The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-11-01
DEMOCRATS STRENGTHENED
BY the Republican Meeting Held in Liv-
ingstOn Last Evening.

ingston Last Evening.
LIVINGSTON, November 1st.
The last republican meeting of the
campaign in Livingston was held last eve
ming in Fowlie's hall. Democrats are in
clined to wish it had been postpored until
Monday night as they fear that between
now and election the strai ight democratic
votes made last evening may relapse into
original sin. But upon that they must
take the chances. The meeting was not
very large one and close observer
might have noticed that the applause from
republicans was very scattering. but it is
only fair to say that what they lacked in
numbers they made up in noise while the
democrats remained decorously silent and
gave their opposition friends chance to
enjoy themselves.
The meeting was presided over by Mr..
Frank Henry, and Mr.. A. L. Love acted
as chief clapper. Throughout the cam
paign Mr.. Loves chief mission has been
to clap-a love of clapper he has been
but last night he fairly outdid himself.
His hands are we'll developed and he has
learned q peculiar knack of holding them
so that when brought together with great
vim they give out = sound like pair OF
cracked cymbals. In this noble work he
was ably aided by M. A. Goughnour.
Charles Berg, James Mintie and F. W.
Wright-far be it from me to not accord
every man his true measure Of credit They
worked hard to win the prize of public
commendstion and they shall have it.
Occasionally they clspped at the wrong
time and the speaker had to check them
with severe look; occasionally they did
not clap when they should have made
most noise, but on the whole, for unframed
clappers, they earned their money.
Mr.. E. Goughnour was the first sacr l.
fee. Mr.. Goughnour is republican
nominee for election to the territorial leg
islation. Mercifully he did not speak at
great length last evening. He gave sew
eral reasons for the faith that was in him.
He said he considered the republican
party as party as good as any other
party and its nominees quite up to the
average nominees, and as he was one of
them and had been a republican all his
life he intended to stand by the party.
This seemed to. meet the views of the
gentlemen who constituted the clap ma
chine, and they opened in full force.
He was followed by Charles s. Hart
man, candidate for the Office of probate
| judge. AS he stepped to the front W. w
Anderson leered down upon the audience
as much as to say 'Behold the lamb; here
is the sacrifice which I offer upon the
altar of my supreme love fol
the tenderfoot and the pilgrim
When I last saw Mr.. Hartman he wor {
downv auburn moustache that was notica.
bic from it's color if not its size. But tina
has been retired from active duty and HI
seems to have lost flesh during the fatigue'
Of the campaign. was sorry to observe
this and hope he will seize the opportuni
ty after election to take good long res
and give himself chance to grow. ii
opened his short speech with some refer
ence to, and long quotation from, tn
ENTERPRISE with all of which he seemed
to agree. He then drifted into declam
alton that expresses such solicitude TO
1.-THE oppressed Of every cline" and climb
ed for his chair. Mr.. Hartman seemed t
have made friends by his speech for afte
the meeting we met several gentlema
anxiously inquiring for him. They sal
, they did not think it safe for him to b
out alone III great city at night. toll
them saw his feet sticking out Of Alder
sons pocket and that seemed to quie
their fears.
/ w. w. Anderson himself followet
IL remember to have heard an Old-tim
Republican friend Of his ence say that A
dcrson always reminded him Of the pen
tent thief. I Thought at that time that b
looked most like the other member of til
pair, but last night ! was willing to adm
1.-The penitent appearance. He sat with h