The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-09-17
FIRST GUN Is FIRED.
HON. c. N. FOWLER OPENS THE
CAMPAIGN HERE.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM REIGNs
Fully One Thousand People Pack Rhode
opera House to Hear Republican
Doctrine-Meeting aGreat
Success.


Rhode opera house Saturday evening.
1t was evidently mounted on a pivot
and was pulled off as easily as though
handled with hair trigger. The oc-
casion was the firing of the first gun of
the campaign. Hon. G. N. Fowler, of
New Jersey, was the orator, and he
proved g corker" The opera house
was packed to the doors. 1t was esti-
mated that fully 1000 people were
there to hear the Mckinley orator.
On the stage were representative
crowd of local republicans, among them
being O. M. Petit, DR.. William NJ.
Farr, John T. Yule, Charles Frantz,
John F. Reynolds, R. Fl. Slosson, 81. E..
Robbins, j. B. Maloney, H. S. Van In
gen, G. 81. Gonnermann, F H. Hall and
others.
The Milwaukee Republican Glee
club, composed of the following eight
men: First tenors, A. L. Pryor, DR.. L.
Schiller; second tenors, E. E. Rogers,
C. E. Wright; first BASES, S L Wright
son, G.. N. Bowen; second BASES, M. A.
Potthoff. j. G.. SALESMAN, opened the
meeting by marching in single col
umn up from the back end of the house
singing McKinley's Marching On"
The men were all dressed in uniforms
of white duck, abrown soft hats and
natural wood canes. Their singing
caught the popular fancy and was well
balanced in tone. They met with
thunders Of applause at the conclusion
of the song and came back to sing:
'We Want You, Mckinley, Yes We
Do" The quartette is way above the
average of such troupes and produced
real music.
O. NJ. Petit acted as chairman.
After he had introduced the speaker,
Mr.. Fowler stepped forward and pre-
faced his remarks by stating that
though New Jersey had always been a
democratic state, it would this year re-
deem itself with republican majority
of 1000. Pointing to the nominee for
the vice presidency, Garrett A. Hobart,
who lives in his state, he remarked that
he was an example of the fact that
there were no classes in America. He
had risen from Obscurity to prominence
by reason of personal worth and he had
crossed no bridge in passing from one
condition to the other He referred to
the alleged democratic convention as
merely the Chicago convention. He
said it was notdemOcratic. The demo
cratic convention had recently met in
Indianapolis.
Taking up the statement made by
Mr.. Bryan that no party had ever here
tofore declared for the gold standard
he replied by saying that prior to 1860
no party had ever declared for the
union. The necessity had never before
existed.
Continuing, he said in brief: The
quantity of money has nothing to do
with good times. The Chicago con-
vention was a new invention which let's
all democrats out. In support of this
he read letter written by Edward j:
Phelps, one of the most prominent OF
democrats.
He assumed that every one present
was in favor of the stars and stripes,
the only trouble was some of our people
are misled. He sketched the rapid
growth of the country by reason OF
general progress and invention from
1866 to 1892 and said that the national
debt had been greatly decreased dur
ing that period. Then came the spectre
of free trade, and the world came to an
end. Now that free trade won't do the
cry is free silver. He cited the vast
decrease in use of wheat, corn and cot
ton Immediately after the election of
1892.
On the matter of issuing bonds he
said he did not like the conditions
which made such issues necessary, but
being necessary he would uphold Mr..
Cleveland in selling a thousand million
of bonds to help maintain the national
honor.
Abiding to the "crime of 49," he
said that no crime had been commit
ted, but that free coinage of silver
would be the crime Of the age. The
production of silver makes free coinage
impossible. There is too much of it.
There is no money of the constitution.
Nothing is said in the constitution
about gold and silver.
He quoted Senator Stewart of 1874
on the gold standard. At that time he
said that gold was the only metal fit
for sound money. He asserted that
what is wanted now is lasting, un-
changing standard of value. No one
thing has done SO much to make wages
permanent and secure as that much
maligned crime of '73." He denied
that prices had fallen in those things
manufactured without the aid Of ma