Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-03
But II SnOWed.

The fourth republican rally, planned
for Friday night of last week. which
was expected to eclipse all past efforts
10 this direction, was completely knock
ed out, SO far as the proposed street
parade was concerned, by periodical
rain showers during the two days pre-.
ceeding, supplemented by a snow storm
on Friday evening, which rendered open
air exercises extremely disagreeable,
therefore causing the abandonment Of
that interesting feature of the program
Of the evening. The arrangements per-
fected for this delnonstr alton were very
elaborate, and had the weather proved
propitious, the parade would have large
ly exceeded in interest any pagen Of its
kind. ever witnessed in this place. In
addition to the large number of men
comprised in its make up, a hundred
loyal women, united in an organized
effort to aid in the accomplishment of
the important aims and ends of the
great party of progress and plenty,
would have been a novel, interesting
and inspiring feature. But the best LAID
plans of men, even when aided by the
women, as indicated in this instance, are
sometimes showed under.
When the train arrived at nearly half
past eighth o'clock, and Gov. Sheldon,
the speaker of the evening, and State
Treasurer Phillips, were greeted at the
depot by q reception committee, the
snow was falling rapidly. 1t was a cold
snow too, but not SO intensely cold as to
cool, to any p~erceptible degree, the
ardor ofthe republicans, and it was oh
served that even the ladies, who had so
elegantly decorated the hall during the
afternoon were out in force, and were
tie most attentive and appreciative
listeners in the audience. The governor
was agreeably surprised to see so large
an audience before him, which, upon n
night so stormy, was significant of the
| deep interest of the party in the great
issues involved in the pending cam
paign
Mr.. w. CT. Porter of this place, the
popular republican candidate for the
state senate, was first introduced TO the
audience, who discussed briefly but
ably the political Issues Of the day, after
which Governor Sheldon was intro
duced by President Fitch, of the Nc
Kinley club, and for Il period Of two
| hours, held the closest attention Of the
audience in what IS conceded TO have
been one Of the most mastery discus
| sions of the great political questions now
under public consideration that has
ever been presented in this city. Gov.
Sheldon's well known oratorical ability
renders any mention of it OIL our part
s%upernuous. His exceptional fluency,
perfect diction, fauitless articulation and
potent logic are already proverbial, and
it is only necessary to say that, on this
occasion, he fairly sustained the repnta'
ton he had already achieved OF being
one of the ablcst, most eloquent and
impressive speakers embraced in the
brilliant galaxy Of western orators. The
principles of the republican party as
enunciated through its recently de-
clured platform, were so calmly dis
cussed as 10 create no apparent friction.
and his clear and convincing argument
in favor of the adoption of its proposed
policies came with such potential force
as to cause q number of his auditors
committed to opposing policies, to
waver, and imbibe serious doubts as &c
the advisability of persisting further in
the advocacy of the fallacious measures
endorsed By opposing parties, and it is
safe to assume that his able and effective
address will result in materially in
creacing the aggregate of the republican
vote polled in this place on the 3rd day
November.
The governor, accompanied by Treas
urer Phillips, departed on the Saturday
morning train for Deadwood.
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