The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-11-03
GOVERNOR WAITE In CHICAGO.
The Erratic Populist Pleased "a Crowd
OF His Followers.


CHICAGO. Oct 2S.-Governor David II /.
Waite OF Colorado addressed large crowd
Mt an open-air meeting Oh the lake front
this afternoon. and in the evening spoke 10
a large audience in Tattersalls pavilion.
When Governor Waite reached Chicago
| TINS morning he was met at the depot by IA
delegation of several hundred popullsts ana
brass band and escorted to tue Grand Pa
enc, where he had an impromptu reception
IN the lobby tor an hour. At O'Clock a
Dahd headed procession OF 800 people =
party men, who escorted the governor TO
| the lake front park.
At the Columbus monument a crowd of
perhaps 10000 people were assembled.
Colonel Copeland, chairman of The county
committee, introduced Governor Waite
who was received with cheers. lie spoke
Tor hall hour. He assured his auditors
that Colorado was aroused iuu thai The
populsls would be triumphant.
rms country is passing through a
period OF depression worse than any in its
history" he said Five million men aud
women are out Oi employment. Those who
are at work are receiving less wages
than ever before Al the close OF
the war and the years succeeding we
enjoyed unexampled prosperity. We then
had IN circulation nearly twenty hundred
millions of money. the republican lead
ers and the leauers i'll congress, at the die
tahioh Va W al SliSet, set ABOUT Withdrawing
money from circulation. They contracted
the currency until depression followed,
Last year, III the midst OF untold suffering
ana Closed workshops due to contraction of
the currency, President Cleveland as
sembled congress Tor the purpose OF hav NJ
II repeal the silver law, which plunged The
country into still deeper distress. All legis-
lation OF the past "a years, under
republican rule and that OF the present
administration has been Tor the corpora
ton, The capitalist, the money class. There
has been but one piece OF legislation in favor
OF and for the benefit of the people, and
that was the pension bill. and Grover Cleve-
land sat up at night six months to veto
individual pension bills.
wall street controls both the repub lican
and democratic parties and in turn the
financial policy is dictated TO Wall street
by Great Britain. The democratic party
has done something that its predecessor
would not dare to have done, and that was
issuing $50. 600 QUO IN gold bonds. This was
done To benefit the money lenders on Wall
street"
The Evening Meeting.
In the evening Governor Waite was es-
corted by a brass band to the hall where he
was to speak About s. 900 people had
gathered TO hear him and there were loud
cries Of Waite. Waite" for a quarter OF an
hour. The governor was given a rousing
reception as he advanced to be-
gin his address, and it was
some time before he was allowed 10
proceed. Ills speech, which was an elabor-
alton of his talk in the afternoon, consisted
chiefly in censuring the democratic and re
publican parties ana arguments to show
that the welfare Of the people demands that
the government lie entrusted TO the popu-
llsts. AZ the conclusion of his speech
which was greeted with great applause,
Governor Waite was escorted back TO ms
hotel by cheering crowd Of fully 900 peo-
Die.