Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-09-14
Geo. w. Irwin, Of Butte, Recalls Some
Of the Things Which the Demo-
Cratic Party Has Done.
SHORT SHAFTS OF SHARP SATIRE
Speech Of the Butte Postmaster Upor
Becoming Temporary Chairman
Of Billings Convention.

ton at Billings, last week. George
w. irwin, one Of the pioneers Of Mon
tana. and at present postmaster oI
Butte. received a splendid ovation.
In his characteristic manner he be
gan and in a few minutes had his
audience in excellent humOr. Ere.
quently Mr.. Twins remarks were
punctured with applause,
Fifty years ago found The Demo
cratic party fighting for The perpetu'
ity of human layery. Think of all OF
the s%hudderlng horrors that recollec'
ton now brings to mankind. Its rec
ord recalls TO those Of us who are old
% you who have read history how
Ghile its members were "a patriotic
as Republicans. its organization, safe
from the perils of war, shot our union
shoulders in the rear.
1T presented TO us the gallant Gen
eral Mcclellan rs n Democratic can
dldate on a platform declaring the
war a failure, the union dissolved and
demanding peace at any price. II
formulated q conspiracy for the over
throw of the government and project
ed and accomplished the d~isgraccful
disunion riots at New York City.
1T refused appropriations in Indi
ana for carrying or the government,
and yet, 10 the glory of lndiana's sons,
Democrat and Republican. they fought
for the union without pay or equip
ment.
1T found itself in y majority in
the national house of representatives
Just after the war and refused TO ap'
propriate for maintenance Of The reg
ular army.
TT advocated the crazy hallucina'
tons of Andrew Johnson, and then
lacked the nerve 10 make him Its
candidate for president. II espoused
the cause of Horace Greeley's liberal
Republican scheme Notwithstanding
he had declared mot every Democrat
Is n horse thief but every horse thief
Is n Democrat.
1T elected Grover Cleveland prcsl'
dent of the United States, who found
his hands tied by a hostile Republi.
can congress and who therefore pre-
scented to his party only federal pa
tronage and Republican policies. II
elected him again, and with him q
senate and house of representatives.
The Democratic party then received
Ia his hands the DEGREES of an arbl'
trary, headstrOng autOcrat, causing
dlssension, discord, decentralization
and disruption in the party and poy'
erty. distress and grief among the
people.
1T produced in this glorious coun.
try the first exhibition of shame on
a national scale. 1t was the father,
mother and sponsor of CoXey and his
army, reproducing in our day the
march of Jack Cade and the cohorts
Of Lord George Gordon OF the city
of London.
ut sold bonds in the time of peace
to an extent far in excess of the cost
OF the Spanish-Amcrican war. 1t ere.
ated a new industry in the establish
ment and maintenance in every city
in the land of soup houses for the
poor and unemployed.
1T saw an era during Clcvcland's
last term where copper fell TO Z cents
per pound, wool 10 Z cents-each less
than the price Of production-cattle
rating at a rulnous figure with nc
market, hides of no value, horses from
nothing To n few dollars a head. wheat
possessing only a nominal quotation
and corn without price, utilized prin.
cipally for fuel.
1T s~ignalized its u%ndisputcd reign OF
four years by leaving the country a
thousand million of dollars poorer
than II found 1t. 1t wound up It's in.
glorious career by losing at the cleo
ton then ensuing in every industrial
state.
I'm reward for the rescuing and up
building of the industries, prices, pro
duction and employment of the coun
try the Republican party and the peo
pie of the nation are invited 10 elect
TO the high and commanding office OF
the chief magistrate Chief Justice AL
ton b. Parker, the prototype of Grow
er Cleveland.
The progress and stability OF Our
sister republics TO the south of MS and
on the southern hemisphere. The ey
pulsion of the insolent pretender from
the soil of our sister republic of Mex
lea and its splendid rehabilament in
the raiment of n free people. The
rising from the sea amidst all the
sunbeams of glory of the peerless
queen of the Antilles crowned with
the cap OF liberty and singing hosan.
az 10 the flag that made her free.
The aid. comfort and advice of the
followers of a son of an American
mother in the direction of a free Ire.
land. The encouragement of the Finn.
the Pole and the oppressed of all ma.
tons 10 hope for a day not only of
redemption. but atOnement.
These are some of the things that
have transplred in the world during
the so years Of Republican rule, and
with those events Is indnlged the fond
expectation and hopes of the RepublI,
a party for the progress of the PEG.
pie OF every nation and of every
cline.
THE mission of the Republican party
Is beyond the conjecture of any man
The plane upon which IL is TO have
Its future active operation Is so great
that only n few of its propositions
may be mentioned.
1T proposes TO amplify the status
OF mans usefulness TO man until the
highest ideal of human conception is
reached. II proposes TO carry out the
great pledges made for II by its dead
and departed statesmen.
ITO foster the productive capacity
of the earth and TO encourage the
skill of man; to build up in our COM
munlties liberty, equality and frater'
nifty; TO place the schools Of the coun.
try at the door OF every citizen. To