The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-10-10
A RoUSING RECEPTION.
Hon. L. II. Funston Receives an Ovation
Upon his Return Home From
washington-The sFirst
Gun Of The Cam
paign' q Hum

Mr.. Funston would be a hard man
to please indeed if he had not been
gratified by the welcome that greeted
his return home last Saturday. A
committee of three went up to Colony
to meet him. The Ladies Band and
q large concourse of prominent citizens
headed by the mayor, were at the de-
pot to meet him and escort him to the
hotel. A numerous delegation of the
citizens of Humboldt, accompanied by
the Ladies' Military Band of that
place, came all the way up through
the mud to join in the. welcome. And in
spite of the heavy roads and the dark
night and the fact that only twenty
four hours notice Of the meeting had
been given, scores of farmers were here
to greet their representative.
And the meeting ut the opera house!
There was meeting las soas meet
ing!" Nothing funeral or solemn
about it. Nothing to remind one O
least bit of the meeting that had been
held there on the Tuesday preceding
when Mr.. Chapman spoke, or the
meeting that was held at the Court
House a few weeks ago when Mr.. Al.
len spoke. 1t was altogether "anoth.
er breed of cat" The chairs already,ir
the hall were filled an hour before
the meeting was to begin, and two OF
three hundred more were brought in
and.t the aisles were filled and PEG.
pie climbed into the windows and onto
the railing at the rear of the hall, and
packed into the stairway, until every
available foot Of space was occupied
and still at least three hundred people
were turned away, unable to get with
iu the sound of even Funston's voice
Talk about the Republican party being
out of the race!
And the people were as full of en-
thusiasm as the hall was full of peo
pie. Mr.. Funston received an ovation
when he entered the hall, and his
speech was cheered to the echo, AS
he is billed here for set speech ON the
18th, he did not enter into an elaborate
discussion of the issues of the cam
paign, but after few words of feeling
acknowledgment of the magnificent
reception that had been rendered him
he sketched briefly the work that had
been accomplished by the last session
of Congress, and pointed out the good
results already felt and Others
that are bound to follow. 1t was
a clean cut, incisive speech, one
of the best, if not the best Mr.. Funs.
ton ever made here, and it was receiv,
ed by the audience with every demon
stration of approval.
Judge Daniel l.. Brown of Concor.
dia, one of the speakers assisting in
the State campaign and who had spok.
en- at Colony in the afternoon, Twas here
upon invitationof the committee andfol-
lowed Mr.. Funston with an address
that held the audience pleased and at
tentive, for an hour. Judge Brown
devoted himself mainly to the Peoples
party and showed up in very con-
vincing way the absurdities and in
consistences of its platform.
1t was a great meeting. A regular
love feast. A loud resounding gun. A
fit beginning of campaign that will
be just little the liveliest of any ever
made in this District, and that will re.
suit in sweeping and glorious victory
for the Grand Old Republican Party