Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-29
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS BY
SENATOR THOS. Il. CARTER
.e Champion OF Republication Given a Splendid Ovation
by the Voters of Silver Bow County.

o~S la luc pat
form, the noted evangelist appeared be-
fore an immense audience in Madison
Square Garden, New York city, and
made a few remarks anent the assaults
of those who differed from him in
opinion that have since formed the mis-
sile for many a David's sling.
Little dogs may race alongside a rail-
way track and bark and how until they
froth at the MOUTH said he, but the
train still rushes on"
Senator Thomas II. Carter is the fast
express of Montana republican!sm, the
sole representative of the copper state
in the councils of the nation. =.
His record is clean and his conscien nee
can always be found summing Itself on
Easy street.
Mounting the rostrum at the Audi
forum last Saturday evening, the only
man who can appear before the national
legislature in defense o. the state whose
escutcheon has been stained whose
proud name has been dragged through
the dirty pool of bribery by the corrup-
t%ionists, completely ignored tn. bowling
of the yellow ours of fusionocracy and
delivered an address that will never be
erased from the tablets of memory of
those who were privileged to listen. 1t
was at once a complete expose of the
fallacies Of the democracy, q mlyniti.
cent exposition of the gospel OF pros
per1ty and an eloquent appeal to the
electors, not only to supper the party
that has always proved itself to he the
consistent friend of the w~orkingman,
but to drag the name of the state from
the %stagnant waters of corruption and
place it on the pedestal to which it is
| entitled by it's natural ]esources
Rienzi. the great Roman tribune,
when he appealed to his fellow-citizens
to restore their lost estate, declaring
that the. sun daily rose above the east
ern hills to light a race of slaves" was
imbued by the same grand motives and
swayed by the same profound emotions
as was Senator Carter The one pleaded
for liberty, urged his countrymen to go
forth and fight for the restoration of
that which was dearer han life itself;
the other pleaded for the vindication be-
fore the great American republic of the
proud state that has been morally
crucified as the refuge Of bride givers
and bride takers.
Quite an aggregation of political talent
was present on the platform with the
speakers and the chairman, including
the following: w. II. Dewitt, national
committeeman; Malcolm Gillis, chair
man of the county central committee; e.
S. Booth and Alex. L.aist, county COM
mitteemen; Ex-Governor j. T.. Richards,
Postmaster George w. Irwin, Captain w.
l., Hill, c. III. Moore, w. Gallick, p. r.
Dolman, John G. Evans, H. S~trasberger,
Thomas Amos, j. D.. jerks, j. M. Hinc-
KEEL, and George a. Clark.
The address was heard by the largest
npnVr6 thnt hos occnr,1Jol <> I;c%~,, +>
the discussion of political. issues during
the present campaign. The gallery was
crowded and standing room was not left
on the main floor. Even Hon. Timothy
w. Coakley, the Boston 'spellbinder,''
was not honored with so immense an
audience. Enthusiasm was manifest
from the time that Chairman Malcolm
ellis of the republican county central
committee introduced Rev. DR.. J. L.. AL
britton, pastor of the Mountain View
Methodist Episcopal church., as the
chairman of the evening, until Senator
Carter took his seat amidst an ovation.
Time and again the speaker was forced
to wait for the applause to cease be-
fore he could resume his remarks. If
Senator Carter needed a 'vindication,"
hex got one that any man could cast the
eye of restrospection on and feel a thrill
OF pflQe ana Satisfaction.
As chairman of the evening Rev. DR..
Albritton made a decided hit. 1t is a
difficult thing for a clergyman to APP
pear as the presiding officer at a politi-
cal gathering without unfrocking him
self, but DR.. Albritton, albeit a radical
republican, steered the bark of oratory
close enough to the shores of conservat-
ism to gain the plaudits of the multi
tude, and those of his congregation who
were present have good reason to point
with pride to the fact that he is their
pastor.
are here tonight in the interest
OF good government, of pure govern
rnent.' he said in Introduction 1T
affords me pleasure to look out upon
this magnificent audience and to be
honored with the privilege of standing
before you and introducing the speaker
of the evening. Casting my gaze back
ward over the career of our honored
senator and over the achievements of
the present administration, 1 wish to
congratulate this people on the grand
work that has been done during the past
four years.
Il am not a politician: I am simply
a humble Methodist preacher, but have
studied the Methodist church. It the
A'pS ShSi iIS III IlItIIlDGIS
thought it well to let we'll enough alone;
SO they took off the time limit, and now
if a minister suits his congregation he
can stay with them longer as their
pastor. Tt seems to me that this
principle will hold good at the present
time in the political world.
are getting along we'll enough, I
think. We have had -four years of pros
perity. There is a man sitting in the
presidential chair that no citizen needs
to be ashamed of, and it seems to me
that we Should let well enough alone
and continue William Mckinley as
president Of these United States of
America
As the word America left the lips
of the speaker the audience burst into a
storm of applause.
What the matter with the preach
err" yelled a leather-lunged auditor in