Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
REPUBLICAN UMiTE.


are right. and IL properly applied by
honest men to the financial affairs Of our
country would add materially. to the
permanent welfare Of the people, condi-
lions have relegated that issue to the
background. Without discussing those
conditions in this connection. the act Is
now recognized that no contingency
likely to arise will again bring the para
mount issue of 1896 to the front. Aside
from a proftless local agitation, for
effect upon local politics, the Ttestion
has been laid upon the shelf and will
cut no figure of consequence in, the ma
tional politics Of the present year. ~
While the removal of this BARRIER be-
tween the silver republicans and their
former party associates ~presuppoees the
cooperation of men who think aliketon
all other questions Of public concern,
there are additional incentives to. the
complete uniAcation of the republican
party. Upon the republicans of this
state rests the duty of redeeming Mon
tana's good name and the recovery of its
lost prestige. The democratic feud,
which has demoralized the politics of this
state, made merchandise of honor and
slavery Of self-respect. has brought Mon.
tana to the verge of ruin. The respective
factions of that party are jointly respon-
sible for the contempt in which this
splendid commonwealth is held through
out the world.
Were we an older community. with our
resources fully developed. and independ-
ent of the emigrant and the investor Of
outside capital, we might abide our time
in patience until the odors of the feud
were dissipated by the flight of time.
But Montana owes it's future to the de-
velopment Of It's resources. The brain
and Drawn of the new settler is needed,
and the confidence of the investor must
be secured. Under the reputation which
the democratic party has given this
state, the better class of home-seekers
cannot be induced to unite their destinies
with ours. and capital will seek. else
HI for investment.
The great work of correcting the evil
tendency of the times, and again bring
ing our glorious young state to the fropt,
rests with the republican party It Ct
perform this duty only by united action.
And united action will challenge the sup
port of those self-respecting democrats
of Montana whose loyalty to the state is
stronger than their loyalty to the Interior
purposes of corrupt party leaders,. Re-
publicans generally throughout the state
coming campaign. and are conscious Of
the opportunity to redeem Montana from
the blight which democracy has placed
upon it. They realize that they cannot
! afford to shirk the responsibility which
has been placed upon their shoulders. If
in the future they hope to command the
this state.
Here and there is a republican, it is
! true, whose ambition to control federal
: patronage in the future leads him to
oppose a party reunion. and the victory
that would follow, least by growth OF
party strength, personal power over its
would have the silver republicans, who
in the years past constituted the greatest
voting strength of the party, crawl back
into the fold upon their bellies and beg
for an uncushioned seat in the sky-gal.
lery of the temple. They would prefer
defeat in Montana. with a minority Of
votes behind them, and be recognised a.
the leaders of the republican party ani
the dispensers of it's federal patronage
rather than witness the REDEMPTION O
this state from democratic rule and tn,
new era of industrial progress which tina
would imply. However, there are bu
few such republicans in Montana, an,
the encouragement given them by, tn
democratic press will only tend to brini
the rank and file of the party into
closer union for the great work that lie
before the good citizenship of this state
Il With the contest narrowed Down t
Clark and Conrad. and with tie positiv
refusal of the Anaconda democrats to 8
to Hartman. there was nothing left 70
the four silver republicans in the legisla
. ture to do but to vote for a man VIII
, protested to be for free coinage. Every
body knew that Conrad was q gold demo