The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-10-08
ENTHUSIASTIC REPUBLICANS
""ht"has Next Governor and Judge
Ham ilt"n Address the P-opl. of
Livingston.
A ROCSING RECEPTION.

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NO larger, more enthusiastic or more
representative body of citizen ever as
SEN bled to greet republican ora ors than
the one that assembled at the opera house
Thursday evening to hear Hon. John f.
Richards, republican candidate for gov
ernor, and Judge l.. }. Hamilton of
Butte, discuss the issues of the cam
paign. Republican enthusiasm was on
tap and the reception accorded these
distinguished Montanans is one long to
be remembered. Great preparations
had been made for the event and the
opera house presented a beautiful ap
pearance. In the rear of the stage a
handsome crayon portrait of President
Harrison looked down upon the now ia
nous utterance of Governor Richards,
Il have no apology to make On each
side OF the stage were the following well
known emblems Of the republican party:
"Protection for American Labor" Free
Men, a Free Ballot, and Free Silver"
"Naturalized and Native Born" PRO
lection and Reciprocity" Wages for
Sheep Herder in Montana $40 per Month;
in Canada and Australia, SS.' Red,
white and blue streamers were suspend
ed from every side and corner of the
stage and from the galleries, while num-
berless house plants decked the stage on
every hand and added their fragrance to
the occasion. Much credit is due the
ladies who arranged and decorated the
opera house for the tasty manner in
which they performed their labors.
AS soon as night came on the mem
bers OF the Flambeau club, under the
direction of A. VanBrockln, assembled
at the store of Geo. L. Chambers where
a procession was soon formed and head
ed by the Livingston drum corps, Liv-
ingston band and Cokedale band, the
line of march was taken up to the Abe
marie, where Governor Richards, Judge
Hamilton, Chairman Deutsch, w. e.
Thompson and County Clerk Foster of
Yellowstone county, entered carriage
drawn by four handsome blacks, that
headed the procession which then moved
again in the direction of Main stree
AS the immense column of repu blican
voters moved along the principal thor
alghfare of the city with the tiambeaus
! romiting streams of flame, with Roman
: candles playing in every direction and
with the bands playing the wellknown
: campaign air of Marching Through
3 Georgia" the hundreds of people upon
the sidewalks cheered the republican
standard bearer to the echo. After
8 procession moved to the opera house
8 which was already crowded with an i'm
. mense audience of ladies and gentlemen
=, In few minutes Chairman Deutsch
% of the evening, and accompanied by
Judge Henry, S. L. Holiday, A. W
II Miles, w. r. Thompson, F. H. Foster. M
q r. Wilson. George Anderson, A. r. Joy
"a J. E. Gustine, F. w. Wright, Charles r
i Glidden, John Harvey, H. j. Miller, AL
vim P. Vinnedge. w. H. Poorman, Geo
T. Chambers. J. r. King and Hon. w. F
Meyer and Hon. Paul VanCleve.
In calling the meeting to order Chair
: man Deutsch said that the campaign il
Park county would be opened tonight b,
4 the next governor of Montana; that hi
had heard on the side that everything
said by the democratic speakers the
night before would be econtradicted. HI
!; then closed by predicting republican
victory and introduced as the chairman
of the evening, Hon. w. L. Thompson.
In assuming the duties of chairman
), Mr.. Thompson said that it afforded hin
- great pleasure to be present and partici
3 pate in the republican enthusiasm an6
to assist in dedicating the opera house
not to any political party but to the pro
;. gressive and enlightened people of tht
city of Livingston. Mr.. Thompson ther
:. devoted a few minutes to correcting
% some Of the erroneous impressions lef
by Dixon and Smith. Two years ago
he said, Congressman Dixon and othe
speakers had assured the people tha
: the passage of the Mckinley bill mean
h a consequent rise in the prices of wool
! en- goods, canned goods, towels, crash
:, clothing, pearl buttons, and other arti
. cles. Travelling men had advised mer
: chants Of every kind to lay in a suppl.
OF goods as the Mckinley bill woule
10 raise the price of woolen goods and othe
II articles 100 per cent. The facts are tina
after two years trial Of the Mckinley
bill, woolen and plush goods, canned
goods, crockery, furniture, cutlery, tow
n els and crashes, and every other articl,
1t is just as cheap, if not cheaper than tw'
D. years ago, while IN the United State
d are numberless woolen and plush mills
Or button, and other factories tina
a. have been shipped over from the ole
t. country, ,and pearl buttons andmany othe
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