Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-24
THE RESsHAW HALL MEETING

A Howling Success From D Republican
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Carpenter Re.
vamps the Time-Honored Chestnut
and the Beauties OF Protection, Fol.
lowed by Local Lights of the G. o. p
A handful of misguided ones. members
OF the 'trooly gcod.n after much hard
work and close herding, were induced to
attend q mass meeting" at Renshaw
hall last night. Boss Mantle ct al. were in
their glory, and beamed upon the crowd
like tallow dips in q Puget Sound fog. The
hat had been passed around among the
"boys," and the services OF the Alice band
were procured for the occasion, but it was
plainly to be seen that the sympathy Of
the musicians was not with the affair, and
the music they rendered had a far away,
mournful sound. The audience, some
how, didn't enthuse worth q cent, and it
was attempted to inspire a little vim into
but even this failed.
Lee Mantle called the meeting to order
and after repeating the old chestnuts made
SO familiar by all the campaign orators OF
the 6. o. p, he introduced Gov. Carpenter.
the principal speaker OF the evening. The
Governor did not waste any words nor
time, but ut once launched into a volley
OF the most folsome praise Of that heaven
inspired OF all most vicious and tyran-
nical impositions, protective tariff"
rather than which to surrender the Repub-
licans would again organize a returning
board. The usual amount OF Republican
sophistry was INDUCED in by the speaker,
and the same old, tiIue.worn, specious ar
gument, tending to show the great benefits
that the tariff tax is to the people OF the
country, was haIped upon. The striking
resemblance Of the speaker to the pictures
OF P. T. Barnum, the veteran Snowman,
was remarked by q number. Another re-
semblance between the two was also
noticeabie-the evident desire to humbug
the people, and their belief that the people
liked to be humbugged.
The history of the party was reviewed
and all the great things it had done for the |
country were dwelt pom at great length
and the terms protection to American in
and Democratic allies to Eng
land, were rolled upon the tongue like an
unctuous morsel. The futility OF attempt.
irg to maintain American manufacturing
without the glorious system OF
protection were illustrated, and the urgent
necessity of protecting the Infant indus
tries" was also set forth in a fearful man
ner. Thel tail OF the British lion wal
until it threatened to uncouple and |
break off short.
The poverty OF the poor manufacturers
was held up for the sympathy and pity of
the crowd, aud the speaker said that,
strange as it might appear, the manufac-
turers were poor, yes, miserably poor, even
they were the beneficiaries of the
protective system. 10 remove
this protection, he continued. would make
them still poorer, and absolute starvation
stare them in theface. So eloquently
did he dwell upon the miserable condition
OF the poor manufacturers that some of his
could already see q tremendous
advance in the price of hand organs, which
would be n of the attendant results OF a
reelection OF a Democratic administration
and the enactment OF q tariff reform meas
IRE, as the army OF manufacturers would
'ben be thrown upon the charity of a cold,
,old world.
The speaker continued to h~arangue the
;rowd as long rs he thought it would sub.
nit, and closed with a panegyricH on the
ticket and then gave way to
ne next advocate OF the GLORIOUS system"
ID. Dewitt. This gentleman informed
he audience that it had been his fortune
and possibly theirs) that he had been out
1t the Territory for about three weeks,
that during that time he had been
Cast, at the seat of He said that the j
entlenan who had preceded him had !,
ully explained the position, and remarks
rom him would be useless. He then closed
.p like s. jack-knife and sat down. 9
Boss Mantle again bobbed up, aud intro +,
luced G.. NJ. Bourquin who promptly ad- !
'anced to the front and after allcving the
rowd to gaze upon his Appolonian form, 8
landly informed the crowd that he bad q
1ade some startling discoveries since his
dvent into politics. One of these, it
was that there were others besides
imself who knew a thing or two. Apollo.
!zlng Tor q too frequent use OF the perpen- {
cular p~ronoun, he began using that pro-.
GUN 30 frequently that a verbatim report
the speech would be impossible; the ''I"
wouldn't h0ld out. He alss, inciden-
ally remarked that neither Mr.. Clark. Col.
nor others of the Democratic a
and orators knew anything, at |
asst not quite as much as Mr. Bourouin. i
WITH q grand flourish and assumption of a =
raglc air the Eronoun resumed his seat. -
Cails were then made for Haldorn, who !
lgned reluctance, but finally consented to g
peak, and INDUCED at some length in his t
yrotechnic style of oratory. 1t seemed t
please the lew who still remained in the
all, and the feeble applause accorded him :
Just have been CALLING to Pettes and some
l the other bosses who are not the most q
rdent admirers of the gentleman, even il I
"troolygood" and n OF the shining r
gifts Of the party. I
The meeting was a success, a bowling z
lccess, from a Republican ~standnoint- /