The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-04-06
ON the EVE!
The Last and LiveIlest
Day Of the Municipal
Campaign.
The .nti.r.IIuis'tr Meeting
AT the NcCIcliuud Opera
Blouse Last Night.
The Meeting AT ths county
count Hou-c Rnd uu the
tity square.

Dodgers were thrown around the
streets last evening tina llc anti
pcrVuisitc club had secured Met lei.
mnd opera house tor the pdrpo.c OF
holding their hast meeting before the
,ampuigu closed The original m
tcutiou was to meet ~ the court
uu,c, but the charge WAS mHdc ON
account ot Nh nnnouuccwrrt that u
meeting OF culurcd men was also
called tor the same time Nn' place.
The oucrH.huu-c was crowded down
stair, und many person. stood
NJ near the entrance.
Chairman Flournoy outlined the
progress ut the auti-rcrpul-itc move.
ruout from its incipicucy To the pre-.
rut time. aud prophc-icd it- triumph
~ the polls To dnN.
COlulour r. \ Jones wa,
the first speaker uu the
programme and mnir "a cmHrtcrl-.
ic ,pcrch mll Of tire and ENERGY.
lie occupied mn cumpr"msr post
tiuu. tut stood pat uu platform from
beginning to end The question Wn-
not new tu him, but was one on which
hc had long since mnturcd his ludg
mont We had to deal with meas
urr.. not men, although men were
incidentally involved,
tie referred 10 the present state 81
affairs ut Fort Worth ana other plncc-
ns the indirect Outgruwth Of currup-
ton in legislation, and VIA glad lu
src that congress- had Mt last dccidrd
that there M, something &" irgtsintc
un IN the labor question. NcuN~rrtri
TINT every officer of the city would
du his mll duty II the per.
uui,itc syHtcm were abolished llr
asked Il the friends ui these gentle.
/ men would ,unccdc M much, In lhl
/ course Of his rcmarke, SIR JOuc, nj.
/ tended To- the campaign sheet
/ which has been published dur
| ing the last few days and said that
| lac thanked tod he had never gotten
| hold of one of them
Mr. WIN. Edmuuds, from the audi
cncc. "Nour candidate Tor muN OF
came around to-day mud sRid he want
ed To bear part OF the expenses lu'
CURED in running IT," Sensation.
/ Col. Jones ~ suppOH" That III
/ that he felt like helping 10 keep II
, up
Loud, yocllcrou- aud prolonged mp
plnusc followed this pnrrN, but Mr.
Edmomds replied. II challenge ANY
man to show that the has nj
tered one word against Mr. Nturgi-
Col Jones. "IOu can safely do Nj
since have admitted ihntl hHv
never -ccnn copy; continuing tolouc
, Jones said that since he had ,rnrnr,
that his friend EdnOndA was edith
the paper, he would not read It If
copy were brought him.
, oIIiEK SPEAKERS,
Colonel Anderson lollowc T. Ia
good-humorcd, and wrll'limc
speech. entertaining the Hudlrnc
!, while he got ia some heavy Htgl
/, mcnts between the humor.
3; sam Thompson, colorcd, wh
+. works for MIR CHrulhrr-, followed !
. a speech. which Tor uniqucuo-s nn
e, unnini huuur has not been clmllr
2, during the cHmpalgn.
Henry Burke, colorcd, lollowr'
r. land occupied the floor but n few mlI
!, utcs lie stood llnt-ioulcd on II
platform, aud was too old to be hoo,
j. ,yimkcd or sidr.trnckrd,
o. MIR. Russell king-hury was rnIlr
;; tor and spoke puiutcdlS dryutIu
| most of hi-limr 10 Judge l.. G. Ale
audrr', speech ui saturday night
the courthouse in the interest ui NJ
Is Baker.
y Mr.Gcorgc TurnbuIl said that h
/. us well us the other speakers, hHd
+ tpology Ia make. He was one of q
2, immaculate 500 who had signed I
r. rnlI for MIR. Baker lie wished
T. apologize for thus 10 hi, auti-pcrlu
Il, lite brethren Since then this rotor
H. movement had been iuaugurntcd, "a
n. hc had gone into il Our plutipl
Is; had four plamks, and Mr.. Bakers Il
l. two. one of these wa -Umcthi
Il, which every travelling circus CARR,
the ,priugbuard mi, he Ind used
through the campaign, turning
uucal -pmcr-aulls, Judge West I
~ owed in a personal evplaunu
d, with reference TO him i'm yc-trltlu
Ul Day.
a. Judge g Il Gerald, warm IS
IA porter Of Mr., Baker, having been
rs fused the privilege of speaking, "a.
IN opera house was rented and pad
&c by the Sturgi7 men, appeared on
er ro,trum and announced that
~ would speak on the square some
e tho audience left with MIN, but
zee greater part remained 20 bear g.
'cr Elgin, whose speech closed the M
- ing
~ Al rHt CotKI HOUSE,
Der According to previous sunoul
ny nrnt ~ number OF cOlorcd aud n