Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-06-19

5 administered as during the McKinle
: Roosevelt regime. Our credit neve
stood upon so substantial a basis a
) during the past nine years. Our bond
command a premium in all the ma,
, kets.
Our protective system, Loyalty an
intelligently carried out improved du,
ing the same. period, not only fills ou
treasury with tht means of industrie
and our commerce to proportions un
dreamed of, even decades ago.
Mckinley and Roosevelt. his worth,
successor. have gone steadily forwar,
protecting and extending American
interests at home and abroad. As tn,
president put it 1--WE have gained b,
deserving it, the good will of all tn,
world"
The Republican party has never an
pealed to class prejudice, has never
played the demagogue, but has eve
endeavored to maintain the eoua
rights of both labor and capital te
the end that legitimate enterprise
should be rewarded and callouset
hands receive their due.
The wisdom of its policy has beer
indicated by time, as every measure
advocated and enacted into law by II
has, no matter what the opposition al
it's inception. met with ultimate gener
al approval of all the people of this
country. regardless of party This is
true as to everything from anti-slav.
cry and war, to the rate bill.
For the Square DEAF we are look
ing to the superb, honest. aggressive
Roosevelt. His present fight for the
peoples rights may not be as pictur-
esque as the heroic wars of the mast
1t may not appeal to the imagination
as does the martial sound of march
ing men, the blare of trumpets, and the
and muskets and blood. But, is takes
just as much moral courage to wage
this kind Of warfare He has prepar.
ed the way for amicable adjustment
of differences between labor and can.
ital. He has made our country the ar.
bitter between nations. and set an ex.
ample to the nations of the world for
al time to come. He is holding IN a
high standard of citizenship to be fol.
lowed in both official and private life
that our souls may not be polluted
by corruption: and has uncovered the
foul conspirators who would POISON
for paltry gold. our wives and chill.
dren with impure food.
Men Of Montana, is it not a matter
OF pride to be member however hum.
Bile, of such party as this? Cannot
the party that has met every issue
squarely, that has been equal to every
emergency in the past. be trusted i'm.
plicitly in the future? The party of
Lincoln and Sumner and Chase. OF
Grant and Garfield and Baine, of Nc
kinley and Roosevelt. The party OF
Carter and Dixon and Mantle and
Sanders and Botkin.
is it not worth while to help main
tain in power this potent agency for
the good of all our land and especially.
our own cherished state? Is there not
every reason, dictated by common
sense, business sagacity and high
ideals, why Montana should be a Re-
publican state? Is it not worth while
to sacrifice something of our own am
billions, to set aside deep rooted pred.
JUDGES, if any exist, for the common
good?
Surely Bryan can never STAMPEDE
this state again. It is said that he has
been enlarged and improved. Grant
ing that he is now as wise as a serpent
and harmless as dove, do you believe
that he could accomplish anything for
the benefit to this country, backed as
he would by Democrats and Social
lists, by the most precious aggregation
of political bluderers that was ever
allowed outside of the criminally care
less ward? >.
Do We stop to consider that had it
not been for the wise policy pursued
toward the west by the Republican
party this great state would in all
probability. still be the home of the
redman and the buffalo? Do we rea-
lie the possibilities of this state
as large as all New England and Ney
York and Pennsylvania thrown in; al
most as large as Japan or Germany
or FRANCISCAN We realize what this
means when our manifold resources
are fully developed? The prospect is
high, exciting. ennobling. We cannot.
We would not, shrink from enacting
the parts assigned us in making Mon
tana one of the greatest in that un-
ion of states which together make this
the best country, the best government.
ever yOuchsafed to the children of
men. Here the burdens of government