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GReNADA, September 26, 1910,
Roger Barton Esquire, one Of the candidate.
on The Democratic Electoral ticket addressed
the citizens Of Grenada, at The Democratic Hall
on Monday last. He spoke in I,is usually clear
aud eloquent strain for about two hoGs, during
which time he succeeded il dcending the admin
istration triumphtandy, successfully and unan.
swerably against all oil ,he foul and snnlerous
charges preferred against it by the Thrccanoc
Clubs, Wing orators aud hard CIDER dcmagoguee.
! He brushed away the cobwebs which the wings
had interviewer around rn,b tonor and virtue,
and showed the actings and doings Of the admin
stralion in their brilliant purity. lie stripped
the wing humbugs, such as, og cabin, bard cider,
coon skins, expenditures Of he government, tic
| Ilooe case, taxing chikens, Standing army, &c,
of their false and fimsy covering, aud exposed
| their nakedness and deformty to The gaze of an
indignant people who seemed ashamed Of their
species for being capable OF snoh shallow devices
and false preteGces 10 gull aud deceive the voters
OF the country. It's well known that this town.
composed OF Lawyers, Loafes. Doctors, Fiddlcrs,
broken merchants, bankers, oilers and loungers
together with afew honest and industrious citizens
contains majority Of wings who claim all the
decency, all The leaning, all The talents and all
the morality. Whenever theplainhoncs Demo
Gratis have meeling, tie wing gentry coniriye
some plan 10 interfere with them so as 20 preyenl
as much as possible the dissemination OF those
great and pure principles Of Democracy, taught
by Jefferson, and practicod By Jackson and Van
Buren,. In this place II seems 70 hnve become a
part of their creed to break up all Of ON meetings
peaceably il they can, torcibtyi If they must. II
seems To have been settled purpose and precon.
certed plan on the part OF the wings to prevent
Mr.. Barionsrom speaking, becanse they knew The
truth was mighty and would plcvall among an
intelligent people whenever promulgated. Mr..
Barton, had appointment on the Saturday pre-
vious at Chislville precinct. The Tirpecanoe club
OF Grenada, was represented Al the mtetlng by
some OF the most influential menlle.s He wa
so interrupted that he could not proceed with his
speech, and len the ground wi'hou, finishing it.
The conduct Of theswhigs on that occasion was
disglaceful beyond description They were
guilty of an immoral and indecent offence. too in
decent TO mention, indIGtabe at common law,
as well as lepnlsive to the feelings Of every hon.
nrable man, in the midet OF The crowd while Mr. |
Barton was speaking
In order to do away the ndiun of The Whig |
,oniucl on Saturday, and allay The excited feel
ngs OF an ndgnant and outraged psonle. or for
some cause best known 10 themselves, the mem
1ers of the Tppecanoe Club, called q meeting of |
heir party on Monday morning, about the time
Mr. Barton commenced his speech, and adopted |
! preamble and sundry resolutions in relation to
heir going 10 hear him speak, aud then promised
good behaviour on the occasion, The preamble |
md resolutions are published a, length by The
Iippecanoe Club in this days Reporter The |
oretrnGed object Of the meeting aud its proceed. |
nss was to suppress report in circulationamong |
he people that the wings INTENDED to prevent Mr.. |
Barton from mnking speech and that the dem. /
'crats had prepared themselves with muskets and
,ther arms for the purpose Of defending him
! his is All wing fabrication from beginning TO
md. The whole story is without any Foundation
N truth. There were four musllets placed in a
'rlyaie house, by private citizen, for his own
'iVate purposes, without the knowledge, consent,
u APPROPRIATION, oiany individual member Of The
party, other than himself who is an
nobtrusive person, and seldom intcrIeles in polili
'al matters.--The placing of tho muskeis g in n
,uilding near the Odd fellows Hall. under which
3arton was 10 speak, as statedby lie Club. tlro,
her organ, had no connection with Mr. Barton's
peahlng or the meeting on that day. The fact
u their being near the place of Speaking was al
ogether accidental aud il was unknown mt the
inc, to the Individual who placed them there.
where the meeting or speaking would take place.
! IS not true that any member Of the Administers
ION started the report thet the wings intended to
ne'rhPt MT parton as falsely asserted by the
yhgs II isnot true that any member Of the Ad.
party armed himself for the purpose
u defending Mr.. Barton, MS falsely asserted by
yhg'. 1t was a wing measure, a wbig report.
tarted by the wings, and cisculaled by them, for
POLITICAL effect, all Of which things were known TO
ONE OF me leading ones, at the time o the meet
ng'-It was the expectation, and intention of
One Of the leading members OF tic TipnecanCe
>lup, TO interrupt the speaker, and break up the
meeting IN row, and they succeeded, their So
emn declarations and resolutions 10 the CONTRARY
olwithsanding, but lhishas leaked ont since, and
vas not known before the meeting MI. Baton
vas interrupted more than once, during his re-
Marks oy the clanor and noise of the whigs and
he meeting was finally broken up By an outrage
us, unwaTaniabe, and unjusti6able attack, on
ohtcai grounds, made by one OF the prominent
nj leading members ofthe Tippecanoe Club, np.
N one OF our quiet, peaceuble aud industrious
lzens, who has not interfered with politics, nor
TENDED political ing before. during the
hhvnss, merely bccause he is plain, home-spun
lemocrnt. This is in character and keepinp
lth the whole party All oftheirpincipIes con-
~ IN ialsehood, misrepresentation. log-cabin,
ard-cider, ball, coon skin, fuss and a row.
GINGER.
Doc EAT HIMsELF AGAIN While Gen. Harrison
as Governor Of Indiana, he approved ION Sep.
'nber 18th, 1909 a law enactinr that If any
erson sells "ale,beer, or CIDER in less quantity
IAN two gallons" be shall pay 6nc or twelve
'llars. Such law 40 this would shvt up all
9 log cabins!