Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-10-02


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}|olt,e,:ttl: most .stl3piciou-I< A.t might
rilt,* T,aI1l: Cater. republican letiEn*5:
fIuh. vii u,r tv%1, Itntidr.d >nr..hts =
i and ht M,Ie-:City .:bA.:tl i'll ~ leAa
revived tt,t r+*.,lItttl4n~ of thp t.n*
raign If list ia they tna1clrtu through
the Streets cheering fnr 1arr|snn,
Etcknrtt~ n,tu Garter ard cAu-inK chH-
..et1latiun III tte Attuorratic cAEni'. -...
Ey QuAr'er past eight tt'e troc> a>ion
had rrachea the court hoa4", which
! was rapidly II 1.ltd 10 1t. utmost cai'A-
city, ant at $3.50 Mr, r. J. Porter, pre-~
! i4lent nf the club, called the meeting
| to order and inttodnc d john E. Rick
ar(ts. The republican 4nCiuate tnr gov
ern0r, who I'll Il:
When >tosd before the convention
at Great Falls which nominated me-
for the hlgh aud honorable position Of
governor OF Montana, ~Ald ttAt |
hoped they w"uld not expect to find
In me the elements Of brilliant ea'n~
palgner. nevet expect t. ext Us an
! orator, but hope to be nhEe Tonight to
open The way for my brilliant f'iend
aud town-nan, Judge Hamilton of
BUTT. I rtneu.t'tr that at"ut three
years agn made my maiden ~peeef'
In the rAmp,ign Ia ALI au1lnnce lE
Miles City, nuu | also rtnl:mf1er that
On ejt c.ion day Miles City aud Custer
tuuntv uis, not forget lie. am glad
tu he able to nEuiu address lhe l,rhp1e
ut Custer runnty. T"~hay -one of my
frit nd- sork tne around your beautiful
valley, aud ntl glad to -ay tint what
+ nuvt. seen tu-dHy nf your Wnnne'its
/ AGRICULTURAL resources hA. turrf1std
me, and dn npt wonder that you
ba " >et your heArta on having the n.y.
ricuttural enlleg- located n' r., tor
am sure that when |he tluit ronlts
you will u1t sent clain1% That will :n'
force respectful consideration, and
would mt ba surprised II ytu stircted'
ed in winning the prize. In 'etIectint
upon The topira which 1t Is proper Il
discuss in this campaign | hav'
/ thought That there IN one Thing hat
am better nbte 10 discuss than nn, ON
else, I refer to tbs Legislative trouble
It ~ said that ruled that srvei' was
majorlty uf -ixteen. and rlnce / can!
Into YOU. town there Ens been place.
In NV hands what iB called the plat
! form of th- democratic party in CuAte
county. In it / find this plank,
y such 1T may be called:
We heartily endorse the actions {
Gov. Jo.. K, Toole and the Democrat
slate senators Of Montana In thei
efforts 10 prevent the consummatio
Of the treasonhle and 1raudlent az
tjoua of the republican party In Mol
. tana. which resulted in placing tW
men in The United States senate VIII
were never lawfully elected, aud VIII
, hold that office to~uay by virtue OF til
: unprecedented rulings and pecultt
arithmetic of Lieut.. Gov. Rickard
which resulted in thwarting the hof
est efforts of there democratic senate
by declaring thai seven was majo1it
\ of sixteen. Tfe n1an who made The
\ rulings and assisted In the perpetri
tion of this grand larceny In now tt
candidate upon the republican tick
for goveln nor of Montana. aud We sG
nit that every honest man. wheth
= democrat or republican, should, In Il
\ intt rest nj justice and right, cast
vote ara inst the election of Mr.. K1
ards for governor.
Now friends, Vert to attempt
answer all the lies In that paragrat
would consume oil my time. l ha
been asked several times, anu urged
give my explanation of the organic
ton of our first state senute, but
have heen 10th to do 30. Some OF
democratic senators are my person
friends aud do not believe that ar
one of them after tbe heat OF pass
IL proud to stand before his constit
=: ents and say that he turned his bt
to the enemy snd run. [AppIause. I
what am about 10 say III not In q
way an apology, for as 1 said at CIR
Falls Ia reference to my official acti
I have no apology to make nor do
wish 10 hear OF any OF my republic
friends attempting TO make one
me, [Applause. I stand before this
telligent audience of men and won
and say, and defy successful con;
diction, thAt have never been dire
~ In the discharge Of my duty. No
>-'~ want you to remember first OF all, t
when the legislature Of 1890 ulet at
! r. call of the governor, there WAS no qt
: tion Al to the election Of sixteen III
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