Ladiesand gentleman, the task is a great^on.. It n quires BSaaa atieution trom all^part.- ot the t. miory. \\e are doing our^best aud with your assistant e 1 am satisfied^tli.-1.-publican ticket will be elected. I Ap-^plau e.i Hon. J. K. Kickards. the canui-^dalc lor lirulenanl noveruor, was the next^speaker, lie cougratulattd the republi^^cans ot Lewis aud Ciarke county and ex-^|RM| his k*UH that they were^all right. W naM be had beeu^during the. ..-sent campaign he^had noticed eiiimi-.a.-ui abjck predicts^victory tor the RMfeucaa ticket on tbe^brst ol OeSjaSjat'. lhe^eye^ot the nation^wete on Montana ano it MsoawaSl reputdi-^cans ti. i^ive a giMsl account ot tlicmet-ives.^The ur.in .pl. s ot repubiicuiiisiu were the^kasl tor Moiiintia. W sawx r tue republican^party wasdnimnant i^ re could be i- mid the
greatest.l.leolgel,l e lie ColUp t^l l .CVe-
1an Us auministranou witu the tirst six^moniii-. ol ll^rris. n's and detiaud that^Montana and In r s.sier ierriioru s hail re^reived more under the present administra^^tion than under Cleveland's. L'nder I'resi^dent llarrisou all tne federal territorial ap^poiutim ois hail been made from among our^own CSUI ns 8 i.ee liarr.sou had tx en in^ottnea new iuipu.se bail been given to^i-v. ly ii.ii.isll^ ol ihe territory. He Would^not discuss pi.itection and tree trade, but^the repubh'-itii pally believed that Allien^can labi.r st.oti:.] n^ii oe brought into ooni-^BcCaUM witii the lo* pre-rd I ttior of^Eur. pe Ihe re.-, nt stiike in London^illustrated what tree trade aid fortliela-^li.irinn man tine experience show,-a lhat^prote ti.iu itm protect. A rcpubi.can^J*'g.soit..te had giveti to the people ol^Mouiair. lie i.-^'islty system aid Ihe Aur^tlalian voling kM and lie ^|.c.-a.. i\ to tU^^people to. .i ct a republican leicislaiure in^order to save those two measures trom re^p-ai, as threatened by Ihe democracy^ihe NpuM .ins were bitter orgat.u.u^no* man i ver before aud he pleuge-i^Mat r !i iw coiiuly to give Tower and tbe^repuniaeaa 'n ket an average majority ot^SJj
Hon.Lea Mantle, of liutte, was then in^trod.iced M tin audi tice as the father ot^the Australian voting law. Mr. Mantle^i orri i :cd the mistake and said ilitt honor^l^-ioi.^rd to a tfeiitleman who had at SM^time keesi guii y of a breach oi laiih^with th^- re|.uoln an party, and the au hor^ot ti.e t i l had undoubtedly introduced aud^work, d i..r its passage in the legislature a-^an a' i ot stoii,-u,ent. He n-terred to the^lion. Wili Kennedy, of J^ ffrrson. 