 1t was
gratifying to him to know that fully SO
per cent of the silver republicans who
voted against Mckinley four years ago
are back in line again. The silver ques-
ton is no longer the paramount issue, he
said, of the American people, nor is it
any longer the paramount issue of the
democratic party. TT Is true there is a
plank IN thlef platform making Speclnc
mention of Is to l, but probably sore of
you have not noticed that there is moth
ing said about it's legal tender quality as
there was four years ago. We must all
admit that the arguments used in sup
port of the silver issue at that time have
been modified by the great economic
questions that have since came to the
front. -Four years ago there was but a
small fraction of the worlds population
placed on gold basis. There We're
many nations wayering and all eyes We're
upon the United States Japan, Russia,
India and nearly all the nations of South
America have come over to the gold
standard; over one-half the population
of the EARTH including all civilized ma
tions are now upon the gold basis The
principal reason for this change is the
enormous increase in the production of
gold In 1897 it was over $212 eco 600; in