The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-23
REPUBLICANS HOLD.
THEIR RALLY
WILSON AND HICKS ADDRESS
GOOD CROWD AT THE
ELITE HALL.

Guided by bonfires, bands and
henchmen, the republicans assembled
in Elite hall last evening to hear -.
X. Hicks. former attorney general Of
wisconsin, and Harry L. Wilson. can
didate for the office Of governor. The
speakers were greeted by q good
crowd. Owing to the absence of State
Senator Meyer. congressional candi-
da1e, the program was short and the
meeting was over by 9:45. E. r. Hicks
ana Chairman w. L. Murphy spoke,
Harry Wilson. candidate for governor.
1nade talk on why he Is republic
an and on intelligent balloting. He
affirmed that the Bull Moose, or pro-.
gress.ve movement, was a thing of
Inc past and that the disaffected
members of the republican party
We're returning to the fold and that
they were welcome
Inc meeting was uncorked by the
band. which. inadvertently, it is
thought; played the Bull Moose"
march. The candidates for the va
ricus state offices, the speakers and
the chairman filed up on the rostrum.
the music ceased and William l.. Mur-
phy introduced e. r. Hicks, who
TALKED feelingly about the marvellous
accomplishments of the grand old
party.
Difference in Parties.
Mr.. Hicks began his speech by
stating that he was republican, and.
Notwithstanding that fact, was toll
Grant of the political beliefs of other
people. He said it was heresy to say
that it r1ade no difference what party
was voted for as long as the voter
got the man he wanted He then took
up the difference between the repub-
lican and the democratic parties. He
said that the man who didn't have
enough spirit to vote should be dis
enfranchised. In passing he referred
to the Kull-Moose party as the party
which recently ceased to exist He
said that one of the two old parties
would rule after November S. He
then took up the tariff question and
showed the large gulf which divides
the two old paties. He briefly de-
scribed free trade, protection and tar
lff for revenue only. He said that
the political economists Of the coun-
try were strongly in favor of free
trade, but that it was like perpetual
motion, it doesn't work out. He said
thai he did not want to drag the dem
ocratic skeleton out of the closet and
rattle it's bones. He gave a descrip-
tion Of the conditions existing 20 years
ago. Then he took up the high cost
of living and said that it was caused
by stopping the supply and an in
creased demand. He said that i'm
proved machinery had forced the peo-
pie from the farms to the cities He
compared England, a free trade coun-
try, With America, and said that the
high cost of living was present there
even more than in America. "Then,"
he said, "how can you bame the pro-
tective tariff for this condition."
"JaveIins Of Joy"
The close of his speech was devoted
to comparing the statue of Liberty,
which throws .Javeins of joy to the
lost mariner, with the republican par
ty, which undoubtedly stands like a
rock and will still be in the same at
titude after all is said and done and
the votes have been counted After
making a few remarks about the mas
terful governmental conception of
William Howard Taft in regard to the
administration of the Philippine is
lands, Mr. Hicks desisted.
Chairman Murphy referred to the
way the republican machine, if there
ever was a republican machine in
Montana, had been piled into the
scrap heap in the city OF Great Falls
by the nomination Of Harry L. Wilson
as the candidate for governor. He
said many fine things about the cam