Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-23

| He had no prepared speech he said, and
| felt like the child who nailed his prayer
to the bed-post and let it go at that
One hundred and sixty-seven years
ago." said the colonel, George Washing
ton was born. One hundred and ten
years ago, George Washington Irving
was born. What the first George has
not done to round out the great republic
can party. and what mis- successors failed
in obtaining. the second George would
ill out. George Washington is the first
gentleman of America. the first repub-
I lican in the United States. In honoring
Washington, we honor that other great
chieftain, Abraham Lincoln, and his sue
ressor, President Mckinley, whose name
is emblazoned upon the banners of our
| party and whose history belongs to all
! Americans" ..u,,
When Col. Irwin concluded, the toast
master announced that Hon. Lee Mantle.
whose absence was cause for deep regret,
! would be represented by Mr.. NJ. Berger.
| That gentleman assembled the platform
and, in few remarks explaining the alb
I sence Of the senator concluded by say
ing that Lee Mantle was with his fell
low republicans in spirit, and trusted
! that this festival in homo: of Washing
| ton would bring about harmony among
| the republicans Of Silver Bow county.
! Col. Fisch next assembled the stage and,
| to the accompaniment of orchestra, sang
"A Thousand Years, My Old Columbia"
! many of the banqueters, familiar with
the chorus, rising with glasses uplifted
and joining in the grand old hymn. But
when an encore was called, and the sing
| er began with the first words of 1.-The
! Star Spangled Banner" every republican
was on his feet. Although the voices
| were not exactly tuned to time and melo-
| dy the chorus was loud enough to be
heard in the far away Philippines.
Judge Sullivan responded to Our New
| POSSESSIONS Poor old Spain brought
| on the war which enriched the American
| republic in territory" said the speaker.
/ and Americans responded to the cry of
liberty and justice. The outcome of the
war with Spain is the inheritance of the
republican party. The dream of the
American people has been realized. Now
we have a station to guard the Nicara-
guam canal. We own the garden Of the
| gods, the Hawaiian islands; and the
! islands of the Philippine archipelago.
! Ours by treaty and American valor in
which Montana boys were conspicuous.
! The constitution follows the flag, and all
loyal Americans VIII abide the result.
The starry flag in the Philippines is there
! to stav.'
THE Republican Party" the next
| toast, received an able response from e.
! >. Booth. The history of that party
| he said, is the history of the country for
| the past forty years. To it alone, labor
owes the full dinner pail and content
ment. Forty-seven years ago the first
proclamation was issued to Americans
| announcing the principles of the repub-
hcan party, and these principles will
survive until time is no more During
these Al years, our party has been ever
right and the democratic party has al
ways been wrong. This banquet and
assemblage Of republicans is a good
! augury that Butte and Silver Bow coun-
! ty will be redeemed from democratic
regeneracy. Four years ago we We're
1 told that Bryan was right on the finan-
cial question. A democrat was never
! right on any question but once. and this
| was Grover Cleveland But the only
/ time Grover was right was when he
| humbled the union jack in the harbors
| of Venezuela. Mr.. Booth admonished
| republicans to keep up the spirit began
| at this banquet, 50 that republicans
may soon join in sending message to
President Mckinley announcing that
| Butte has been redeemed from demo-
| cratic rule.
Carroll Dollman, son of the pioneer
| Peter Dollman, made neat speech in
| response to the toast, young Republic
cans He said:
! II take great pleasure in responding
/ to the toast The Young Republicans
The republican party has always been
/ a party which has appealed to young
men; it has been the party which has
initiated every reform worth mention
since the fall of slavery: it has led in
| every movement for expansion and for
! The improvement of the public service
| TT would be a task altogether too long
! for me to show the part that young re-
! publicans have taken in the past. Gar
| Held, Logan and Blaine-the man who
/ today fills the presidents chair so honor
| ably-ls man who from youth has
| patiently worked himself up in the coun-
ellis of the party. There is one young re-
! publican today on the field of national
| action whose services to the nation can
perhaps be best appreciated by the way
he is hated by that power Of darkNess--
the democratic yellow press--a man who
! has never been allured from the path
Of duty by the alluroments of wealth or
pleasure. 1 refer to that idol of our
party, the Honorable Theodore Roose-
welt. In hih case We can truly say that
! we love him for the enemies he has made
| In this matter. gentlemen, Of loyalty
! To duty. of making duty a matter of
! love, I can but refer to noble and
chivalrous young leader of our party in
| this state, whose devotion in one of the
| tenderest relations of life was subject
| of national comment and admiration
| whose example was one worthy to be
followed by every other young man in
/ this uniOn-WhO now has in his filial
| piety been bereft by death and who has
The sympathy Of every republican heart
in this state-the honorable Lee Mantle.
/ | believe, gentlemen. that there are some
! considerations Of public duty and civic
obligation which appeal to every man
here tonight. The state has passed into
the hands of set of men apparently