Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-10-21
HOT SHOT FROM MOODY.

OttItluIS VI tue NAVY "iiium III
Moody. in his address before the Re.
publican state convention in Boston.
Massachusetts. dissected the platform
of the Democrats of that state in a
mastery manner He shows up the
difference between ~pretention and per-
Torrance that is convincing of the in.
sincerity of the platform makers, who
say: The principles Of Democracy
are eternal and immutable." That Is
pretty good" says Mr.. Moody, for a
mar who has not been able to sup.
port his own party for eight years. |
wondered as | read along in this plat
form which was eternal and immu-
table the declaration in favor Of
short hours and against child labor
contained in our friends platform Of
yesterday, or the declaration for long
hours and the labor of children not
only contained in the platforms. but
also in the acts and in the practices
of the whole Democratic party
throughout the South"
Upon this question Mr.. Moody fur.
Their says: The Republican party
came into executive power in this
commonwealth about forty-five years
ago. and has held that executive pow
er practically without interruption
since. When It entered into power
there was o a law for the protection
OF workmen. regulating his hours Of
labor. defining the age at which he
might begin labor, caring for his
health. caring for his indemnity in
case of injury on the stateute book OF
the commonwealth. Today We have
written a code of labor laws which Is
the admiration OF the whole Union
Now. which party has done it?
don't deny participation in individual
demands, but the standard which oul
friends yesterday invoked for the 9th
er states of the Union Is the standard
written by the Republican party Of
Massachusetts"
Referring to the postal frauds. the
secretary said:
The chairman OF the Democratic
convention yesterday (Charles w
Bartlett, OF BOSTON, told the conven
ton that in the investigation of tn,
postoffice troubles many prominent
Republican officials and Republican
congressman had become involved
He has not learned that the only con
gresham under indictment and thu
only congressman, so far as ! know
even suspected OF wrong doing will
respect to that great department is
Democratic representative. He seem
to forget, or never to have known
that, although officials, Republican
and Democratic, have been expose,
and will, | trust, be brought to jus
tice. the only man about whom all tn
corruption centers, the man who i
the very core of this malignant ulcer
was a man appointed under the ad
ministration OF President Cleveland
MY friends, it is not of any use L
play politics about a question lik
this. The one vital interest of on
public life today is honesty. And 20
may make up your minds that you wi
have to hold your noses If there !
another ease of mis-doing exposed a
Washington, because this ADMINISTERS
ton will not count the cost. will nc
reckon the loss nor the gain of votes
but will investigate inexorably an
punish as he deserves every man, X,
publican or Democrat. who has bee
found guilty Of mis-doing."
The treatment of negroes in tn
south by the Democratic party wa
thus referred TO:
in the tenth paragraph of the Den
~ocratic platform there Is containe
this statement: Equal rights for a
men. be they black or white. Christia
or Hebrew. ~colonist or continental.
the Democratic watchword which sti
We hope M country may carr
through the world
Il think that a greater piece,
more colossal piece of impudenc,
never was written into a state pape
than that. In that tenth paragrap
they declare against the repeal of tn