Butte semi-weekly miner., 1888-10-10
THAT BLOODY SHIRT.
4. d. 1pcUTcHEoN AND CORNELIUS
HEDGES ar MIss0ULA.

Repeating Some Stale Errors About thu
4 walker Tarigf of 1s47-The War Tarif
i of Merrill Praised--The Disguised
II Audience Leaves During These Recitail
of Mistatements.
4 MIssoULA, Mont, October s.-[Corre.
spondence OF the Miner. ]--Your CORE.
spondent telegraphed the proceedings of The
Republican meeting here on Saturday
night up to tine time the speakers entered
the opera house, when the telegraph Office
was closed.
Judge John Anderson. president oil the
town club, introduced to the audience
Chairman Isaac D. McCutcheon, who, after
complimenting the town and county, said:
'One week ago tonight Wa. Clark ad.
dressed an audience here on behalf Of him
self and his party. [Applause.] He ar
raigned the Republican party for it's short.
comings, and took especial pains to dwell
upon the years Of 'G1 to ga, saying III
was member Of That party, would ask
them to draw veil over that part of our
record"
McCutcheon then. after vigorously
FLAUNTING THE BLOODY SHIRT
for five minutes. turned to q reporter on the
rostrum who was iotting down his remarks
and said II know will be charged with
haunting the bloody shirt, but the Demo-
Gratis have always begun it. defy you to
point out single political campaign when
the Republicans have begun it."
In speaking OF the tariff he said: Tariff
Tor revenue only always means free trade, |
as will show you later" but, alas for the
rarity OF Republican veracity, he did not
mention it later. He said: "Washington,
Jefferson, Monroe and Andrew jackson
were all protectionists, and even John {.
tectiye tariff would build up the North and |
thereby the South would loose it's political |
power; and from that date on he was a /
free trader.
I'm '57 my father sold his corn for 35 |
cents bushel, and | myself carried eggs
and butter into town, the former of which |
sold at cents dozen and the latter at
cents pound, and it was all caused BY
the free trade act OF 1846."
In speaking of the Morrill, tariff act, he
'aid it was never attacked by any member
d the house but what came from south of
Mason and Dixie's line.
In speaking of
THE WOOL INDUSTRY
le said: '1n Australia, Mexico and South
America sheep herders are paid So q
month and board themselves, while in the
United States we pay herders $40 month
md board them"
He forgot to tell his audience, il there
'as such vast difference in wages, why it
las all the sheep herders of Mexico did not
ross that imaginary line that divides the
wo countries and 60 to herding sheep in
exas, New Mexico and California.
In referring to the surplus he said: "Mr.
rice, manager of this campaign, has
2, 900, 900 of the government money,
nd will keep it until after the campaign is
yer. don't mean to say he is using it. {
Democrat was standing here in nv
ace and a Republican had that money, he
ould say he was using it; but I am not
can enough"
After thanking the audience, the speaker -
tired: The audience, feeling that the re. -
arks had been direct insult to their
more than half OF them like.
sc retired. =
HON. CORNELIUS HEDGES =
ls now introduced, but the audience con. i
lued to leave; the speaker apologised for
e. A.