Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-01
Enthusiastic Democratic Meeting
at Helena.

HELENA, July -, 1917.
To TIL. Editor Of the 4eant Courier.
The Democratic meeting ON Saturday
night last was a glorious one, no meeting OF
The kind in the Territory ever passed off with
more eclat. There were estimated to be from
thousand to twelve hundred persons pres
ent. and though tile speaking was protracted
until eleven and one halt O'clock. yet every
one remained until the close. There was no
s.frittering away of the audience before the
thing wonnd up. The speakers were Hons.
Warren Toole, Sam Word, Judge Street and
r. Nj. Cayanaugh; and better speeches
than they iladeone will NOT hear al one time
ina whole life. Mr. Toole's speech vas pro-
nounee by distinguished Republican pres
ent as the hest OH either side thus far made
in Helena. On one point all agree-that III
was as fine All effort as he has ever made.
Sam Word got off in one of his happest and
most eloquent veins; ii he has succeeded and
will succeed. elsewhere as he has in Helena,
his services alilproye invaluable towards the.
success of Maj. Maginais Your Gallatin
County veteran. Judge Street, qualified and
from the commencement TO the close of his
speech, held the vast audience at his cGnl-
niand. Those who know the distinguished
gentleman most Intimately say that the
| speech was the best they have ever heard him
make. It certainly suited the crowd Won
as ST I'D IA fPsea Mas eyer hstteF
one (save the Grantites) speaks of it in the
highest terms of praise. Col. Cavanaugh7s
name was not down on the bills. as lie has
bern seriously sufftring during the past $40
or three weeks from general i'll health and
very weak and sore lungs. Bnt the crowd
would make him speak anyhow He talked
I'M Il conversational tone of voice, fall that
his lungs would permit), for about twenty
five minutes. endorsing in the very strongest
and most emphatic terms the glorious na,nes
which head the Liberal Democra tic plat
form of the people of Montana, Greeley
Brown and Maginnis 1t was nearly mid
nigIls when the crowd dispersed. End even at
that late hour all seemed unwilling TO leave
None of us have any nOubt whatever Of
Maginnis' success. The Gazette proprietors
have now in their hands some five thousand
dollars which they are willing to bet in that
direction but it seems to be impossible to
get any takers, even at large odds. The Rad
icals have been very unwilling to put mp
their money on Clagett. and it has only been
by giving heavy odds that the Democrats
have been able to get anV bets at all. The
tiase of BIack draught which you all sent up
from Bozenian last week, and which the
Clagett party were compelled to swallow.
seems to. have made them even more Blue
than they were before.
The AvANT COURIER Of last week was III
great demand when it came to Helena. every
body wanted TO read it. Such articles az it
contained must surely carry with them great
weight. The Radicals here are terribly mad
that Col. Black has lett them They know
what an element Of power he was in tie party.
They think that they haven't made much by
slleh specimen as Sample Orr.
Don't be uneasy about Lewis q Clarke.
There are not among those who have been
Democ ats, a dozen sore-heals. or 10 speak
more elegantly belly-ac.ers, in the entire
extent of the county. Pn- us down for at
least one hundred and fifty majority.
Yours III a glorious Hope.
s88y HEI EN-