Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-27
THE BRAGG MEETING.
Not Much of q shower.

Hall, last Friday evening, was very slim
| and dull affair, considering the preparations
that had been made for it. For several
days large posters announced the coming of
| the soldier orator, and the Germans were
notified that DR.. Ebert, travelling agent for
Governor Taylor, in the capacity OF State
| License Detective, (salary $4,000 year)
would be present and address his fellow
countrymen out Of disinterested patriotic
motives and "seel for the kaws." In fact.
| so much had been said and done about the
contemplated gathering of the reform hosts
| that the Republicans almost felt that their
doom was approaching, and with bateG
breath they awaited tie coming of the hour
that was to seal their fate The faithful
followers in our midst of the meek and
prosecuted Taylor were quite animated
during the day in drumming up recruits
for the meeting. A fine brass band played
through the streets, and at the entrance I'd
the hall. The orator was introduced by|
MIR. J. T. Flavin, of Emmett, and com
menced his speech to an audience of iust)
25O persons all told, a large proportion of
whom were republicans. The sparseness
OF his audience, after so many notes O. pre-
paration, bad most disconraging effect
| on the speaker, which was painfully appar-
ent. But still be waded through his speech
in a ifeless and Indifferent manner, firing
some of his auditors and mesm erizine the
balance into something like sleep. His
remarks were rambling and dssultory, and
he seemed to lose sight Of his subject all
the way through. Nearly all present went
TO hear the merits OF our state election
nvassed, but most of the speakers time
was consumed in fighting The campaign Of
1876; talking OF third terms, and railing
against Tom Murphy, who, we venture to
say, hadn't been thought of by any of the
audience for several years. He was silent
about the PIankington House meeting, and
the ugly things be said at that celebrated
gathering against Taylor. But we will
give Bragg credit for one thing; be drew it
"o'eluol. H.
deed we could sec be didn't take much
stock in hi. Excellency. OF course the
name Of Governor Taylor, having been
mixed up OF late SO much with questions OF
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dollar penalties and the like, that the Gen.
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that they have become ou.lawed and sbonld
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will insist in giving their attention to poli-
tics, instead Of leaving the field open to
himself and others, who are engaged in set
ting up the "reform" pins, especially with
an eyeou the Office of Congressman from the
9Th District. His chief objection to Lud-
lngton, was on Tue score OF MS wealth and
the immense ricneS OF MS relatives, viii ch
ne Kne" tney were using 10 neip elect
"Old hal. he drew such ioathsome pic
ture Of wealth and its pernicious influences
around election times, that prominent re-
form banker present, we understand, avow-
ed his discrimination to give up his pesses-
sions, so that none OF these things could
come nioh unto him. The speaker closed
the sad and solemn services of the evening
by recitine the parable of the barre, flo
fra. and .ftar sav;no s.cnt + down
ont i dovrn ba s.t aoun oh -
the relief OF those who had patience and
courtesy enough ia their compositi to
hear the General through.
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