The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-23
GRANDEST YET !
Republican Enthusiasm---0re-
gon Abiaze With Torches
---Banners Wav ing
and Music Play
ing.
5000 People Welcome A. h. Reed.
The Opera House and Court House
Could Not Accommodate
the Crowd.

Inc i,SpuDiIcdnS Ul oDuJHeTH Itoit
county are stall wild with delight over
tie grand rally and torct light demon
sirat!Jn IL t.,iS city, on Saturday even
lBg uf last week. The evening was an
ideal one, just warm enough TO put
aside the cverc rat and cCoi enough to
make the boys" step To the music with
heariylwlli. Joe Granain. chief marshal,
gave orders to hi. subordinates, and
mith banners and flags waving, led 10y
two bands, went forth through our
streets the graGdest night parade ever
made 10 our c!ty-
Every township IN the southern end
of the country. had large delegations
present. They came 10 droyes, in:waSonS
and Un horseb .ck, and CARRIED their
torches. banners ans: iraaapar-ncies.
The procession took up line of march
at Il few minutes past : O'Clock, at the
head o. which rode Chief Marshal Ora
| ham, and the cornet and martial band
| furnished an abundanc, OF TuSic. while
the shouts and hurrahs that were kept
up, vas deafenny. The line of march
MAS adhered to as published.
| The residences of Tom Curry and
! John Phiibrick were by far the hand
soonest in decorations along the line.
| The procession reached the court
| house a little past s O'Clock, and it WAS
| but IA sh ort time until the court house
was packed, almost t. suiication.
| Mr.. Reed arrived in short time after,
accompanied by Reception Committee
maa DUNCAN and President Davis OF the
league CLUB. The meeting Was called
| to order and the campaign glee club
entertained the vast crowd, and the
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of St. Joseph, was introduced. lie
spoke for two hours and the crowd stay
Ell with him throughout his able dis
course. and was only another proof OF
how anxious people are to learn the
| facts pertaining TO the great issues now
agitating the American people. His
| speech WAS an able, scholarly one, full OF
logic. cain conservative argument, re-
piete with statistical facts, patriotism
| and Republlcanism. lie spoke IN clear
and convincing language on protection
and sound money. tle reviewed the rec
ords of the two great parties, and dis
puted the Democracy OF the Chicago
| platform and showed how the Republl-
can party when in control had always
| fulfilled its promises. tie reviewed the
| financial history of this country, and
| showed what vast sums OF silver had
| been coined by the Republican party.
| How absolutely safe and sound every
dollar was today. lie referred 10 the
nations under the gold standard and
these under the silver standaad. Mr..
! Reeds coming Was rIch treat To our
people, and they feel kindly indeed to-
ward h.m for not disappointing them.
| He la a lawyer of prominence IN ST.
Joseph, and will be remembered as the
| pubiican candidate for congress in
| this district IN 1852, carrying the county
by al over Jas. y. Burnes.
! An overflow meeting was held at
Sterrett's opera house, which was well
| filled. and the exercises were opened
with singing by the Glee club, and The
chairman of the evening introduced
Judge O'Fallon, who addressed them
for an hour on the issues of the cam
paign lie entered upon his subject In
earnest aud a: onca, and reviewed the
! history OF the parties How the he
publican party took control OF tie ma
ton when its credit was gone; its treas
ury empty apG little but dIssensiOn, strife
and War at home, and how 1t brought
| it up from the slough OF desperation
and disgrace to the highest place among
the nations OF the earth, until during
Harrison's 5in;nIsi ration We reached
the acme of prosperity and greatness.
He reminded hIs audience that all this
was accomplished under the present
financial standard and the protective
and patriotic policy "f the Republican
party, while the Democratic party and
| the Glen who are DOW i.dvocating Tree
silver looked on SAID it could not be
done. lie ridI :uled the 'crime OF '3
and CeuounceC the CRY OF the masses
against the classes the attempts to
arouse sectional feeling and TO. array the
poor against tie rich and the employees
against the employers, showing by con
vincing logic that the interests of the
people are oest subseryei when a feeling
of kIndIiness and brotherhood between
them exists. Mr.. O'Eallon made one OF
the most logical aud convincing argu
ments upon the financial question that
We have heard. and at the close of hs
address he was congratulated by large
number of his friends present.
La the afternoon Of Saturday the Nc
kiniey club umbrella marching club,
headed by the cornet band and drum
corps, went down % Forest City, To re-
celve Webster DAVIS. and participate in
the meeting there, that had been ar
ranged for, aud after parading the
streets and making demonstration
never before witnessed IN Forest City,
they disbandel al the Speakers stand
The train arrived but MIR. Davis from
some cause failed our people for the
meeting at Forest ana at Oregon, and
while II VAS sore disappointment. Mr.
Harrison our candidate for state sena-
tor. being in the crowd, MS called into
service and made "A most excellent
speech.
These failures In make dateS will
occur-lt is almost impossible to pre-,
vent them. and while the dat Was made
by the state committee. they are in ne
way responsible for the failure. The
opera house and court house bad been
handsomely decorated 10y committees
appointed and right well did they dc
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