Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-21
THE WORK DONE.

AS stated last evening, the convention
met at 5 o'clock n after selecting COM
mittees adjourned until $3.50. On re-
assembling the committees reported. w.
s. Hartman was made permanent chair
man, and D. p O'Connor n j. w. KEEL
ly secrtary n assistant secretary
respectively. The committee on reso.
lutions then submitted it's report. which
was as follows:
wv the democrats Of Montana, in con-
vention assembled, hereby reaffirm our al
~legiance to the principles of democracy as
set forth in the platform adopted by the
national democratic convention at Chicago
we indorse the doctrine of the free coin
age of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to l
by this government, independent of the
action of any other government.
w indorse the candidacy Of that match
less tribune Of the people. William J.
I'VE favor the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
lished by the gold standar bill passed by
the republicans in the last session of con-
gress, and condemn Senator Thomas H.
Carter for his betrayal of the peoples in
terests in voting for said bill and for his
subserviency to the trusts and armor-plate
w denounce the republican party as
the father of trusts and the diverter of the
natural prosperity of the country into the
I'VE hold that party responsible for cor
ruption in high places and for the defeat
of the Nicaraguan canal bill at the dicta-
ton of the railroad corporations of the
country. g,
I'VE condemn as un-American the policy
Of imperialism pursued by the present re-
posed to expansion as practiced by Jeffer-
son, which added virgin soil for the exten-
sion and development Of American ciyiii-
an expansion which requires US to hold
by subjugation' or upon terms of inequality
m n IGon.sn Of fou hsi21cis aInsedS p se 9 whose %1ss
labor must come in competition with that
Of the American workman. and whose Sim
American products.
w are opposed to bribery and corrup-
ton. and demand the punishment of those
who have been guilty of those practices in
this state, whether they be poor or rich,
and we invite the cooperation of all good
citizens of whatever party faith to this
I'VE declare that the democratic party
Of this state shall not be wrecked to graf
ify the personal ambition, hatred or malice
w d%enounce in unmeasured terms the
action of w. A. Clark of Butte in corrupt
Ing the state legislature, in assailing the
integrity of the supreme court of Montana
and In attempting to debauch the people
Of the entire commonwealth. as the colos-
sal crime OF the century.
We d~enounce his pretended candidacy
for the United States senate in the face
court of this state disbarring his principal
agent for bribery, the unanimous Judgment
Of the senate committee finding his cleo
ton null and void for bribery, his tricky
resignation from the senate in the face Of
that report and his pretended appointment
oy the lieutenant governor, as a disgrace
American nation and an insult to the
American senate.
we deplore all fractional party strife.
but we are unwilling to longer designate
as a factional fight a contest which has
come to a fight between the boodlers of all
parties and the incorruptible democracy of
Montana. With those who have honestly
differed with us in the past in the choice
or a senatorial candidate, we are ready to
record for personal integrity and loyalty to
the principles of democracy cannot be
questioned, and our desire is to place the
leadership of our party in new hands. but
we propose to stand or fall upon this dec.