Butte semi-weekly miner., 1888-10-10
HOW WE APPLEs SWIM.
The Small Fry Now Airing Themselves
as Republican Leaders I'm Butte.


There are q certain number OF pentlemer
belonging to the Republican party liz this
city who apparently form Mutual Ad.
miration Society. They omit no oppor.
tunity to pass by to air their eloonence
and to call attention to each Others record
Whenever chance presents ITSELF one of
them will rise up and speak his piece and
call attention to what a fine man bis
friend Is. His friend will follow in the same
strain and, while returning the compliment
will direct to favorable notice the fine
qualities OF a third modest eentleman
hitherto to fame unknown. 10 is not so
very long ago that
AN INSTANCE OF THIS
occurred here that forms a case in no;,+
large hall was filled to overfiowiue with
people anxious to hear a man OF Terri.
torial prominence express his views ON the
issues OF theday. The opportunity was too
good one to be missed by the members ~
the Mutual Admiration Society, SO a few NJ
them took occasion to air their oratory on
the occasion, and to pose as first fiddles in
the orchestra, and IL the audience had not
grown impatient at the infliction and cajled
for the orator OF the evening, there is NO
telling how much, or rather how little. time
he might have had left him by the time they |
got through. 1t was
A PRE-ARRANGED PLOT
OF the Mutual Admiration Society in which
every one OF them doubtless thought his
utterances OF as much Importance as those
OF the man OF Territorial reputation and
fame. There is hardly doubt from the
manner in which he openly struggled with
his memory thatat least one OF the trio
that succeeded in getting in their work on
that occasion had been primed with q set
racy to memory for the occasion. Whether
the audience suffered by any errors or
omissions of memory on his part is for the
suffering hearers present on that occasion ,
to Judge. Whether any more of the Ad.
miration Society were on hand to follow
the trio il they saw the audience would
bear it is open to conjecture. Possibly
there were. The society is not a trium.
virate. Ii the truth were known there are
probably several very much disappointed /,
members OF the society among those choked
Oh. But they have the sense not to air
their grievance. They are lying low and
waiting their chance to come in and
PLAY FIRST FIDDLE In
"ASA Sh0 OiS gun OOAob TOuuu dRdlu.
Some OF them think they stand pretty J
good show to go over to Helena to-day and =
play first fiddle there. One OF them, in fact,
has been showing round town an invitation r
to come over to Helena and participate in | :
the public meetingn next Saturday night, :" as :,
a direct intimation that the Republicans +
over there are short OF orators and want
some OF his rounded periods to help them = !
out. Perhaps they are, but il he does not =
want to reduce the size OF the delegation l
going to Helena to-day from here, he had q
better not let it be known that he is going
to speak there. The members OF the society t
THINK THEY ARE RUNNING THINGS L.
TO suit themselves, but whenever a matter n
Of real Importance has to be decided the =
bring the puppets to their way !,
Of thinking. 1t is very useful for the wire p
oullsrs to be able to conceal their fine Ital- O.
an hands whenever necessary, and the a,
members of the Mutual Admiration So o.
,iety are just fatuous enough to believe
they are doing it all themselves, and to =,
remark among themselves, "What great n
men are we, to be sure!" They enjoy their "
sense OF authority, and think themselves h,
arbiters of the destiny Of the Republican cs
party in this county, but they will have 0'
heir eyes opened some day, when they will
lot think themselves the great II ans" o. y
hey do at present. %,