Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-09-10
! THE CONVENTION.
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! *EAr It aets id liti1e tne rtrubIlc4r,h *tsf
/ MuAfA nll nEVN H*Htntt}eu III h htA q
Ittutixenttun aud lnItl illt. tuuG tIntfut1 OF
ntEnzi@lvt victory. The Gtent Falf@
et4aventinn WA4:t i. nt0Atl nne ju every
rv4tiatl. Neatly tvcey county was
tet t.t4enteil ty: IL. full cnnll Lament
Ut tt+ltknte@, VII d: wAn1n wtr: repte.~
/ tAtatlve n.en; tl4et1 who In there uwn
/ luc1itte$ were III emt>otetnent uf
political .agnelsy, energy aud ugKrts~>
| sivenes*. and Wht se mbined pEe,ence
ut the cuveutinn gave t. the deliora-
tiops OF tt,at body all the weight aud
prestige that the council Of choseu
! 'eAder. could give 10 any movement.
j One feature tt4At was particularly
noticeable, and the subject Of most
tAvrc4ble comment, was the very
large proportion IF young men 10 the
convention. 4 very large majority Of
the body was 1u4de up of young men
between the ayes If 25 aud 50, full Of
energy aud entusias1n and uevotedly
attached to the principle of republl~
cani-m. These youngsters will make
hut campaign throughout the slate
and will plant Montana So firmly in
the republican column that 1t will
never again be clas.ed as doubtful
state.
1t IL mt our purpose to recount ilie
detailt work ct the convention, " hIch
has hl'eady rratheu the readers ut .ht
JOURNAL from ohtr Hhurct., but III
review Tie WOO l. one and the IMPULSE.
that prompted 1t u> revived by u par
ticipant. Fully r:,e halt tf the de.e
gates arrived in Great Fails on the
afternoon nf the day preceding the
cuuy.uIi'l1, and ~ there was nothing
! nf antttitial uAturn 10 Le done uutil
tie urxt day, th4 tlne WA. spent In
quiet huI lndu-srio eaurtl ,ing OH the
pnrt of the candidates and their frien1t
| While ht many who were not peIsou-
aliy inttrt~+ patiently submitted
to the buttonlnllnr, ath wh+n pos"
sible avAiled the,ts-elvr. # the more
congenia@ pas tntc of lopk|nz The town
over. Up 10 the hour TT retiring TN
Mondsy night aud 1t %as not very
early hour either-~the general ini~
preston WIS that Richards would get
the no.nlnAtipn tor goyernur, thong h
| Hickman's lli-nds were by no 1ntans
ecArct, aid promised IA hard If moi Ii
winning fight tor their CA di1at+. 1t
WAS 2 o'clock In The morning before
their lobby aud spacious verandah ot
the parkHotel began to show s1gns of
D thinning crowd. aud much later be-
fore this last of the delegates sought
f"tired nature's sweet restorers. ;"
Morning found them all on deck again,
aud considerable excitement prevails
ing OH Accouu: Of the persistent clrcu~
lation of a rumor, traceable to nobody
in particular, that Hon. Il. %. Weed
of Helena was showing up strong.
Weeds immense popularity with the
younger element Of the party CAUSED
this rumor to be at onoe seriously con-
sidered, resulting In a marked break.
Ing away from the standards of The
two older and pronounced candidates
It was In this condition of affairs thai
the convention met In this new opera
house at II o'clock, to effect a tetnpor'
ary organization. Whether by acci.
dent or the working of p1an TO favo]
his interests, Mr. Wed was proposed
and unanimously elected tempo, ar,
chairman. IT the latter, 1t WAS d master
stroke, for the speech of acceptance
that followed was one which woull
have led to his imnediAte nomination
as candidate for governor had the bal
lot been taken then and there, I
was not q long speech not more thar
twenty minutes or halt An hour, hut
was one of those remarkable effort
that one heara but rarely In II lifetime
4 speech Ia which the speaker neve
halts for word; In which every sen
tence falls crisp and bright and invig
Grating upon the expectaut ears Of th
auditors, containing not one syllabt
too many, nor one too few. But few q
the ringing sentences had been deliv
cred before the audience. delegates all
spectators alike, fell into the habit {
punotuating them with rounds ofap
plauae, which, augmeutlng In tervo
and enthusiasm AZ the speech proa
ressed, left the delegates at its clos
Q thoroughly carried off there feet will
admiration for the talented aud eloq
uent embodiment of young republlca
lam. Perhaps gray headed aution promt
ted the motiontor adjournment, whic
came as soon az the applause had aut