Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-26
REPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM
MANIFEST AT SOUTH BUTTE

The most successful political meeting
held in South Butte during the present
canvass was held by the republicans in
Blume"s hall last night and the enthus-
iasm aroused by the speakers as they ut
tered wholesome truths in ~expounding
republican doctrines and in reviewing
the local situation was a genuine surprise
to the democrats who had dropped in for
the purpose of seeing for themselves
whether democratic papers told the truth
in reporting republican meetings.
South Butte is generally recognized as
the stronghold of the fusion forces and
yet at a recent meeting of the fusionists
oray two or three enthusiastic and eager
democrats" were present and it was con-
sldered best to abandon the meeting.
This was not the case of the republic
cans last night for the hall was well I'LL
ed with residents of South Butte and
there were many reputed democrats oc-
cupying seats in the hall. Straws show
which way the wind blows and the meet
ing last night demonstrated that the peo-
pie OF South Butte are able and capable
OF thinking for themselves and are not
willing to accept the distorted arguments
of the democratic papers as their gospel.
There were only two speakers during
the evening and when the meeting first
opened, the audience was inclined to re-
strain it's plaudits until the expressions
of the speakers had been heard and pass
ed upon. h expressions We're heard
and they were applauded to the echo and
at the close of the meeting the crowd
arose gave three vociferous and en-
thusiastic cheers for Mckinley and the
republican ticket. Voters were made at
the meeting last night and when the fu-
sion forces again visit that district they
will find that there has been a change of
sentiment. Everything was orderly for
zone of the hired rufiians of the fusion
forces We're present and the gentlemen
who composed the audience were there
as American citizens to get a clear and
comprehensive understanding of the Sit
uation as it really exists.
The Alice Rough Rider band was in at
tendance at the meeting and rendered
some beautiful selections and While in
the hall the vociferous applause of the
crowd impelled them to respond to the
encores. Attorney Thomas Morrin as
chairman of the meeting called for order
ten minutes before the advertised time
and in a few well chosen words introduce
ed Miles ]. Cavanaugh as the first
speaker.
Mr.. ~Cavanaugh said that Butte was the
playground of his boyhood and, during
his long residence here he had learned to
love the people Of Silver Bow and dur
ing the present canvass he went before
the people as a friend and citizen who
had the welfare of the county at heart.
Ha was mot a oon1i5o{n for oGSoo .-1
anything he might say was as a friend
and citizen and not as a candidate. He
said that he was loath to enter into
this campaign and speak of persons rath-
err than issues but the two factions of the
democratic party had presented alleged
issues and the republicans had been
forced to oppose them. A certain man.,
he said, had asked the people of Montana
to vindicate him and alleviate the dis
grace and dishonor hat he had brought
upon himself. In the first place he a
been exposed as a man who had been
ready to spend millions for corruption
who was denied his seat for cause as
shown in the Welcome disbarment pro-
ceedings.
"Welcome was an honored citizen of
the state" said Mr.. ~Cavanaugh, "but
he was human like all of us and the
tempter came in the shape of a million
aire and brought disgrace to him and his
family. Just think what the democrats
ask us to endorse in this man! We have
heard a great deal of the eight hour
movement. I want to tell you how his
man and his good friend Heinze became
eight hour men. Mr.. Clark was onvict
ed of bribery and corruption in the Unit
ed States senate. He seeks vindication
and when a man setk KS vindication there
is something WI ong. He knows that the
people of Montana will not endorse his
political methods. In order to ingra-
tiate himself in the good graces of the
people of Montana h.. gives a few of his
men eight hours and tries to make you
think that he is the frie nd of labor. At
what other period of his career has he
evinced any interest In the laboring men
of this community? I was here in 1881
and remember the Lexington strike ard
know that Clark and Andrew ]. Davis
wanted to give the laboring men $3.50 per
day.
IF. Augustus Heinzc las suddenly be-
come a philanthrophist. He has lived
here twelve years and what has he ever
done for the laboring men in his en-
ploy? Now he has suddenly turned out as
a friend Of the laboring people. He tells
you laboring men to get into power and
to crush out the companies. Heinze has
been trying to sell his property to the
Amalgamated company and should he do
so it would increase their power. What
does he mean by his talk? He has lone
nothing but to keep up a ferment of liti-
cation n the common man has no
chance to get into court. His talk is
nothing but campaign talk. I want to
tell o that the republican party is the
only party hat mas ever done anything
for the laboring men. The only thing
that the democratic party did was to
elect Clark to the senate and that did
them nc good"
Timothy w. Coakley was next intro
duced and he expressed his pleasure at
being in the mountainous country and