Fergus County argus., 1904-10-05

mon. He is man of action. a man
of courage, and of high and lofty
ideals; he is a man that has made
success of life. As a cowboy, as an
author as member of the New
lolk state assembly, as a member of
Inc New York police commission, as
assistant secretary of the navy, as a
soldier, as governor of New York and
as president of the United States, he
Las been a success. Not one failure
mas he made in the long list of prom.
inent places that he has occupied in
Tic eyes of the pubnc. Theodore
Roosevelt combines in his personal.
ity those traits that any young man
can take as his model or ideal in
either public or private life. But |
hear some of my Democratic friends
say that Judge Parker occupies equal.
ly as high place in the estimation of
the public as does Theodore Roose-
velt. Granting that this is true, there
is this difference in favor of President
Roosevelt: Mr.. Roosevelt has back
OF him a political party that stands for
all that he stands for, a party of ac.
lion, OF progress, of positive political
opinions; a party whose record OF
fifty years is record of the most
glorious achievements in the nation s
life; party that has written some
OF the brightest pages in the worlds
history; a party that appeals to the
young man, not only from sound,
SAFE, conservative business standpoint,
but IL appeals to his young manhood,
to the best that is in him, and its rec.
ord of positive achievements holds
out to him opportunities that inspire
and encourage him to that greater eff.
foit that sweeps aside all obstacles
ana wins victories where defeat seem.
cd inevitable. While on the other
hand Judge Paker has behind him a
political party whose history is sim
ply a record of failures, of defeats
and stupendous mistakes; party
whose shifting policies and negatiye g
position appeals to the prejudice rath.
er than to the reason of men; party
Al has repudiated every policy, save
one, that it has advocated during the
last fifty years. The ONLY real policy
nat the Democratic party clings to
today is the one destructive policy of
flee trade, and IL still clings to that
with the tenacity with which drown
ing man clings to a straw. Judge
Parker has back of him the party
tnat fought Lincoln and Grant and
the whole line of Republican presi-
dents down to Mckinley. with all the
venom and determination of an i'm.
plaCable and an INSCRIPTIONS foe. IL
denounced their acts as crimes, their
policies as mistakes. and their al
ninistrations as a blot upon the ma.
Lional life. There Is not a thing i'm
the Democratic party today. or its
platform. that appeals to the young
voter. Its platform is a tissue of sub
tertuges and Inconsistencies; it de-
nounces the tariff as robbery, and IS
absolutely silent upon one of the great
questions of the day: so silent that
Judge Parker would not accept the
nomination until he had fired a thun-
derbolt into the st. Louis convention,
defining his position upon the none Y
question; and the Democratic party
Was then too cowardly to put back in
to their platform the plank that Will
liam ]. Bryan had pulled out. and Mr..
Parker himself lacked the courage to
INSIST that it should be put back.
Therefore, appeal to the young men
today, to the eight or nine thousand
in this state who will cast their first
vote at the coming election, to study
well the history of the two political
parties; study well the records of the
Two men who are the standard-bearers
of these parties. When they have done
that have no fears as to whom they
will cast their votes for upon the Sth
day of next November.
Montana is entering upon a period
OF the greatest development in her
history. The national government,
through its scheme of national irriga-
tion, has made ready the methods by
which we will be enabled to settle
up this great state of ours. The rec
ldmation act, which was passed some
three years ago, is now being put in
10 operation in our state almost with
in sight OF the little town in which
live. There have been thirteen hun
dred thousand dollars set aside for
the purpose of reclaiming something
like seventy thousand acres of arid
land When we view what the ma.
tional government has done for the
and states of the northwest, we can
not but come to the conclusion that
the states themselves should be loyal
to that government, ana see to il that
on the Sth day Of next November the
fst. oh nf tha tot
ernment of the different western
states shall be put in harmony with
the national government. For the last
ten years the tide OF emigration has
been crossing our state and making
settlements in communities that do
moi offer a quarter of the opportunities
that are offered here. The two great
transcontinental railway companies
nave been carrying thousands of home
seekers beyond our borders. and the
question naturally arises, Why Is this
SO? There are several reasons, my
fellow citizens, why this is so. One
OF the most important reasons Is that
our state has not been advertised
throughout the thickly populated cen
tcIs of the east as desirable place
to build a home and raise a family.
Inc political conditions that have ex-
listed in this state during the last sew
en- years under Democratic admin
istration. have not only blocked the
wneels Of progress. so far as Montana
Is concerned, but IL has retarded its
interests In every direction. We have
only to look at the various state con-
ventions that have been held in this
state during the last month to realize
which of the great political parties is
in sympathy and accord with the peo-
ule and with the best interests Of this