Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-09

The Day County Herald says Pet
tigrew's detection from the Republi-
can ranks means a loss of 10000
votes to that party. 1t does, does
it /? Pettigrew is stronger in Min
nehaha County than elsewhere
in the state. Read what the Sioux
Falls papers say of the recent re-
ception to him in which 5000 people
were expected to take part. The
Argus-Leader of July 2 says
1T WAS A FROST
The grand reception to Senator Petit
grew calls out 1873 people this forenoon.
Senator r. 4. Pettigrew returned ON the
Burlington at 11:30 today and was met
at the depot by citizens who gathered in
esponse to an invitation from q COM
mittee OF ten, made up OF five from the
free silver club and five other citizens.
The invitation was to ''every citizen of
Sioux Falls and OF Minnehaha County
who can possibly do So, who belle YES in
endorsing the action OF Senator Petit
grew in retiring from the st. Louis con
yention.'
NJ MI JtWtbt > ItIutcl, tHdr. DdTIttb
asked all who favored free silver and who
felt like endorsing the action OF the sena-
tor to form in the procession. In the
procession, not counting the New Hope
band, Were 1873 marchers,
The Sioux Falls Press of same
date says editorially
ApITIFUL DISAPPOINTMENT
The Press admits that it was very
much disappointed in the dimensions OF
the reception accorded Senator Petit
grew upon his arrival in this city. 1t
had felt sure that the occasion would see
a rally which would block the highways
for several squares around the depot,
and that there would be tumultuous
cheering, and that perhaps the horses
would be unhitched from the carriage in
which the senator was to ride, and the
vehicle be drawn by scores OF hundreds
OF those who greeted him. This was the
expectation OF a large number OF people,
and hundreds had gathered along the
sidewalk to witness the pageant. But
they Were disappointed.
Probably 800 people participated in
the reception directly, and were on the
depot platform with a band and banners
TO welcome the home coming of their
distinguished fellow citizen-but a large
proportion oi these Were there to shake
hands with him personally, and not to
accord him any political endorsement by
their presence. There was the firing OF
anvils and there was music by the band,
but there "a a surprising lack OF any
thing like the enthusiasm among the
people which had been anticipated. And
when the procession formed to follow
the carriage from the depot to the hotel,
instead OF il numbering 1000 or 5000
as had been expected, it counted up only
1862, at least half OF whom and perhaps
more We're from outside the city, and
scarcely a quarter OF whom have been
Republicans. This was the net result OF
several days OF agitation to stimulate
the eyent-and instead OF the outpouring
OF the people which had been looked for,
it was q pitiiul disappointment.
A large number oil the warm personal
friends OF Senator Pettigrew felt pro-
foundly sorry that he should have been
brought all the way from Chicago to
meet such a reception. It was q demon
stration that the endorsement OF Sem
ator Pettigrew's action at st. Louis, by
the Republicans OF Sioux Falls, has been
tremendously oyerrated. Instead oil this
occasion proving any stimulus TO the Re-
publican detection here, it viii certainly
.aye the effect OF showing to Republicans
the stability of the party ard the futility
OF any attempt 10 split it.