Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-11-21
THE QUALIFICATION
HALEY ABLAZE WITH RONFlRES
AND DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM.


The Republicans Are q Lot Of Cor.
rupt ScouMdrrls Who Never Accom-.
piished Anything, while the Demo.
Gratis Have Made the Country What
She ls-A Reina, kably Well. Behaved
Audience.
The Democrats of this city had a
grand time last evening. Four huge
bonfires, Chinese lanterns, and other
lights, in doors and windows, made
Main street seem all ablaze. AT the
bonhres old ex-artilieris,s discharged
salutes every minute, while the Hal !
lev Silver Band promenaded the street
playing inspiriting tunes.
About s o'clock the crowd followed
the band into the Theater, where Hon.
Frank Ensign was selected Chairman,
and Hon. John Ward Secretary of the
meeting. Mr.. Ensign was received
with loud and prolonged applause, and
his remarks were Endorsed by all pres
ent, whether Democrats or Republi-
cans The gentleman spoke less than
ten minutes, and when he ceased the
audience was wishing for more. 1t
was such an address-doing the Re-
publican party justice from his stand
point-as could be expected from
such II whole souled, broad minded,
scholarly gentleman AS MIR. Ensign.
Hon. Frank Ganahl followed. The
gentleman had never yet voted for
Democratic President, although he
had been voting for "a years, and had
always voted the Democratic ticket:
and he con graduated his party on the
great victory it had just achieved. He
reviewed the record Of the Republican
party, and failed to find anything in
it worthy of commentator. True,
the Republicans claimed to have over
come the most gigantic rebellion the
world ever saw, but the Democrats
did it; the Republicans claimed to
have liberated 100000 of slaves,
but the Democrats did 1t; the Demo
cratic party had, in fact, made this
country what she is. Reviewing the
administrations of the Republican
Presidents, the speaker said that Lin
coin was elected to Congress on pro
slavery platform Grants sons hac
married daughters of parvenues
HAYES was fraud; Garfield had beef
purchased by corporations for 1920
: AS to Blaine, 20 years ago he wal
|, publishing the kennebec journal,
paper Of not half the responsibility o
5 the Woop RIVER TIMES, and of les
than one-third its financial results
and he was now worth three millions
ard half (Mr. Blaine, not the TINE
MANI. There was once pure maj
e in the Republican party-a man de
n scended from four generations of gen
= tlemen. His name was Roscoe Conk
! ling The speaker was astonishet
that such gentleman could hav
been in the Republican ranks. Blu
the Republicans shelved him.
e served him right. A gentleman ha
y no business in the Republican part,
= Proceeding to eulogize the Sout
., and its chivalrous population, tn
r. speaker said that South Carolina hat
As given more famous, more able mer
v in proportion to her population, tina
g any like number of white people o
=, y the face Of the globe. The Republ
cans of the North had freed the nj!
gers. but it was South Carolina
who invented the tariff Sensation
>. The Republican party is all fustia'
-. the Democratic party all solid mer
and real worth. The speaker close
=, by predicting that the Democrat
+. party would not again lose power du
by ing the lifetime Of the youngest inha|
no liant.
~ Mr.. Ganahl was frequently applique
ed, and interrupted twice. When
was speaking Of Blaine, man in tt
audience yelled sob! why don't ye
talk sense" And when he dilatt
upon the gentlemaniy qualities Of Il
Sou,herncrs, and especially of tt
South Carolinians, something like
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