Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

An Enthusiastic rally ana tHe orsdIiiASt-
ton of a republican league club with 164
members enrolled in two hours time,
marked the beginning of the campaign in
Centerville last night. Nearly every
voter on the list is a man who works UNI
d~erground.
hall lighted up the immediate vicinity
and enabled people to discover mpa
lively dry spots in the sea of mud which
covers Centerville since the snow fall.
The tiambeau club did not turn out, but
the republican drum corps was there, n
made as much noise and just as good
music with their snare instruments n
bugles as many a brass band st.
Georges hall will hold as many people as
the largest hall in Butte. barring the
Auditorium. and it was fairly well filled
last night, despite the miserable weather
and mud.
William Robinson of Centerville. called
the meeting to order n requested Byron
H. Cook to act as temporary chairman
and Clinton H. Moore. secretary OF the
state league Of republican clubs, to act
as temporary secretary of the state lea
que of republican clubs, to act as tenn
porary secretary. Upon taking his place,
Mr.. Cook announced the important OBJ
ject of the meeting to be the formation
Of a republican league club in Centervllle,
and as vice president of the league clubs
for Silver Bow county he was there to
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vention of the league in Helena, reports
from counties in the state We're f1attering,
and before the campaign was many days
older every town in Montana would nave
it's republican league club. Mr.. COOK
the ncalled for nominations for officers
of the proposed club, beginning with
president.
William Robinson was nominated for
the office and he was elected by acclama-
ton.
Mr.. Cook then vacated the chair to the
president. and Mr.. Robinson accepted the
honors in a neat speech.
Joseph Warren was nominated TOT
vice-president, Henry Goodland for sec
Rotary and Edward Temby for treasurer.
These three were elected unanimously,
together with an executive OF
fv, consisting of James
Nicholas Pope, William Hedolng' InoIn-
as Hancock and Henry Thomas. Center
Vile Republican Club was the name chos-
en-. and every Tuesday night designated
as the time of meeting.
At this point two young men came for
ward, Orville Billings and Harry Hoover
and entertained the audience WIN d gu
pauses etwee addresses and at the CON
clusion of the meeting they furnished the
music of the rally.
chairman Robinson introduced G.. c.
Kohl, candidate for county attorney.
Abiding to the object of the meeting
Mr.. Kohl said that so long as the Amer
lean people take an active Interest III
politics no danger need be feared frr
the perpetuity of American institutions.
The strong point in Mr.. KohFs address
was the comparison he made etwee
the recent republican administration
and the administration of Grover CleVe-
land. The administration OF MCKINLEY
has lifted us up from the depths OF
despair and hard times to the highest
condition of prosperity. Under Harri-
sons administration, from 1888 to 1892.
our exports steadily increased from AZ
billion dollars to 60 billion dollars; dur
ing the democratic administration OF
Grover Cleveland they decreased from
over 60 billion dollars to 81 billion dol
lars, dropping as low as rs billion dollars
in 1894. During McKinley's admin.stra-
ton we had gained an average OF more
than 10 billion dollars a year, reaching
the enormous amount of 8 2,031, 5SS.SlS TO
June 10. 1900. From 1888 to 1892, during
Harrison's administration, our exports
increased over 352 millions of. dollars,
but from 1892 to 1886, during the admin
istration of Grover Cleveland, exports
decreased over ISL millions of dollars.
During the present administration of
William Mckinley our exports have
again increased over 537 millions of lo!-
lars.
Realizing that it is impossible to dis
quiz pSlS hiiS SNNN ~
obscure them by raising the cry Of ini-
perialism and militarism. Mr.. Kohl
quoted historical facts to show that an
nexation and expansion began with
Jefferson and has been the policy of the
democratic party since the Louisiana
purchase. The people of French Louis
lana were not asked whether they wished
to come into the union of states. The
annexation of Florida in 1919 is not dis
similar from our purchase of the Philip
pines. The Seminoles rebelled, but Andy
Jackson, a democratic saint, subdued
them and gave these savages a staple
government.
Mr.. Kohl, replying 20 the democratic
charge of militarism, said the demand
for a larger army was sustained by the
democrats ana populists in as
we'll as the republicans. The bill passed
the senate by a vote of So to 10 and in
the house by 203 for to 80 against it.
The large standing army of which demo-
Gratis complained, Mr.. Kohl computed
to be Sc soldiers for every 10000 in
habitants.
Speaking Of Montana, Mr.. Kohl said
the state has been prosperous in spite
of democracy. When the whole country
was paralyzed during the Cleveland adj
ministration, happily Montana was no:
courged like Indiana, where there was
not a city of 5000 inhabitants without
it's soup house. Fou years ago the
state passed from republican to demo-
cratic rule, and the foulest corruption