Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

from Virginia to meet Mr.. Clark and assist
in the triumphal mar.h. After greeting
his old friends and meeting many new ones,
the people collected in the town hall and
were addressed by Mr.. Clark, and as there
are a large number Of residentsin this local
ity from La Belle France, he addressed
that portion OF the gathering in French,
which elected such delight as only a French
man a exhibit.
The procession wendell It's way slowly
and with difficulty from Laurin to Virginia
City, as the citizens residing along the route,
without regard to party, insisted upon
meeting Mr.. Clark and at least shaking
his hand. Stops were made for a short
time, the band playing ateach, Adobetown,
Junction and Nevada.
With blare of trumpets, roll of drum and
firing OF cannon, with flags flying, amid the
applause and shouts of citizens, Mr.. Clark
entered the Social City, that on this occa-
sion was outdoing her very self and it was
a holiday with all her people. 1t has been
said that Virginia was dead. But it was
upon this occasion the ~liveliest corpse ever
seen. The people understood that
M~oNTANA's FRIEND HAD COME.
Immediately after dark the grand til
umphal procession was formed, and it was
a magnificent affair. First came the band,
then the Young Women's Flambeau club,
followed by a long line OF the Clark Demo-
cratic club, bearing torches. Everywhere
the welkin rung with shouts for Clark, and
the sky was lurld with bonires' lights. :
One Of the ancients is reported to have
given utterance to the expression, emil
now super terrum"-nothing new under
the sun. But the old cove could not have
had Virginia, on this occasion, in his minds
eye when he said it, for our Young Women's
Flambeau Club, is certainly something new,
and was the chief feature OF the evening.
The earnestness displayed by the young
women in the triumph would have
warmed a stole. AS for the man they were
seeking to honor, his grand old heart
welled up in his bosom and perceptably az
fected his utterance, and W. A. Clark was
happy. Why should he not be? Caesars
captives who adorned his triumphs were
uuwillingly so, while his had been made
from admiration and gratitude.
The spacious court room, the largest in
Montana, was filled to Overlooking. Stand.
ing room was at a premium. Choicest cut
flowers, in huge masses, furnished by the
gentler sex, perfumed the auditorium. The
rostrum, and Immediately around where
Mr.. Clark delivered his address, was
A FLORAL CONSERVATORY.
The walls and ceiling were covered with
bunting of the national hues; in a word,
the room was beautifully decorated. For
two hours. Mr.. Clark held the closest and
most respectful attention of his geeat con-
gregation. With a quivering and kindly
voice and q tear . be seen in his eve, he
expressed his heartfelt gratitude and ap-
probation Of the compliments paid him
in Virginia; and in especial degree, the
honor done him by the Young Woman's
Flambeau Club. He should treasure it
up, he said, until that old-fashioned death
should separate us in this life. and he
hoped to be in that older fashion yet-im-
mortality.
His speech was a masterpiece of logic.
The tariff issue was dissected most fully
and ably, and the position of the Republic
can party pictured in all it's shifting ridicu- !
lousness. He expressed his kindest feeling I
for his opponent, whom we think over here, |
is simply misled and making the race for
fun, and who has no doubt long since
SEEN HIS CoRvA sINIsTNA.
Applause frequently compelled Mr.. Clark
to stop in his argument. At the close of
the address the band played, three defening
cheers and a tiger were given for Montana's |
friend, and the meeting was over. Every
one left feeling better for having attended
such a meeting and heard such a complete
and masterful address upon the issue Of the
campaign.
The town wal in an uproar of Joy until
near morning, and such expressions as these
were frequently heard coming from The lips
OF the brawny miners and ranchen: II
worked with Billy Clark on the Fields
claim, Bobtail, Colorado, in 49," From
another: II worked with Billy Clark sluic-
in the Horse Prairie diggings, Beaver
head county, in 49," II was with him
Indians on Camas Creek" came
from another. "You can't beat Clark with
all the women and kids and US fellers a
backing of him." came from a grizzly old
miner; "1here is not enough cold-blooded,
m~oney-leaches in the Territory to
it,"
Ii there are any who think that a man
who has changed shifts with him in the
ground %sluice, a man who has taken turns
with him striking a drill, or whom he has
at midnight on the lookout for In
lians, is going TO vote against him, at
east over here, be he Republican or Demo-
rat, let them disabuse their minds, for
'uch men are not built that way. The fact
Of the matter is the Clark
ENTHUSIASM MUST BE INFECTIOUS,
md such al uprising OF men and women
'anDot be withstood. Further than this it
8 well known throughout this county that
Mr.. Clark is the only man in or out OF the
ounty who ever actually offered to put up
oO"oAu oAo UulIu1uS VI UudU WHICH /
'ur people most wish for, a railroad. Il
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock Mr.. I
lark left the city, the band and q large (
lumber OF our people still accompanying l
i'm. As he drove of, the crowded streets ,
emit up a shout as had not been heard in
Nd Virginia for twenty years. The cor ,
iality of his reception here cannot be ex- :
ressed il words. 1t was a glorious conf
liment to the Democratic party and the s
ext Delegate in Congress. /
At noon after leaving Virginia Mr.. Clark l
poke to a large audience at Ennis, twelveJ
from the city. The Grange Hall, a
arge building, was full to Overlooking. I
At night he addressed the people of Red e
Huff, where he had one of the best meet t
lgs held by him in the county. Quite a i.
oncourse of the residents OF Pony, a dis q
Of fifteen miles, came over to hear
and, altogether, the east side of theI
.Iountains was not one jot or little behind
lie west, in their reception OF the Demo- :,
standard. bearer. FELIX. p
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