The Anaconda standard., 1899-01-29

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past four weeks 1t was wild orgy of
frenzied delight.
At o'clock the crowd had begun to
gather at the Auditorium and by the
time the procession, headed by it's brass
band and escorted by hundreds of hap
py sympathizers reached the door, there
was hardly room for anybody. The
procession went to the Montana club
for w. A. Clark and had to wait some
time there for his appearance. 1t was
As minutes past o'clock when the
stage began to fill. The band took up
it's position in the rear Of the stage and
the front was filed with some of the
men who voted for Clark in the morn
ing. There were Representatives Kup-
hal, Bennett, Phelps, Gibson, Hill,
Lockhart, Truscott. Woods, Parker,
Johnson, Swindlehurst, Mcleod, Me-
Laughlin, Black, Marcyes, Shoylin and
Senators Phillips and Cullen, j. S. NJ.
Neill, Pat Meany and some other boost
ers were also on the platform.
This crowd waited patiently for the
arrival of the man for whom they had
voted, while the band PLAYED on One
excuse that was offered for the delay
IN the arrival of the crowd was the fact
that there had been free drinks for
everybody at the Helena hotel for two
houfs. Senator Phillirs and Represent
tat1ve Marcyes were the only ones of
the traitorous republicans who paraded
their treason in this preliminary show.
Parker and johnson stood for the al
legged silver republicans. The only dec
orations in the hall was a portrait of
w. A. Clark, above which was in
scribed. ''The Senator" This was held
on the platform by the janitor
w. A. Clark arrived at Oil o'clock
He was received by the party on the
stage standing. There was consider
able discussion as to who would preside.
Clark said Day should have been there,
but he was not. Nobody was willing TO
take the job. Joe Toole wasn't there;
=: =: J: Davidson wasn't there; w. M.
Bickford wasn't there. Nobody was
there who would do it, but Tom Cullen,
ana ne made it as brief as possible. He
introduced Mr.. Clark, who said:
Read From MANUSCRIPTS,
II appear before you this evening. 11ay-
ing been the recipient of the highest hon
or that the state can bestow, to express
my thanks. ! cannot trust myself to de-
iiver an extemporaneous speech. and I
VIII therefore read you a few thoughts
that I have dictated tonight"
Mr. CLARK then read from manuscript
He referred to the recent contest as the
most remarkable contest ever waged in
the United States. He said that he want
ed to thank the members who had sup
ported him, especially those who stood by
him on the first day when it seemed as
II 'the devlish Vaccinations of an i'm
placable enemy seemed likely to accom-
pish his defeat. He thanked the people
of Helena for their interest He thanked
the press of the state for its support,
except two or three subsidized papers,"
He especially thanked the republicans who
had elected him, and assured them that
their action would be indorsed by 80 per
cent. of their party.
He said that he was not eeotistic
enough to think that the support that had
been accorded him was wholly personal.
but that 1t was due to the opposition to
that corporation that sought to control
the executive, judicial and legislative
branches of the state by. methods that
would not be tolerated in America
MIR. Clark then proceeded to declare his
position on leading political issues. He
said that he favored the restoration of
silver, and that he believed that lead,
hides, wool and other raw material
should be protected. In regard to the
questions of expansion and annexation, he
said that he believed in the intelligence
and wisdom of the American people, He
promised he would devote his best ener-
gies and talents to the advancement of
the interests of the state. and he hoped
that his service in the senate would win
ever the approval of his course.
Mr.. Clark denied that he had ever been
eXpatriated, as had been alleged He
referred to his long residence in the state
and to his efforts toward the development
of Montana. He said that his sons live
here, and that they and he, by the grace
OF God and the permission of the Anacon-
da company, would do so as long as he
lived He once more thanked the people
of Helena for their earnest support of
his Candidacy and closed
The band played and then Chairman
Cullen announced the end of the pro-
gramme. The most noticeable feature of
the meeting was the absence of all those
who have been prominent in Mr. Clark's