Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Anaconda are too fresh in memory to re-
quire any further explanation Of my
meaning. Added to this is the lesson ri
political ~treachery taught us when, after
having In good faith selected a candidate
as a party leader, he deliberately betrav.
ed our trust and undertook to deliver us
into the hands of the democrats, whose
treachery to us and to the cause of the
white metal had already been shown both
In This county and in the state. The first
conclusion which I draw from this la
that with the silver republican party as
represented by Towne. Hartman ct al.
we v nothing in common Now the
silver republicans in 1896 and 1898 made
the silver plank in their platform of par
amount Importance.
Then, as now, we believed In the Justice
of free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of sixteen to one. Then, as
now. we believed in the grand republican
doctrine OF protection. Then, as now, we
believed that the American people owe
IN a very large measure their prosperity,
their high standing. both at home md
abroad. to the protection which republic
can government has given to American
1abor. n all American institutions.
Upon all points except tina Of coinage
we were and are In entire sympathy with
the administration. We now believe in
holding up the hands of the administra-
tion IN its efforts to retain for us the
splendid fruits of the Spanish-American
~ vi uD u OuT
children and to coming generations the
magnificent lesson of American courage.
n American success as exempliied at
santiago, at Mantle and at every other
place where our army n navy met the
foe during the late war. We cannot az
Ioru 10 tear these splendid pages of his
tory from our records or to blot them out
by repudiating the results obtained.
NOW as to the cause of silver. Is it not
true that 1T can hardly be considered an
all issue IN Inc n1QCnnf "a ~ moi
we once made the great mistake of
the professions of democracy
OF friendship for silver and of anxiety to
Operate with the true friends Of silver
as being made in good faith. BY their
own actions they have destroyed the be-
lief. - -
1t oftentimes follows that excess Of
leellngs upon some of the branches Of a
party's faith. causes us to lose sight Of
other great principles. which, combined
make the party.
IT the silver cause is for the present at
least lost sight of and no longer an issue
ol the gay. shall we blindly struggle to
.acGo1npnsh the impossible. or shall we
hoid fast to our life long convictions and
peiiei IN protection and the prosperity
Wnlch has always co-existed with rep,1b-
llcan administrations, and which was
the eee nrn more strongly illustrated b at
states, again assert that we were. are
ana VIII continue to be republicans.
Whlle there are conditions in connec-
elon with county politics which are sep
arate from and Independent of nationa,
issues, and which in connection win q
more careful analysis Of the feelings.
plans and purposes of the Madison coun-
~ administration republicans NAV con-
vince us that we have no welcome and
place in their %ouncils we can
at least fight our own fight. and. Stand
ing shoulder to shoulder, give such an
account OF ourselves during the present
campaign as will preserve to US fuli
measure of self-respect,
If. on the other hand. amonu 49,
changes which two years have bro1rht
we should find ourselves in harmony and
acting IN concert with our long associ-
ates of the republican party, we can by
SO acting absolutely insure republican
success in this county.
A. J. BENNETT.
April 10, 1900.