The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-07
RATIFICATION.
The Republicans of Butte ratify
.Blaine's Nomination.
A Lamentable Lack Of ''Enthu.
siastic Reciprocity Of
Feellng."

siastic Reciprocity Of
Feeling"
AS soon as 1t was known that
Blaine was nominated the Republi-
cans Of Butte made preparations
to hold a ratification meeting. Dodg-
ers were struck off; q brass band en-
gagged; speakers selected and mate
rial for a bon fire collected in front of
the court house. This was all done
by men who were not originally
Blaine men, but who were loyal to
their party and readily and willingly
took the medicine handed out to
them by the convention at Chicago.
At 7:30 the Alice Union band
struck up inspiring music at the
corner of Main and Broadway and
IN less than five minutes over q
thousond men had gathered around
Ito hear the band. A procession
formed. the star spangled banner
was carried aloft, one solitary trans
parency upon which was inscribed
1.-THE Peoples favorlte Candidate,
James q. Blaine" was held to view
and the attenuated procession moved
toward the court house.
AS it approached, a vast pile of
debris which had accumulated
around the court house during it's
building, was set afire and its lurid
rays lighted up the sombre heavens
which seemed to frown upon the
mockery performed under them.
Nearly two hundred people were
present. composed of about one hun
dred Democrats, seyenty-five Repub-
licans and the rest made up of boys.
Mr.. George Irwin called the meeting
to order in u few appropriate
remarks and introduced Judge
Hiram Knowles IS the first speaker.
Judge Knowles first choice was not
Blaine, but like a true Republican
he took his medicine with the grace
of a veteran politician. In eloquent
language the Judge paid q glowing
tribute t" Blaine and extolled him as
a patriot and q statesman whose
record was a part of the history OF
the Republican party and whose
election was assured Our reporter
was placed where it was impossible to
hear all the Judge said hut from the
frequent applause of the assembly it
vas presumed they met the unquali.
fed approval of his auditors.
After the Judge concluded, the
band enlivened the now gloomy
scene with music, but the gods were
offended. The lightnings dlmmed
the glare of the bon fire and the
thunders drowned the hoarsest notes
of the drum. In this emergency
Judge e. s. Warren was called for.
If there was a Republican in Butte
who could stand off high heavens
artillery and silence the storm god
that man was Charley Warren. So
the audience thought and Charley
was called out. AS sOOn a he
opened his mouth the elements
ceased to strive with the awfulness
of the occasion. The Judge freely
confessed that John Logan was his
first choice, but he as freely admitted
now that Blaine vas nominated he
was heart, soul and body for Blaine.
He assured his hearers that If Blaine
should be elected that an American
citizen could walk in . foreign
country without feeling like a
yellow dog with a tin can tied to his
tail; that Uncle Sam could then
place a chip on his shoulder and chal-
lenge any foreign power to knock 1t
off; that no little one horse power or
any other power could insult this
great nation with impunity and that
the dignity Of the United States
would BE- maintained under any and
all circumstances. He predicted the
camp-tires OF the Republican party
would be lighted from Maine to the
Golden Gate and from Lake Superior
to Florida and that in their light the
grand old Republican party would
march on to a sweeping victory in
November, or words to that effect.
The Judge concluded a brilliant eff
fort by calling upon Hon. George w.
Irwin IL. Mr.. Irwin responded in q
telling speech OF several minutes in
which he also confessed that Mr..
Blaine was not his first choice, but
as he was the first choice of
the Republican party as
expressed by their representatives at
Chicago he now became his first
choice. Mr.. Irwin concluded his re-
marks by predicting'the triumphant
election of James G. Blaine and
amid applause and rain retreated
under cover.
Col. Dolman was then called for
and in response made his appearance.
The Colonel eulogized Blaine in a
fervid speech of q few minutes, but
the rain or the occasion o cooled
his ardor, and like his predecessor he
sought shelter under the galvanized
iron roof of the large building.
Calls for Captain Wyman and
Emusic" were now heard and before
the gallant Arthur partisan could
gain the steps the band struck up
and again enlivened the discourage
ing surroundings. At the conclu-
sion of the music Col. Dewitt took