Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-03
THREE-RING CIRCUS.
THE REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATE AND
sArELLITEs AT SOUTH BUTTE.

March Of the Marionettes Thirty-Etgh
strong-E. e. Congdon and George Hal
dorm Talk Against Time Until the AR
rival Of Thomas H., Who 'Roared Yot
a. mildly as . sucking Dove
Another war dance took place last nigh
under the auspices Of the "wah HOSES
and their handful OF followers. The per
formance, according to programme, wal
given at Dnrand hall, South Butte. Ih'
| Harrison and Morton f~iamboodlers turned
out, thirty-eight strong, including q mum
Der oil hoary-beaded vets, whose locks had
/ been whitened by as many as fourteen and
fifteen winters and whose once sturdy
frames were bowed down by the weight and
cares oil their Juvenile years. It was pain.
full to see these relics OF past days stageer-
ing along the streets with only their en-
thusiasms and the encouraging words OF
their mamas who stood on the sidewalks,
to keep them up and spur them on. At
South Butte the legion raj joined by about
the same number OF
BATTLE SCARED HEROES
conveying torches. Forming a junction the
army marched around the block once or
twice and then to the hall where their chief
tains were W aiting to receive them.
After the Grove was seated, 8. j. Knight
called the meeting to order and introduced
e. e. Congdon, who v~aliantly dangled aloft
the scalps that he had taken in many q
hard fought battle. He said he was not q
speaker, but a candidate, and consider
a folu co. dnwn h1t mot hofnro ADMITTING
that he knew nothing about the issues OF
the day. This gentleman is q candidate for
representative.
The chairman again rushed to the fore
and said he would introduce the well known
PUBLICAN AND SPEAKER
George Haldorn. This gentleman spoke q
few moments, the burden OF his remarks
being tsffy for the ladies and regret at the
absence OF q Chinaman, who, he said, was
attending q Democratic meeting across the
way. He invoked the aid VI Noah Webster
for a definition OF the word protection"
and by way OF diversion he frequently
drank liberal quantities of water-not be.
cause he seemed to like it, but just to Sow
that he could drink water-if nothing else
was to be had. Stirring up the ashes OF
his memory, he uncovered a goodly guam
tity of worm-eaten chestnuts which he
fired at the audience, and seeing that they
did not take, he engaged in a catch.as-
catch.can match with truth, in which, after
a hard struggle. he managed to
GAIN SEVERAL FALLS.
The gentleman was next seized with a fit OF
humor, and tried to find an expression de.
scriptive of the Silver Bow Company's
water, but got "stuck," to use a vulgar,
expressive term. Some one in the au-
dience yelled out ''seepage," which word
another supplemented with 'sgrave yard
seepage." "Yes, grave yard seepage is
as HE MINER reporter sitting here
reminds me OF a grave yard" continued
the disciple OF Proctor Knott. The bash
iul youth who represented The MINER
promptly replied: you'll be reminded of a
grave yard much more forcibly about No.
b" anG at the same time arose |
and bowed his thanks to the speaker in a |
dignifed manner. The audience applauded
the reply, and the reporter again arose and |
twice bowed most profoundly to the audi
snce, at the same time thanking them for |
she recall. This concluded the
EXCHANGE OF CIvILITIEs
the two and after stating that
thought the reporter received more ap-
clause than himself, the great publican"
'ubsided and the Faber-parer resumed his
contemplation OF Georges Jove-like coun-
'enance and wondered whether it was not
preponderance of the free rather than
he protected article which made the
entleman's smeller assume such a ruddy
lue.
Professor Firch, who was present, felt SO
God because the speech was concluded
hat he. without q moments warning.
egan to infict the crowd with one OF his
aapaign "songs." Before, however, he
OF under fair Roadway, he was uninterrupted
y the
APPEARANCE OF THOMAS h.,
no, up to that time, had not yet arrived
40 The audience was spared the torture ]
be Professah had in store for them as the )
.ng threatened to be endless as we'll as
o~intless. |;
Ihomas II. was promptly introduced
recited his piece. 1t was noticeable &
lat he did much better than during the /
'rly part OF the campaign, showing much
'reful rehearsal and hard study. Occa- a
6nally only did he show symptoms o~fstage
lght while he spoke his lines in an easy O
Id natural manner. His gestures, too, v
ire graceful and made at the appropriate d
mes. ~
He informed the crowd that the
was engaged in a political strug- v
= d piece OF news which did not cause the s,
SURPRISE AND ACCOMPLISHMENT Il
itch no doubt it was calculated to nro.
co. After waiting for the commotion to :
bslde, the tariff, "Solid South" the
ues oil the war, and all the other rem. n
nts and trinkets constituting the Repub-
stock In trade OF campaign argu-
nus were trotted out one after another,
d hurled at the audience, but witbout
= very fatal results and the Iist NJ CO.,