The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-08-31
HE BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE BIPARTISAN
COMBINE.
GIVES VIEWS IN ADDRESS
Governor Of the State, in Plain Ian
Guagc, Defines the Term Jackpot"
After Paying His Respects to His
Opponcnts--others Implicated &c.
sides Browne, He Declares.

Taylorsviilc, H., Arg 30 Governor
Dcncen tonight opened the campaign
against return to legislative power OF
thc bipartisan combine, which doml-
mated the last genera; assembly I'm
an address in this city. he said.
The men who opposed the right 10
honest elections. the right to primary
elections. the expressed wish Of their
party on the United States senatorship.
the election Of q republican candidate
for speaker or the house Of represents
tives and the organization Of the house
by majority of their party are now
asking the people. whose wills they
have defied and whose confidence they
have betrayed, to cntrust them once
more with the direction of public ar
fairs. They are running on a platform
of three planks:
1--WE announce no principles
I've express no regrets.
"3.-Wc cali for vlndicatlon."
What Jackpot Means.
The speaker defined the term Jack.
pot" which has figured In the Browne
trial in Chicago, declaring that those
Mho have been exposed are not the
only ones implicated. To make'a jack
pot effective requires the particIpa-
ton Of considerable number OF sIcn
rs can be held together by the rol,c.
sive power of public piunder and an
organization that mrst be able to cor
troll To some. degree the course of leg /
iatiOn In the general assembly.
This coalition. in It's last desperate
stand against popular government,
deemed II necessary To control the
policies Of tho state III order To pro
long It's power and !. whom they had
viIlified through their spurious investi-
cation of my election. whom they had
opposed with vltuperativc rancor at
the primaries. whom they had sought
10 defeat hi the election by arraying
against me the special interests from
(which they derive their strength;
whose policies they had organized the
legislature to defeat. and whom they
had attempted to unseat by a trumped-
up contest, who Offered their support
for the United States senatorship, an
office OF high honor. when honorably
bestowed. spurned their proposition.
Personal Remarks.
These efforts To defeat me unScat
or promote me, would serve the same
purpose. They carried with them their
own commentary. When | rcfl sc1 to
accept the proffered senatorship, the
bipartisan coalition determined to So
lcct Il senator whose political power
would be used to strengthen their
position and make safe the election or
their choice as my successor.
Such being the situation In our
state. what Is the next step forward
Manifcstly behind the jackpot stands
the organization of the general assem-
bly, and the control of its business
which the present rules Of the house
place In the hands of the speaker, The
next step forward, therefore is to re-
store representative government 10 our
house or representatives,.
"rhe essential condition of honest
legislation must be the right tn have
bills heard In our general assembly.
This Il fundamental. or what avail Is
II to make campaign for wholesome
measures II they receive no considcra.
tion In our legislative body?
Governor Denecn declared that every
man seeking support OF republican
voters at the September primaries
should be pledged to stand for good
government. and, continuing. said:
Good Government.
"'he men who created the unusual
and disgraceful conditions in our state
should not be given power to prolone
them. They have defied instructions
and repudiated their party platform.
they have stood against representative
government for special privileges and
private interests, The extent of their
malfeasance In the last general as
sembly Is not yet known, but Is Under
investigation by grand juries and by
our courts. The issue in this cam
paign then Is: Shall their records.
their organization and the results Of
their work be approved? Upon that
issue there should be no difference of
opinion among good citizens"