Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-22
HIRED RuFF|ANS attempt
TO BREAK UP MEETING
REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS HARASSED BY A HORDE OF PAID
FuSI0NISTS AT THE AUDITORIUM
SATURDAY EVENING,

which should ornament the necks Of the
roughs in the rear. Ar%ordingly they
bawled out their disapprcbaticG This
was, of course, perfectly natural-it was
the noted evangelist, Sam Jones, who
said that when a mar threw a stone
among a pack of dogs, he could always
tell the one that was hit by the one
that hoNled.
After Mr.. Weed had delivered himself
of a few pointed remark on the change
III sentiment of the tiopoCrat j. remark
which showed him to be of the opinion
that consistency is always a jewel when
not found in a PIGS sncut. ne passed
on to a discussion of imperialism anu
expansion. He laughed at tna theory
that ore soldier could do any damage
To 1900 citizens, even if he wished 10,
and added that the American soldier is
an American citizen, and is not likely
ever to desire the downfall ct the ~.
public.
"Thor,as Jefferson was the greatest
expans,onist in American history" he
declared, but there are persons to this
day who declare that he was a demo-
crat, ard yet 1 declare to you that Tnom-
as Jefferson was not a democrat, either.
in name CT in fact. The great party that
Thomas Jefferson founded was called
the republican party, and it's name was
not changed until a long time after
Thomas Jefferson had retired from. pub
lie life, Furthermore, the pc .cias which
governed that great Statesman were a
protective tariff and expansion.
IF Thomas Jefferson were alive today.
he would be a red-hot republican. If
there are any Of you who doubt nv
statements, go n read up your histo-
RES"
The speaker went into the history of
expansion at some length. He told of
the Louisiana purchase, the Alaska and
6adsden purchases, the a~nnexati,n of
California and Texas, and finally reached
the subject of the Hawaiian islands.
He stated that Thomas Jefferson was
the man who first used the expression
"Consent of the governed" and for that
reason ought to have understood pretty
well h the phrase meant. Yet JEFF
ferson had never put himself to any
great trouble-at least to so nue..
trouble that any body could notice it-tc
find out whether the people living in the
territory then known as Louisiana, We're
willing to come under the United States
government. He thought the democrats
wall regarding this subject about as abb
surd as anything could well be. He
wished to now if, when Colonel Sanders
and David A. Folsom came into the re-
gion now known as the state of Montana,
they had asked the avages whom they
found here if they We're willing to be
governed.
mo. no." yelled several Of the aud
fence.
That's right" said the speaker, with a
grin, land when those savagos got toe
promiscuous with their t~omanawKs
those two hardy pioneers took their rifles
and sent a good many of them to the
happy hunting grounds by the lead route
The democrats are vastly worried
over the consent of the governed in the
Philippines, 5000 miles away, but the,
don't seem to be very badly worried owe.
the consent of the governed in South
Carolina and Mississippi. They would
better give the colored citizens of those
states their rights before they wande,
around the highways shedding bite,
tears about the poor Filipinos."
The despicable character of AguinalGt
was explained at length and the Who'll.
story of his infamous dealings with thu
Spaniards told in language that coule
not nave failed to carry conviction to the
hearts of the listeners. Aguinaldo, in.
stead of being a recipient of sympathy
from the American people, he believed
should be issuing proclamations insid.
the walls of a penitentiary.
Mr.. Weed concluded his remarks by
earnestly calling upon those present no,
to make h name of America a byworG
among the nations by pulling down thu
flag in dishonor where it had been raised
in honor. and was cheered to the echo.
Then cam the s~pellbinder, Hon. Tim.
othy w. Coakley of Boston. Coakley: il
a crackajack. In the language of tn,
street gamin, he didn't do a thing t,
the hirelings of the ~fusionocracy whel
they tried to fool with him. Figurativel,
speaking. he sat pom them so hare the,
stayed crushed long enough to listen t
him for a few minutes and then they re
manned quiet for the rest of the meet
ing. In spite of their ignorance and thei
brutal nature. it seems really a fact tina
they wanted to hear what he had to sa
so badly they forgot to make disgustin
spectacles of themselves.
The speaker introduced his remark
with the humorous assertion that he wa
likely during the curse of the meetin
to use the words, fellow democrats,
and hoped he would be forgiven if h
did, because he had been in the demo
cratic ranks SO long hat it hardly seeme'
natural yet to say fellow republicans.
However, he had left his happy home fo
good, he supposed and thought that il
time he would overcome this difficulty {
speech without much trouble.
II stayed with the democratic part
until it adopted the Infamous policy Q
hauling down h old flag" he declare,
land then lief tit. l never In my life ad
dressed a republican meeting until til
other night in Meaderville. But there !
one common ground or which we can a
meet: you are. I hope. Americans /
spirit as well as l."
After relating why he had been
democrat and the prominent par. he ha
taken in former political campaigns
Massachusetts he came to a descriptio
of the trip to the Philippines stands /
1898 which had made an expansions
out of him. He said tina he had sale