, 1890-09-04
REPUBLICAN BLOW OUT.
TorchIight Procession and Big
Opera House Meeting.
Speeches by lanes B. Bedford and
C. o. Clark.
Republican Preaching on the Issues
of the Campaign.

last night. Their fiambeau platoon made
its first public appearance. The band was
out. A couple OF hundred torch bearers
marched. q number of transparencies
we're carried. Clarence D. Clark, Repub-
lican candidate for congress, and james
B. Bedford of Colorado, addressed a fine
audience at the opera house. The street
demonstration was witnessed by a big
crowd and and the Flambeau club, fifty
three strong, did itself proud. 1t is neatly
uniformed and marches well. The line
of march was along principal thorough
fares aud TO the South Side. Mai. Talbot
was In command. A quite pretentious
pyrotechnic display was made by the fam
beaux.
A large number OF torch bearers were
boys and non-residents employees of a Kill
patrick Brothers & Collins grading outfit
comprised a big percentage OF the latter.
A railway postal clerk, in the service
about a month, carried n of the trans
p%arencies,
The transparencies bore such devices Is
Ladies. remember your friends" Free
trade means starvation wages" "A vote
for Carey was a vote for statehood"
Facts are distatefal." "Me and F. T."
THE MEETING.
The opera house stage was lavishly
decorated. Prominent Republicans were
seated there with the orators of the even
ing aud the Rlee club. All the boxes
were filled and the house was crowded
when the exercises began. A great many
Democrats we're present.
MR.. CLARK.
After a soug by Secretary Meldrum's
hallelujah choir, Clarence d. CLARK was
introduced by John A. RIner. aud was
greeted with applause. When the cordial
recognition had ceased, the candidate said
he would willingly have the election at
once. Mr.. Clark. who has been here as
an attorney and as a member of the con
stitutional convention, is well known to
the Cheyenne public. He had a bunch
of manuscript, but did not refer to it..
Mr.. Clark said he was not a political
speaker, but had certain convicli5ns and
relieved that his mission at this TIME was
70 confess faith. lie would not paint
Republicans with halos about their heads
nor democrats as cioven hooied creatures
He believed the people had their thinking
caps on, and would indulge in no vlllliica-
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ton but would consider principles and
men on their merits.
The Democrats were satisfied with the
record oil their party made during the
sixty years preceding the war and had
SAID SO In the state platform which bore
the Old Time ear marks They were at
least consistent, still contendlnE against
internal Improvement against the pur-
chase oil new territory and Tor Just enough
tarih to pay the running expenses OF the
government when IN power they 0
make no internal improvements They
could not be protectlonists II the would.
Inc democrats always resolve and de-
clare oeiiei, while Republicans act lhey
pronounced Tor eight hours n congress
mad all but passed the bill making this a
iegal oay' Inc platform favored ar
DURATION and the constitution provided
LOT IT. democrats were always behind.
lnoir platform was silent on trusts
"A transparency IN the procession read
Me n +. e. This was Republican
gospel a man cannot De found who mas
oone al TENN part as much Tor the state
as either oil these.
democrats want a tariff for revenue
Republicans believe IN a protective policy
ms VIII make wyoming a great state
IKE fennsYivania uinta county ooo
majority VIII De reduced oy SUI "yo-
ming is nepuoiican' sure houng men
VIII not JON tne conservative Democratlc
party. we know where the ladies will
vote.
Inc state democratic platform uliates
on .ne great ahu uninterrupteu prosperity
Oh tne country from looooo iooo, nave
eneY iorgo'.en tue crashes Oh loo'o'.os'
IheS say LABOR was then amply rewarded
Inc speaker iather worked In those
days as a blacksmith Tor Sl.2o a DAY ana
DIS orother ior 10 cents
All Democratic platforms declared that
party to De the TREND oil labor. lhey
nan peen especially partial TO slave LABOR.
Inc hepuolcan party was the friend oil
no special class or interest. 1t was the