The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-04
A MONSTER MEETING.
With Enthusiasm and Red Fire the
Democrats Receive Dixon
and Toole,
Hundreds are Unable to Gain
Admittance to the Opera
House.
The Greatest Political Demonstration
Ever Seen in the Queen City of
the Rockies.

With martial music and marching men
with fambeaux and red fire, and fireworks
and enthusiasm, the democrats of Helena
last night showed that they considered
themselves fairly in IL" for the great bat
tie of the ballots on Tuesday next. Ii wal
an outpourinR of the multitudes such a
has not been seen here before during THU
campaign, or any other. If anyone hae
gotten into the habit of thinking the demo
Gratis of the Queen CITY were anyways luke
warm, they must have been Weakened ul
with a Jar last night. The occasion wal
the grand democi alto rally at which Con.
gresham w. w. Dixon and Gov. Jos. K
Toole we're announced to be the speakers
The mention of the fact that either gentle
man was to be heard would have been suffi-
Gent to fill any public place. When it was
known that both were to speak from the
same platform on the same night, the tow
and the surrounding country came out &c
listen. The procession, with its attending
features, was the greatest kind of a sue.
cess.
With enthusiastic George Lwigland
mounted on a horse. and Ed Hamilton and
John Fey on foot as marshals, the procession
left the corner of Main and Grand streets
shortly before eight O'Clock. Zimmerman's
band led the way with a lively march. Next
came the German Democratic Flambeauz
club, fifty strong. wearing the red oilskin
Jackets, which under the glare of their
lighted torches shone brilliantly. Three OF
the members of the club, who were not well
enough to undertake the march, rode on
horses, determined not to be left out OF the
procession. Following came the members
Of the Broadwatar club, 200 strong. each
with a Cleveland hat on his head and fire.
works in his hand. Last came the colored
democrats. The line of March was NJ
Main street to Bridge, 10 Rodney,
to Sixth avenue, to Main street.
to Broadway, to Jackson street ana the
opera house. All along the route people
were congregsted on the sidewalks to cheer
the procession. As 1t marched along to
martial music. the fireworks which were set
off from the ranks illuminated the city, and
made it look as if Helena was already cele-
b ating the victory which will perch on
the democratic banners with the going
down of the sun on Tuesday next. 1t was
the largest and most imposing democratic
demonstration that has taken place in
Helena since the election of Cleveland and
Hendricks in 1884.
Had an overflow meeting been deter
mined on beforehand it is pretty safe to
assert that the auditorium itself would
have been none too large to accommodate
the people who were unable to gain admit
tance 10 the opera house. People began
pouring in as soon as the doors were opened.
and it was not long before every seat down
stairs was filed. Next the gallery was
packed almost to sutfocation. Then the
late corners began to crowd into the aisles
and Hobbies until these too held as many az
could get there. The boxes were filed also,
and part of the overflow was accommodated
on the stage. There WAS n large attend
Rnce of ladies, and they were as eager to
listen and as quick to applaud as their more
noisy %neighbors, the men.
The opera house stage was decorated with
a taste that lent color and beauty to the
animated scene. Across the front, twined
in the national colors, a border of mourning
and garlands of evergreens, was q portrait
of the lamented c.. A. Broadwatsr. In the
rear, in full view of the audience, we're
nor and we'll executed portraits of
Cleveland and Stevenson. On every side
and from every available point streamad
the national oolors. as if to give ths lie to
the stale and t~hreadbare claim that the re-
publican party had the monopoly of the
star spGngled banner. Behind the foot
lights were beds of growing plantd. The
whole picture, viewed from the font, was a
handsome one, and it was we'll set off and
displayed by the hundreds of electric lights
at the front of the stage. in the wings and
all over the house.
Congressman Dixon and Gov. Toole were
received with a wild burst of enthusiasm as
they walked down the side aisle and on to
the stage, attended by the reception COM
mittee of the Broadwates club, T. L.
Crutcher, Col. James Sullivan and A. w.
LYMAN. Others on the stage included OK
Gov. :. Z. Hauser. Mayor John C.. Gu tin,
j. G. Mahony. candidate for s~uperintend-
ent of public instruction; Thomas Cruise.
w. q. Preuitt. ex-Gov. p. Fl. Leslie, :. G.
Fitzpatrick, Major Davenport, Col. G. d.
Curtis, Herman Ionn, Judge Horace E.
Buck, E.. W. Bach, w. G. Buskett, G. b.
Garrett, John j. Fallon. Matcns Lissner,
August Meisenhorn, Rufus c. Ga land.
Daniel HanleV, t. J. Walsh. William
Taylor, X. H. Floyd-Joues. Col. C. b.
Nolan. Robert B. Smith, II. X. Purcell, Ed
Flaherty, s. X. Davis, w. NJ. G. Settles, p.
Z. Collins, +. M. Straub. James Fulksr-
son. Ed. Zimmerman and others equally
we'll known. Gov. Hansen was called on to
preside. and in accepting the honor, spoke
briefly. He said he had been in New York.
and while there met Senator Gorman and
Senator Brice. Both gentlemen assured
him, the day he left New York, that in their
Judgment Grover Cleveland would be the
next president of the United States. This
announcement was received with cheers
and APPLAUSE.