Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-13
DOINGS AT DRURY.
High Old Time at the Republican
BLOW Ont in the Lower End---Ac-
curate Estimate of the Audience
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. News.

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The Other News.
DRuRY, ILL.,, Oct Eve had a repub
iican meeting in Drury Saturday night.
and as the republicans are disposed to say
little about it, thought | would give you
a brief outline of the slim affair. | have
been 10 several republican meetings, bit
this was the thinnest of all But wait
| am going to tell you more of this meet
ing, and probably YOU will see just
cause for the sllmness. This meeting
was held in the Baptis. church, and they
had for chairman q man-let me see-by
the name of Wray- yes, John E. Wray-
the man who was supervisor several
times, and every time he wasn't, he want
ed 10 be. Well, John doGned his paper
collar-the kind he wears when be is su-
pervlsor and engaged IN political work-a
week or ten days before the appointed
time, and started out TO drum up the
crowd, and that is one of the reasons for
its slmness; for when a great many OF
the staunchest republicans. such as J B
| H.. l.. :. H. and J. K, see John with
that assuring smile, they say ''he is work
ing US for next spring and they won't
| rally. Well, wont say that John is en-
tireiy to blame E he brought to the
front all Of his .rters, and when you
count his supp CAS- by the number who
vote against him. il will read like this
The town is republican twenty-five. and
twenty two plus C. -fouf-the number
John was beaten 4uals sixty-six; and
one hundred and thirty-one, the number
of republican votes in the town,
minus sixty-six, equals sixty five, and
they had that many at the meet
ing-counting the boys and girls
So the blame does not rest with John.
They had speakers Ut that meeting, one
of them Pat O'hlara, some call him the
Hon. Pat, but as he got the Hon.
through the democrats, he of course lefi
it when be left the party Well Pat tolt
US some things we kHew-''that undeI
low protection We were the most pros
porous" but gave rs the cause of tht
prosperity other causes. but the peopl,
have seen the digging of gold IN tn.
CALIFORNIA;, and heard of the scarcity o
wheat IN Europe and sfill were not helpet
with the present tariff He then told u
that W. II. Gest WAS running for con
gress and that he was in congress nov
great news to The people, for GEES
} is known mostly by his obscurity. Pa
then closed by saying but little of HI
other republican candidates and nothin!
at all OF incompetent Gamble. But Their
was something else Lls meeting an
when it was ushered to the front som
small boy says Kangaroo, another say
now that's the fat man that was wit
that ten cent show in town this summer.
Well, whatever it was, it was as how ant
he made fun for the boys for some time
, but hi ~. got prosy, when some OF tn
. boys in the back part of the house triet
+ to start game of progressive euchre
Others played with a dog and still NOR
went on the steps and danced jigs uni
, the show was over, and when he GO
! through he had not spoken q
one of the issues of the day. II
did not even tell us how chea
they would make whisky and Tobacco
, rather than touch one cent of the tariff
> But he was modest and not think it RICH
: to talk free whisky and tobacco in
church
E And now. summing it all up, it was
great thing for the democrats, and W
sdvise,Chairman Finton to try and get th
pair TO come again.
! J. Il. Foster, Joe Bowser and Che
> Smith went to Rock Island today to Sc
the next governor.
County Superintendent Southwell is i
! Drury this week visiting schools.
The work on the fill at the big slOug
q is nearly completed. Teams can cross
q nicely now. The contractors have worke
+ hard and faithfully, and we are afrai
there will not be much left of the tv
\ thousand dollars to pay them.
r George Britton, of Andalusia, is visi
\ ina -his hEatbar- lanes a.
/ TO have a large stock sale on the II
f inst, and Billy HAYS is to have one {
9 the 10Th. JEFF