The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-20


Flushed with victories unmerited;
drunken with power usurped and
abused, barnacled with abuses stead
lily increasing under mighty but bad
influences constantly growing worse,
the republicans rely for success upon
the INSCRIPTIONS activity of the
classes whose interests they have fos-
tered at the public expense, hoping
they may again delude the masses
whom they have betrayed.
The Undyine Democracy.
"Undaunted by defeat, still conf
IDENTIFY depending upon the people, still
refusing to sacrifice the many for the
selfish favor of the few, however pow
erful, still cherishing the principles
upon which the party as well as the
structure of our free institutions rest,
the undying democracy gives promise
that it will conduct the coming cam
paign with the strength and ardor and
wisdom and unselfshness which SO
Orten gave IL the Victory.
Where Bryan Led.
Like millions of others who gladly
followed the party banner in the two
great campaigns where Bryan led, I
am proud of my party's record in
those eventful years. Let no n
who hopes for democratic success in
the near future assail the democracy
of those trying times. If he did not or
cannot agree with them upon all the
issues of those campaigns, fop the
good of the party now, let his dissent
be in sorrow and silence. Let him
try to draw the mantle of f~orgetfulness
owe his estrangement, if estranged he
was. For surely, all must realize that
where the masses of the party pitched
their tents there camped the party,
and where the masses fought there the
party fought.
The Trust Question.
THE trust question is big in the
public mind and there it will probably
be bigger yet when the lines are
drawn and the next battle is fought
for the presidency and the control of
the lower house of congress. The re-
publican party has not dealt honestly
with the trust problem; it cannot deal
honestly with it, for it is under trust
control.
Revision of the Tariff.
Associated with the trust issue is
the old but ever living tariff question.
| Why should the tariff continue to
create and shelter so many trusts?
Many republicans concede that there
is urgent need for a revision of the
tariff, but they must depend upon the
democratic party for it, the bosses Of
their own party will have none of it.
No honest industry. no honest man
need fear from the revision. None but
those whose ways are meanly selfish
and whose purposes are unpatriotic
need oppose it.
"Who that loves the principles OF
The declaration Of independence, the
guarantees of the constitution, the
teachings of the fathers of the demo,
cratic party, can be content with the
policy or the Jack of policy of the re
publican party in the colonial empire
enterprise.
And what manner of democrat is
he who would not join his fellows in a
determined effort to stop the ex
trayagance and waste and corruption
irseparahle from continued republi
supremacy?
The Man for 1904.
Time and events will point out the
man for us in 1904. What thoughtful
man can doubt that he must be one
who was in the democratic column il
1896 and again in 1900? This is no
only justice, but it is necessity a!
J we'll. Be assured the man of thu
hour will be found and meanwhile
let us strive to heal sores, not to tea,
, open old wounds. Let us invite re
l cruits to join the party and not d.
: anything in folly Or bitterness to driv'
them from it. Let us rally where tn
party flag flies"
Samuel Altschuler of Aurora, Ill
also spoke.
kilograms of regret at their inabi
ity to be present were received iron
Senator Bailey of Texas and M. f
Ingalls,, democratic candidate for may
or of Cincinnati.
e Gratis who travelled to Chicago to a
X tend the banquet and because of tn
small number of toasts at the banque