Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-12
BUTTE, MONTANA WEDNESDAY. SEPT. Ii, 1883

B. SiI7er Bow county has had an
r, portunity to support one of her citiz,
=, Tor such q position and she would sh
lss her appreciation OF the honor confer
,. upon her. The speaker then paid q h
". compliment to the nominee and pledf
L, his hearers for w. A. Clark that when
stewardship was ended he would return
ne to the people who elected him untarnish
BY single act Of which they need
ashamed. The speaker was repeated
cheered and closed amid loud applause.
r, In response to loud calls, g. w. Stap
7. ton said he complied with the earnest
guest OF friends and hoped he would
heard as he was suffering from seve
:. hoarsenees. When spoken to about &
|. nomination, he had said let us nominate
], man who would give strength to the tick
; and lead it to victory. There was 1
! question but that this time when the !
turns were all in and the vote counted
y would be found that the returns were tI
I, largest ever made. Mr.. Gtapleton details
!, the strong appeal that had been made
:, the nominee and the noble response ii
/. latter had made: Gentlemen of the CO..
vention. I belong to the Eemocratic part
: Do as you wish and will respond to yot
]. request" The speaker referred to I'll
!, duty OF Democrats to vote d straigf
!. ticket and instanced his own course
|, voting for men who would not sneak 1
Z him on the street because he believed tf
!. choice of the party should be deferred (
He adlnred sssry one Uf bis bearsks whe
election day comes to vote the entir
ticket unimpaired and they would roll up
majority that would exceed any previou
tehort OF the party.
II. z. Rogers, OF Deer Lodge, indorse
what the preceding speakers had said. Mi
femberton had we'll said that Silver Bo,
was entitled to feel honored by the choic
made Of one OF her citizens, but he re
minded the convention that Deer Lodg
Also shared the honor as it had been th
theater OF the nominees early efforts. FL
could safely promise that Deer Lodg
county would be second to none in Mon
tana in showing fealty to the nominee. an(
viii roll up majority in November thai
will astonish the rest.
Calls for w. Wallace, Jr., Of Lewis anc
Clarke, resulted in that gentle an makint
short and spirited address in copfirma
ton OF the nominee. He stood there, lit
| said, as Democrat among Democrats
feeling how utterly incapable he was OF doine
Justice to the occasion. He asked how ii
was possible for him to add to the volume
l.
speakers. Fiom Silver Bow had come
thanks; from Beaverhead and every other
county in Montana had come congratu,a.
tlons. From his own county had come q
declaration OF that obliteration OF sectiona
feeling that had hitherto been in existence
between East side and West side. He de-
clared he could never understand the sec-
tlonal line, and that the work accomplished
to-day would bind the East and West
together more closely than that OF steel.
The speaker pledged his right hand and
that OF every one on the East Side to the
success OF th6 ticket and the accomplish
ment OF that which would rebound to the
credit OF the party.
Mr.. Savage, of Park, said that by the
nomination OF W. Il. Clark, man of integ-
rity and ability, on the 9Th of November
another Republican scalp will be taken and
added to the long list already dangling gfrom
the Democrats belt.
M. M. Bickford, of Missoula. d. sired on
behalf OF Missoula to add one more word
Here the speaker was Interrupted by
cheers that grew into storm and drowned
his words, the enthusiasm being called
forth as an ovation to Mr.. Clark who ad-
vanced down the aisle and took his seat
among the Silver Bow delegates. When the
enc ering subslded Mr.. Biekford resumed:
In seconding the nomination of W. A.
clark and the motion to make it unani-
NOUS. Only four years ago the RennhIi.
cans had said to the Democrats. You win
sa.n ene eoonsry you succeed IN The elses
hitch; you willpension Confederate soldiers; |
you Will resurrect slavery, and bring back |
The condition of affairs before the war.
The three years and half of Democratic |
rule had shown that the Republican
party were false prophets. They now
that the infant industries
of the country will be ruined. Thev are
prophets OF evil because they wish it so.
chey say if they are given the reins of
1ower everything will be lovely as MAY
morning. There was reason to distrust
hem. In W. A. Clark they had an addi.
ionai pledge OF every pledge the party
makes being carried into execution. He
vas proud to be one in convention to do
uch good work as the convention has done
o-day. He prophesied the nominee would
,eat Joe Tooles majority at last eIec-
ion in Missoula County. Then the Bitter
foot Valley had given him bigger ma
ority than it had ever before rolled up for
my candidate. But the present nominee
Tould beat that hollow. He pledged the
the support OF Missoua Coun-
y to the nominee.
K. d. Leggat moved to make thenomina.
ion unanimous.
Hon. Sam Word seconded the motion
nd in language adorned with splendid
nag ~ adverted to the feuds between the {
arty chiefs that would be thing of the
asst now that the East side and the West
ide had laid aside their rivairies and jeal-
usies which would henceforth be a. thing
4 the past. ID
Mr.. Bicker deied the county of Silver
low to roll up bigger majority for w. A.
lark than the banner county, Choteau,
Touid at the election.
delegate from Galletin said the unan-
nifty for w. A. Clark which he fonnd
mong delegates on his way to the conven-
ion was without precedent. GalIatin {
{ eartily endorsed him. {
Calls for the old war horse OF the party, I
Stuart, brought that gentleman '
his feet, and he added his quota TO the l
plendld tributes to the nominee. He re- I
lemb6Esd the time when the hillside I!
here Butte stands had nothing but {
lumber OF locations. W. A. Clark was the t
rst man to step into the breach and de- !
eiop its marvellous industry. The man
no bad done SO much in private life 4
hight be trusted to act with equal energy I
the representative Of the people.
Delegates from Cascade, Beaverhead and
otAoo" oPoho WOrQS IN eufOgy |
the nomination, expressive OF the salts {
tction with which those counties would |
eceive the nomination. /.
The chair presented the motion that W.
:. Clark be declared the standard bearer '
the party in the coming election. t.
The convention responded by rising to !
IS feet as one man and giving three cheers :.
nd tiger for the nominee.
Mr.. Clark was escorted to the platform
mid.a scene OF unexampled excitement !
nd when the assmblage quieted down ad- ;
ressed them as follows:
SPEECH OF W. A. CLARK. Ia
Gentlemen OF the convention, and repre-
'ntatives of the great Democratic party .
Montana: I appear before you this /
yening in a different character than any
lat could have supposed this morning,
: at any previous time in my life. should
,cupy. did not expect to bea candidate 1.
r this office, as you well know. have
sver sought any Office at the hands of the '
emocratic party. l have always done 4
hat could in my humble way to further =
le interests of that party, [applause] and !.
stood ready here to-day TO endorse the
0minee OF this convention, whoever he I
ight be, and go out with him into the
Impaign, as did two years ago, and help !
elect him by q rousingn ajority. [Great 9
1Diause1 But it seems that IL was the ir I