Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-08

1.-THE democratic party. with the flag
in the dust; the republican party with
the flag in the skies! Gentlemen, take
your choice"
Ex-Governor A. C. Botkin, that grand
old republican war horse, whose devotion
to the party of prosperity is so enthus>
iastic as to surnount the most
conditions, was the author of thai SEN
tence, fitting conclusion to one of the
greatest republican mass meetings ever
held in the county of Silver Bow.
AS those few expressive words. the key
note of the campaign were hurled at the
black mass of humanity crowding the
Auditorium to the doors last Saturday
evening, there arose a deafening cheer, Il
cheer with a hooking note o IN
it because of the able manner in which
the mask of h%yprocisy had beer torn
from the face of democratic pretensions-
a cheer that made the very rafters rattle
as if in envy.
And it was followed by more of the
same kind, by huzzas for Mckinley ana
Roosevelt and for the success of republl-
canism at the polls in November next.
1t was an suspicious occasion, truly. ana
the attendance and enthusiasm We're such
as to cause serious apprehension for
party success to rise in the minds of the
most iron-clad adherents of which the
democracy can boast.
Promptly at S o'clock the Flambeau
club members assembled at republican
headquarters, opposite the McDermott
hotel. and preceded by the Alice band
marched in step to a patriotic selection
up Broadway to Main street, up Main
to Copper, back to Galena, and then
doubled on their line again to Broadway
n the Auditorium. 1t was one OF the
prettiest and most picturesque sights
ever witnessed on the streets OF Butte
and the thoroughfares were so oWd
that vehicles were brought to a stand
still until the procession was over.
With their brass helmets cleaning and
their oilcloth capes glinting, their
torches tiaring and throwing a solid
sheet of flame into the air every fifty
feet or so during the march, the boys
made a showing Of which they may we'll
be proud.
When they started back from Copper
street the fireworks were brought into
NAV and in a trice the buildings along
the line We're crimsoned, while balls OF
fire from a hundred Roman candles We're
shooting and curving in the air. SO
pretty and ~enlivening was the sight that
those exercising their lungs in
those exercising their lungs in
APPRECIATION Of the scene being a num-
her of democrats and populist. whose
sense of patriotism was stirred to a point
where party creed was m~omentarily for
gotten.
In front OF the Auditorium the club per-
formed a number OF evolutions in per
feet STYLE, the result Of careful training
and diligent practice, after which the
Alice band, clad in their Rough Rider
led the crowd into the build
ing, playing "There1l be a Hot Time IN
the old Town Tonight" The prophetic
Of the band proved not a disappoint-
ment.
The hall was appropriately decorated
for the rally and during the time occu-
pied by the band in playing the iniatory
selection. Hail Columbia" the large au-
dience busted itself in taking in the
sights"
Broad bands Of red, white and blue
bunting lined the walls and the facade OF
the gallery; American flags hung sing
ly and were crossed at every podnt where
room could be found; and back OF the
stage was a large speciment OF "Old
Glory on which the word welcome
was affixed in evergreen characters.
Across the front of the stage was a beau
tiful arch composed of scroll work drap-
ed in bunting, Chinese lanterns, small
flags and evergreeens. In the center
were large pictures Of Mckinley and
Roosevelt; on the right the rugged coun-
tenance of Honest Abe cleaned in the
light of the electric lamps, while on the
left the lineaments of Grant formed a
balance to the general effect. On each
side of the national candidates was a
full dinner pail" and to these atten-
ton was directed by the speakers more
than once during the evening. The
speakers table was draped in the stars
and stripes, in front being an oil paint
ing in a broad gilt frame of Teddy
leading his Rough Riders up San Juan
hill.
Or the stage with the speakers We're
several prominent wheel-horses OF the
republican party in the state, among
them being A. N. Yoder, candidate for
SECRETARY CT state, who was introduced
b: Chairman Malcolm ellis o. the re-
lublit an county central committee, is
The chairman of the evening: Cha..es
Lyford, candidate for county assessor;
Charles T. Kohl, candidate for county
attorney; Judge George Clark, candidate
for the legislature; Colonel c. F. Lloyd,
candidate for clerk of the district court;
George Pascoe, candidate for the legis-
la,ure, Judg' ~. H. De Witt; Z. A.
jackson, a Grand Army veteran, J. c.
Davidson and S. c.. Beebe.
Chairman Yoder made a brief but
f~orceful speech upon assuming the hon