Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

Republicans Uniting With Democrats in
According Him a Welcome-An VIII
Vote for Him-His Tariff Arguments
Capture the Masses-OId Friends and
Old-Timers Who Delight in Doing Him
Honor.
VIRGINIA Cry, October 25.-[Correspond.
ence OF the Miner. lin the days oil ancient
Rome the highest ambition, the greatest
glory OF Cesar, aMarius, a Scipio, was
a triumph. On returning home after the
termination of q successful war in Gaul OF
Africa, a triumphal march through the
Eternal City and the ~plaudits OF their
countrymen was all the honor they sought.
A few days since the miners and ranch
men OF "Old Madison" learned that their
Scipio was again coming to his old home,
and by unanimous consent it was decided
that he should have a triumph. For three
long weeks he had been honored and
fattered and Toasted throughout the Ter
ritory OF Montana as no other man had
been, but it was left for ''Old Madison
his old home, to give him a triumph, and
grand and glorious it was. As had been
arranged, a large party of Democrats and
Republicans, in buggies and carriages, ac-
companied by the Virginia City cornet
band, in their band wagon, left Virginia on
the morning of the 23d inst. for the pur.
pose of meeting the Hon. W. A. Clark. the
Democratic standard bearer
AT II CONFINES OF THE COUNTY,
and escort him through the same. Thirty
miles away at the village OF Twin Bridges,
the two parties met and gave him such a
welcome as only old-timers can give one
of their fellows. Wagons and buggies and
horsemen came rolling in from every direc-
ton and soon we had a large cot of
people together who had come, many a
distance of thirty miles, to hear their old
friend enunciate the Democratic doctrine of
tariff reform, and shake him by the hand.
At 2 O'Clock p. m. the people formed in
line and following the band conducted Mr..
Clark to Good Templars' Hall, at which
place for two hours, he held a large audi
ence in breathless attention listening to
the Clark elucidation of that sole import
ant question before the American people to-
day, Tariff. say the Clark calculation,
as an old-time Republican of the
who is a leading merchant and
ranchman Of the neighborhood, one who
has been in the harness ever since his party
has been in existence, said to me, 'Clark's
of the tariff question is alto
different from, and more convincing
than any other I have ever heard; it is
peculiarly Clark, and the Clark imprint is
On his every utterance on the issue.
"HIs ARGUMENT is SOUND.
MS logic convincing, and his deductions in
,ontrovertible. I am a Republican, have
aver been one, and will always be one, but
am for tariff reform, and though I never
for a Democrat, shall vote for
lark at the next election"
His speech lost him one Democratic vote
md gained him fifty Republican votes at
,he Bridges. and, as all know, there are
larrow-minded Democrats in our party as
Ilso broad.minded Republicans in that
'arty we left the Bridges very well satisfied
With what he bad done.
At B O'Clock p. m. we started for Sheri-
Ian. On stringing out, the band leading, |
We found many OF the farmers with their
antilles, from Fish Creek and Silver Star,
laving been SO pleased with his Twin
Bridge speech, were to join us in escorting
i'm to Sheridan, and it was quite a
OF buggies and carriages which
ormed the line of march for tue evening
Meeting at that place. On his arrival at
meridian he
RECEIVED A PERFECT OVATION,
he band played. the horses neighed, and
he cheers for Clark were deafening. At
O'Clock p. m. a torchlIght procession was
which extended a long distance I'D
nd down the street, which, led by the band,
araded the principal t~horoughfares. A
pyramid of infammable SUBJ
had been built on the public square,
as ignited, and illuminated the surround.
lg valley and mountain for miles. The
git was grand, the enthusiasm immense
nd all the people Wed with each other to
o him homage. The procession, after
liking in the town, halted at the hotel,
nd, after giving three times three cheers
# W. A. Clark, conducted him to the pub
!, hall, where for two hours he talked to
lie people as no other man in Montana /
IN.
The large and commodieus hall was lit.
ally packed. There was not an inch of
lie floor but that was occupied with a
steiner either standing or sitting, and the
ovid that stood around the doors and
away unable to get in was greater
an that which was inside. Many DEMO-
ats whom I knew gave up their seats to
'eral Republicans that they might hear il
CLARK's TARIFF TRUTHS. &c
The morning of the oath the Clark t
Iumph was resumed. A long line oil vehi- l
OF all kinds, from the elegant carriage 1
wn to thefarm wagon and breaking cart,
ople from all sections of the valley and c
rounding mountains, joined with those
% had accompanied our chief from the
idges, took up their line Of march forI
and it was a goodly sight. o
lark was at Sheridan, and Virginia was ="
enty miles away, and he must be there at Y
htlall or break his promise, while at d
Try ranch and mine alongt the route, there L
re men and women standing at door and
e to stop his passage with humble u
mage. This one pleading that he should u
p only for a shake of the hand another
It Mr.. Clark should go into the cabin, X
y for a moment, to SEE an old mining :,
npanion who was confined in bed, the ty
cts OF too many days in the ground
ice, who wanted to see "Billy Clark" I'll
: once more, for said he, "Billy was al
y kind to me way back in the sixties he ID
DIVIDED HIS LAST sACK OF FLOUR
b me the winter OF the -four riot, and 1
1T to tell him, that l will be at the polls
him, if I'm alive; if I'm dead, thar'l be OF
allot box stuffed at this precinct, if a oil
it can do it," ele
ere was a good kind lady who said that l..
had not much TO offer, but Mr.. Clark SCI
1t come in and at least drink a glass of SCI