The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-10-28
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Held in Livingston Last Night and Ad-
dressed by the Leaders of the Party.


The democratic meeting last evening
vast the great event of the campaign-far
above anything either republican or dem
ocratic that has gone before. One gentle
man described it as ''refreshing contrast"
with the republican meetings. And in
deed it was so. The great and enthusi-
astic crowd remaining attentlvely in the
hall and bubbling into prolonged applause
at very short intervals, was strong contrast
with the drowsy little audience which kept
travelling in and out the hall on the occa-
sion of the appearance of Knowles and
Blake on the Livingston platform. The
commanding appearance, the clear, ring
ing voice, the graceful gestures, the no
BILE sentiments, the eloquent rhetoric Of
Joe eph X. Toole stood out in bold relief
when the opportunity came to compare
them with the uninterestins personality,
the somnolent tones, the commonplace
ideas, and the petty expressions that char
acterized Hiram Knowles address.
Major Maginnis' commanding bear
ing, bursts of eloquence, sharp
and witty points, bold discussion Of
every subject and person, thorough knowl-
edge of public men and affairs, and his
enviable record known to every person in
the room, made so much more apparent
the whining littleness, the personal lamen-
tations, the cranky nothingness of Mar
shall Botkin's talk week or two ago
And how raw, illiberal and common is the
memory of Andrew Burleigh's waving of
the bloody shirt, his baseless assertions
delivered with such flourish of trumpets.
when compared with the sound arguments
the liberal doctrines, the bold utterances
of the leading speakers of last evening.
Last night we had typical democratic
talk-the lines sharply drawn, every po-
sition impregnable and every point dem
onstrated; our republican speeches
have also been characteristic
marked by timeworn appeals
to the feelings. evasions or perver-
sions of the truth and ''glittering gener-
alities''
A very large crowd was in attendance and
almost all were voters who listened intel
ligently, even anxiously, to what was said.
A great many more democratic voters, or
| at least voters for J. X. Toole. left the hall
| than had entered it.
Judge Savage acted as chairman of the
meeting and introduced as the first speak
er Hon. S. w. Langhorne, editor of the
Bozeman Chronicle Like John Alden
Mr.. Langhorne is writer rather than q
fighter, but he is, nevertheless, capable OF
making good speech, and he did SO last
night He confined himself mostly to To-
cal affairs. He referred in compliment
arv terms to Livingston, and
expressed his confidence in the
towns future prosperity. He then
considered the county democratic ticket,
described it as the best ticket ever put in
the field by tn, party during his fourteen
years Of residence here. and advised dem
ocrats not to scratch 1t and thus place a
cudgel in the hands of republicans WI h
which to beat the democratic party. He
then referred IN terms of high and deserv-
ed commendation to G. P. Blakely and NJ
NJ. Black and Nm. Fly, and to the candi-
dates generally. He mentioned how
Sheriff Blakely had during two years past
held an iron grasp upon the rough ano
lawless spirit existing in one element
Of the coupty's population; how NJ
| M. Black had as boy and man been ar
esteemed resident of the county, and how
/ completely he had. in office, justified thu
popular estimate of his character; how
thoroughly William Fly's sturdy, un.
fllnching honesty. his deteststion of al
trickery and corruption. his long identi
| fication with the county and his known
ability exceptionally fitted him for tn
office OF treasurer. Mr.. LanghOrn'
glanced back over the history of the ad
ministration Of county affairs, and dem
onstrated how the republicans were re
! sponsible for our county debt, how tl'el
fhad increased tax levies and permitted