The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-17


was bill No. III. ii was side tracked by the trust
lobbyists and held back until near the adjourn
nent. and then. over the protest of some OF the
best iren of the party and almost all Of the Demo-
cratic membcIs ii defeated. This was re-
pudiation of the party platform and the sentiment
of the party.
81 cannot believe that we will escape punish.
ment, and believe it will come this fall. Why
should the party not be punished when the mon
who control its actions disregard the will of the
people? Why should the people, who believe in
the enforcement of law and believe that party
platforms and principles than men, not
punish the party, and do it this fall9 ! know no
| reason.
81 hardly talk on this question with pro-
priety. am not in politics or public life. am
practicing law and should not take part in such
matters, but will say that there will be no COM
promise with the trusts. and personally will not
discontinue my efforts to bring about better
condition Of trade and honest competition"
Mr. Lentz-I doubly appreciate the
gentleman's [Mr. Grosvenor'sl cer-
tificate Of character and Republicanism
which he has just given Mr.. Monnett,
because Mr.. Monnett says that as a
just penalty on his own party it ought
to be defeated in the state of Ohio this
fall for its reputation Of its pledges
against the trusts.
Mr.. Grosvenor-Will the gentleman
allow me?
| Mr. Lentz-Yes.
Mr.. Grosvenor-The gentleman will
note that Mr.. Monnett does not claim
that he was turned down for attorney
general.
Mr.. Gaines-You did not indorse his
administration.
Monnett Turned Down.
Mr.. Lentz-1 note that the gentleman
now says Mr.. Monnett did not say that
he was turned down, but l will give
the gentleman from Ohio little his
| tory from the convention of last sum-
mer. You know and everybody in Ohio
knows that Mr.. Monnett's name was
mentioned throughout the state by the
Republicans who are honestly opposed
to trusts as a candidate for governor,
and out of the S13 delegates that went
to the state convention not single
delegate dared to lift his voice for
Frank S. Monnett for governor, al
though he was the champion of the
people against the trusts.
| You know another thing, sir, that
the trusts went with their corruption
funds into Mr.. Monnett's own county
and prevented him from securing even
the few delegates of his own county
for denomination for attorney general.
| You know that no man in the United
States has made as loyal, as intelligent,
as honest, as persistent fight against
the trusts as Frank Monnett, and not
withstanding the fact that he has DEM
onstrated to the people of the state of
Ohio and of the United States that he
Is the best qualified man In the coun-
try to fight the trusts, yet your party
repudiated him and turned him out
of office before he could finish his liti-
! cation against the Standard Oil trust.
You talk about two terms. The peo-
pie of Ohio did not apply the two term
rule to you. The people Of Ohio did
not apply the two term rule to McKin.
ley, nor to Garfield, nor to Hayes, moi
to many others in state and national
service. Mr.. Monnett had carried into
execution your promises to the people
in your platform of 1895. and yet you
repudiated him, and when he did come
before the state convention for renom
ination, not as attorney general alone
but as the lawyer to prosecute the
trusts in that state, he got only q
votes for attorney general and not one
for governor.
Now, you have the reputation Of be
ing "Old Figgers." should like t
have you figure for us. If Mr.. Mon
nett, after fighting the trusts faithfully
and honestly-aye, after fighting only
one trust-could not get one vote fol
governor, how many would he hav,
got had he fought all the trusts
Or solve this problem by the simpl,
rule of three: If he got only % vote'
for attorney general out of S13 votes
how many votes would he have go
for denomination as attorney genera
If he had been fighting all of tn,
trusts? Solve those problems, If 70,
please.
! Could Not Get One Delegate.
II Mr.. Monnett, after fighting thu
trusts for four years as Republican
could not get one delegate out of 81:
} for governor, how many years will h.
have to fight all of the trusts befor
you nominate him for that position
After you have answered those ques
tions, and your pencil and your figure
are worn out, answer these questions
. II Mr.. Monnett is to he repudiate,
because he has honestly fought th
trusts; IL Mr.. Monnett is to be re
, pudiated In Ohio for fighting the great
est monster that is before the peopl
: today; If Mr.. Monnett was the cham
. : pion Of the cause of the people, caus
/. which you hypocritically come in her
now and say requires an amendmen
to the constitution of the Unite
States, why did you not keep Mr.. Nor
Q nett in the public service. helping 70
! fight these trusts. II you were homes
= = about It? You need such man a
d Monnett.
. All. my friends, II you thought thi
E E constitutional amendment was a mer
d ace to the trusts 1t would have gone t
4 the wastebasket, just as Mr.. Monnet
, has gone to the political wastebasket!
Oh, do not undertake to fool the pet
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