The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-10-21

alU d SOOu OuO, consequently lO 40 AAOI
supposed to know much about mines
and mining. For that reason the au-
dience overlooked the little mistake
he made in speaking OF the volumes
of death dealing smoe emitted by the
mines of Butte and their baneful ef-
fects on the lives OF the brawny men
who are compelled to toll in them.
Mr.. George knew there was smoke in
Butte and also knew that in some
manner the mines were responsible
for it's existence. He told how the
young man at whom his auditors
were gazing in awe had forced an un-
willing legislature to pass la~
making eight hours days labor in
those awful mines, and then related
the story OF the process servers OF
New York, who, at the behest OF viii
famous wretches had attempted to
serve him with some paper that would
have kept him in New York. So af-
fectingly did he tell all this that
the speaker was overcome by his own
emotion and for a few moments
threatened to present the unusual
spectacle of a strong man giving way
to lachrymal sorrow.
Recovering his composure, Mr..
George uttered the fervent wish that
the powers OF evil might
never prevail and that his
hero would be permitted to.
remain in Montana for all time to
work out his own ideas and entertain
them to the end. Next he launched
into local politics and incidentally re-
ferred to the county ticket OF the
democrats, winding up strong with
w. M. Johnston, the legislative can
didate, for whom he made special
appeal. Touchingly he referred to Mr..
Johnston's youthful life on 'New-
braska'' farm and his struggles in
Billings to gain the foothold and
prominence now enjoyed by him, and
then spoke of lone Chauncey q.
Bever," whom the people elected two
years ago to the position now desired
by his champion from the wind-swept
cornfields of "New-braska."
| With a flourish he now introduced
Mr.. Heinze and wrung in the familiar
old one about that gentleman being
the ''only man who ever successfully
| fought the Standard Oil company"
BeIabors MuzzIed Press.
Young Leonidas" prefaced his
speech by referring to the peculiarly
mixed condition of politics in Mon
launched into the abuse of what he
| was pleased to call the 'muzzled
press" of the state and it's recalci-
trancy to duty in refusing to enlighten
the people on the danger that was
confronting them. The campaign OF
four years ago was fought over again
and the audience was told how w. A.
Clark and F. Aug. Heinze then threw
themselves into the breach and saved
quent treachery of that same William
Andrews Clark to Heinze was held
up in all it's CHASTITY horror. Coming
down to more recent times, the
speaker told how, when Clark had
gone over to the enemy, body and
soul, he had sought to foist upon the
people OF the state man for chief
justice of the supreme court upon
whom he could rely as friend of his
unsavory alliance, and how Mr.
Heinze had once more saved the
state
Gives Opponents the Lie.
Mr. Heinze declared that for wicked
and corrupt purposes his former ally
was now publishing to the world the
infamous lie that he, Heinze, had sold
out to the Amalgamated company.
This he denied with all the vehem-
ence at his command and then, strik-
ing tragic attitude, declared himself
to be a democrat, working for the
success of the democratic state ticket
and the democratic ticket of every
county in the state.
Fearfully and gruesomely he lam
basted the Amalgamated company
and dealt misery of the same sort to
| the trusts, singing out the beef trust
for his hardest blows. The railroads
also came for share OF the gentle
mans righteous wrath, and he said
| that they were linked with the trusts
in an unholy combination having for
it's purpose the despoiling of the peo-
pie. The Rockefellers, the Goulds,
| the HarrimanS and some OF the