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


D. A. Meagher probate judge by 315
s. w. Darling administrator by St
L. w. Eldridge surveyor without opp
sttion and A. w. Sifton coroner by 2.
The first delegates to the territoris
convention were w. T. Mcfarland
John M. Vrooman and Timothy Wi
cox. The great struggle for the hal
breed vote in the early days was re
lated amid gales of laughter, and tn
stories OF Frank Daigneaux, the of
cial representative of the breeds. wer
appreciated by new corners as we'll a
old-timers. Mr.. Smith referred to tn,
first appearance here of the old wa
horse, W. F. Sanders, whose nam.
was cheered, and said that in 1888 I'll,
Republicans of Montana first hear
the name of T. H. Carter as a candi
date for delegate to congress, and tina
name was a synonym for victory. Ap
plause greeted the name of the pres
ent senator. History had been made
here in the past 20 years, and thu
speaker said the Republicans of Fer
gus had reason to be proud of theil
record.
Mr.. Rae stated that the next ad
dress would be made by Hon. Charles
M. Webster and he hoped it would be
unabridged" Mr.. Webster was greet
ed by prolonged applause. and said
in part:
Mr.. Webster's Address.
From what l have seen in the past
two days l conclude that no better ex.
ample of Republican prosperity can
be found anywhere than in Fergus
county. l certainly hear no dissent.
ing voice. Inasmuch as this is a sort
OF a family reunion, We cannot be CELL
sured if We felicitate ourselves upon
our splendid ancestry. Our family
tree is all right; and the best of it is
that the family has been worthily
maintained. To be sure, occasional.
ly one of the fold wanders away into
the by-paths and hedges, but he near
~ always returns and generally
brings with him a lot of the other
party's boys. But do not stand here
to make campaign stump speech,
nor to claim that Republicans as in
dividuals have monopoly upon all the
virtue and wisdom in this country
But, I shall attempt in my feeble way.
to show that practically all the pro.
gress OF our nation for the half cen
fury last past, has been due to the
enlightened policy of the Republican
party.
Thls is not an unwarranted asser-
ton when We consider what transpir.
ed during the eight years of Demo-
cratic restoration.
During Cleveland's first term there
was paralyzing suspense throughout
the country for fear the party in power
would put into effect all the rash prom
lses it had made. There was no step
forward at home; and We lost prestige
abroad. During his second term
Grover sat with his full weight upon
our pride, our credit, and our indus.
tries. Who can forget the disasters
of 1893 to 1897?
Cleveland and his party stepped so
hard upon some of our pocketbooks
that we had hard time to pry them
ON the ground. Take the wool grow
ing industry for example. The sheep
men felt like the proverbial thirty
cents-the sheep did not dare look
each other in the face; the fecund eve
wept because she brought new bur
Gems upon her owner; and the little
lambs first bleat was a sigh. How
changed. The sheep herder'' is now
called "fockmaster, wool merchant"
or fleece baron" as we lift our hats
to him. The banks would rather loan
money to sheep men than to each 9th
er; and a pound of wool begins to
look like thirty cents-real money.
Had it not been for the wonderful
recuperative powers of the American
people We would have been set back
more than century in national pro-
gress.
l claim also, for the Republican
party, that it had at the beginning and
still has, a glorious mission to per-
form in the solution of great social
problems-that it became the natural,
the logical trustees of the beneficent
institutions vouchsafed by the heroes
OF rs. and immediate succeeding years.
I believe that through it there is be.
ing worked out the highest destiny of
the human race.
individuals are only atoms in the
economy of mankind. They come and
go unheeded. except so far as they
may add their might or mite, as the
case may be- to the furtherance of
some great principle, Or the attain
ment of some lofty ideal.
When God throws back the door of
his infinite store house and lets loose
into the universe an immortal prin-
ciple, He endows it with the energies |
and possibilities of attaining through
the struggles of man, it's pre-establish-
ed goal. Beneath the roar and clam
Or of the battlefield, the busy hum OF