The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-10-06
MAKES VOTES.
He Addresses a Large Audience In
This CITY.


Prof. j. T. McCleary, the coming con-
gresham from this district, that is
hard to understand. A person of
practically no political experience, yet
exceptionally well versed in all the po-
litical questions Of the day, and those
of decades back, peculiar power Of
correctly and interestingly comparing
the differences between the three par
ties with the vantage to the Repub-
leans; utterly free from abuse of his
political opponents; magnetic, some
times humorous, in his conversation
and speech; a strong and successful
desire to have his audience reason
with him and participate, in part, in
a rally, and manner Of speech not
open, bold and denunciatory, but a
speech in which he is continually ar
guing, sometimes the tariff question,
sometimes the silver question, with a
person who he has recently met. It
is catchy, convincing style, and was
probably prompted by the Professors
long experience in building up the
magnificent public school system of
this State and if it does not run Mr..
McClealy far ahead of his ticket, the
GAZETTE will be badly mistaken.
Prof. McCleary spoke in Redwood
Falls last Saturday night. \ more
than packed house greeted him. There
were large number of ladies, good
many Of them teachers, there to be
sure, and while they don't care much
for the silver and tariff questions,
Prof. McCleary made his speech inter
esting for them. The band played
outside, Prof. Fish and Miss Grace
Darling, played the violin and piano
inside, the Glee club, Messrs. Buxton,
Houck and Martin, sang good Re
publican campaign songs. On the
platform, aside from Prof, McCleary,
were Hon. O. B. Turrell, NJ. NJ. Madi-
gan, D. L. Bigham, Edward March,
Frank R. Clague and President Lark
erd, of the League The latter intro
duced Prof. McCleary as the coming
congressman from the Second district
The speaker said that he could say
nothing in abuse of his opponent. He
was his warm friend and an excellent
gentleman. He commenced his argu-
ment on the silver question, first ex-
ploding the Populistic theory Of free
coinage, contending that it would con-
tract, rather than expand the money
market. He showed that the holding
of gold in the [. S. treasury fixed the
standard of silver, and pointed to the
Sherman limited coinage bill as a
temporary device for the use of silver
"a bill that will stand until the In
ternational monetary conference comes
to an end. He referred to the old
State bank bill system, and called at
tention to the fact that a Republican
congress relieved the people of that
evil.
He pointed to the sub treasury
scheme as unconstitutional inoDer-
ative, and showed that the United
States did not loan national banks
money, but allowed them to issue a
certain amount of currency for which
the banks are required to deposit [. S.
bonds in the treasury at Washington.
He declared that the cry of the Peo-
pies Party speakers was hurting the
farmers. It was driving foreign CAPT
tai out of the land, lowering the prices
of lands, etc, by making foreign resi-
dents believe that the country was nc
SOOu dilll luS ISSlltcutS were SHOW y
dying Of starvation. He pointed tC
Kansas as an illustration, and showed
a depreciation in the value Of lands i'll
that State since the revolutionary and
anarchistic cry of the Populists.
Here the speaker had the audience
arise and sing columbia" after which
he talked briefly, yet interestingly and
instinctively on the tariff bill. Before
he closed he remarked that it was not
Republican to seek nomination al
the hands of convention, be defeated
and then accept nomination from
another party. The meeting closed
with cheers for Harrison. Nelson anC
McCleary.
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