The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-02
4 MONTHS PREPARATION
And then Only r2s Men and Boys
Paraded Big Crowd at
Opera House.

lSetkbt tfHiB iStiA AAaaa lNulks, ~ is
conquered 1t was by the liberal appli-
cation 81 dough. His coming bad been
announced for a month and the local
democrats bad concentrated all their
vs. forts on this one iAeeting-pr0bably
ito show Clark that they were all right
aud see IL he wouldn't BIO the aDpe
My, what u contrast IL was with the
former fnsioneIaf meetings that have
been held 10 this city, when speakers
aud audiences all fr0ze up and the
former left thinking the people and
town were the coolest tbiDgs on earth,
But, Mr. Clark has reason to feel
proud of the reception accorded him
by his workers in Billings, They did
the thing pp brown and ii they are
not repaid for their efforts then some,
Oil1js very uDgratefnL A month ~ q
Long time ~ which 10 prepare for a
political parade, but IL fakes the fu-
sion democrats about thai length Of
time ~ HIoye abOut. But they were
determined TINT there should be 40
frost last night and " there is an abb
sepee of II This morning IL can be laid
~ the fnet that the town was 50 hot
last night II hasn't bad time to cool
on yet.
During the afternoon standard oil
product and tap barrels were dlstfibr
uted about Oh The main streets and
we've set aGre IN the evening, The
parade started ut b O'Clock after much
delay, with the Park City band lead
ing then came 10 men riding grey
horses and one asfride y %sorrelj fol-
lowing came Mr. W, A. Clark and j.,
II, Sovereign IN carriages, while i'm
mediafply behind were 80 horses Of all
colors ridden by men and boys then
came y copple NJ floats, The Billings
band and about 30 men and boys 2
foot, Counting everyone who paptici-
pated IN The parade, half Of whom
were boys, there were moi over l2b
people, There were bpt about q bali
dozen torches IN The parade and these
furnished light for the bands, Tho
men and boys Oh foot shot fireworks
pr0miscpously, the dresses ~ several
ladies, who were Standing on the
street Watching the procession, being
set on Are and several people nv by
the explosives, The line III march
was from North TweRty.highth street
on First avenue W TWenfy-seyepth
streets thenee ~ md Hp Montana
ayenne W TWenty-ninth streeti thence
south NJ md down Minnesota avenue
10 Twepfyrseyenth and north 10 md
down MpntRpa ayenHe ~ the opera
house, when the procession ~disbpnded,
Tho opera house WAS iammed and
people stood pp on OH sides ~ The
room, Rpt no W0ndeGl Vhey had
come there w SOC and hear \ curiosity
md they weTeH't going away until
their eHFiosity had been safisded' \.
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the meeting Apd announced me Hogan
orchestra which played y pretty selRe-
tipp, erpating the lpRdesf applause ~
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name fpr he " NOT worth fhat, WAph,
who came aN the way from. Sulphur
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