The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1894-11-23
HE VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE.
BY w. f. HANNAFORD.
Terms, - Per Year, in Advance.
REPUBLICAN QUALIFICATION.
In Honor of NeilMoInnis and John
owens-A Large Crowd-Ad-
dress Ct Virginia's Next
Legislator.

owens-A Large Crowd-Ad
dress Ct Virginia's Next
Legislator.
The republican rally at Crock.
ett's Opera House on Saturday
evening last in honor Of Neil
McIlnis and John Owens, al.
though perhaps a little late, was
we'll attended by an enthusiastic
crowd. At addresses BY both
gentlemen, acknowledging their
thanks for favors shown and the
honor bestowed upon them by
this public manifestation, the
party wound up with a dance
which l.; ed until near the hour
which marked the approach of
Sabbath.
The following address by Mr..
Mclnnls, which we were enabled
to obtain in full, we take pleas
ure in reproducing, feeling as
sured that he but echoed the
sentiments Of every republican
therein:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEE:
We meet here tonight to re-
joice over the victory achieved
! at the polls IN Tuesday, the 9th,
and whilst my own heart is filled
with gratitude to my friends in
Virginia as we'll as in other por.
tons Of the district for the hon
Or conferred upon me by your
votes at the late election, yet
will say that each and every in.
dividua|, and particularly those
Of this section. have so many
i reasons 10 feel proud and glad
tonight that the mere fact of q
local triumph here among our.
selves sinks into insigniticance
when compared with the bene,
fits we expect the country at
large to receive from the down
fall Of democracy and it's kind
red ally, the popa!ists. as well
! AS he opr:c7sl Of the republi-
can policy of protection.
And there are other: causes.
my friends, why we should re-
joice at the result of, tie late
contest. You remember of hear
ing it stated in this very hall
from time to tine during the
campaign that the republican
party in convention assembled,
had nominated a good, square,
straight county, state, congress
ional and legislative ticket fol-
your al p oval OF the 9th OF
November, and that later on
some parties who had been can
didates before the county con.
vention and were left out IN the
cold, some who had been hon
ored by their parity for years
previously and some who ex.
| pressed their full, determination
! to abide by the results Of that
convention, not only sulked at
the nominations of their party
but actually became candidates
either as independents or with
whatever party they could con
meet themselves, AMI attempted
every method by which they
could injure the regular nomi.
nees. Maybe, gentlemen, I ain
not proud, and I believe, fellow
citizens, you are, to find those
elegant obstructiorists wa;j-
down deep in the soup, and SO
deep that in our time they will
not be able TO crawl out. Why,
gentlemen, for a month previous
to election the ranges were food
ed with strangers, who were
supposed to have pull" among
their cou ntrymen, paid to come
among you*to see if they could
not change your intention of
voting for your own party and
for your own interests and help
them elect their great and popu-
lar men on other tickets (you can
see now how popular they were)
and, my friends, if there is any
one reason more than another
why I feel proud OF you it is be.
cause you paid SO little attention
to these hirelings and for the
flrmness with which you stood
by your entire party ticket. And
l wish also to call your attention
to the insult offered to the PEG.
pie Of the ranges on election
day, and I believe the poor old
democratic party is wholly to
blame for that; I refer to the
sending among us Of a lot of at
torneys and broken down poll
ticlanS. presumably to show US