Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-17
CLARK AT GREAT FALLS
ONE OF THE GREATEST DEMON
STRATIONS IN MONTANA.

The Democratic Reception rendered +
Our Next Delegate to Congress, tn
Hon. w. A. Clark, Last Night-An Inn
mense Outpouring of Voters -Speeche
by Major Maginnis and Mr. Clark.
GREAT FALLS, October 13.-[Special tt
the Miner by the Rocky Mountain Tele
graph ne.]-The greatest political demon
stration that ever took place in Montana
was held by the Democrats here tonight.
A gaily decorated special train of sil
coaches with eighly-six members OF th'
Flambeaux Club and drum corps OF Helena
and one hundred guests, came in at
O'Clock and were received at the depot by q
delegation Of Democrats and citizens gen
orally, with the Park Tbeater band attheil
head, and all wearing Cleveland hats orna'
mented with Thurman bandanss. Shortly
afterwards W. A. Clark came in q carriage
from Lewiston in company with W. II.
Sutherland and Jim McCabe Of Helena,
who had been out campaigning with him
in Meagher and Fergus counties.
MIR. CLARK SPEAKS.
Mr.. Clark was suffering somewhat from a
severe cold, but made strong speech OF
nearly two hours, abounding in arguments
on the tariff as affecting territorial and ma
tional issues which cannot be refuted. 1t
was nearly an elaboration OF his admirable
Missoula speech, with q review Of the new
Republican Senate tariff bill added. He
showed that the new bill made acorns, sand
and diamonds free, presumably in the in.
terest OF Montana workingmen, and he
pointed out other absurdities OF the
measure.
Mr.. Clark said he had been through
Western Montana with Maginnis and
Eastern Montana with Word, and from
the encouragement they had met with he
believed he would be elected. (Applauded.)
He believed he would have
LARGE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT,
as he met old friends OF that faith every
where who had pledged themselves to
support him for Congress.
He recited the case OF a man he met with
q team when coming to Great Falls with a
sick horse on their hands, who told him to
take his team and get to Great Fails this
evening for he wanted to see him get there
this fall. [Applause.] That and other
things, made him think he would get there
himself.
Coming down to the question of protec
tion he declared that proposition to be ir
conflict with the spirit of American
institutions because it antagonized tht
principles OF the greatest good to thu
greatest number, which is sound Demo
cratic doctrine. [AppIause.l
He referred to the golden era OF the coun
try's prosperity before the Republican,
i.ud i,.-ea high tariff nnon the country
and he showed that high tarlu
PROTECTED ONLY THE FEW
against the many, the manufacturer
| against consumers. When the civil war
which had force the government to rails
revenue by all possible means, was over
only such tariffs as interested capital wer
removed from the revenue lists. Laborer
and wage workers were not considered d
all by the Republicans. This was charac
teristic of the party which declared in tn
Chicago platform that it would max
whisky and tobacco free rather than t
sacrifice a single high protective propos
ton.
Yet Republican majority in the Senat
has been forced to repudiate the platfori
of the party and introduce a tariff reforl
bill contemplating reduction OF $73, 900
600 per year, whereas the Mills bill, whic
the Republicans had characterized as q
free trade measure" only contemplated
reduction of $50, ,OOO, 900 per year.
ON THE CHINESE QUESTION
Mr.. Clark complimented Cleveland for b
prompt signing and execution OF the ant
Immigration of those aliens.
On wool Mr.. Clark proved that no 10
eign country could compete with this, ar
that it would be OF great advantage to tt
! consumers of wooden fabrics in this cou
, | try to have free wool, that our m anufa
> tories could make grade good deal be
! ter than is now made if we can secure hii
grade wool from Australia to mix with o1
Texan and territorial wool. In this ma
ter of manufacturing, we OF this COUNT
have the best machinery, thanks to Yank
Ingenuity, and we use the best labor in t
world. [Cheers.]
WITH FREE WOOL
lin the foreign manufacture OF wool
Il fabrics, even of higher grades, who cou
9 compete with US.
VI Mr.. Clark gave an amusing account
j. the sheep industry. taking up in detail t
y speech by Mr.. Carter in Helena, where
r Carter said these shepherds were paid t'
d cents aday, and lived on maccaroni a
3, oil, and Mr.. Clark suggested that they mt
l. have castor oil with that diet, but t
d sheep, he said, were sorry-looking lot a
could only produce hair good for laria
C. and not wool. Then he observed tn
n Italy produced no wool to speak OF.
ss Speaking of other wools he showed tn
81 they could not compete with this count
le while most foreign countries imported wo
in notably Russia. The woods of most col
tries were of different kind from ours
y did not come in competition with one
~ Montana's product.
q. AS TO SILVER
he said the price was controlled by 4
y land in interest OF her India trade.
At In conclusion, W. A. Clark pledged hi
lie self to use his utmost endeavor to sec
IN statehood for the territory, and pai
is glowing tribute to the old-timers who
ne been barred from the rights OF seli-gove
ss ment quite long enough. The speech
Ia most heartily received throughout.
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