The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-10-31

ttal IOmnllttee were also invited to take
seats on the platform, also the candidates
of the county ticket The glee club and
the Queen City band were stationed on
the platform, while the Rocky Mountain
band, which had gone to Moreland to
meet the delegation, PLAYED few tunes
in front Of the hall
Af.er music by the band Judge Luce
advanced, and in his usual pleasant
manner. made few remarks and then
| introduced the
| HON. W. A. CLARK,
who was greeted with great applause.
Mr. Clark has been travelling constantly
for four weeks, making speeches nightly,
oftentimes in the open air, but he came
to the front in his usual good style and
dealt out solid truths in his earnest way
which carries conviction with every
audience. No one has ever claimed Mr..
Clark to be silver tongued orator. but
he has an earnestness of speech that
never fails to interest an audience. On
the tariff issue Mr.. Clark is thoroughly
posted, and every statement he makes is
FULLY weighed AMI defes contradiction.
He is man who thinks twice before he
speaks.
In beginning his remarks Mr.. Clark
said that he was indeed pleased to be
greeted by such an immense audience in
the grand old county of Gallatin, while
he had been greeted by large and enthu.
siastic audiences wherever he had gone,
old Gallatin had certainly taken no sec
ond place in doing him hcnor. He said
that in Madison county, once his home,
he had met with very warm reception,
and that fourteen young ladies', Montana
born young ladies, ranging frcm twelve
to eighteen years, had borne torch
apiece in the procession in his honor.
He then launched forth into the issues
of the campaign, and for one hour pre-
sented mastery review of the tariff
history of this country, showing conclu.
sively that freer trade meant more pros
porous times. In the gentlemanly allu-
sions made to his political opponent, Mr..
Clark said that Mr. Carter had, uninten-
tionally he thought, misquoteI him
when he quoted: the Mills bill uncon-
stitutional." He had said that he believ-
ed the high protective laws of the United
States to be unconstitutional.
Mr.. Clark devoted considerable time
to the discussion of the wool question,
showing pretty corclusi ,ely that free
wool would not lower the price of the
American product, which does not come
in competition with any other wool, and
that the price ofclothing would surely be
cheapehed. He said that the Republi-
can press of this territory had worked
graver injury to the wool interests than
anything else, when it printed the alarm
circulars distributed by eastern wool
dealers, when the Mills bill was before
the House. A great many wool men
had disposed OF their wool at loss of
eight cents Ter pound owing to this
| scare.
Regarding lead, Mr.. Clark fully expos
ed the falacies existing in regard to this
product in the minds Of the Republicans.
He also alluded to the admission of Mon
tana and the benefits to be derived from
| early admission-he would deem it the
proudest day of his life if he could ac-
romplish the admission of this great ter
ritory into the Union of states. Mr..
Clark closed his admirable address amid
loud cheering.
At the close of Mr.. Cark's speech, the
Glee Club sang "The Red Bandanna, ;"
which was received with applause.
Judge Luce then introduced
HON. sAM WORD,
who is alwaysS popular speaker in this
section, and the cheering which greeted
him showed full well that he was at the
home ofhis friends. Mr.. Word csmmenc-
ed by alluding to the comments Of the
Courier, which he designated as the
Bladder" which had stated that he
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