The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
THE DAY APPROACHES.
Three Weeks more of Cam
paigning. What the Local
Folks are Doing.

1'OlkS dl Z 1O1uks
The people of the United States will
elect their president on the third day of
November. Dnring the next three weeks
new vigor will be instilled into the al
ready remarkable campaign and food
of oratory will succeed the flood OF liter
ature, that has covered the land. Re-
publican managers feel that the country
is with them and are pressing forward
with confidence, imbued with the desire
to make their majority tremendous and
decisive.
Wallace McCamaut addressed crowd
ed house at Wells Monday night, OPEN
ing the October campaign in Benton
county with telling speech. He was
courteous towards his opponents, logical
in his reasoning ard earnest and forcible
| in his expression He met the issues fair
tly and won the respect of his hearers for
himself and for the cause he represents
| The splendid singing of the Novelio
quartette cf Monmouth, evoked iihlr-
ing applause and the gentlemen were re-
called several times.
Tuesday Mr.. McCamant visited Kings
Valley, speaking at Hoskins i'll the after
noon and at Kings Valley i'll the evening.
Large crowds were present at both meet
ings and the address was heartily ap-
plauded The quartette again received a
hearty welcome.
Wednesday Blodgetts and Wren turn
ed out to hear the political issues as pre-
sented by Mr.. McCarnant and in nu nbers
aud enthusiasm it discounted any pre-
vious political meeting ever held IL that
part of the county. Yesterday afternoon
Philonath had flag raising, after which
Mr. McCamant spoke to very large
crowd 1t was Mckinley jubilee and
the outbursts of applause were constant
and hearty The quartette music found
| instant favor and the young men from
Monmouth had to keep responding until
they could sing no longer. Mr.. McGani-
ant spoke here, last night at the opera
house to a great crowd of people. Tie
flambeau club made its first appearance
last evening, parading the streets before
the address. They made splendid aP-
pearance. This paper went to press as
Mr.. McCamant began his address, S, that
an extended account cannot be given.
He speaks tonight at Alsea, Saturday af-
ternoon at Monroe, and at Dusty Satur-
day evening. Mr.. McCanant has awak-
ened republican enthusiasm all over the
county, and has been of great usefulness
to the cause of protection and sound
money.
Mr.. Stephens, the populist orator, who
spoke at the court house Saturday night,
made some very curious statements. Some
of them were so curious, i'll fact, that they
might be termed misstatements. Among
other peculiar things, he said: 81 will
tell you why wool was put on the free
| list. 1t was done so that in this election
the wool growers would pay no attention,
to the financial question, but vote the re-
publican ticket in order to again protect
WOOL" When we consider that FIRE. wool
was the act of democratic congress, we
must take off our hats to demo cratic
mag4sanimity. Is it not pleasing t. con-
template that. Bryan worked and voted
for free wool, in order that wool gr ,wers,
two years later, would vote for Mckinley?
ct hay1 ~
The Bryan club had hired it to play in
front of the Occidental hotel, and when
sufficient crowd had gathered, they
were bombarded with Bryan oratory.
Ben Hayden, Judge McFadden. Mr..
Stephens, of Clackamas county and
Judge Burnett talked. The Mckinley
and Hobart banner foated peacefully y,
overhead The band music was good,
very good indeed. The crowd were we'll
entertained. The band played number
of times. During lull i'll the mighty
cheering that did not greet the orators,
two flags, bearing Bryan's name, were
stretched across Main street Bryan's
name was in big black letters, but still
the flags were handsome. They were
American flags and the stars and stripes
can stand much. Bryan's name was alone,
but there were two flags. This might be
considered very delicate tribute t. Wat
son and Sewell, and-it might not
The Bryan blowout Tuesday was miu-
iture affair, but with flags and music,
cost about fifty dollars. Pennoyer is stii1
assessing the Portland policeme for
campaign purposes.
The mints of the United States have
already coined this year about $4,000, 900
silver dollars. and every dollar passes
readily for 100 cents. By the end Of the
year II, COO, 900 silver dollars will repre-
sent the output for 1896 alone. Under
free coinage the mints can probably coin
10000 ,oco silver dollars per year, that will
pass for about 55 cents each, or the out
put will add only $I6, 100000 yearly to
our circulation. Granting the impossi-
BILE theory that gold will remain i'll the
country, free coinage of silver still means
a brake OH the increase of circulating
medium. These free silver men arS con-
tractionists.
Ben Hayden's talk Tuesday night was
disappointment to many. He INDUCED
IN none of those characteristic remarks
for which he has been noted, and Ben