Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-10-01

, martyred Mckinley. and believe and
feel and know that its destiny has
never been in wiser or more courag-
eous hands than those of Theodore
Roosevelt.
Guardian Angel of Republic.
"And while to these memories of
the past and the duties of the pres
ent, and our faith that for decades
yet to come the Republican party
shall and must be the guardian angel
of this republic, it is my firm belief
that our present duty. as a state or
ganization, demands that for the pur-
poses of the present campaign the
duty that lies nearest the Republicans
of Montana is the redemption of the
good name of our own once proud
young commonwealth. from the slough
of mud and mire in which it has been,
and is now, being dragged by the
unclean hands of these multi-million-
aire Democratic bosses and their sub
servient henchmen, in their contest
for political control of this state, for
their own selfish ends.
From my own observation and con-
versation with the men of Montana,
who see beyond the immediate circle
of their own private interests, | know
that the people of this state are sick
and weary of the hellish turmoil that
has for the past ten years so sorely
beset us. They are ready and willing
and anxious for leaders who will lead
them out of the deadly miasmatic vap-
ors that are threatening the very life
of social order In Montana.
Names Have Been Blasted.
when we know that the lives of
hundreds of good men, some within
the circle of our acquaintance, have
already been blasted; when the hand
of the tempter is extended on all sides.
Turing the manhood of this state to a
condition worse than death, by the
offer of gold from the overfowing
Golfers of Democratic millionaires, un-
l.. men are beginning to wonder
whether all virtue has departed from
us. Not content with the prostitution
of every branch of state and county
and municipal governments to their
own selfish ends, they are attempting
to lay unholy hands upon the ark OF
the covenant itself by seeking to con-
troll the judiciary of this state, the
very head and fountain of Republi-
can form of government.
Be Done With Wild Nightmare.
"If the present assault upon the
inner temple of our existence as
state is successful one. then God
save the state of Montana.
God Almighty never intended Mon
tana for a Democratic state. The
physical conditions are here to make
it the most prosperous state In the
union, and il we can by our own acts
convince the people of other states
that we have forever done with the
wild nightmares of the past few years
and have resolutely set our faces to
a condition in this state that means
good government, with equal justice
to all, whether he be poor or rich,
we will witness such a revival In
business conditions as we have not
seen for a decade past.
Democracy Is Montana's Bane.
"Why is II that with as lavish gifts
of natural resources as man could
wish the stream of immigration from
the east has poured hundreds of thous-
ands of people into the states east
and west and south OF us, and has
hardly touched the boundaries of our
own state? Nothing but the condi-
tions of our own affairs brought upon
us by the damnable contentious of
these Democratic millionaires and
widespread feeling throughout the