Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-08
"A GREAT CROWD LISTENS TO Bennett and B0TKIN

| for his state and warned the democrats
and fusionistS of the shoals ahead in
case they managed to pull the wool over
the eyes of a sufficient number of vo-
tiers to attain their ends.
II have just returned from the north,
fellow citizens he said, where many of
your friends went in search of gold! Il
expected to return with wealth, although
I knew when I left that Butte is justly
regarded as the greatest mining town In
the world. If the money spent here was
spent there, the region would be vastly
more productive. : 4Es
You are now taking part in one Of the
most important campaigns in the his
tory of Montana. Since 1900 the republic
lican party has, with a few exceptions.
steered the ship of state. The platforms
have always been for sound vernmen
have met every emergency and should
have the confidence of the people.
1--WE believe for these reasons we have
a right to come before you and ask you
for your votes again to place in power
the party which in 1896 found all the
mills and factories closed, soup kitch-
ems established in the east and thou
sands OF people begging for their daily
bread, and in four years time has closed
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the factories to humming and the smoke
of countless industries curling skyward,
made it a strange sight to see anybody
logging for Tread and gladdaned the
hearts of millions of wives, mothers and
Children. (Appluwss).
1T will make little difference in the
general result how Montana may vote,
for just as sure as the 9th day of next
November may arrive Mckinley will be
elected for four more years. Cheering
ard yells of 'Thnts right.)
when THE pages Of history are written
he will stand side by side with the i'm
mortal Lincoln, and it would be a black
spot upon the fair nam of his great
state if she did not cast her vote for him
who, when once the stars n stripes
We're unfurled, would let no man haul
them down.
When the applause had ceased Chair
man Yoder Introduced the republican
candidate for lieutenant-governor. A. J..
Bennett, as the first speaker of the even
ing.
Alden J. Bennett, candidate for lieu
tenant governor, is an interestin speak,
err and a man possessing wonderful per-
sonal magnetism. 1t is as easy for him
to make friends as it is for a duck to
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addresses he was the first. To begin with
he complimented the audience on it's
generally intelligent appearance, follow
ing the remarks by assuring his hearers
that he believed republican, victory
meant prosperity for all. lie said the
democrats followed leaders, not princi-
pie had Travelled towards Washington
through swamps and marsh, while the
republicans had gone by way of sun
kissed hills and valleys. Farmers. la
borers, miners and business men were
thinking for themselves and it only re
maine for their vote in November to
announce the election Of Mckinley and
Roosevelt. He repeated the motto Of the
party-prosperity and protection. The
code Of laws Of the government had been
built up plank by plank and had as its
object the good OF the people.
Mr.. Bennett spoke of the birth of the
republican party in 1856 and it's accom-
plishments along the line Of march up
to the present time. He thanked God the
question of slavery was settled in the
sixties: that the blue and gray of those
days were now united under one flag and
fraternized on the broad platform OF
American citizenship. With each ap-
preaching campaign the democrats had
been guilty of manufacturing straw men,
such as imperialism, to be knocked down
by the republicans. Two years g the
charge was made by them that the re
p%ublicans were expansionsts, but when
it was recalled that in 1905 a large tract
of and was acquired by the United
States in addition to hat the govern
ment already controlled. n the work
of acquiring had been kept up since then
with good result. it was not such a dis-
NAL picture to look upon as the demos
cratic party would have people believe.
IF we are to believe our democratic
friends said he, 1.-The country will Don
become an empire. Is there an honest
man that believes such talk? Is there an
American alive whose blood does not pull
safe more quickly through his veins at
the thought of Manila bay. the good
work of Teddy at San Juan hill and the
achievements of the American army in
the Philippines? Is there a Mcn1anan
who is not proud of the st ties soldiers?
Is there an American that is not proud
of the position taken by the National adj
ministration on the Chinese question?
All honor to President Mckinley: ZAP
plause).
"At the time the battleship Maine was
blown up and our brave marines hurled
into eternity without a moments notice
the people were impatient. They wanted