The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-09-10
NJ, Majority Was the Fatal and I'm
lucky Number
113.
l Aim the Platform Maker. for Lieut.
Governor by Accla.
nation.
,,,,tman and ROtwitt. Also Unap-
posed, Enjoy a Walk
Over.

When the republican convention as
..mbled in the opera house at high noon
rresday. the interior of the building
o,esented a very attractive appearance,
ard there were general EXPLANATIONS on
,ba mart of the delegates, the newspaper
men and others on the beauty Of the
huilding and the excellent taste dis
,loved in the decorations. Soon after
|tha delegates were seated several bright
l,tle girls made their way noiselessly
through the crowd distributing button
bole bouquets of fresh flowers among
,be delegates, and so bount:: ous was
their supply that the newspaper men al
50 csmc in fol- favors.
ybe band of the Park theatre filed in
.rd took its place at the rear of the
stsre. and the members of the Boston e.
Montana band with their instruments in
hand took places in the dress circle.
The audience was decidedly small but
few people besides the delegates being
present.
Ex-Governor White, chairman of the
republican state committee. and James
B. Walker, secretary, were received with
applause when they came upon the
stage. The Park theater band played
Comrades, Comrades, Ever Since We
We're Boys" and the old-timers and
"tenderfeet" alike looked happy. After
reading the call for the convention by
Secretary Walker, Chairman White an
nounced that the first order of business
would be the selection Of a temporary
chairman, and suggested that f.. ID. Weed
Of Helena be elected to that post. The
ey governors motion was received with
enthusiasm, and Mr.. Weed was imme-
diately conducted to the stage by George
". Irwin III. OF Butte. Mr.. Weed is enc
ally pretty happy in what he has to say on
the platform. His address at Neihart at
the opening of the railroad is still re-
membered by some as a decidedly pleas
ant effort in o~ratory. But it must be adj
mitted that Mr.. Weed is at a disad-
vantage when brought to the necessity
Of composing d speech out Of the barren,
sounding brass platitudes of republican
politics. He spoke with some feeling Of
the fact that all the state officers except
one are nov republican, and of the great
honesty which has characterized their
work, and expatiated with considerable
warmth on the satisfactory way with
which Montana regards the work of
their party both in the state and in the
nation With admirable consistency he
linked the names of Harrison and Blaine
asst their lives had been spent IN a
ha0of friendship equal to that of Damon
and Pythias. and made not one word of
reference to the shabby treatment which
The great man from Maine received at
hehands of the president almost from
Tue hour he became secretary of state
'"'H HIS llndl retirement.
Mr.. Weed was fiowery and pathetic,
Dut he certainly was not convincing.
Most Of the audience before him were
men Of his own opinions and seemed
mighty pleased with his echo of their
Views, but if his words could have fallen
upon the ears of an audience entirely
frank and open to individual opin-
ION he would not have made Il
single convert. The public is
uEed Of the everlasting reiteration
" the republican claim of being the
oly way to salvation. The republicans
always seem to think that everybody
Will believe them when they say that
There is no balm in Gilead except that
winch comes from ii republican source.
Inc public is sick of all this nonsense
ABOUT peace at home and abroad, in
northern Alaska and southern Chill, -
and about the awful calamities that
nave been avoided through the duty on
tteSlcan lead ores, and the friendship OF
tue republican party for silver. No
body is deceived by this clap trap. The
PEOPLE read and think too much in these
lays to be carried away by any such
n9m6ug or deceived into supporting its
ao.ocates. 1t is well known that so far
10 .he Mexican "peOn labor" is concerned
could not, even il Mexican ores were
tt;t.mltted entirely free, come into rompc-
u'oh with American lead ores, because
- a matter of fact, it costs rs much to
Produc one ton of ore in Mexico as il
TYes TO produce two tons in Montana.
,Ils arises from the fact that the pcon
,doorer does 30 very little in a day. while
.ne methods Of extraction and transpor-
Sa.on are OF the most primitive kind.
tel Mr.. Weed endeavors to make capital
Il Il reference to this subject and his an
treuce was 30 uncandid or 30 badly in.
"rned as to applaud his comments.
AFTER the appointment OF the various
noumlttees an adjournment was taken
si 8 o'clock. The committees were as
C~nEpENTiAiS.
Veaverhead county, Wm,k nippcnhcrg.
rreiiowstone, G. Spear.