Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-01-20
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In his letter OF regrets that he could
not be present at the Democratic love
feast In New York ex-President Cleve.
land exhausted some two hundred and
sixty words. All he said could have
been reduced to less than one hun
dred words and his meaning would
have been palmer and vastly more
felicitiously expressed. He had to
fire with a slow fuse three of his IL.
inch ponderous shells filled with
words. but carrying only a bird-shot
charge of powder.
Mr.. Richard Olney followed and re.
nominated Mr.. Cleveland for presi-
dent. He led up to II by a covert
arraignment of President Roosevelt
for the Panama incident. II was well
that the presidents message on that
same Panama theme was published
the same morning. II made either
the president or Mr.. Olney look rath.
er small and cheap and it vas not
the president. In nominating Mr..
Cleveland Mr.. Olney declared that his
record In the past is an all-sufficient
guarantee OF his action in the fu.
ture."
Unfortunately that is true. From
the time he hired a substitute In the
great war, from the time he vetoed
a negro woman's pension, due he.
cause her only son and support was
killed In the Union army, on the
ground that when her son was killed
he was a slave and therefore no.
body; from the time he had the flag
hauled down in Hawaii and went out
of office princely rich but leaving the
business of the country a wreck. his
record has been most consistent all
the way through and we could certain
ly count on his doing again the same
things any time II again restored to
office.
Mr.. David B. Hill next made his
essay. He charged the president with
making war on the isthmus. of slight
ing Generals Miles and McClellaG
and denounced his military promo
tions and picked up the charges sent
out by n indicative press against
General Wood and assumed that they
were true. The vote General Wood
| ItttlNt u III tut Sldlt NOIlIlllltt H'A
day was sufficient answer Then he
got down to the expression of the feal
which business men feel under Presi
dent Roosevelt. which Is the program
to be played. He then declared that
several departments OF the govern
ment are reklng with corruption. and
all he knows on that question is what
the prosecuting officers Of the govern
ment have supplied the public. HI
wants tariff reform. OF curse. The
country has had several examples o.
Democratic tariff reform in It's day
and has got a deal the worst of n
every time. He wants laws to regu
late the control of combined capital
He was many years In the senate
when the same monopolistic cry was
being sounded. but he was silent then
For the country's financial help hi
would have bimetallism established b,
International agreement. saying tha'
the logic OF events has cleared tn,
atmos pierre" Indeed, the skies ant
the air of the west were clear on tn,
question twenty-five and twenty ant
ten years ago. but not one of the var
ious statesmen around the board o
that love feast could see. Then h,
outlined n platform. Mr.. Hills speed
came in the same solemn manner tina
any other resurrection from the deat
would be witnessed. The banque
was most appropriately presided owe
by Bourke Cochran, he Of the ampl'