The Daily Missoulian., 1910-11-08

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There was a good deal Of campaigning,
yesterday. but it was quiet and good
natured for the most
IN THE part With but a few
STRETCH exceptions, the demo-
Gratis had gotten over
being angry and forced the smile
which they should never lose, but
which got away from them Saturday
and Sunday. The republicans main
tained the serene calm and the bland
smile which had characterized their
entire campaign. Confident of success
and satisfied with the clean campaign
they had made, the republicans were
justified in the happiness which per-
vaded their camp Only once did the
placid serenity Of the day suffer; that
was when the democrats discovered
that some villain had swped about
half the edition of their campaign
sheet. For few minutes there was
fur flying, and the threats which were
made We're direful. But the fuss soon
subsided and the real democrats joined
in the laugh which the incident Gre
ated. There We're a few of them who
persisted in remaining unreconciIcd,
and they took their wrath to bed with
them The campaign crowds mingled
freely during the day and there was
not much friction. 1t was a very sat
isfactory sort of day for the end of
the campaign.
just a few of the democrats were dis
posed to be cross and some Of them
were really peevish du
SMILE ing the day and into
ALWAYS the night. One of The
Missoulian's early Wis
itors during the day was a democrat
with grievance. He was sore be-
cause--as he said-The Missoulian had
lied about the democrats That was
unkind. 1t has been. the earnest ef
fort Of The Missoulian men. all
through the campaign, to be kind to
the democrats. In The Missouian of
I flee. the opinion had prevailed that
the effort had been successful, but
this early visitor yesterday dispelled
the notion; he was positive that the
democrats had not been squarely
treated. It is a great disappointment
to the boys who have tried, all the
time, to be good and tender to the
democrats. to know that they have
failed. But this early visitor had no
right to be sore; the entire campaign
has seen his name mentioned but once
and then ii was in very pleasant
way. He was reminded, when he
spoke, that there had been times
when II would have been very proper
to mention him, and to mention him
good and hard: but the opportunity
had been passed up. Finally, he
agreed to smile again. and the entente
cordiale was restored.
Dan O'Hern was one of those who re-
fused to be recenciled 1t will be re-
membered that he got
OeDuRATE peevish on Sunday and
DANIEL said some mean things
at Frenchtown, which a
little bird whispered in Missoula He
got up yesterday morning with his
crouch still with him and he nursed
1t all day, and last night, when he
addressed the last democratic meetings
of the campaign. this tin-rattle critic
held up his sore toe for everybody to
see. Last night his mood was some
what of an Improvement over the
frame of mind In which he performed
at Frenchtown on Sunday, in that he
poured out the Walls of his wrath upon
the head of The Missoulian. whereas
he had attacked one of the republican,
candidates Sunday In manner which
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reasonable AS for his assault last
night on The Missoulian, 1t was harm
less. except In that 1t showed the in
nocence of this tin-rattle campaigner.
If he was angry at what The Mis-
soulian said yesterday morning about
the saloon campaign which the demo,
Gratis made Sunday night, how would
he feel If The Missoulian had named
persons and places, as 1t might have
done with the information IN it's pos
session? But Mr., O'Hern Is fine
young man and he will do better when
he has been in Montana a couple of
years. When he cools off he will
realize how good The Missoullan has
been to him.
There's no Use getting excited Some
body has to lose today 1t Is the
democrats this time. but
KEEP If it were the republic
CALM ans, the advice would
he the same. Smile and
take your medicine. The campaign IL
over and there are some of tho per-
formers who have lost a good deal of
time that they will have to make up.
and they can catch up good deal
better If they keep good natured about
1t. There was a barrel, of course, to
recompense some of the democrats, but
not all of them got whack at 1t. The
division of the spoils was unfair: even
a rank outsider could see that Today
there will be scramble, but tomor
row we shall return to work and take
up the routine again. Let's smile as
we do it, = Win or lose, smile There's
no use doing anything else. There
were some mean things said last night
about The Missoulian--awfully mean.
OF course. they were sarcastic but