The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-11-07
BozEMAN, M T., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER ?, 1885
VI art! a. Billings.

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San wur. r., >ci rrir NJ. t*y on
HE local t'a II at noon to-day. snl NnS
rerti;ei bt the executive rnmmittoc
consisting u Alfred Myert, J II Couar,i
aud Others. At 7.30 the bai1 PLAYED in
the streets and AT eight clock The meet.
ing Was called to order by Mr. Myers in
~ > -rceh, The platform MAS filled
with rtilesenta Democrats Mr. A.
s. Douglass, J. II. Conard, MIR. Cox, can
didste for sheriff, Mr.. Walk and many
others. Walter Cooper was also on the
platform. Tho audience was composed
Of the very best citizens Of the city,
about evenly divided between Demo Gratis
and Republicans.
Mr.. VOID commenced his speech by
reading paragraph from the Billings
Gazette, in which it was stated, "tllat it
was understood that Mr.. Word would
not speak at Billings, because Of charges
made bv the central committee, II having
been thought best, as Mr.. Word could do
no good there" The speaker asked ?
"how did this young man of the Gazette
get his information Where has he got
ten it? Why sir, "con,inucd the speak
err" no changes have been made by the
central committee or could be made. If
this was to be my last speech on this
earth, and could clloose to what audi
ence should make it, l would select
alb ,ve all other places, the city of Billings
SIS the place and the people Of Billings as
my audience. Tremendous applause.
The speaker then stated that Mr.. Carter,
his friends and Republican newspapers
had seen fit to assail lam, and the direc.
tors Of the Rocky Fork road, making
false and uniounded strtements from the
stump and raising aide Issues snd that
before he finished he proposed to give
any one present permission to PROFOUND
any question regarding this affair and he
would promptly answer. Mr.. Word then
took up the issues OF the campaign, hold
ing his audience for two hours in wrapt
attention. The audience was apprecia.
tive to a marked degree, continually in.
terrupting the speaker with hearty ap.
plause. The subject of the tariff was
handled in an able manner and in conclu-
sion Mr.. Word again spoke Of the Rocky
Fork matter. He spoke in detail of the
enterprise and stated that as nearly all
of the suo-contract ors were present, il he
made any mis-statements they were in
vited TO correct him. One by one the
charges were met and documents placed
in the hands of the chairman to prove
each assertion. The hodson tie matter
which has been made a special hobby
by Col. Sanders and several Carter
organs, received the speakers atten.
tion and the papers and contracts
turned over to the chairman for the ex
animation of everyone who felt an in
terest in the matter either from
an interested standpoint or 10 satisfy
themselves that the statements made by
Mr.. Carter and other stumpcrs in his in
tcrest, were without foundation and ut
terly false, the result was a complet,
vindication Of the Rocky Fork people
from the outrageous and lying charges o
the enemy.
Mr. Words speech was entirely frc,
from personalities. He closed with al
elegant tribute to the worth and charae
ter of Hon. W. A. CLARK. After the meet
ing Mr. Word was gree; ;e,l bv many Re
pnblicans, Democrats and ladies and hi
speech pronounced the most able and
eloquent that has been made at Billing
during the caml aicn. many gentlemen
stating that tho speech did much good
The Democrats are confident that the,
will carry Yellowstone county.