The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-10-08

| thompson then closed with an eloquent
eulogy of Governor Richards. who was
introduced as the first speaker OF the
evening. .-....
AS the governor arose to speak he was
greeted with hearty applause and CRATE
fully returned his thanks for the cord al
reception. 1t afforded him great pleas
ure to stand before a Livingston audi
ence as he had. together with Mr.. Holli- |
day. had hand in the creation of Park
county, while they were members of the
territorial council. and consequent
ly he had always had friendly
feeling ard interest in the county.
He made no pretensions OF
being an orator but simply plain bust
ness man. Heretofore the residents Of
Montana had been only onlookers IN ma
tional politics, but under republican
administration they had been lifted to a
higher plane and would now take hand
in the fight. The republican party
stood ready to compare it's record with
that of the democratic party, which
stands for free trade while the republi-
can party stands for prot ection and reel
procty 1t was also ready to compare
it's standard bearer with that of the
democratic party. Harrison's admins
tration-bright, clean and courageous
had not been surpassed in the memory
Of man. Every man was proud OF the
clean, upright and successful statesman
who was pure minded and lncorrupt-
able. Harrison was not as fat as Grover
Cleveland but he weighs more. In clos
ing his eulogy of Harrison Mr.. Richards
said: "Soldier, statesman, patriot, match
him if you can, defeat him you cannot"
All over the state, he said, you ask the
, wool growers and lead miners: 'Do you
want free wool?" do you want free
. lead?' And they answer, no. Yet Dixon
voted for free wool. Robert Smith, the
: speaker said, laid great stress on the
3 fact that Wayne McVeagh and one or
= two others had bolted the republican
. ticket. He did not know or care about
/. this but did know that all over Mon
t tana, and especially in the wool growing
g counties, men had shaken his hand and
assured him that they had always voted
l the democratic ticket but this year
. would vote and work for the entire re :
n publican ticket
: The democratic party had raised the
S cry that the tariff was unconstitutional.
n He remembered in 1860 when they de
/ clared the emancipation of the slaves
n unconstitutional; when the greenback X
and specie payment were declared un-
n constitutional; and he believed that
n when on judgment day the words were
r spoken: "Hark! For ye have preferred
Z darkness to light, the democrat would
,, say: "Here | move for new hearing
l. in this case; this sentence is unccnstitu-
/. tional."
h Two years ago Congressman Dixon
s had said that the duty on tin plate
y would SO increase the price OF tin that 9
7. laboring man would have to pay SC
[. much for bucket that his dinner woulu
y, be but ghost of it's former self. Every
(. miner in the state now knows that this
| is false and that living is cheaper thar
}. before. If the Mckinley bill is such ar
:. iniquitous measure why didn't the demo
Gratis introduce bill to repeal it wher
r they had 139 majority in the house!
n Because they knew the bill has been ;
y blessing. The governor then passed tt
q his record as presiding officer of the sen
z ate, a subject he was better prepared to
e speak on. He made this assertion in n,
q spirit of boastfulness and disliked to bt
n compelled to introduce the sub ject
n The democratic press claims that the
fact that he held that seven was a ma
n jority of sixteen demonstrates his unfit
II ness for office. In this matter he had
i no apology to make and said, with al
d emphasis. that he was proud of what hi
e did as presiding officer of the senate ano
} was also proud of the fact that, to the
o best of his ability, he discharged the
n duties of the office. He then detailed
g the proceedings in the senate which
It were in substance as follows: The sen
}, ate had been called together by the gov
,r ernor but the democratic members re
It fused to come in and take the oath o.
It Office. After staying out several days
l. they finally came in on the oath Of Jan
1, uary and took the oath. On the 9th
i Senator Fisher presented a resolution
r that the senate now proceed with the
" organization Senator Becker moyeC
d that the resolution be laid on the table
,r Fourteen senators we're present at tht
It time and it took but nine to constitute :;
y quorum. Some refused to vote but four
d teen were present and when seven o
v these voted against Becker's motion
le the others refusing to vote-Rickard.
70 declared the motion defeated and tn.
IS senate proceeded with the election o