Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-05-11
AID M0cRATic GATHERING.

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Party rincipIes Enunciated ard Little
said of Local Con- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Speakers Address the Meeting.
A democratic gathering was an
nounced for half past eight O'Clock last
evening at Turner hall and thither at
that hour two or three hundred people
turned their footsteps. Among them
we're the two kinds of democrats and q
considerable sprinkling Of republicans.
| No one seemed to understand what the
meeting was for. 1t was manifestly the
creation of the little bunch of Church
democrats and this made the ants suspi-
oious that they might be betrayed into
couptenancing by their presence an effort
to boom the gentleman from New York.
Bat the meeting did not partake OF that
nature. The only allusion calculated to
CRATE harshly upon the sasceptiDillties
of the ants was an appeal by the princi-
pal speaker for them to swallow the
Church dose because 1t was enoased in
democratic sugar-for them to rally
about him and yield blind allegiance be-
cause he was q democrat and the dem.
ocratic head of the Dakota organization.
The advice was taken but the pill will
not be. To the republicans present the
meeting was interesting and wes
very we'll enjoyed. During
the progress Of events it was announced
by q speaker that the meeting was the
opening gun of the campaign in Dako-
Ia. This was surprising to many, as
they were not aware that any campaign
had been Inaugurated, no nominations
having yet been made. So the conclu-
sion was pretty generally reached that it
was q premature discharge, and it will
pass for that.
The meeting was called to order by
Dr.. ]. B. VsnVeisor and organized by
the election of General O. T. Campbell,
the grim and CORY war horse Of Scotland,
as chairman. The general is an intense
anti-Church man and his selection was
made with unanimity. Then 1t was
moved that Major Emmett O'Brien, an
aid de camp on the governors staff, be
the secretary. The meeting coincided
with the arrangement and he went in.
The fiery chairman with seven demo-
cratic bullets IN his body looked some
what askanoe at this, but held his peace
and addressed sonorous words of loyRl
cheer to the assembled throng.
The speakers of the evening were @.
FL. Winsor, of Sioux Falls, Colonel w.
r. Steele, OF Deadwood, and Chauncy
| Wood, of Rapid. City, who appeared in
the order named.
Mr.. Winsor did not make much of q
speech, being new in the party and not
acquainted with its stock in trade. He
stated in his remarks that he stumped
the territory for Judge Trip when that
gentleman ran for congress late in the
seventies, but the impression seemed to
prevail that his conversion to democracy
dated from the time he wanted Governor
Church to appoint him attorney genera
of Dakota, which didn't happen. Mr.
Winsor referred to tariff and free trade
which are now being quite seriously re
yolyed in his mind.
Colonel Steele occupied about an houl
end devoted himself largely to free trade
and protection, but in o desultory wa
which indicated that he was not pre-
pared with q stndled discourse. 81.
touched upon the war tax, the surplus
public land grants. the Capitalization o
power and dwelt upon the grandeur o
the democratic party. He said it waI
the duty OF all democrats to rally aroune
the administration, national or terri
%toriul, regardless of personal considera
lions or disappointments. With the re
cent insane hospital experience SO .resl
this seemed like a direct appeal to then
to bind up their wounds and call toI
another horse. Colonel Steele is eloquen
and OF pleasing presence and there wer
many republicans present who wou1'
like to hear him in o carefully prepared
speech.
al Mr.. Wood was the last speaker an,
, his remarks were brief. He devote,
. himself mostly to democracy straigh
8 and to national issues. He is q goo,
r talker and ID doubtless fitted TO shin
upon the stump.
The meeting quietly closed at o seq
sonable hour. The democrats presen
seemed TO be much surprised that nc
body was hurt. There was o presence o
harmony and an absence of chairs in th
: air truly astonishing in q Yankton demo
a cratic gathering,
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. Fresh lettuce, parsley and onions at
OAREEy's
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