The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-04
A Week Of Rousing Meetings.


A Week Of Itousing Meetings.
The Democracy OF Dubois County are
sronsed 10 the importance Of the issues
involved Ia the present canvass,snd not.
withstanding the Republican leaders
and candidate In this county do oil they
can to keep the people from attending
Democratic epeskings, they are oil well
attended. There seems TO be concert
ed plan with certain Republicans to 60
every place where Democratic meetings
are ann ounced, and organize a csrousal
of free drinking OF liquor d the neigh
boring saloops to keep ss many Is pos.
sible from hearing the speaking. This
was seen clearly at the big rally Al
Birdseye, and the liquor dispensed got
men into a fight, and caused . disturb
sncc Of the audience at the meeting. II
was also manifested al the meeting to
hear Hon. Chas. Zuckriegel at Jasper on
Saturday uight last aud when 1t was
found that the Court room was crowded.
Notwithstanding " their efforts, few
drunken Republicans were sent in to in
terfere with the meeting but they were
soon silenced and were lucky to escape
without injury. The same tactics were
followed at Hon. Claude Matthew'S
meeting at Hunting burg last Monday,
W here q number Of Republicans stayed
ct different saloons during the speaking,
and spent freely the money furnished
them by the Repub.i an State Commit
tee, and boosted OF securing popularity
for Harrison and themselves by free
spending OF Republican National Doodle.
But the result shows that thinking
men will not be kept from meetings bv
such strategem. Mr. Zuckriegel's speech
at the Court house was listened to by a
large audience, which filed the room
aud paid close attention to the argu.
ment. His arraignment Of the Republi.
can party for its extravagsnt ezpendi.
tures OF the public money, and conse.
quent empty treasury, as contrasfed
" ith the honest savings OF expenses
during Clevcland's administration, aud
ltbe large surplus resulting therefrom
met with hearty applause. ss did many
other points made by this able speaker
The meeting at HuntiDgburg Monday
to bear the next Governor Of Indiana
Hon. Claude Matthews, drew people
from all parts Of the county, and ths
city hall was we'll filed, principally
with farmers, tho came to listen TO ont
Of their own profession on the politica
lissucs. Mr.. Matthews made magnifi
cent argument, with a climax Showing
VIII, all lsborers, mechanics and farmer
ought to show by their votes next Tues
day that they condemn the McKinle!
robbery, the Harrison force bill, and al
the evils which follow in their train
The handsome Cleveland glee club o
Huntingburg rendered some fine vOca
music. while number OF brass band
WED with each other IN producing in
lspiring Instrumental music. After th
meeting = few Republicans said the!
lcouid vote for Matthews with clea
lconsciencc. There is DO doubt but tha
the meeting was productive Of good 70
the party Of justice, liberty and right.
On Tuesday night the Court house a
Jasper was crowded 10 hear Count,
Auditor John Gramelspacher skin III
Rcpublican Coon, who is candidate TO
State Auditor. He examined his tig
lures in detail, and showed by the Stat
reports the entire falseness Of not onl
Ibis deductions, but the pretended Stats
ltics upon which they were founded. II
then went further and showed by th
State Treasurer's settlement sheet, an
1.-THE State Superintcndent's report, an
1.-The letters Of Mr.. Coops himself, hov
1.-The latter, a. deputy State Auditor 70
Bruce Carr had made . determined el
ltort to swinde the Treasury of Dubol
|coun.y ou; Of 81 245 20, and only CAV
Inn the scheme when he was threatene
with a suit at law which would expos
lhis attempt to atesl. Mr.. Gramelspache
followed Mr.. Coons' example Of demon
lstrstiug on . black board. and had Ii
figures sot down so they might be see
Iby all. 7,
Mr.. w. f. Cox's meetings 10 Colnmb
township on Saturday, and at Hsvsvil
Monday night, each drew large crowd
land Democrats were inspired with ne,
zeal to work for 1900 majority In Dubo
Icouuty. and rousing victory for u
Democracy all along the line next Tue
day.
!. next Tuesday "a Dubois county will
proportiou, Cleveland and Matthew
will have 10000 msjority-and we O.
meet to see II reach that figure.
LIE. A. Riggin, . speaker from b
}. ,atements evidently hired BY the h
t, puplicsns. was introduced to Jasp
audience Wednesday night by DR.. G.
BILE, and wss wound up and set for thr,
hours, ss q Peoples party speaker. l
was satisfied with the present tarif
j. told how greenbscks were only wor
a. cents once, and be wanted euout
:. more Issued TO bring them back to th
again; he claimed the English own
ali the silver mines, yet he wanted fr
T coinage for their benefit, and lots
other such baiderdash. He vas libt
slly aoplsuded by Louis Gramelspach
ID and Buck Robinson, until he ssid
n hated a liar, and then they stopped
plauding suddenly.
nrIt turns out that Chairman 80
Anderson Of the Republican coun
10 committee, received instructions frt