Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-25
4 Barnun. Club at Fergus Falls.

Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Oct. 24.-The
largest and most enthusiastic audience
that eyer met in Fergus Falls assembled
last night at the Opera house to listen to
the political issues of the day by Hon. Jno.
W. Willis, of st. Paul. The Fergus cornet
band paraded the streets, preceded by a
large transparency bearing several mot
tees like 'Vote for Barnum," sDown with
the Claim-jumper, Land grabber," etc.
At 8 p. m. the hall was crowded so that
many had to go away for want of standing
room. The capacity of the hall is about
600. Meeting was called to order by G. II.
Duggin, who called the following gentle
men to the stage as president and vice.
presidents: President-Capt. R. II. Free
man; vices-Joseph Kennedy, NJ. R. Low
ry, j. s. Brockhurst, Hon. R. B. Martin,
T. W. Truax, Sanford Shoemaker, c. G..
War6eld, Geo. Fahen, K. 0. Harris, Earl
VIM. Dyke, James NJ. Gray, John Sherwin,
E. M. Wright, Esq.
On the stage also was Col Crooks, st.
Paul, and Hon. Robert Miller, Fergus
Falls. Capt. Freeman, chairman, set the
ball a rolling in vigorous speech de-
nouncing the Republican party AID their
policy, and closed by introducing Mr.
Willis, who held his audience with the best
of attention for upwards of an hour, re-
viewing the history of both parties, Illus
trating by anecdotes and stories, and was
pronounced by all to be the best orator
ever listened to in these parts. He was
fn11nnad Inv Mr. xuhO ooI
the audience that he had not sold out as
charged by his enemies. A Barnum club
was started at the close of the meeting Of
thirty members, and we expect to add at
least 200 more names.
Many ladies were present in the hall, for
the first time in this campaign here, as the
abusive language used at the Nelson
gathering had not been couched in such
language as ladies should listen to.
Extract from the report in the Fergus Falls
Daily Telegram.l
Hon. E. p. Barnum then came to the
front. He remarked that he was running
for congress and had been running every
since he received the nomination. This
he asserted to be fact. He had not sold
out to Kindred and did not intend to. He
ucAb COOh GL0 0ts L du1 0AiObE up dA0 Wdo
very crushing in his remarks concerning
the course of that paper. What everybody
else considers good horse sense of the
GLOBE he strongly condemns, i. e. the
GLOBE had started out at the beginning of
the campaign by saying that there was no
chance for the election of Democrat for
congress from this district He claimed
that there is chance and he said that he
was just going to sail in and be elected.
Secretary Duggin of the Democratic coun-
ty committee then came forward and said
all those who wished to join Kindred
club could have an opportunity. Of course
he meant a Barnum club, but before
| he could correct himself
there was great laugh raised,
and the Nelson men went out shaking their
heads and saying, 'He let the cat out of
the bag that time"
Some of the Democrats stayed and signed
the roll to the number of thirty, but hun
dreds doubtless went away without signing
as they probably supposed from Duggin's
mistaken announcement that it was to be
Kindred club.