Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-02-20
MUSIC AND TORCHES.
RUSSELL b. HARRISON HEARTILY
WELCOMED.
A Good HUNDRED Gathering i'll winch
Men of all Parties Join-Speeches
by r.. r. Harrison and
.. John Mcguire.

Great Falls is always ready for public
demonstration. Such was the case yes
terday. when the arrival of George Rpos |
and John Mcguire, the popular manager,
made known that they had come to meet
Russell B. Harrison. son Of the president
elect, who was on his way to Helena over
the Great Falls route. 1t was decided to
give Mr.. Harrison public welcome.
Democrats, as we'll as republicans, joined
readily in the proposal Germ & Daven-
port were consulted, and they promptly
rallied the band. As the train was late,
there was ample time to prepare for the
demonstration. The Park hotel was
made the place Of assemblage. For some
time before the train arrived the, corrld-
ors were crowded with merry, good hui
mored crowd, who talked of statehood,
the coming cabinet, John Maguire's pro-
posed trip to Washington and the high
license imposed on theatres.
About 8 o'clock the train appeared in
sight. Germ & Davenport's band, accom-
panied by torch-bearers, sailed forth and
the people marched behind. The band
played "Marching Through Georgia" and
other popular airs. At the depot the
platform was crowded. When Mr.. Far
rison appeared he gave warm greeting to
Messrs. Boos, Mcguire and others, and in
response to calls for speech, he said:
Fellow citizens: thank you very
much for this compliment. As gaze on
your beautiful city recall with satisfac-
ton that in 1879 helped daub and chink
q log cabin In view of what is now the
site Of your city Icheersl I shall always
look back with pleasure to that incident
for with the railroad facilities at your
command, your city has bright future
and it is gratifying to have been in some
way associated with it. Cheers.]
The people now saw John Mcguire
standing beside Mr.. Harrison, and were
resolved to have a speech from him. So
they called Justify on the veteran actor
who came forward wreathed in smiles
and spoke in substance as follows:
Friends and fellow-citizens: It Is graft
flying to me as pioneer to meet here so
many old friends and new acquaintance.
observe with pride the steady growth
of your fine city, which is entering on an
era of phenomenal prosperity. l need
not the prophetic power of the witches
whom Macbeth consulted to forsee the
time when the immense water power
here will be fully developed, and you
will complain. that the smoke Of the fac
tories obscures the splendid vista which
In :,,< ~F
Montanian. CHEERS.
In the worlds reportory there is no
grander drama than the rise and progress
Of Montana from the day when the
founders of this state, for such it is, fol-
lowing in the footsteps of Lewis and
Clark, carried the starry flag to the re-
cesses of the Rocky mountains and
cleared the way for such opuleut cities
as Helena, Butte and Great Falls-cities
whose progress is as remarkable as any
scene which Imagination has transferred
to canvas. [Cheers.]
1t is with pride, therefore, that we
greet Mr.. Harrison as a Montanian-the
noblest title he could acquire. As true
and tried friend of Montana we welcome
him, and not as the son of the president
of the United States who, l trust, will
soon proclaim Montana the thirty-ninth
state in the American union. Cheers
for the state of Montana
thank you for this caed mSlle faSlthe
which convinces me that your hearts are
as warm as those of the pioneers whose
latch-string was always out and whose
hearty mirth made the gulches resound
with fun in the days Of "auld lang syne."
[Cheers.]
John Mcguire now called for three
cheers for Germ and Davenport which
were given with will. There were loud
calls on George Boos for speech. II
response he called for cheers for the state
of Montana. The people were next re-
solved to have speech from Hon. T. E
Collins, but the fresh iron horse had beer
been harnessed to the cars and Mr.. Collins
had only time to say: "Fellow citizens
regardless of party lines we all respect
the coming President of the United States
SO | call on you to give hearty cheers fol-
Benjamin Harrison Of Indiana" All cheer
ed Justify. The train then moved GU
while the band made the air resount
with soul-stirring music.
SPRAY OF THE FALLS