Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-07
ANoTaER GREAT EFFORT.
John w. Menizsr speaks at . Pole Raising NJ
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John w. Menizsr speaks nt Pole Rsising nj /
Gaens Landing.
The Republicans OF LsnoAster and Lsncas.
tor township held . "msss" meeting and |
pole raising at the publioh ise OF Isaac Hei-
ney, atGrseff's Landing, Thursday evoning |
at seven o'clock. Prominent among those |
present were twelve or fifteen small boys
led BY Pete Fordney and Capt. McMellen,
who handled the ropos In raising the pole,
which Il adorned By . bunch OF green's,
emblsmatic OF their knowledge OF the
tarifi. An eight by ten inch flag also holds .
prominent place On the pole, but It II evi.
IDENTIFY ashamed OF the sizs OF this giant OF
the forest, (about 10 feet), for 1t refused TO
wave.
After the pole had bssn put up meeting
was organized. The speakers were Glenn
Kennedy, whose sudden activity in owing
to the fact that he Ia candidate for district
attorney, Prothonotary John w. Mentzer,
who claims the credit Of nominating Harri.
son q Chicago, and Billy BrosiuA the
Southern End statesman, Tho bright star
Of the eveninR,s eiftertainmsnt was Mr..
Mentzer, who made such great hits n Li.iiz
and In the rooms OF the Young Republicans
recently. large number Of boys from
the lower end 0i town went down
free drinks. The speeches were msde
rom the hotol porch and when
the prothonotary was brought to the
front there was great cheering and
the speaker seemed 10 be badly 81 ratified /"
for about i've minutes. During that time
be made the widest kind OF gestures while
the wind pierced his whiskers, but could
not say a word. When no finally rocov.
| cred he said Gentlemen, am stuck
am bottered." Ciem Kennedy, who seemed
to be grooming tho star, sat behind him
and he and others encouraged him by such
remarks ss "Sesdy, now john" acct your
vino" This had the desired effect, for
the speaker finally recovered from his EN-.
barrassment and began his harangue. He
spoke until his throat grew sore from the
use OF "barbed wiro" Ian guspe, and at the
close OF his speech no sat down covered
| with psrspiration and glory. During
his address. Mr.. Mentzer touched on
almost every subject and did not linger long
with any. He Was very particular to tell
the folks that he WAS an aidornyo at the
Chicago convention, and was for Harrison
frat, last and all the time. He spoke OF
the Chinese, and had fire crackers, tea, and
Harrison badly mixed up. In referring To
the product Of the Chicago convention he
| said, "Wbore does Harrison hail
from Why from the old man
OF 1si0 who signed the Declaration
Of Independence" This was a little bit
heavy for the audience, but they had pro
pared themselves for anything after read
ing the bill Of the m meetiDg and they resolved
to "piay their strings out" In speaking
OF the surplus Mr.. Mentzsr said "What
will We do with the surplus Why put II
In the Sous to educate the people
or give II to the soldiers." In
conclusion Mr.. Menizsr said al hear
good news from the Sous as well as the
Morse, and l know 1t will be ali right.
When l nee young men coming TO these
meetings (ghere drinks are plenty know
the old ones are all right, and they would
come II they possibly could even II
they were compelled to take out
a license. Gentlemen, excuse me for
getting stuck at the beginning, but ] am
all right now and could talk until the next
primary"
The other speakers attracted very littlo
attention at the meeting, as Mentzer had
everything his own way, and the boys
howied themselves hoarse for him.