Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-15
FAIR DAY AT OssEO.

Gala Day for the PoIiticians-Speaist,.g by
the Candidates-HO,v Things Appear Out
in the Country.
Yesterday was the great day of the year
FOR the village of Osseo. That sterling COM
munity has a habit of holding neighbor-
hood fair the second Monday of each
month, which always attracts the leading
farmers from the towns i'll the north end of
the county. It will be readily understood
that the politicians of both parties look for
ward
WITH CONSIDERABLE INTEREST
to each recurring second Monday in Octo.
Der, as that is the last gathering of tho
horny handed sons of toll before the Novem-
Der elections.
Yesterday was that ever memorable occa-
sion, and
THE CANDIDATES
of both political parties we're on hand as
usual. There was N. r. Thompson, and
Frank Mcdonald, and E. s. Corser, and
Charley Robinson, and Andrew j. Smith,
representing the Republicans, and Scion
Armstrong, and j. M. Eustis, and A. T. An.
Kenny, and j. w. Lawrence, and E. M. Will
son, representing the Democracy, while E.
A. Cramsie and L. A. Clark came out strong
for the Nationals. Each of these parties had
a considerable number of aids, and such q
Babel of political sounds no man ever heard
before.
These candidates talked in
SEVERAL LANGUAGES
to any admiring crowd they could reach who
would listen to them. Finally, about 2
o'clock, Ger1nania brass band from Mime
apolis came surging into the village and at
tracted the crowd to the place where our Re-
publican brethren had erected Speakers
stand.
Both parties had advertised political meet
ings for the day, and after the politicians had
arrived an effort was made on the part of the
Democratic and National candidates to in
duce
JOINT DISCUSSION.
After beating the bush for an hour or two,
Mr.. Corser declined the joint discussion, al
leging that ne was the only public speaker in
the English language present; thus utterly
ignoring the fact that the eloquent public
speaker Frank Mcdonald, and the singularly
gifted revivalist, Nat Thompson, were both
on the ground with carefully prepared
1MPRoMPrU HARANaUEs
in their pockets, which they were aching to
be delivered of, while Mr.. Charles Robinson,
the effective temperance orator and the Ito
be) temperance candidate for register, stood
modestly in the rear of the crowd, with just
sufficient of the
GENIAL GERMAN BEVERAGE
aboard to loosen up his tongue and make
the words and ideas flow freely.
But it was no 60. Corser had determined
that no American Republican should
air his eloquence on that field,
except himself, and so the boys made the
best of it.
Mr.. Corser spoke for about 10 minutes,
very modestly, and with his customary unc-
ton. He placed the Republicans right on
the greenback question, and in so doing
mortally offended a
SOFT MONEY FRIEND
from Champlin, who had about made up his
mind to cast his vote for him.
Then followed a German speaker from st.
Paul. and doctor, s'native and to the man
ner born at Osseo, who spoke in French.
Our old Democratic friend Marchand re-
marked, after the latter had finished, that it
would be fine scheme for the Democrats to
hire the doctor to make the campaign in
every French neighborhood in the county,
as he would make votes for them.
Then the platform and the crowd (Which
Immediately increased) was given over to