Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-30
MT THE HERALD A

Judge Smith, last fall elected as dis
trict Judge of Lewis and Clarke county,
was considered not very ardent for Mr..
Carriers candidacy for the senate and
this led the Helena Herald to give the
Judge support which it did not accord
other men on the Republican ticket in
that county. The judge has been held
up as the Herald's idea of Republican,
but that this was entirely without the
consent of the able jurist is proven by
his remarks at the Republican banquet
given in Helena last week. While
Judge Smith may have coincided with
the Herald's views last summer il is by
no means the case that he has followed
that paper in its abandonment of Re
p%ublicanism aud it, betrayal of party
candidates To the opposition. That to-
day Judge Smith washes his hand, Of
The Herald and appreciates the great
services of senator Carter to the state
was made very plain last week. Al
though the occasion was a political one,
the gentlemen called upon for remarks
did not indulge in personal attacks
upon any man or set of men, even
though they were deserving of the most
severe handling. But Judge Smith
could not refrain from placing himself
Alright before the Republicans of the
state and dealt with the traitorous Her
aid in the following language:
"As we are met As Republicans ]
deem il not improper To say a few
words relative to the present status of
the party in Montana. We all deeply
regret the defeat of the party in the
state AT large atthc late election; differ
cnt causes contributed to that defeat,
among others the pernicious and blast
ing influence of certain alleged friends
of the party purposing To be Republi-
cans. some of whom were discovered
and unmasked before the 9Th day OF
| November and Others of whom only
screwed their courage To the sticking
point of open attack after the ballots
had been counted and they deemed il
safe to strike what they thought to be
defeated party.
The Republican party is a party Of
principle, No nan has a right to jeop
ardizc the future success Of the party
by an open and public attack, in tho
name Of the party, upon n whom h,
~conceiyes to he his personal enemy
The Republican party will attend Il
its individual members. When a mar
or newspaper, for personal ends, Seeks
to cause disscnsion in the ranks of tn,
party, that man and that paper are ne
longer Republican and are no longer
entitled tn the support or confidence oI
Republicans, This is party treason anc
shoald be punished AS such.
"rhe only way in which the Repub.
lican party can serve the people is by
elccting its candidates, to the end that
they may put the principles of the party
in operation; any influence which les
sens the ability of the party to win al
the polls is an cnemy's influence. Tn,
party must he united to win. Anyone
who seeks TO disrupt it is an enemy and
should he - treated.
The Republican party in Montana
has no bosses. Every man ~occupic,
such position in the party as his integ-
rity and ability entities him To. Eut,
thank heaven, the Republican party is
also n party of gratitude. and when a
man has shown himself to be loyal and
true to party principles, useful beyond
all others 20 his state-able, eloquent
and watchful for the peoples good
letters of marquc bearing the sign man
ual Of the grand old party will not be
issued against him at the bchest of any
disgruntled individual, newspaper or
corporation
Attorney General Donovan has pro-