The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-10-27
THE REPUBLICANS CELE BKATE.
Livingston Turns e. ut en- Masse to H0nOl
Thomas HI. Carter.


Livingston Turns & ut en- Masse to Homo
Thomas H. Carter.
r Monday was a red letter day in. til
history of our town. 1t was the occasiO
Of the visit of the Hon. Thos. H. Garter
the republican nominee for delegate. III
j, arrived on the $40 train from Billings
, accompanied by Maj. Geo. 0. Eaton. Tn
: guests were received by committee .
our citizens who escorted them. to th
Albemarle hotel, where they partook o
supper.
/ At 7:3O special train from Bozemal
of three cars arrived with over hundred
Bozemanites, who came over to help Liv
lngston celebrate. As the train came il
sight of the town rockets were fred from
the platforms of the cars ard Roman can
dies from the windows, presenting beau
tiful appearance. The Carter club, 15C
strong, all bearing torches, were drawn
up in line on each side OF the walk lead.
ing from the track across Park street and
up Park street to the court house. As
the train pulled in, cheer after cheer went
up from the club and the large crowd
OF our citizens who had gathered in honor
OF the occasion. The Bozcman boys,
headed by the Queen City Cornet band in
their handsome uniforms, marched down
between the files Of the Carter club, who
fell in behind.
The procession, headed Ivy Grand Mar
shall DR.. G. W. Grant, then counter
marched down Park street to Main, down
Main to Lewis, up Lewis to Second, up
Second to Park, up Park to B, down B
to the Park Opera House. Fireworks
OF. all descriptions lined the route of the
march. Rockets, huge bonfres and Ro-
man candles cast glare Of light over the
scene which made the town as light as
day. The procession was three block s
long and It's progress was marked by
cheer after cheer, from the assembled
crowd on the streets. The two bands
played alternately during the march and
throughout the exercises in the Opera
House.
The Opera House, by the time the head
Of the procession had reached the door,
was crowded full, excepting the central
portion which had been reserved for those
participating in the march. They filed IN,
and IN. about two minutes the house was
crowded IA the doors, thnrA --~t beip,
standing room for another man.
At the appearance on the platform of
the speakers, Hon. Thos. H. Carter, Major
Geo. 0. Eaton and DR., Collins, cheer after
choer went up from the seven hundred
people in the Opera House.
DR.. Grant then called the meeting to
order and requested the mayor of Boze-
man, the chairman of the Gallatin county
central committee and the president of
the Gallatin County Republican club and
several gentlemen who had voted for old
Tippecanoe to take seats upon the plat
form. He then nominated Frank Henry
for chairman Of the meeting.
Mr.. Henry then made short speech,
saying that he was proud of the honor of
presiding over such magnificent assem-.
blage. He then referred to the recent
republican victories in the east and proph-
esied a sweeping republican victory in the
fall. He then introduced Maj. Geo. O.
Eaton, who was received with hearty
round Of applause.
Major Eaton started his speech by
showing the intimate connection of labor
with the prosperity of the country. The
gist of his argument was to the effect that
the democratic party said to the laborer:
.Take care of yourself" He then showed
that the republican party had in the past
and intended in the future, as shown by
their platform, to protect the laborer from
the competition of underpaid labor which
was prevalent in oreign countries. He
made several pertinent illustrations " hich
brought down the house. The speaker
then said that the people who thought
that the country would assume the rebel
debt because the democratic party had
come into power we're certainly disap-
pointed, but the record of the party was
only one Of what they had not done, and
not the good that they had accomplished.
He then made point of the fact that the
democratic president had signed the river
and harbor bill, which President Arthur
refused to sign, which takes $4,000, 900
out Of the treasury. He asked how long
it would take him to replace this by We
toing pension bills at IS per month.
Major Eaton then attacked the Mills hill
and showed very plainly how fatal its
provisions were to Montana's interests;
also that Montana's delegate, Joe Toole,
had not lifted his voice in protest. Major
Eaton then stated that throughout the
democratic press of the territory it had
been stated as fact that because the
democratic candidate had been successful