Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-11-01
Four Good Meetings.

mllltTdt Iollits anu each WIS SUI
cess in being largely attended, and
giving the grand old party a forward
boost.
Firstwas the meeting addressed by
ID. LLOYD JONES,
of Stevens Point. The city hall was
packed TO its utmost capacity, and
the speaker held his audience for
over an hour with clear, logical ar
guments, showing the difference be-
under the financial and economic
policies of the republican party and
under the uncertain, visionary poll
cies of the democracy, with their
tincture of free trade and unstable,
debased currency. Mr.. Jones was
well pleased with his reception, and
spoke with warm appreciation of the
manifest interest of the people in the
questions discussed.
n. PRYOR AND w. NJ. coMsTOCK.
These two gentlemen, of Dodgeville,
on Wednesday evening, met cordi-
al greeting at the club room, which
was filled with enthusiastic republic
cans. Each of the speakers occupied
half an hour or more, and their au-
ditors were sorry when they ceased.
On Thursday evening the club room
was again crowded, expecting to hear
Mr.. Levi Pollard, of Linden, and Mr..
Edward of Madison. A disappoint-
ment was thought inevitable when
at I 30 neither Of the gentlemen APP
peared. But few minutes liter a
mud despatched carriage dashed up
to the door, and
MIR. r. A. ELWARD
stepped into the crowded room, and
was greeted with Il round of applause.
AS soon as wraps could be removed
the young man stepped forward and
began his address. His fine presence
and strong rich voice at once captur-
ed the audience. The announce
ment that he would devote his time
mainly to purely state questions, re-
view the record of the democratic
state administration, and the claim
that it has been economical, was re-
ceived with special favor, as down to
that time republican speakers in the
campaign had said little or nothing
on this question. In a clear convinc-
ing manner Mr.. Edward refuted the
democratic claim to economy. He
quoted official figures showing that
the receipts of the state during three
years of Peck's administration had
exceeded the receipts under the last
three years Of republican admins
tration hy over one million dollars.
OF this excess Of receipts the demo-
Gratis We're fairly to be credited with
$326,000 recovered from eX-treasurers.
For the remaining 100000 of unusual
receipts Peck & Co, We're entitled to
no credit whatever, as it came to the
treasury unaided by them. In the
matter Of expenditures, Mr.. Edward
showed by official figures that the
democrats had spent more than re-
publicans in the same length Of time,
and for the same purposes. by $l1l 600.
In the matter Of state taxes he warn
ed his hearers that the low levy this
year was but a democratic trick, to
fool the voters, which would doubt
less be apparent when the levy Of
next year comes for much more than
is usual for one year. The roster
deal was related in detail, and ~
doubt left in any mind that it was an
attempt aided and participated in by
Gov. Peck, Attorney General O'Con-
nor and lesser state officials to de-
fraud the state to the extent of $685.
900 for the benefit of bankrupt dem
ocratic organ, and to meet liabilities
incurred on account of it by Gov.
Peck and his associates in the enter
prise. Mr.. Edward spoke for over an
hour, and the frequent applause tes-
titled that his fine address was APP
preciated.
ARTHUR l.. JONES.
This young man came before the re-
publican club Monday evening, and
when he concluded speech Of an
hour and half the rush Of friends of
his boyhood, and friends Of his hon
ored father, Judge John +. Jones, to
grasp his hand and extend congratu-
lations, must have convinced him
that he had done handsomely and
that his hearers realized 1t. Mr.. Jones
added new evidence to that already
multiplied that the policies Of the
republican party bad largely inhu-
enced the unexampled progress and
prosperity this country enjoyed from
1861 to 1891, and that the sadly differ
ent condition now existing Is direct
" traceable to the democratic elec-
tion Of 1892. Touching state ques-
tions. Mr.. Jones was especially e.