The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-03-12
THREE CORNERED FIGHT.
Andrew Stewart and Attorneys
Patterson and Mcleod
Have One.
The First TWO, However, Really
Against the Administra-
tion Man.

near the home of the late pioneer, O.
G. Martin, was the scene of spirited
debate last Friday evening. 1t is GER
tain that nothing just like it and so in
teresting ever occurred in the four
walls of the building before. The
school house was packed during the
evening and every one of the speakers
was given hearty greeting at the
close of his speech.
The schoolhouse is the one in which
Andrew Stewart commenced at the
primer and where he passed through
the several classes of the country
schoolhouses with distinction; where
he began and acquired the art of ora
tory, and where to meet the young
Populist giant, was like boarding the
lion in his own den.
The debate was on the question as
to whether the Republican or Demo-
cratic parties had right to exist this
fall. The question was raised at a
previous meeting and would have
probably gone by default to Andrews
side had it not been for the fact that
Clark Miller and F. L. Warner in
duced b. G. Patterson for the Repub-
licans and w. J. Mcleod for the
Democrats to put in defense to the
question.
The meeting was called to order at
eight o'clock. Fred. L. Warner was
made chairman of the meeting. It
was announced that Andrew Stewart
was to have 20 minutes for the Pop
side, Mr.. Patterson 80 minutes to pre-
sent the Republican side, Clark Miller
10 minutes to answer back for the
Pops, W. j. Mcleod 30 minutes to
put up q defense for the Democrats
and then Andrew Stewart was to alb
sorb 10 minutes in bucking the argu-
ments advanced by Messrs. Patterson
and Mcleod.
Mr.. Stewart thought that lawyers
we're the best people to apologize for
the wrong-doings of the old parties,
because they had hand in the
numerous mortgage foreclosures now
going on. He thought that his posi-
ton was like the man, who knowing
that the end was near, called in two
attorneys to make out his will. They
asked him how he felt. He replied by
saying that he felt happy because he
was like Christ between two thieves.
Mr.. Stewart then passed off on to the
theory that it was not wise to stick to
Qne political party throughout etern-
ity, but only while it represented GER
tain live issues. He thought that the
Democracy of Jefferson and the Re-
publicanism of Lincoln was alright
but both of the old parties, he said,
had drifted away from the people in
to the sea of gambling and corruption.
He attacked Cal. Brice on account of
being Wall street manipulation, a
partner of the late Jay Gould. He
took fall out of German by saying
that he was of the same character as
Brice and that he was opposed to free
silver, the re-chartering of National
banks, and accused him of running as
corrupt a machine in Maryland as
Hill does in New York. He went
down the list of Democrats and found
railroad kings, boodlers, ward heelers
and Tammanyites. He accused the
present administration of plunging
the country into $263, ,OOO, 600 debt dur
ing it's three years existence. He re-
marked that the Democrats were 60
ing to be buried so deeply by the suf-
frages of the people this fall that they
will not be resurrected any more. He
spoke of the surplus which the Demo
Gratis had reduced and said that the
whole administration was q series of
violated promises. If the Democratic
party was given new lease of life. he
said, Great Britain would kick Uncle
Sam off from the face of the earth, with
our once proud banner tattered and
torn in one hand and the crest-fallen
eagle resting on the other. Grover
Cleveland, he declared, was tool of
Great Britain.
After scoring the Democratic party
Mr.. Stewart gave q few moments to
the Republican party. He said that