The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1896-05-22
BOURBON FORCES
MEET IN DEER LODGE AND SCORE
CLEVELAND'S ADMINISTRATION.

The Delegates oIarcl, i'll solemn Process
sion to the Court House-Senhtor Mats
Makes /, ..Rattlins' Speech-Good Res
o;utions sAdopteu-De1egatcs Chosen.
The first two parts Of Ctpsar's message
70 the Roman senate, "Veni, vidi, vici,
may be applied to the Deer Lodge county
democracy III convention assembled on
Saturday last in this city, inasmuch as
they came and they saw, but they have
not by any means yet conquered; still the
democratic representatives who gathered |
here on that important day were not bad
lot. and among them Deer Lodge has
many fast and true friends who long ago
established ties Of enduring good will for !
and confraternity with the place and its
people.
The various trains arriving Friday
night and Saturday morning brought del
eyates from different parts of the county,
but the main forces came by the regular
Garrison express which reaches here at
10 a. III. from the south, and forming in
line marched up the street with the sol
amn step Of a funeral procession. In the
depressed and melancholy ranks were
noticed such well-known and respected
men as Senator w. NJ. Thornton, John R.
troole, J. H. Durston, Hon E. D. Mats,
John r. Walkup, Edmund Burke, Judge
Fitzgerald and many others. 1t was
clear that the shadows which have so
long hung over the fading day star Of
democracy had cast their gloom over the
spirits of those whose main purpose in
gathering here was to register their dis
approval of Grover Cleveland and a dem
ocratic administration. And right we'll
was this purpose carried out, as nerusal
of the beautifully written resolutions,
bearing the pure and mastery touch OF
Hon. j. II. Durston, will quite conclu-
sively show.
Nowhere has the Cleveland regime
received a more scorching rebuke, and
indeed republican papers must look this
year for their models to democratic
sources for the proper terms in which to
competency and failure.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman j. NJ. Kennedy at the noon
hour and the selection Of Il temporary
chairman and temporary secretary at once
followed. Hon. L. D. Mats was called
10 the chair and E. j. Corcoran to the sec
retary's desk by acclamation. Senator
Matts made one of those telling and elo-
.uuent speeches for which he has at
tanned to fame throughout the state. In
a forcible and impassioned manner he
portrayed the incapacity of the demo
cratic party to satisfactorily run the gov
ernment as seen in the work Of the Cleve-
land administration, and also deplored
the fact that the party in this state had
seen fit to postpone to a late date its con
vention, thus failing to put itself on rec.
ord on the silver question. He believed
that the free silver sentiment in every
doubtful state should be strengthened by
prompt and decisive action by the demo
cratic party in the silver states.
The expressions all the way through, in
the oration of Senator Matts and the res
olutions which followed, were in the ma
ture of a most bitter, but it will be ad
mitted deserved, arraignment Of the
party. At the conclusion Of his address
Senator Mats appointed committees on
credentials, order of business, and reso
lutions. AS he entered upon his task
Senator Mats made one or two involun
tary movements towards his inside
pocket, where it was afterwards intmatet
a slate might have been filed, but a mem
Der coming to his rescue with a piece O
paper he recovered sufficiently to state
that he was not fully acquainted with the
personnel of the convention, and a re
cess Of ten minutes was taken to enable
him to name the committees.
An adjournment was then taken unit
2 o'clock, at which hour the convention
reconvened and the reports of the com
mittees were received. No contention
apparently occurred and all the delegate
present were seated. The committee OF
permanent organization reported in favo
of John R. Quigley of Blackfoot city 70
permanent chairman and M. Dubrey TO
permanent secretary, and committe
was appointed to select delegates to Butte
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