Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-31
A RINGING ADDRESS
AT ~CENTERVILLE
Ex-Governor Richards Speaks for Regular Pay Days and
Full Pay Rolls in the Great Mining city.

st. Georges hall in Centerville was
the scene of a republican gathering last
night that for enthusiasm surpassed
any political meeting hat has been
held in that thriving suburb. Ex-
Governor ]. e. Richards and Hon. j. r.
Grice were the speakers of the evening,
and the truths they told in regard to
the political situation was a revelation
to many of the audience. Issues have
been presented to the voters in many
forms, but the clear logical arguments
and the unassailable statements of the
speakers last night made a decided i'm
preston, and there were a number of
democrats in the audience.
There were several of the candidates
present n they were introduced and
made a few remarks. Their appearance,
as compared with the other candidates
on democratic tickets, was an argument
why they should receive the support
of the people next Tuesday that needed
no explanation. Among these candi-
dates were Rudolph Won Tobel, candi-
date for associate justice of the supreme
court; Colonel Byron H. Cook, A. c.
Newill. George A. Clark. D. J.. Giard.
Charles Lemas and E. A. Morley. Elk
County Treasurer w. L. Hill was called
to a k his seat among the candidates,
and as he did SO he was greeted with
tremendous applause.
The Alice Rough Riders band was in
attendance and rendered some of it's
excellent selections, and LONG before the
time advertised for the speaking the
hall commenced to fill with enthusiasts,
who heartily cheered the band and in
other ways showed that they were
members Of a political party of which
they were not ashamed.
Hon. J. r. Grice was the first speaker.
and in his Introductory remarks re-
ferred to the report in the morning
papers which credited him with favor
ing the assassination of w. A. Clark.
He said substantially:
One PAPER pronounced me as being
an exponent of assassination; thai at
a certain meeting held, at Williamsburg,
where I addressed an audience, that
said literally that w. A. Clark should
be assassinated. 1t may have been the
l1splng of my tongue or omission that
indicated such an expression, but !
want to say that I love my country and
that I love my people, and to no man
on earth do l bear i'll will to. If 1 knew
of any plot to assassinate MI. Clark
would rush to his assistance as speedily
as l would do to my dearest friend. Per-
sonally. I have nothing against w. A.
Clark. I believe that he is a. gracious
citizen, and his life as far as I know
may be as pure and as chaste as that
OF an angel, and as to his private life
nave nothing to say, but when he comes
before he people for vindication at the
hands of the populace he becomes the
property of the people of the state, and
1T is our right to discuss him publically.
I'VE all believe that he has tried to
prostitute the commonwealth of the
state by bribing the legislature. Dur
ing his residence in the state he has
accumulated enough wealth whereby
every man, woman and hill in the
state could live in easy circumstances.
After having accumulated this vast
wealth he has become possessed with
the inordinate desire to represent the
people of the state in the United States
senate. He has been cas- out of the
United States senate and he comes to
you and asks for vindication. He con-
fronts you with a combination of politi-
cal parties, but you of the republican
party will not be led astray. He has
surrounded himself by a class of people
that is unusual and scarcely to be
found within the confines of the United
States"
The speaker paid a glowing tribute