The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-24
THE TREVOR RALLY.
CROWDS HEAR COOPER, BUTTER
WORTH, TREVITT AND HICKS.
A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
The West End of the County Turns Out
En- Masse To Hear the Truth.
Farmers Make Up Most of the
Big Crowd.

IHGF0 IS no knowing NOUO Ilduy p6O-
pie would have attended the Trevor
republican rally had the weather clerk
made suitable provisions for the same;
but the old fellow has been moody for
a week and he couldn't let up on the
rain pedal until he had wet everything
through and left the roads in a very
bad condition. But perhaps it's justas
we'll, for if the skies had been bright
and the roads smooth that big ware
house of Rea Bros. would not have helu
the people. AS it was, the farmers
were bound to hear Ben Butterworth
and Hal Cooper and they turned out
from miles around and gathered at
that meeting last Saturday.
Trevor isn't as large as Chicago, nor
yet SO small as Berryville, but there was
an audience of 5000 people present in
the biggest building in Kenosha county
last Saturday evening, and the meeting
was one which is dubbed by the cam
paigners as " hot stuff" In the after
noon there were perhaps 600 in the au-
dience and soon after 2 o'clock the
meeting was called to order by Prof.
VIM. Griffith. who presided at both
meetings in very efficient manner.
Prof. Griffith is no small pumpkins as a
speaker himself, and his apt manner
and epigramatic illusions in handling
the meeting made him many friends.
The big building in which the meet
ings we're held is new one and has
been built by the Wisconsin Central
railway people for warehouse. 1t is
800 by Is feet, and resembles in form
and appearance and capacity the old
Chicago Exposition building. At the
middle of one side was erected a plat
form, which had been neatly carpeted
for the speakers and band and it was
overhung with patriotic draperies and
portraits of the nominees. Benches
had been provided running back IN
three directions, sufficient in number TO
seat $500 people, and it was an ideal
place for big gathering.
The Imperial Cornet band, of Wilmot
and Harvard, furnished excellent mu-
sic. Following the selection by the
band, Mr.. Griffith introduced our able
congressman, Hon. Ell. A. Cooper, who,
after referring facetiously to himself as
the soup of the bill of fare, to be fol-
lowed by more sold toou, Mr. Cooper
made an able address oi three quarters
of an hour. The speech was Il Schol-
arly treatise of the tariff ana financial
issues Enthusiasm abUunded through
out the delivery. Mr.. Cooper referred
to results in Maine and predicted a
plurality Of $4,000 for Mckinley in this
state, and there were cries OF : Yes,
yes, more than that, (" from all quarters.
I" have" said Mr.. Cooper, " witnesses
in the form Of clippings from the
strongest democratic newspapers print
ed in 1892, and reports Of +. u. Dun &
Co., of that year to prove that there
then was a period of prosperity never
before known in the sheep growing in
dustry. That was the first year III
which 81, 900, 900, 900 of American pro-
ducts had been sold to foreign consum
ers. In 1892, the American people de
cided we ought to have What Grover
Cleveland and every other democrat
said we must have, change. Have we
had it? Many voices, 1es."] 1t was
a change indeed. The value of your
sheep changed $3,O00,0O0 and Of your
wool clip $20,O00,000. They said they
put wool on the free list to get in ali
Australian product to mix with our
wool to make carpets. 1t was going to
make work for our American factories
and our sheep we're all going UP. They
did 90 up, and as the Yankee would
say, they went up the flume." Weare
now selling our sheep at ST. head La
voice said yes, and 80 cents head"
it was change to penury. We have
seen even last winter thousands OF
men, women and children stand starv-
ing and shivering at poor house doors,
crying for bread. | saw the blood
stained feet of Coxey's commonwealers
as they marched on Washington, and it
was sad sight. / thank God that
such sight was never witnessed dur
ing republican administration. Mr..
Cooper showed how the depression was
caused by business uncertainty, and
discussed the money question, declaring
himself an ardent advocate of inter
national bimetallsm.
Following Mr.. Cooper came Hon.
Ben Butterworth, the noted Ohio law
yer and statesman. He is an engaging
speaker and the hero Of many CAM
paigns. Although well along in years.
he has lost none of the vim and zeal OF
quarter of century ago. He said:
g Mr.. Cooper says that he is the soup al
this meeting. If that is the case con-