The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-31
Hebrew Meeting.

Dr. Gustav \. lIausmann, known as
the . Boy Orator Of Jerusalem,' adj
dressed a meeting of Hebrews in the
old Treadwcll shoe store, West Superior,
on Wednesday evening. The doctor is
one Of the speakers sent out by the Re
publican national committee. He spoke
in English and German-i Hebrew. Be
sides the regular speaker the meeting
was addressed by Fred BeglInger, Jas.
II. Agen and Congressman Jenkins.
Mr.. Agen made brief speech, say
ing, among other things, What we
want is to have the factories running,
the men working for good wages, the
wives happy and the little children well
fed, well clothed and sent to school.
We want protection to American indus
tries, when everything that we cor
sumo will be made at home and give
employment to the men who are walk
ing the streets now and searching for
it in vain. Vote for Mckinley ana We
will have more running mills, more men
earning good wages and fewer soup
houses. To tell the truth | am not very
fond of soup, - Laughter.)
Mr.. Jenkins, who was greeted with
cheers, made a brief speech, during
which he said he had to disagree with
his friend Col. Agen on one proposition
for he was very fond of soup, and if
Bryan should be elected people would
be thankful to even get soup. He called
the attention of the audience to the
necessity of electing Mr.. Agen to the
legislature, where he would vote for
United States senator next winter.
DR.. Hausmann commenced by quot
ing from Patrick Henry to the effect
that he was guided by but one lamp
and that was the lamp of experience.
That, in his opinion, was the only lamp
to guide the American people at the
present time, and continued, in sub
stance The Republican party repre-
sents the most enlightened ideas. 1t
stands for liberty, fraternity and
equality because never before did it APP
peal more than now to all classes to
come to the defense of the nation and
its flag When at the st. Louis cOnYen-
ton 4 Jewish Rabbi delivered the bene-
dicton, the Republican party appealed
to the Jews because they are the most
experienced class ofpeople in the world.
They have witnessed many civilizations
from the pinnacle of their glory and
they have Witnessed their downfall.
/ They saw Egypt and helped 10 build
her pyramids and her sphynXcs. They
occupied the great and busy markets Of
the worgd-of Assyria, Persia and Phoe-
nicia. They have seen Babylon in rhe
/ height of civilization and they beheld
+ her in her ruins. They were in Greece
! when the sun Of her pure civilization
/ arose and they were there when it went
! down IN gloom. They saw world-conq-
ering Rome, which struck them 4 worse
blow than any ether country in the
world, and they beheld, 100, the de-
struc,ion of the Roman Empire. Since
the Jews have been on earth many
Empires have risen and fallen. New
countries have been discovered, old
and celebrated markets have been des-
troyed, vet the the Jews are found in
every civilized country to-day" He
tLen discussed, in Hebrew, the princi-
piles enunciated in the Renu5lican and
Democratic platforms, calm. the at
tenuon of his auditors to the command
ment which says Thou shalt not steal. .
He showed that both the nation and
the individual that wanted to pay 100
cents worth of debts with IS cents were
nothing more nor less than thieves. He
said that while Mr.. Bryan was a charm
ing man he did not risk as much as a
button for the country for he only
risKed his tongue, He eulogized Major
Mckinley in strong terms and the men
ton OF the Republican nominee fol-
president was greeted with loud APP
plause in which every Hebrew present
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