Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-15

| the lower edge of that garment. He had
not gone far until a copper caught
sight of him and took him before a iSo-
lice magistrate.
Learning who the boy was, the mag
istrate gently rebuked the policeman
and told him that the father ofsths fhoy
was the friend of the police and the
judges. So the officer was sent after the
father of the boy and the fish-monger.
The magistrate told the father that if
he would pay the fish-monger for the
salmon and give the boy some good,
fatherly advice on the sin of stealing, he
would let the little fellow off. The parent
gladly agreed. and paying for the
salmon. took the boy away.
"When he reached the corner of an al
ley he backed the boy up against a
building. and shaking his finger in his
face, said: Now, my lad. I have prom
Used to give you some good. fatherly add
vice, and I'm going to do it. Whenever
you see fit to steal a fish hereafter, you
either steal a smaller fish or wear a
longer coat"
Waiting until the laughter caused by
the story had subsidized the speaker made
a point of the tale by informing the
audience that for the last four weeks he
had been making a campaign tour of the
state and that the crowds who had gath
cred to hear the good. substantial doc
trines of the republican party expound-
ed to them had been so great no halls
large enough, as a general rule, could be
! found and he had been obliged to lee
ture in the open air. For this reason he
thought there should be fewer republic
cans in the state or better halls should
be provided.
Whenever an educational campaign
has been carried on" he asserted, the
republican party has always elected its
candidates. The present is the most i'm
portant of any campaign ever carried on
in the history of the country. 'Why?'
you may ask. Because in former cam
paigns we We're confined to the olb!
bounds, to the territory between the
Gulf of Mexico and the Dominion of
Canada, the Pacific and the Atlantic;
o we have taken that old flag across
der the administration of William Nc
Kinley. That is why. And l want to
tell you right here hat it is going to re-
main there, whether the democrats try
to pull it down or not"
Tremendous cheering anu yells of ap
prevail greeted this statement. and
pausing a moment to give his words bet
ter effect, the speaker proceeded as fol-
lows:
previously to the 10Th of last June
American citizens began to gather at
Philadelphia as the representatives OF
the grand old republican party. They
came from YOU own great State OF
Montana; they came from the old State
of Maine, the state that was honored by
that matchless knight, James G. Blaine;
they came from Boston Harbor, where
Charles Sumner breathed in the in.
spiration of the. republican gospel; they
came from Kentucky, the Blue Grass
State where Henry Clay learned his
first lessons in craftsmanship by study
ing the ives of American heroes under
the light of a candle in a log cabin; they
came from the great middle west,s which
has given us such men as the great LIN
coin, as Benjamin Harrison, asyJame!
A. Garfield and General Logan, and ras
but not least, as William Mckinley. zap
p~lause).
'.They adopted a platform redolent o
the spirit of Americanism, a platform
that rebounds to the everlasting glory o
the republican party. Then they pro
ceeded to nominate a national ticket am
gave to us the greatest heroes o! 4
years-William Mckinley and TEDDY
Roosevelt"
Mr.. Potter declared that after the It'd
of enthusiasm incident to the nat1ona
republican convention a rolled acros
the country the people had settled bacI
and waited to see what new hogies tn
democratic party would furnish. Tn
representatives of the democracy o
Kansas City as their Mecca and tn
Fourth Of July ais the date when their la
bors should begin. The day came, an
will it such men as the great and onl
"Sockless Jerry Simpson" BOSS" Crok
er, of Tammany RED Banner Ait
geld of Illinois, 'Pitchfork" Tillman G
Souuh Carolina, Mcguire of Syracuse
lice Trust" Var Wyck of New York, an
Thine great democratic trinity-tSaffro
Willie" Hearst of San rsncssco, RE
Letter Willie" Hearst Of Chicago, an
biggest Circulation Willie" Hearst c
New York.