Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-10-17
FRANK SMITH
CAMPAIGNING
A Ringing Address Delivered
To the Voters Of Cascade
County.
is GLARK'S DOODLE THE ISSUE
People Must Decide Whether
Montana is Purchasable
or Not.
is GLARK'S DOODLE THE ISSUE
IGreat Falls Lcalcrl


torney Of Fergus county, was the
next speaker, and wus greeted with
round after round OF applause. The
speaker paid glowing compliment
to the city OF Great Falls and its
growth since he had first visited
here.
''In 1896 we were told by the De-
mocracy that silver was the para
mount issue and dire results were
predicted for us II we did not elect
Mr.. Bryan; yet In 1900 we find silver
relegated to the rear and imperial
ism is given out as the paramount
issue by Democracy and the dire re-
suits predicted to us in 1856 have not
arrived; not one of them have been
realized.
"A few weeks ago II was my pleas
ure to listen to j. X. Toole, the Pop
ocratlc candidate for governor, and
MIR. Clements make some speeches.
l say speeches, advisedly, for the oily
argument | heard advanced by Mr..
Clements was against prosperity.
He said we should look something
higher and grander and nobler, but
as he did not say what that some
thing was, we were left TO infer that
1t was the barrel Of W. A. Clark.
The Democratic party Is party Of
tissues" Imperialism, Cuesarism and
other isms, but after election their
issues will be confined to une-rheu-
matism. In 1909 the American gov
ernment went further than ever be-
fore or since in the Louisiana pur-
chase. The emissares of the United
States went to France md agreed
to pay Sl5.0O0,000 for the Louisiana
tract; they did this without author
ity, but they did wisely and well;
yet when the Republican party nc.
quires 73,OO0.O0O acres In the Philip
pine islands, the Democrats hold up
their hands in holy horror. In Mexl-
co, where Arizona and New Mexico
were acquired, 1t was done by the
powers Of the American arms, and
there was no complaint. The Demo-
cratic party has had n change OF
heart; finding that the American
people did not propose to haul down
the American flag they have turned
their attention to trusts. When
Cleveland had the entire congress OF
the United States on his hands, we
never heard a word Of trusts. The
only trust law, the Sherman anti
trust bill, was passed by the Repub-
lican party, and so far as the federal
law goes, IL has been declared good
by the courts, as between states, and
each state has it's own law-making
machinery, the power to regulate
trusts. When an effort was made
by the Republicans In congress to
pass law to regulate trusts as far
as the law-making power ofcongress
could go and "a twO-thirds majority
was required to put the law into
effect, just five Democrats voted for
the bill.
"In Montana there IL one trust OF
which the Democratic papers do not
speak. 1t IL the one man trust,
which exists in Montana In its most
hideous form. A man who says he
il going to the United States senate
II he has to buy every man, woman
and child In the state to do 1t. But
Mr.. Clark will fail, for the people Of
Montana have too much honor, too
much integrity to allow Mr.. Clark or
his agents 10 purchase the state like
sheep In the shambles.
"Mr. Clark may purchase newspa-
pers throughout the state to do his
bidding-he has the money-but |
know that the people will not stand
for 1t. 1t Is the paramount issue Of
the campaign in Montana In this
election, this debaucheiy ofthe ballot
by "A millionaire who has been brand
ed by the privileges and election COM
mittee OF the United States senate,
and virtually the supreme court Of
Montana, as n briber. | have made
my home In Montana. reared my
family here and when die / expect
to bc buried here and | love the state
IA my native home. And / do not
hesitate one instant to say where |
stand on this question oibribery, cor
ruption and one man purchase power