The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-11-01
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
A Political Meeting Of Which Yellow
stone County Has Just Cause
to be Proud.
Over Eight Hundred Enthusiastic People
Greeted the Democratic
Speakers.
Joseph K. TooIe Our Future Delegate In
Congress, Explains His Views on the
Great Questions Of the Hour.
Robert P. Vivion makes Witty Address
and the Hon. Martin Maginn;s q
Most Eloquent Speech.
REPUBLICAN LIES REFUTED.
REPUBLICAN LIES REFuTED.


On Saturday evening last the largest
public meeting that ever assembled in
Billings. and one of the best political
gatherings that we have any where had
the good fortune to attend, greeted the
Democratic speakers whose eloquent
addresses held the whole audience spell
bound for nearly three hours. The hall
was most tastefully decorated with eyer
greens, flowers, flags and banners, it
presented an appearance that would be
creditable to city five times the size OF
Billings. The ladies who assisted in the
decoration worked most assiduously
and the result of their labors was
crowned with the greatest success. The
preparations were not thrown away as
the speakers were not only instructive
but entertaining beyond measure, SO
entertaining indeed that the audience
insisted upon their prolongation.
The meeting was called to order by
Judge Proctor who stated that the Hon.
P. w. Meadow had been selected by
the Democratic Central Committee to
preside over the assembly.
Mr.. Meadow in a brief and neat
speech introduced the Democratic can
didate for Delegate to Congress, the Hon.
Joseph X. Toole.
The mention of Mr.. Toole's name was
the signal for burst of applause which
fairly shook the building.
After the applause had subsidized Mr..
Toole proceeded to address the audi
ence. He said he felt gratified beyond
measure and far ueyond his expecta-
tions at the magnificent. demonstration
of cordial welcome which greeted his
appearance in Yellowstone county.
This demonstration clearly showed that
there was an organization in Yellow
stone county and it demonstrated that
Yellowstone county was the home of the
Democracy of Montana; that this, the
Youngest county in the territory, was
worthy of being the banner Democratic
county of Montana. Crhe applause
which greeted this statement was deaf
ening) Proceeding, Mr.. Toole said in
presenting his candidature to the people
of Yellowstone county he had first to
express his obligations to the represen-
tlves of Yellowstone county in the Deer
Lodge convention who rendered to him
the most cordial and generous support.
He had been candidate for official
position in several of the counties in the
territory, notably in the Third Judicial
District, and it had always been his
fortune to have a gentleman for an op-
ponent, and on this occasion it was
peculiarly satisfactory to him to note
that the same courtesy which he had
shown to his opponent had been ex-
tended to him. Mr.. Toole then referred
to the recurrence of the national elec-
ton and said that the time was when
men followed blindly the dictates OF
party leaders but that time was past.
He showed the pure origin Of the Dem
ocratic party, which he said sprung from
the fires Of the revolution, it was the
party that granted the largest amount OF
individual liberty to its citizens, it was
the party which under Thomas Jeffer.
son had met and vanquished the old
Federalists. 1t was the party which
had destroyed the old Whig party and
strangled that miserable organization
which was properly characterized as
Know -Nothingism. 1t is the party
which stands pledged to-day to admins.
ter the affairs of the nation with fair
ness and equality and to do so without
the burden of insuferable taxation
which now bears down upon the people
The origin and growth of the Demo.
cratic party signalized the history and
growth of popular institutions in this
country. It is pledged now to the res.
toration of our foreign and domestic
navy, to the elevation and protection OF
labor, to the reduction of taxation to
meet the actual necessities of our gov
ernment. If it is given the reins ol
power we will have monopoly of the
South American trade and we will once
more regain that supremacy upon the
seas which has been taken away from
us by the policy of a Republican admin
istration. While the people of this ter.
ritory haye no voice nor vote in the ma.
tional election they cannot afford to be
unmindful of the great struggle that is
being waged, for this many reasons sug'
gest themselves. Sooner or later the
day will come when Montana will gilt
ter in the galaxy Of states the Youngest
and fairest Of them all. loud applause)
The Republican party, once useful and
great, has SO deteriorated that in it hon.
esty is now one of the lost arts. He
then proceeded to show the danger oi
the long continuation of a party in
power and made some telling hits on the
corruption of the present administra-
ton. Referring to the Ohio election he
called attention to the fact that Blaine
had forgotten his dignity SO far as to
descend to the stumping of that state
from school district to school district
and said that Notwithstanding the con-
centration of all the Republican forces
in this one state they had only been
able to secure in that strongly Republi-
can state very small majority.
He then referred to the platform of
the Democratic party. and the particular
principles to which that platform pledged
the party. Again reverting to the Re-
publican party, he showed that one OF
the first actions of the Republican ad-