Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-31
IT WAS A SMALL gIfr
THE REPUBLICANS FIRED IN
NIGHT AND IT MADE BUT
LITTLE NOISE

S"huldates and Thai,
Friends Received in a Becoming Man
ner-Gossip of a Varied and Dive,
fed Nature Pertaining to Matt
Purely Local.
The traditional first gun" OF the oau
paign was fired by the Butte continoen..
OF the party Of swagger and bluster. lo..
night. It was not a hundred.toner wb;or
made the mountains tremble and the dr;,t,
in any OF the five hundred-foot levels cave
in; still it was a gun a nice sort OF q
Quaker gun, formidable to look at, from
distance, but with the power and execution
of q tenderfoot's 22.calibre vest Doekot
pistol. Although it was loaded TO tbo
muzzte it made only a very slight repo,t
and the smoke OF it was not enough -
overpower that caused by the forest 6rss
The gunners, too, seemed to be lackingi in
strength and familiarity with the arm t6ev
were manipulating. which fact probabIvv
had something to do with the failure OF IL,
exhibition. A new gun" has been ordsrsJ
and will be tested next Saturday eyenins
and great things are expected OF it.
Last nights cannonade was in the form
81 the organization OF a Republican clnh
Dodgers were dis sributed lavishly durina
the afternoon, calling on the faithful ~
gather around the flag and howl for tho
glorious cause. The response was nottb,t
tremendous out-turn OF enthusiastic, patr;'
otto voters which it was expected to be. and
it is safe to say that not a single hearth.
| stone in the city was deserted by the hardv
| yeomen last night SO that they could %
forth and do battle for glory and then
nffice.seeking leaders.
N. c. Ray was elected president Of tbs
handful of men who banded them selves to.
gether as the Silver Bow Republican clph.
| d. Pennier, first vice-president, and /.
| Bickel, second vice-president; (althouOh
why such an array of presidents was
| elected is not known, as the numerical
| strength OF the club did not warrant itl
Dave Lawrence was made happy by being
elected secretary, and James Brown
mining editor OF the Inter Mountain, AZ.
s~istant. E. C.. Kester, also of the Inter.
Mountain, was made treasurer, but as no
money was paid in, the office is one prob.
ably calculated as an ornament, besides,
Teddy" is a splendid young gentleman
and it was no more than right that he
should be given an office Of some kind.
After all the Offices had been passed
around Judge Knowles got up and made a
speech. He spoke in a rambling, desultory
manner about some kind OF a big 4" who,
he said, were running the Democratic party,
and then appealed to the dear workingmen
and begged OF them not to allow that mon.
strous quartette to run thepublic affairs Of
Montana. Pulling down his vest he next
| aoJVnG into Gnmn man uDh@ " --s1 IL
made loads and loads OF money in tie
territory, and seemed to feel badly because
he hadn't been equally fortunate and said
that those men were selfish, cold blooded
and worked only for themselves and didn't
care what became of others. Those rich
men, he said, should be relegated and the
common" people should run the affairs Of
the new state. The Judge evidently could.
think of nothing further and sat down.
J. E. Richards next bobbed up, and the
first thing he hurled at the suffering audiencs
was the old, h~oary-headed chestnut Of not
being prepared to speak, and spoke until
he got weak under the kidneys and was
compelled to cease from sheer exhaustion.
| He recounted the great victory OF last
fall, scored some weakened brethren for
faltering, urged all to register and assured
all present that the great maelstrom
Of Republicanism would sweep the
state next fall and 1atten out
Democracy like a boarding house pie. He
congratulated the Republicans of the state,
the Republicans OF the county, the Repub.
licans OF the city and the Republicans oil
his W little ward on the splendid victory
which was in store for them all. He assured
the crowd that the wish was not father to
the thought but that he had felt OF the
public pulse and heard public sentiment
expressed and knew what he was talking
of. This effort exhausted him and he quit.
Levi j. Hamilton was the next one, and
he made the crowd vince as he, too, saidit
was entirely unexpected" Not pre-.
pared" Didn't want to speak anyway,
der and also began to lambaste that ter.
rible big 4" and whooped and yelled till
lie was out OF breath. Towing to the OK.
IRENE friendly feeling which the Inter
Mountain entertaiiis towards Mr.. Hamil.
ton, his speech will, no doubt, appear in full
mi to columns this evening, therefore a
more extended report Of it is not given
here.-ED.1
DR.. Leavitt was next called for, but be,
also, was not prepared, and spoke onIya
few words, probably prefe, ring to husband
his strength so as to be better able to sit
up with the Republican sickman after the
election.
Brother Shipper followed, and for a time
it seemed as though he didn'tknow whether
he was expected to lead in prayer or make
a speech. He finally, however, con.
cluded that it was the latter and
spoke his little piece, but before
he could get through with it Colonel
Dolman entered with a big bundle OF CAM
paign literature, copies OF the Helana Jour
BAL, and began to distribute them among
the crowd. Whether this act was intended
as an insult to the Inter Mountain, or
whether the colonel is employed as circu'
lator for the Journal is not known. After
quoting a little from ancient history and
the Calyanistie doctrine, Brother Shipper
subsidized.
General Warren followed and urged all
Republicans to register, and assured biz
hearers that if everybody in the world were
to turn Democrat he alone would continue
to vote the straight Republican ticket. The
General then quit.
Cries for Captain Lyman brought that
gentleman to the front. He also roasted
the big 4" and said that he had come
t~wenty-nine miles in order to register, ana
had made three others register also. he
said that it was the duty Of everybody
present to vote the straight Republican
ticket, no matter whether they liked the
candidates or not, and then closed by
warning all to look out for that aWlu'
big A." and to be men and not bod
tail dogs.
Absolom, not my son, my SON. OaI
Absolom F. Bray, next caused his muSca.
voice to be heard and with a disregard lt
letter "h" that was painful wadedm
and aired his opinions. All who bSw
heard Mr.. Bray speak a readily undsr,
stand that he spread himself and hoWn
it to the enemy in his character"
lie manner.
Colonel Dolman having finished his IoO"
distributing copies OF the Helena papt1f
low made a speech and said, with the w
most candor and i~ngenue, that ne WaSS
Republican from Missouri
md didn't seem to care who knew H. ~ ~
moore cooling Lotions to the nv
'ublican invalid and then INDUCED IN sOm'
the widest and most exaggerated PH 40
possible and then like the iI.T
ltHets on a miniature lake, sOothed hln''"
ITO calm and peaceful quietness. ~.
William Thompson then spoke ana
autioned all his hearers to look QUIZ
be 'barl" and finally becoming hoSr'' :
lercifully lot up with his harague. -,
W. 0. Speer cleared his throat, glarsuh
,e chairman and with a yell that maui
1e picture Of Calamity Jane" TnEn
aces the dome OF the court house snane
its sandals turne6 himanlf loose. "