The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-10-17
CANDIDATES. TELL WILLIAMSBURG
PEOPLE WHY THEY SHOULD
VOTE FOR THE G. o. r.
HON. GEORGE N. B0URQUIN
MAKES STIRRING ADDRESS
Shows What Free Trade Did for the
Wool Industry in Montana-John r.
Gricc and Fred n. Kohl Speak and
Are Well Received by a Gathering
Representative OF Thriving Village.

Although not very we'll advertised the
republican meeting in williamsburg last
evening was not only well attended. but
the large hall was SO crowded that many
OF those present were unable to procure
seats Quite sprinkling Of ladies were
present and showed that they were both
interested and pleased by frequent ap-
plause.
Throughout the meeting the audience
seemed anxious to hear every word ut
tered by the orators and at times the
whole house broke into tumutuous ap-
plause. II was happy, joyful crowd and
when good story was told or a pleasing
point made, everybody seemed to thor
oughly enjoy it.
lver Johnson, well-known and popular
in republican circles of Silver Bow
county, acted as chairman and the Butte
Glee club sang several selections which
were particularly well received. The glce
club is a splendid musical organization
and the wonder is that they have not ap-
peared at the other political gatherings
They made hit last night and it is under
stood that these good voices will here
after appear at all republican meetings.
The names Of the gentlemen who sang
last night are: w. Argall, David Rumble,
Fred Thomas and w. II. Kitto.
What Grce Said.
J. II. Grice, candidate for county at
torney, made the hit OF the evening, when
after making a brief but eloquent adj
dress, in a manner that would indicate
that he was disgused with himself and
displeased at his own effort, he said: IL
can't talk" and then in an after thought
and in loud and confident tone OF voice
added: I'm running so fast / haven't
time to talk"
All of the following named gentlemen
spoke in the order named: George NJ
Bourquin, S. T. Hogevall, J. II. Grice, c.
II. Kohl. Malcolm Gillis, M. L. Leblanc,
i. |. Kohl and James Tachell.
~. Bourquin was the first speaker OF the
evening and made the principal address.
He said, in part:
'ln this campaign the democracy has
moved very slowly. They found the peo-
pie little inclined to listen to their as
sauits upon the existing order of things.
The discouraging feature to democracy
was that the peoples minds were made up
in favor of republican politics and repub-
lican prosperity people were too busily
employed in profitable pursuits to listen to
democratic fallacies and msrepresenta-
issue upon which to found their usual
argument of complaint. So the party de-
SPARED OF success and only seeks consola-
tion by way of the sourgrape route.
They Only Hope.
w. c. Whitney, one of the democratic
lcaGcrs, was recently frank enough to say
thar his party had neither men nor issues,
and Senator Vest says that democracy's
only hope lies in the possibility OF fnan-
cial panic. Thus do the democrats look
for issues at the expense OF the country.
Strikes, panics, drouth and famine pre-
sent democracy's only chance for success
He then proceeded to history Of the
protective tariff and its workings, and pic.
,ured the evils OF democratic free trade,
citing the disaster that overlook the lead
and wool industry in Montana in particu-
lar, when the democrats in 1893 put wool
and lead on the free list.
They destroyed lead mining in the
northwest, but stimulated it in Mexico,
British Columbia and Spain" he said.
"But is not the first duty of the party in
power to provide for our own people
rather than for those Of other nations1
They Felt Sheepish.
And the wool industry was so badly in
jured in Montana that even the democrats
felt sheepish over it. They became meek
as lambs and could not look sheep in the
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