Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-18
T0olEs TALK.
The Hon. J. K. Toele O:2ens the Cana
raign at Great sails by i Ringing
Speech.
He is the Man for Northern Montana
and VIII Receive y EoisSjisee. Major
ity Here.
Tooie's T ak.


Last Saturday evening Judge Tattan. OF
Benton arrived in town and announced
that Hon. j. L. Ioole and Col. Johnston
sq3uld be here Monday morning. The dis
-inuuished gentlemen arrived about noon
Monday and after shaking hands with their
tga;s1y friends lined 1t tie Park hotel. The
.fternoon was pleasantly spent driving to
he falls, the springs and other places Of
interest which have made Great Falls IA
nous. Notwithstanding the sz1ost notice,
4 large crowd gathered il front of The
Park hotel i'll the evening, as.ta listened 70
Tie addresses. NJ. Paris Gibson presided
aud opened the meeting WItA ! few aI,pEo-
pirate remarks and then intodaced dele
rate Toole, Who came to the front of the
balcony and spoke to the assembly for
about three quarters Of II hour, during
which time he was listened to with intense
interest and was frequently applaudet.
Egerytima he was interrupted BY the accla-
nations of his auditors, "Wld Eli" louch-
Toole is not what would be termed III elO-
quent speaker but he is persuasive, clear
and ready. His address is parexceIleEt,
his manner that Of a true gentleman. He
is over six feet in height broad shouldered
and splendidly proportioned. He stands
Up like man and without any foolishness,
TO f5aa nsy,t 81 n w
sees him and hears him speak can fail to
be prepossessed in his favor. Mr. Toole
briefly reviewed his congressional labors
and outlined his future plans so far as they
affected Northern Montana. He showed
IN what way he had endeavored TO have
the Indian reservation opened and the
right of way for railroads through the same
granted. He had labored assiduously for
the passage of the right of way bill which
was recently vetoed by the President He
tried to show the latter the error of his
ways and could not assent to the reasons
assigned for the veto. No one who listen
ed to that speech could fail to be conElnc-
ed Of his sincerity. AT the conclusion OF
Mr.. Toole's remarks he was greeted with
storm of cheers. the roaring Of the anvils
and the waving of flags. AIr. Gibson then
introduced the veteran campaigner, Col.
Johnston who spoke for twenty minut es,
greatly to the delight Of his hearers. The
Coils. long experience in public speaking
has given him that easy, conversational
style which always pleases a crowd. He
said that he and "Joe'' were out on fish
ing excursion and thought they would just
come this way and drop bait in the Mis-
souri,. He complimented our town and ex-
pressed in glowing terms his first impress
ions of the place as he reached the top OF
the hill across the river. He stated the
reasons why it would be not only just, but
profitable to Northern Montana to give Mr..
Toole rousing majority. Col. Johnston
told many interesting anecdotes to illus
trate his points and wound up with an
earnest appeal to the Fgood sense of his
auditors. Judge Tattan was next present
ed to the assembly as the secretary Of the
county central committee. He stated that
he was not on political tour, but wanted
to bear witness to the fact that the demo
Gratis of Benton were a unit for Toole and
that the city at the head of navigation
would give him a rousing majority. After
giving three hearty cheers and a tiger for
Toole, Johnston, Gibson and Tattan the en-
thusiastic crowd dispersed. The gentle
men We're pleased at the hearty reception
which they received here. Evidently the
sentiment of the people is greatly in favor
Of Toole, for they like him personally and
more than that, they know that he can
do more for Great Falls than anyone else.