The river press., 1904-11-02
\ DEMOCRATIC RALLY.

\ DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
Mcssrs Evans and Rootc Declare Repub-
Hcan Policies Are All Wrong.
The democratic rally held at the
court house Wednesday evening was
fairly we'll attended, and the speakers
we're accorded patient and respectful |
attention. The orators confined their
remarks almost exclusively to nation
al aft airs, which appeared to excite
less interest than what are known as
the state issues of the campaign.
The meeting was called to order by
Judge Tattan, who rem arked that busi-
ness institutions make periodical in
| vestig ations Of their affairs for the
purpose of ascertaing if they have
been properly conducted, and politi-
cal campaign is simply a process of
investig alton to find out whether the
public business has been conducted
upon the lines laid down. The people
are personally interested in the after,
and are entitled to hear both sides.
He then introduced Hon. John M.
! Evans, who was the democratic candi-
date for congress two years ago, as
the first speaker.
| Mr.. Evans stated that he had no
quarrel with the republican party,
which contained many good men, and
there were equally good men in the
democr attic party. We may differ as
to the best policies to be followed, but
the members Of each party advocate
what each believes to be best for the
American people. The speaker refer
red at length to The deplorable state
OF aft airs in Colorado, quoting a por.
tion OF an article in the River Press
in which it was stated that President
Roosevelt had no authority to inter.
fere in the m after, and contended that
the constitution and federal statutes
require the national administration to
suppress lawlessnes in Colorado. Mr..
Evans declared that when a state fails
to give the protection of law to any of
its citizens, federal troops should be
sent into that state by the president.
The speaker paid tribute to Governor
Too]e and other candid ates on the dem
ocratic state ticket, and ridiculed some
of the claims made on behalf Of Con-
gresham Dixon. He said that the
friends of the latter were giving him
credit for many things he did not de-
serve: they were placing Dixon on a
high pedestal and trying to make him
look bigger than George Washington.
The speaker declared that Mr.. Dixon 8
bill providing for the opening of the
Flathead Indian reservation contained
a clause under which the timber lands
will be gobbled up by the big corpora
tions.
Hon. Jesse B. Roote, who was the
: next speaker, discussed national af-
; fairs at considerable length large
portion of his speech consisting Of a
tistics relating to government expen.
ditures. He said the republican adj
ministration had departed from the
: fundamental principles of governmen,
and he feared the consequences tha,
may result will be something frightful
Mr.. Roote expressed the opinion that
the trust question was the paramount
$ issue in this campaign, as trusts
|, owned about one-fourth of the prop
q erty in the country, and have become
such menace to the public interes
that congress created department O
y commerce and labor to find out tt
,, what extent the trusts are infringing
upon the rights OF the people. During
j. this part Of Mr.. Roote's speech one o
f. the audience proceeded to leave thu
court room and was requested by tn
l. speaker to remain, but the departing
citizen shouted back" can't stand
. q any longer.'
The remainder of Mr.. Roote's re
marks related to the Philippines ant
70 the manner in which the Panama cana
strip was acquired, after which tn
II speaker gave several exhibitions O
1t ''frenZied oratory' and appealed t,
his audience to save the country b,
voting the democratic ticket.
J MlSSOULA, oct. 25.-Ernest Web
n ber was killed while unloading log
!. from truck. One OF the chains brok
and let a. load Of 1OrS down IN hin