Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-10-29
WALSH MAKES A
GREAT ADDR RESS
GIVES RECORD OF HIS PARTY IN
CONGRESS ON PROGRESSIVE
LEGISLATION.
THE LIGHT IS TURNED ON
Makes It Clear That He Will Be in
Accord With His Progressive Asso-
ciates II Elected As Senator-John
M. Evans Makes Brief Address
e. G. Worden Presides.

Z. g. Worden Presides.
Notwithstanding the heavy storm
that prevailed last night, large crowd
turned out to attend the democratic
rally at Culver's theater, and by the
time Chairman E. G. Worden had con-
cluded his Introductory remarks the
hall was practically filled. Many de-
layed by the storm continued to come
in while Judge Evans was speaking
until there was scarcely vacant seat.
Mr.. WOrden's remarks were brief
but comprehensive. He said the cam
paign now on was one of the most i'm
pOrtant the country had known since
81 and the people were intensely in
terested in the great issues. They
wanted light. The republicans were
simp'y standing pat, while the pro-
gressives were furnishing the noise,
but the democratic party was furnish
ing the light. Moreover, while the re-
publican party was split wide open
from Thompson Falls to Glendive,"
as one of it's champions had said, the
democratic party was presenting a
solid front
He then introduced Judge John NJ
Evans, of Missoula, candidate for con-
gress.
Mr.. Evans Address.
Beginning in humorous vein, Mr..
not indulge in an extended speech, be-
lieving that the audience wished to
hear Mr.. Walsh at length. For him.
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people would ever elect as their presi-
dent man who would not at least act
as gentleman. In the campaign now
on one candidate for the high office
had gone about calling another can
didate thief and crook, thief or
receiver Of stolen goods, and that 9th
er had replied with the same sort of
vituperation. The country had been
humiliated by the spectacle.
Travelling through Fergus county he
had seen the great crops, the evil
dences of material prosperity. The
same conditions prevailed over prac-
tically the whole country, yet with all
this there had never been such a feel
ing of unrest, such a spirit of discon-
tent among the people. Why? Be-
cause they did not feel that they were
getting a square deal. They felt that
the legislation of the country was
made in the interests of a small
minority Their belief in equal op-
portunity for all had been shattered.
The men in whose hands they had
placed power were untrue to their
trust. Mr.. Taft, for instance, was
elected on two distinct promises, one
to reduce the tariff and the other to
curb the trusts. He had redeemed his
tariff pledge by giving the country the
Payne-Aldrich bill, while the trusts
were as unhampered as ever. The
people were still paying interest on
the millions of watered stock in the
Steel trust and in the other trusts.
lTwenty-one men still controlled thirty.
one billions out of the country's total
of ninety-one billions. The great po-
litical division today was between the
reactionaries and the progressives. In
congress the records would show that
two-thirds of the democratic members
were prOgressives and one-third reac-
| tiOnaries, while One-third of the re.
publicans were progressives and two
thirds reactiOnaries. The remedy for
the conditions complained of was the
application of the progressive policies
of the democratic party, the policies of
Woodrow Wilson and w. J. Bryan and
T. J. Walsh and all the leaders of the
party. The fundamental trouble with
the republican party of today was that
it did not trust in the ability of the
people to govern themselves. It lead.
ers were "stand still" men, who were
out of touch with the spirit of the
times.
Mr.. Evans referred to the views un-
til recently held by Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Roosevelt against the initiative and
referendum, direct primary and prac.
tically all of the progressive policies
and said:
"If Col. Roosevelt were relieved of
all the political clothing he had pur.
lOined from William ]. Bryan you
would have the original Teddy Bear
Mr.. Evans referred to the manner
in which the interior department is
conducted and said the secretary in
many instances acted in absolute dis.
regard of the law of the land and
against the interests OF the honest
homesteaders trying to make them.
selves homes in the West, while the
railways had been allowed to take
what they pleased.
T. J. Walsh's Address.
Mr.. Walsh was received with ap
plause when he arose to speak and he
very briefly but graphically outlined
the theory upon which our government
was founded. In the history Of Ameri
can politics their came at last the con
spiracy between the machine politi
'cians and "the interests" for the en-