Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-08
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ficate on file in the office of the secre-
tary of state-my office as lieutenant
Governor-brought me into close con-
tact with Mr.. Folsom, n I wish to tes-
tify to his honesty. his integrity. his
firmnes of purpose and his excellent
Judgment. He is familiar with our ma
chinery of government and with our in
%stitutions, lacking nothing to make him
a most worthy candidate.
THE modesty of Mr.. Bennett causes il
to devolVe upon me to testify that he is
worthy Of your support. He is an old set
tier but too broad Of mind to feel any
thing but kindly toward our later p
1ation. He is a man of a superior order
of ability and l am sure that the people
of Montana cannot do better than to ele-
waite him with their votes to the Office Of
lieutenant governor of this state.
My acquaintance with the other can
didates on the ticket warrants me in
saying that each possesses peculiar quail
itications for the office for which he is
a candidate, and the election CT them
all will insure to the people an efficient.
honest set of officers to take care
of governmental affairs.
nett mas nau TO say ABOUT the ZONES Oh
Let me add a little to what Mr.. Ben
the democratic party on the silver ques-
ton.
THE campaign of 1896 found the
democrats without a hope of success;
their sins had found them out. The net
result of four years of democratic mis-
rule was that the country had incurred
an Indebtedness of 5000, coo, 900 in a time
Of nrAfD1ni np3na Another. result wa G
the Wilson-Gorman tariff. which plung-
ed the country into profound trouble.
The democrats had no hopes m
fnew they We're going to overwhelming
defeat unless they could find new al
liances. In their distress they turned to
me peoples party and to gain the sup
port of the western states they espoused
che cause of free coinage. They We're not
tlen and they never have been since
zOan sincerely in favor of free coinage Of
H;er
Let me not be misunderstood. I be-
Veve that in 1896 William Jennings Bry-
an was sincerely for free coinage, out I
will not undertake to Excuse his recent
juggling along those lines. Free coinage
is a matter of legislation, and not OF
parties.
"Of the states west of the Aiieghanies,
some We're doubtful, some We're indiffer-
ent and some We're absolutely opposed.
OF the states east not one in ten was in
favor of free coinage. Therefore, if Bry-
an had been elected in 1896 they could
never a have passed a free coinage
bill.
In the present campaign this division
of the party IN parallels of longitude is
more notorious. In the east it is plainly
said that Mr.. Bryan's election will not
be followed by the free coinage Of silver.
while in the west + IS claimed that his
election will bring about binlctallism.
card once of two tramps approach
ms a house. One was at aid ID enter
ami the other tried t. ,rassure hin by
ans He is all right. Don't you see
him wagging his tail?' Yes said the
other, 'but he is also showing his teeth
and l don't which end to believe Cup
roarious laughter).
THAT is the way with the democratic
party regarding free silver. We don't
know which end to believe. daughter
and ~applause).
Take their free coinage plank and
what does it mean? Simply that the
minis will be thrown open. Bullion may
be taken there and if it is coined into
dollars the dollars. the dollars will not
be worth any more than their bullion
value. These men are trying to insult
the intelligence of the people.
Now, a word about trusts. The real
Issue before the people is not trusts, is
not imperialism. is not expansion, is not
militarism. 1t is the protection of Amer
lean labor
Governor Eotkin Their stated that the