Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-26

mated from n and the same source.
Until you go to Silver Bow county
and learn the actual situation prevail
ing there. you will never believe theie
are so many different brands of Dem
ocrats over on the Butte hill. have
said to the people I have addressed
during this campaign that | believe
the voters of this state have been
lined up behind one or the other of
these great copper companies in max
ing their fights long enough. | be-
lieve that all over Montana the peo.
pie are heartily tired OF this great
Democratic low emanating from the
Butte hill. | believe that the hope OF
the people Of Montana is in the oihcr
twenty-five counties in this state align
ing themselves against the great. ov,
cr%whelming. brutal Democratic major
ity OF Silver Bow county.
RooseveIt's Sudden Call.
When the Republicans me, in the
o'ty of Chicago. they named as candi
date for president Of the United States
a man VI flesh and blood. a man who
has had opinions upon every pubic
question affecting the people OF this
country, and has had the moral cour
age and the stamina to express them
a man who has not been afraid TO ca
press himself upon any IF the great
questions Of the day for fear OF dis
turbins the two discordant wings 81
the great political party behind him
Now, ladies and gentlemen. l wish fol
YOU to patiently review with me The
history of this country for the pas,
three years. and see whether or NO
the story which | told YOU Of whaI
| believe to be the great question d
issue before the American people, sc
far as the national campaign Is con
cerned, Is true o r false. Three year
ago on the 9th Of last September
when the hand OF the assassin has
stricken down President William Nc
kinley In the city Of Buffalo. wncli
after six days Of heroic battling witt
death the spirit of that great man hat
finally succnmbed to the inevitable
and had taken its flight to that bourne
from whence no traveller returns
there had been elected with him oI
tire ticket one year before IN AIneii
can who had been prominent in l0ii
tics in New York by the naLie %
Theodore Roosevelt On the after
noon when President Mckinley died
when the oath Of office had been al
minisLerea Ia Mr.. Roosevelt at Albany
when with uplifted hand he HorG Il
protect and defend the Constitution o
the United States and To enforce Lh,
laws as he found Them. | do not bc
lieve there was a man in all this r.
public who knew anything Of the pun
loses in the private or public life o
Theodore Roosevelt. whether as mem
Der of the New York legislature, OF
The police commission in the city o
New York. as a member of the Ciyi
Service Commission In the city .
1 Washington. as assistant secretary -
The navy, or as colonel Of the regimen,
Of Rough Riders in the Spanish Wa
in Cuba, but that believed that Nj
Roosevelt meant to perform ever.
word of the official oath that was a.
ministered to him there that aftel
noon.
The Coal Strike.
For a year after he had assume'
those duties everything went on yeg,
smoothly SO far as the national ad
ministration Of affairs was concerned
But two years ago the past summe
when for six months 100000 coal min
ers in Pennsylvania on the n hah'
and the coal mine owners and tn
!, president of the coal-carrying road
/, on the other, had been in a life am
death struggle at each others throats
, when with the approach OF winter III
fuel supply Of the country had beel
exhausted; when in the great indus
/, trial centers Of The east not a whea
. in any of the great manufacturin
=. plants north Of Richmond, Virgins
:. was turning; when hundreds OF thou'