The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-12

character and the same fearless cour
age that these two former senators
had. ...
He then characterized as "Mont.
ana's little giant" schooled by ex-
perience and the worlds rough
knocks, the most popular man in
Montana, Judge Henry G.. Smith
whose name he then placed in nomi.
nation.
TO a man the delegates burst into
applause at mention of his name.
THE NEXT SENATOR.
During the evening session Judge
Smith made strong and stirring
speech receiving sounds of applause
as he told what the Republican party
has done and urged reasons why it
shold be retained in power. Among
other things he said:
1.-The chief tenet of my political
faith is that III the people themselves
are lodged all power and all authori-
ty, and that such power and authori-
ty will be wisely used.
81 am opposed to political domina-
tion by self-constituted party dicta-
tors, and entrenched power, whether
political or Industrial, and in favor
of equal opportunity for all,
| cat the same time l believe that
what is needed to insure social and
industrial justice is. 'No war of
classes, no hostility to existing
wealth, no wanton or unjust VIOLA
tlon OF the rights of property, but a
constant disposition to ameliorate
the condition of those least favored
by fortune.
In the message he delivered which
he asked the delegates to take back
to the home folks he said in part:
"Tell them that a systematic at
tempt has been made. and is still be-
ing made, to discredit the Republi-
can party on account of the sins of a
few individuals, such as exist in
every political organization, but that
the party itself is as clean and virile
and progressive as any political or
ganization which ever existed.
''Tell them that all the great re-
forms that have been accomplished
since the Republican party was born.
were brought about by that party.
''Tell them that substantially all
the beneficial legislation upon our
statute books was placed there by
the Republican party, including the
initiative and referendum laws which
are being invoked today.
'Tell them that if they will follow
my leadership through this campaign
there shall be no bossism or machine
politics at the end of it, and that the
working of tle orga! iZation, which
is necessary in every party, shall be
clean and open to inspection by every
citizen.
The Judge like MI. Wilson, who
| referred to Senator Dixon's harmless
diversion, dealt kindly with those
who have joined the third party
movement.
Charles N. Pray was unanimously
selected as one of the candidates for
congress. This without formality on
motion of G. S. Warren of Butte.
No man ever received a finer ova =
tion than did Pray whee he came for
ward to thank h e convention.
Handkerchiefs waved, and the dele
gates stamped and pounded and yell
ed for several minutes. Mr.. Pray
said in part:
II have just returned from WASH
ington, where | have witnessed the
democratic majority in the house
trying for nine long months to pass
an ordinary supply bill which is nee
essary to maintain these United
States. Last week after nine months
they succeeded in agreeing to a res
olution of adjournment and they all
filed out of the capitol building
quitting their labors in disgust. If
the people of this country shoul d
happen-a remote ossibility-but if
they should happen to put a simila l.
crowd in the senate and then another
in the preidentiel chair this year, the
complete decentralization of the coun-
try and the business of the country
would follow as Il consequence.
They have been leaning so far in
their campaign upon the magnificent
record made by their house of repre-
sentatives, but l want to say to you