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admit this argument would be to admi
that the, country was degencrating anC
1T had but a short and pitiful existence be
fore it, He could understand that man,
foreigners who came here had a love fol
the flags which waved over them in their
youths and under which they, perch1nce,
had fought. 1t was not wise to attempt 10
crush out this feeling as long as the Amer
lean flag was carried first and given the
position of honor. He did not care how
many flags followed it and he respected
the feelings of those who retained senti-
ments of affection for their old flags. he
saw no good in the bill.
Paschal said that until Knippenberg
had spoken he had imagined that the Sill
yer Bow delegation were American citi-
zens. At any rate the people of that
county had been laboring under that inn
preston when they sent II of them TO the
legislature. If the gentleman from
Beaverhead would so remodel his bill as
to naturaIze the Silver Bow members he
might find that some of them would vote
for the bill.
Booth said he had not intended to speak
on this bill at all until Knippenberg had
questioned the loyalty of Monteath and
lie
one in Silver Bow county
would do that. He thought
the reference to Monteath by Knippen-
berg as one "who held life policy on his
legislative seat the premium on which must
be paid every two years." a very unfair
one and entirely uncalled for. He pleaded
guilty to not having been born as long ago
as knippenberg. That was an accident
over which he had had no control and for
which he was not responsible. He yielded
in loyalty to no one. There were children
growing up to-day in the public schools,
the greatest institution of America, who.
ii called on a few years hence to defend
their country, would be found as far
in the front as the gentle
man from Beaverhead. As good men
had been born since 1865 as before. He
admitted that Silver Bow morals might
not be at par, and asked the great philan-
thropist from Beaverhead to come
over and improve them. Butte would
be better for it and the gentle
man would have the proud con-
sciousness of having obeyed the
biblical injunction, Come over out of
Macedonia and help u.s." He asked for
if he had made a bull on his
quotation from the holy writ. He then
reieTTeu 10 tne orEanlZatlOns OF the Sons
Of St. George and said that he himself
vas of English parentage and he believed
hat the English mothers instilled |
as good American principles into
heir children as any Others.
There was a company of militia in Butte |
of the sons of Erin who would |
'e found, in case of war, fighting where
sheridan, kearney and others of their
blood were found in the civil war. The
members and the people from Silver Bow
would be found ready to cast their ballots
or tie banner of loyalty, if loyalty meant
lghtinG. (Applausel.
tie then gave a Gentlemanly roast to the
representative from Beayerhead and the
ther men who have been decrying the
'Ilver Bow delegation. From the begin.
ing of the session every time a Silver
low man had taken the floor some of the
Members had been afraid that they were
DING 10 run away with the legislature.
his talk and this feeling was entirely un-
allied for.
shropshire said that he had been highly
lified by the eloquence of the members.
Ut he did not intend TO reply n kind. He