Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-10-03
or agreed to fusion of any kind or
character. (Applause.)
Fusion is Immortality.

character. (Applause.)
Fusion is Immortality.
The fusion of parties having con-
tlicting political views is the highest
order of political immortality. Parties
have become under our free system of
government a necessary agent in
working out the will Of the people. It
is true that no party representing
large number of the people can frame
a platform completely responsive to
all the views of every member. but
We have framed republican platforms
in nations and in states more COM
pletely responsive to the views OF
majority of the people than any par
ties of existence in the last forty
years, because we have neither job
bed, bargained. traded nor swapped
with any political conglomeration call
ing itself a party opposed to us on the
elementary principles.
This convention here assembled
comes from twenty six counties. Some
of it's members have travelled nearly
600 miles to come here; all OF its
members have departed from their u.s.
nal ayOcations, sacrificing private in
terests to public good in order that
we might meet here in counsel for the
purpose OF giving direction to what
we deem to be the best, most whole
some and effective principles guiding
the public policies of our stalr for the
next two years.
Sure of Victory.
when this body vi earnest men,
whose beloved faces bctokcn generally
u remarkably high grade Of intelli-
gcnce, will thus, at their own expense,
respond to what they deem to be a
public duty, travel the long distance
over which you have Travelled at great
inconvenience, we may rest assured
OF the fact that the leaven and the
loaf in this state will work the regen-
Grafton and redemption Of Montana
from the pollution and disgrace of
democratic rule. (Applause)
ut seems refreshing indeed to real
ize that the party under whose ban
ner we assemble today has record
unequaed in the history of time for
magnificent achievements in both war
and peace. (Applause.) Men con-
fused by ignorant counsel or ambi-
; tious purposes, or inspired by selfish
men are prone in these days of ours
\ to say to the laboring men, Get off
by yourselves, form a party and at
~ disqualification of your views into Jaw.
one-Man Contention.
But two days ago there assem-
> bled in the city OF Helena a labor CON
vcntion, assembled as the boys as
semble their flocks down in Fergus
county under the herder; Qaughter)
d assembled for the purpose of working
% out the selfish definite purposes of the
e man who put up the money to pay tho
n expenses.
J. ITO the men those individuals arr
~" NsDS
is that of all the parties the world ha:
Of known the republican party stands
d. forth clearly and distinctly the mos
notable organization created anon.
ce men since the humble Nazarene start
~, ed the christian church by trampin!
mr. over the hills of Judea.
ma "Thc republican party, which too
ve the laborng men Of this country ou
ia grDaned under the lash in the south
the republican party, which found me
H. working in the country from the ris
m. ting of the sun until the setting there
IL, of for from twenty-five to seventy-fiv
nv. cents per day, presents them now a
M the best fed, the best clothed, the bes
od housed and the most highly respecte
.tv men on the globe. (Applause)
zee Reply to the Maigners.
ny Il would like to have stepped befor
the people of that convention to sa
this alleged party of trusts and mono]
olies found its first inspiration in th
election of president of the Unite
-. States by taking man who studie
-, the primer by the light of a log in tt
We 'iiep'ooe ~
, walked twenty miles to borrow boo
taking man as a representative
70 ,, his people who split rails for livir
when they made Abraham Linco
~f II to-
mr.
af plause)
"Their next achievement was ia
ing an humble man from tannery
the city of Galena and making hi
chief executive of the United State
!. The next was clerk in a store WI