The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-11-03
Democratic Meeting.

pm.
! Democratic Meeting.
Last Saturday afternoon at o'clOcl
the Hon. w. A. Clark and Hon. w. Y
Pemberton arrived from BoZeman in {
passenger car attached to a freight
train. They were accompanied by {
small delegation of Bozemanites, who
reported that the town over the range
was in a state of "innocuous desuetude'
from the effects of the Clark meeting
there on Friday night. The party was
met at the Livingston depot by Judge
Savage, chairman of the democratic
central committee, and several other
prominent democratic citizens and es.
corted to the Albemarle hotel, where
they partook of supper.
The people commenced quite early to
gather at the Opera House, and by 7:3C
the house was filled by the audience
with which Livingston always greets
show of any kind. The "Chip O the
Old Block theatrical company had
made arrangements to give their per-
formance after the speaking was over,
so the audience (as every seat in the
house was solO was largely composed
of theater-goers as well as those who
wished to hear the political speeches.
The Yellowstone Brass band escorted
the speakers from the hotel to the Opera
House and played one or two pieces in
the intervals between speeches. On the
platform were the lion. w. A. Clark,
Hon. W. Y. Pemberton, Judge J. a.
Savage, Geo. J. Allen, DR.. Monroe, DR..
Campbell, B. F. Myers andJ NJ. Conrow.
AT the reporters table was J. S. Dick
ersOn, representing the democratic ter
ritorial committee and John Bean, repre-
senting the republican territorial CON-
mittee.
Judge Savage, acting as chairman of
the meeting, then called the assemblage
to order and introduced as the first
speaker Of the evening the Hon. w. A.
Clark. Mr.. Clark was greeted with a
round of applause as he stepped forward
to speak. He spoke for about an hour
and half. He said that everywhere
he went he met old friends and that
Livingston was no exception to the
rule. He reviewed the great natural
resources OF Park county and spoke of
the necessity of railroads for their fur
ther development. He strongly advo-
Gated allowing railroads to be built
through the Park to reach the valuable
mines. His sentiments received con-
siderable applause from the audience.
He spoke of the great agricultural re-
sources of the valley and said that he
thought that Butte and that district
should get their supplies from this Sec
tion instead of sending to Utah for
them. He then attacked the senate tar
iff bill, first quoting Don Piatt's remark
that 'there was more dignity and more
stupidity in the United States senate
than in any similar body in the world"
He showed up what he thought were
the Inconsistencies of the bill and de-
livered high encomium on the Mills
bill. His private history then occupied
his attention and he urged his intimate
connection with the past, present and
future history of the territory as a
strong point in his favor. The free
lead question received his attention, as
well as that of free wool. He advanced
the usual democratic arguments in their
favor, coming to the conclusion that
free lead and free wool would vastly
benefit our territory. The audience did
not seem to fully understand how this
could be, notwithstanding the speakers
arguments, and did not greet this con-
clusion with any marked approval.
When Mr.. Clark sat down very re-
spectacle round of applause greeted the
conclusion of his speech. After the
band had played selection, Hon. W. Y.
Pemberton was introduced to the audi
ence, *
Mr.. Pemberton started in with few
humorous illusions to the various can
didates, but finally announced that
Grover Cleveland was the only one a
sane man could vote for. He denied
that the democratic party was free
trade party. Mr.. Pemberton's language
was, in the language of the sailor,
more suited to the foc'sle than the
cabin" and the audience would have
been better pleased, owing to the large
nnmber'of ladies present, if he had con-
fined himself to argument and omitted
some Of the blackguardism. It would
at least have been in better taste. A
Livingston audience is on a par if not
superior in intelligence to any that can
be got together in Montana. and a
speaker shows poor judgment who ad-
dresses them as he would an audience
OF longshoremen. Towards the close of
Mr.. Pemberton's speech the audience.