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

semblcd in the Park Opera House :
listen to Ex-Gov. b. r. Sherman of low;
. Judge Blake and COL Wilbur F. Sander
discuss the issues Of the day from re
., . publican standpoint
: About Z 80 p. m. the Yellowstone bras
band escorted the speakers from the Al
bemarle hotel to the Opera House. TIL
meeting was called to order by Mr.. Franl
Henry, chairman Of the republican count.
central committee. On the platte rm wer
Ex-Governor Sherman, Judge Henry N
Blake, Col. Wilbur F. Sanders, Count.
Attorney Allan r. JOY, Dr. w. T. Collin
and Mr.. Frank H enry, who introduced a
the first speaker Governor Sherman.
Governor Sherman's address was ex
tremely interesting and was listened tt
with great interest by the people present
He devoted most of his time to discus
sion of the financial aspects of the cam
paign as shown in the history of the two
parties. He spoke Of the extreme i'm.
portance Of the triumph of the republican
party and the paramount necessity of each
and every voter to consider carefully the
issues at stake before casting his ballot
He urged also that every man who had a
vote should cast it, if it lay within his
power to get to the polls; to cast aside
all former prejudices and vote according
to his idea of what will be the best thing
for himself and the country at large. The
speaker thought that there was little dan
ger but what every vote SO cast would be
for the republican party. He then re-
viewed the history Of the two parties
Speaking of the republican party, he said
that the first convention was held in 1856,
but that the people were not as yet will
ling to trust the relns of government to
the hands of an untricd party. In 1860,
however, the new party repeated its
pledges to refill the then empty treasury
and restore harmony among the states
where discord then existed. He then
showed how the party had fulfilled its
promises by replenishing the treasury un-
til It's Golfers ran over; putting down the
rebellion, thus freeing the slaves and re-
storing harmony among the disahected
states. The reason that the democratic
party prevailed in 1884 was that the cry
that a change in an administration that
had ruled the country for twenty-four
years would be beneficial to the country.
The change was made by majority of
few hundred votes. The speaker then
showed the radical change in Uncle Sans
credit which took place under republi-
can government; how the bonds which
went begging before at so cents on the
dollar went away above par under that
bcneficent rule. The homestead law then
occupied the attention of Governor Sher-
man, that law which is to-day great
monument to the friendllness of the re-
publican party to the workingman The
speaker held the close attention of his
audience and sat down amid an enthusi-
astic round of applause.
Judge Henry N. Blake was then intro
duced by the chairman. After a few
facetious remarks on his personal affairs
and the fact that for the first time in nine
campaigns his name was not before the
people for their suffrages, and he was
therefore independent, he proceeded to
arraign Mr.. Clark for the false statements
he was making to uphold his free trade
fallacles. He spoke for instance of
Clark's statement that Uncle Sam i'm
ported 300,000,OOO pounds Of wool per
annun, when really the amount last year
was only 114,000.0O0 pounds. Also of
the statement Mr.. Clarke made that Mon
tans produced 100000 pounds of wool,
when it was really only little over
100000 pounds. He then spoke of the
ridicule of the democratic orators of the
fact that acorns, human hair raw, ETC.,
were on the free list of the senate bill,
and asked why they should ridicule this
any more than the republicans should the
Mills bill, as the latter bill included the
same articles on the free list. Judge
Blake then attacked the free wool and
free lead arguments of the democratic Or
ators and destroyer their value by show
ing the fallacy of the same. He then
made an eloquent appeal for republican
votes and prophesied victory for the
party on the 9th of November. He then
took his seat to the accompaniment of
hearty round of applause from the audi
ence.
Colonel Sanders was then introduced
by Chairman Henry. He was greeted
with an ovation. Some one ip the audi
ence said "Three cheers for the old war
horse" and the audience gave them with
a will. The colonel's voice was husky
for few moments from bad cold, but
after few introductory remarks it grad
ually cleared and the same energetic,