The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-04
Bow county's representatives

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last evening and met their constituents
with open countenances and heads
erect. The faces with which they met
the people of Butte did not bear the
bushes of shame, and the hands with
which they clasped those of their friends
were the hands of honest men unstained
by corruption. They came home with
the consciousness of honest men hav-
ing performed a duty honorably, men
who were not pressed for legislations
and who had not placed themselves in
a position that required excuses to be
made. They were accompanied by the
incorruptible delegation from Deer
Lodge county and many of the other
men in the legislature from different
parts of the state whose names will be
written in gold on the pages of Mon
| tana history as men-honorable courag-
J eous men. The visiting legislators came
to Butte at the invitation of the demo-
cratic county central committee who
had prepared for grand reception and
| banquet in honor of honest legislators
| And 1t was a reception, too. A recep-
| ton that made honest men feel that
| there was more ITO live for than Doodle
and what man can get for his vote.
| The reception and banquet was held at
the McDermott hotel and was an all
| night affair. Governor Smith and nearly
all the state officials and prominent CT
|'izens of the state graced the occasion
| with their presence. 1t was happy and
| Joyous occasion. The toasts We're many,
| timely and appropriate. The selection
of c. P. Connolly as POSTMASTER was a
happy one, and the entire affair was be-
yond doubt the most successful of the
kind ever seen in Butte.
To-day the visiting legislators VIII
take in the city of Butte and visit the
mines and smelters and this evening
will probably go to Anaconda
Ihe train from Helena bearing the re-
turning legislators and their friends
was two hours late when it arrived in
Butte owing to the fact that it had
encountered a snow bank at Woodville.
Inc executive committee from the
county central committee, to which was
due in great measure the success of
the reception and banquet. composed
OF Clint c. Clark j. E. Moran, p H.
Regain and C. P. Connolly, met the Sill
Yer Bow delegation and visitors at the
Montana Central depot with the Bos-
ton & Montana band and number of
carriages and escorted them up town
to the MeDermott hotel, which had
been prepared for their reception. 1t was
after 7 o'clock when the party arrived
there and about 1890 when the ban
quet room was prepared for them.
One hundred and fifty plates We're
laid, and there were but two vacant
chairs at the tables after all had been
seated. The tables were decorated with
flowers and the usual bouquet was at
each plate. An orchestra of excellent
musicians furnished music throughout
the banquet.
Among the distinguished guests were:
Governor r. B. Smith, Lieutenant Gov
ernor A. E. Spriggs, Attorney General
c. B. Nolan, State Treasurer T. f. Col
Inns, Clerk Supreme Court Henry Rick
erts. State Auditor T. E. Poindexter.
EX-Chief Justice w. Y. Pemberton
Major Martin Maginnls. Mayor p. S.
Harrington. of Butte; c. P. Connolly
county attorney of Silver Bow county;
Judge William Clancy, Judge Henry C.
Smith, of Helena; State Senator j. f.
Anderson. of Meagher county; Edwin
Norris, of Beaverhead; C. H. Eggleston,
of Deer Lodge: DR.. w. H. Campbell, of
Park county; H. L. Meyer, Ravalli;
George II. Stanton, Cascade; Thomas
F. Courtney, Silver Bow; w. A. Clark,
Madison. Representatives o. Y. War
rem, Deer Lodge: John r. Toole, Deer
Lodge; a. L. Stone Missoula; NJ.
O'Bren, Madison: P. G. Sullivan, Gran
lite; P. Kelly, of Cascade; e. H. Cooney,
Cascade: w. ]. Stephens, Missoula; w.
= 5ohheI' Caseaae: l.. -. MATS Deer
n ~ Hehrg =. sun Mlssouia; John
~ ~. hlaqueli' Deer Lodge =. M. Crutch-
1'ieu, havalii; Charles Boylan' Deer
hoose' Jonn fltZpatrlck' Deer Lodge,
anu y. =. Nelly M. j., Burke, Joseph A.
IeWlS' guy W. S1apieton, +. w. Mur-
ray, Jere A. Clifford. Miles Finlen, r. J.
Watson, E. H. Wilson, T. F. Normoyle,
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