The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-10-07
WHOLE NUMBER 2168.
TWAS A BIG DAY.
REPUBLICAS MASS MEETING WAS A
GRAND SUCCESS.

An Immense Crowd and Two RattIing
Good Speeches-Enthu usiasm for Repub-
lican Candidates and Principles.
Yesterday dawned cloudy and dismal
after the heavy rains of the night, aud
it seemed as though Providence and the
weather clerk were on the side of the
'other fellows" However, the morn
ing winds soon dispersed the clouds
and mist, and model day resulted for
the great republican meeting
Early delegations from surrounding
towns began to arrive, and soon it was
evident a big crowd would be here.
parade was formed little before
noon but, although a good showing of
horsemen was made and the Mckinley
girls and boys were in line, so many
delegations had not yet arrived that
the procession was not a fair index of
the success of the meeting Long be-
fore the hour for the afternoon speech,
the spacious rink was crowded and,
had another speaker been available, an
overflow meeting of no mean dimen-
tions could have been held. Indeed,
the visitors arriving on the special
train from South Haven and other
points on the line at 2 o'clock were alb
solutely unable TO get into the rink.
After music by the Bloomingdale
band and the Paw Paw campaign
glee club, Hon. Roswell G. Horr
was introduced and for two hours, iu
his droll, humorous way, held the rapt
attention of / 800 auditors. He spoke
about one-half the time on the tariff
making convincing argument. The
other half of the time was devoted to
the finance question, and, as one gentle
man expressed it, "he is perfect
master of sarcasm"
The afternoon meeting closed with a
song by the glee club and three rousing
cheers for Horr, and three more for
Mckinley.
After the adjournment of the big
rink meeting, the streets presented a
busy appearance, the crowd exceeding
any that the town has seen for many
days.
At seven o'clock, the torch light pro.
cession was formed in front of republi-
can headquarters and marched to the
ucpOC u, uceI Illt LdWUOD tOTcH DedIeTS.
Then the parade was made through
Main street, 900 torches being in line.
Music was furnished by the following
bands: Bloomingdale, Lawton, Law
renee, Decatur and Paw Paw brass
bands and two martial bands.
After the parade came the evening
speech at the rink. Here the crush of
the afternoon was repeated, if not in
tensified. The rink was filled-and
that means big audience, and another
one could have been filled had it been
available.
The meeting opened with selections
by the bands and glee club. Then
Hon. E. l.. Hamilton, republican can
didate for congress, was introduced and
made fine argument an hour and a
half in length. While he discussed the
tariff TO an extent, the chief portion of
his speech was devoted to the financial
issue, the fallaces of free coinage adj
vocates being clearly exposed. Most
of the people of this locality had here
tofore known Mr.. Hamilton only by
reputation, and he made many friends
by his speech, which was characters-
tic of the man-clean and unobjection-
able in every particular
A song by the glee club and three big
cheers for Hamilton closed one of the
most successful campaign meetings
ever held in Van Buren, County.