The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-10-12
7EIE BLACK AND TAN lIBITIlrG(1,
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PIECE.
Eui. t<ntkiis Talks About lEiS Legs
a',l E1iesicsies the 2S mile
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Ranch.
asAe Funniest S2sosv wan1t Eans Ap.
lear~d ;ss F8eutoza siz.ce taae ERx'sE4
atslom of sgas E1e:srz,ee9 Pig.
\ so-caIIed Republican meeting was
held AZ TIE Court House Tuesday evening, tC
near MAX Waterman and Col. Botkin plead
jor ,he votes of tile people Of this county
~ Waternan,s abilities are too vel
I1noWn in tl.is town and at Sun river
nothing bot 4 few nonsensical remarks
were expected frOn lin, but having learn
v3| by iieait a number Of editorials recent
Iy published in Eastern papers, he manag-
eoi 10 hore his audience for nearly three
quarters ct All hour If..Iax had oonfuej
himself TO II mere Introductory speech his
impatient iisteuefs might have retained
some lille respect for him. AS it is, ex-
pge>Sions Of Gissas5 were universal last
night aed this morning, and tYe doubt II
i" will receive tels votes ii this county for
tte oitive to which )1a foolishly aspires.
Tie n1eeting was organized by motion
Of MI. T, Z. C1mmjo.s, VIIfcI3 WAS car
reti, thai Mr. George ". Crane act as the
clstjIIHan Of the meeting.
Wascrm:tu began b. saying tna: formal
Introduction Of him self was unnecessary
20 = :,sn1oo .an.fizn.,a. sirt he waa. on1 y
>,.-aEinr 70 MI Ia The 5jfu< t. which the
,n.1,pn.., rir,,oI,;- e~x:.s,1tf3,, ,nnntq11,-
agreed H.. men said rI2@r he himself vas
no nnliririan a,tho.,o97 IL g,.,;I been accnspd
ot h,ins~an asniranf far S1}ira and which
il ,l;S,.I;s;noea neing Hill sai1] lie ala not.
I;<4 II 3nnear as sucI, RI then baaan 3
lono ...r;,,,oue u which, thara was ]itt,e
s4r,s4 o. re,son oscaDf 5.5ao 10 onotea
directly from writer's who had forrotten
,.,a,l .I,o,.1 ,,o,;tins faan na,. avo7 VII,
know, and some Of lis remarks were sim
p|e and childish enough to come from =
foor-year-old f,,p;l Of the Benton public
school. For EXAMPLE. tho following:
"'There were TWO parties before tie pco-
pie Of This country, asking for tleir snf-
1ragtS, III s%tlieh tle pilnelpal diflefe'ce
na,,, - I'M t - to, ~
jng 70 Get there at:| ,2i.nIate The other
parry"
III the tonfs@ s hi remarks he frequent
" proved his inability for argument BY
simply denying certain charges against the
without attempting TO osh0W
N!'F they "-cfe not tree, IS Il lis simple
!enial Of proved charges I3y the best states
men III t!'t country settled t}1o matter
definitely a'1i forever, Altogether, Max
seems to be-w4nt}',g ii everything EXCEPT
perhaps personal vanity 70 make even
good bar-room politician, l.Ssch Less a suca
tssfG candidate fo1 tic office Of District.
Attorney.
BoThiN I 5l5.El'a'
While Col. l5otlltn,s remalks gave cvi
more ability than tlose Of Water
man ! they were poorly chosen 10 please a
Benton audience, and from expressions
beard on. every hand 41is morning., we
Judge that the speech was 2 s}1sappoitt-
nent to the. few RepnbsIcans il town.
The following is Il brief synopsis
'Ae saflteda Benton audience with nn-
Effected diffislence, as well knowing that
ne was addressing an audience Of whom
majority were not favorable TO l5is cam
ltdacy, and lie trusted that lis utteFances