The Western news., 1904-10-26
CAMPAIGN IS
WARMING up
SPELLBINDERS ARE BUSY ALL
ALONG THE LINE.
CARTER AND LINDSAY HAVE SPOKEN
G Congressman Oormley VIII Be Here
Friday Night-rlr. Helnze's
inerary.

The Carter Lindsay party arrivet
in Hamilton Saturday evening on :
special train of two coaches. A crowt
of Missoula republicans accompanied
the party and others were picked up a,
Stevensville and Victor.
The meeting was called to order ir
the Lucas opera house shortly after
8 p. IN. The hall was comfortably
filled. Many ladies and children were
present. Some good selections were
n icely rendered by the Hamilton Sill
yer Cornet band. Several noisy dem.
onstrations were made by corps OF
| small boys who had been recruited,
organized and we'll drilled by Wynne
H. Roberts, secretary-treasurer of the
republican county central committee.
w. P. Baker presided.
Hon. VIM. Lindsay, republican NOM
inee for governor, was the hrst
speaker. Mr.. Lindsay is a rambling
speaker with an awkward delivery and
cuts an Insignificant figure on the
rostrun.
Mr.. Lindsay touched briefly on state
issues and made a feeble attempt to
explain and defend the "well consid-
ered' and safely guarded" platform
adopted by the republicans at Billings.
He was accorded respectful attention
and treated with the consideration due
a candidate for the high Office to which
he aspires.
Mg. Abraham N. Yoder, republican
nominee for secretary of state, was
next introduced. Mr.. Yoder spoke
briefly and was pleasantly received by
the audience.
Col. ]. H. Rice, of FIT. Benton, NOM
inee for state treasurer, followed and
told funny story.
Former Senator Thomas H. Carter
was then introduced by Chairman
Baker as 1.-THE peer of any living Am
erican."
Mr.. Carter delivered the principal
address of the evening. He lauded
President Roosevelt, Congressman
Dixon and MIR. Lindsay; elaborated on
the possibilities of trade with the Phil
ippines; posed as the father of irri-
cation; gingerly touched on the situa-
ton in Colorado and finally got down
to business.
Mr.. Carter said that it was very i'm
portant that a republican legislature
sh ould be elected this fall. Referring
to the local candidates he said the
Ravalli republicans have splendid
ticker from top to bottom. He said
that it had been urged that candidate
for representative Cone was ''too
young" and that candidate Amos Buck
twas too DID," Continuing, Mr.. Car
ter said, Napoleon won the battles of
Lodi and Marengo while younger than
Cone and that grand old soldier Gen
eral Kuropatkin, who is making such
a magnificent stand in Manchuria, is
older than Mr.. Buck He then told
how Mr.. Buck had killed deer down on
the Missouri years ago and wound up
by urging everybody to vote for Cone
and Buck.
The meeting concluded with some
son gs by Missoula quartet consisting
of Messrs. Hershey, Catlln, Price and
McAllister, that made the hit of the
evening.
Messrs. Lindsay, Rice and Yoder
returneo to Missoula on the special
at the close of the meeting. Mr.. Car
ter remained over Sunday and was
closeted with Messrs. O'Hara, Baker,
Cone, Roberts and others most of the
time.
Senator and Mrs. Carter and Mrs.
W. c. Murphy of Missoula were
driven to Victor by r. A. O'Hara
Monday morning and where meet
ing was held in the afternoon.
Cormley and Aasinnis.
Austin C. Gormley, Montana's next
congr essman, and Major Martin
Maginnis will speak at Stevensville
Saturday evening and at Hamilton
on Friday evening.
| Mr.. hsinzs Next Saturday.
Hon. F. Augustus Heinze, Senator
J. Nd. Kennedy and others will address
the people of Ravalli county next Sat-
urday. Mr.. Heinze is travelling on a
special train and has with him quar-
tet of singers who can't he beat