Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-10-25
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
A short Horse and soon curried.

The DEMOCkAIIC RALLY.
A short Horse and soon curried.
The fate OF the democratic meeting
last nj Sht hung for some time in the
balance. and but for ruse de guerre
adopted by rhsirman Middleton IL
would probably have been n failure.
Az IL was II fell fSr short of being q
success. The tard had footed itself
to a stsnGs'ill on the streets and had
re psi,ed TO the Rink, foliowed by not
more than fifty people. A wat Of Ten
or fifteen minutes brought but few
more and things hogan to look intense
ly uncomfortable. At the hour when
the speaking should have commenced
Mr.. Middleton appeared on the floor Of
the house anc watch in hand held a
Whispered conversation with Prot.
Rsicbsrdt. The result was that the
band playet anniher .slection, at the
conclusion of uhirh Mr.. Middleton,
ace mraired by Judge D-Wolf-, sp-
pear.h upon The stage and to'k s. att.
After short interval jesse Hsston
and George Mye's ropp-d in and thu
cree being complete. Mr.. Middleton
stepred tn The front and 'psned fire.
TIE suiience then presen, was scarce.
J., of the siza to he any compliment 10
visiting orator, and it was here that
Mr.. Middleiop distinguished himself
hy adopting the dangerous experiment
Of talking against time until reinfor p.
ment- should arrive. Not to say Iha'
the speaker is a msu who cannot talk
against time. To fact, We know Of no
one who il better adapted IN this subj
tprfngp, hut NJ IL involved the risk Of
having the few present get np and
l.avs, IL was rs We have said. danger.
ous. The rusp was however In mea-
cure successful. a. during the half
hours talk of the chairman the crowd
was visihlv augmented bv people who
having closed their stores and finding
time hanging heavy on their hsndr
had dropped in to enjoy the soporiic
influences Of a democratic rampaign
talk. Mr.. Middleton talked silver and
tariff from democ, attic standpoint.
going carefully over the ground made
familiar to b hearers by The campaign
documents issued by tho democratic
state central committee. H sddured
nothing never or more interesting
than IL To he found in these prosy
documents. but In con ,lusion rose to
the dignity of defyipg Mr.. Carter tn
maze a statement thst the pAop'e
are benefited by he tariff. Ajax
defied the lightning on ,e, and In doing
20 stru * a pose thst has made him
historical ever since. II Il fair tn say /.
however, that the lightning did not
know II, else Mr.. Ajsx's pose might
not have been 30 heroic a. to en'itle
him to the confederation he has since
received.
Al the conclusion OF Mr.. Middleton. {.
remarks he introduced Judge De
Wolfe, whose first words were, to say
the lsast, not very complimentary to
the democracy of Custer county. He
said: II remember some years ago lis-
tening to a distinguished lecturer in
San francisco. II was at the Grand
Opera house, and that spacious edifice
was packed to the very doors. The
speaker opened his remarks by an
allusion 10 the Darwinian th.or and
In spplying II 10 the situation said
Whether or not we are all descended
from the monkey makes no difference,
the main fact is-we are here ! regre,
that there are net moe here 10 night
and hope that when the polls close In
Miles City on election day there will
| DE more uemWbeut Notes tu-t ueu
there are people here present tonight" T"
II might have been left unsald. Ger
taInly It is not good taste to anyone
Who seeks . public audiences to public
| ly resent the fact that he 10 not q
drawIug card. However. having
relieved himself Of this little bit Of
spleen, he dropped the matter and
launched forth Into the issues Of the
campaign from . dsnocrssie stand
point. Es spoke Tor about an hour
followins the linss Of Argument sdep
ssd BY eli dsm"cns'c canpalsnsw
which Il h usslsss 70 rspfodues q
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