The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-14
Last Nights Rally.
Large Crowd Witness
the Torch Light
Parade.
Over 500 Take Part In lt
And March 60 the Lfghs Guare Ar
msry-Mr. Passengili Makes the
Address OF the Evening.

mory-Af- Fatsonghu makes tne
Address OF the Evening.
Everything appeared to be republican
in Calumet and Red Jacket last evening
and the demonstration for sound money
and protection was a hummer in every
respect. The streets were lined with peo-
pie long before the PROCESSION and those
who watched the parade were as enthus-
iastic as those who carried torches and
yelled for Mckinley and Hobart.
About s O'Clock q detachment OF
members OF the Mckinley and Hobart
club, composed for the most part OF yot-
ers who hailed from sunny Italy, formed
at the Italian Hall and headed by the
Chrstoiero Columbo band, marched mp
Main street to the Armory, where they
met the main body OF the club. The pa
rade was then formed by the Fifth Regi-
ment band, marched down Scott TO
sixth streets. and through the principal
streets Of the village, the members OF the
club to the number OF sac by actual
count, carrying torches. The Italian de-
tachment numbered 216 without the
band. Alter marching through Red
Jacket, the line OF march extended to Cal
umet and the principal avenues about
the location were paraded and the speak
er OF the evening. II. r. Pattengill, es-
corted to the Light Guard Armory,
where the parade wound up.
The big hall Was well filed long before
the parade was finished and big crowd
patiently waited until 9 O'Clock before
the speaker commenced. On the plat
form were seated besides the officers OF
the club and the speaker: Charles Briggs.
John Duncan, Arno Jaehnig, /. ". Fri
modig, Fred Lean. W. (. Gray, X. II.
Shields, A. T. Streeter. ]. Dymock. The
audience was very enthusiastic in it's ap-
plause OF the speaker and be was fire.
quently interrupted, during the course OF
his address, by bursts of applause, which
showed the feeling Of those present. A
number Of lad es, Mostly school teachers,
who knew ofthe speaker as an education
al worker. were present.
After an overture by the band and a
few Introductory remarks, President
Hosking introduced Mr.. Psttengill, which
was signal for applause. He opened
his address by paying a compliment to
the parade and then pitched into the
popocratic platform adopted at Chicago.
saying il was not democratic and no
honest democrat would stand on it. He
scored Altgeld for bis work on the plat
form and charged him with bringing up
a question that had been settled years
ago-that Of States rights touching on
the labor troubles In Chicago, when
Cleveland ordered out United States
troops to zee that the mails were not
molested. He eulogized War Governor
Cass and then referred to other blanks IN
the platform, as the one referring to the
income tax, the supreme court and the
bungling law that was passed as the in
come tax.
ototbkh sdth bufucu uls dIttu-
ton to the silver question and explained
what free coinage meant and what un-
limited and the 16 to ratio meant, say
Ing that the only logical ratio at present
was 81 to 1, the commercial ratio. The
speaker next turned his attention to
Mexico and az he had taveled extensively
In that county last winter he knew where
ri he spoke. He referred to the down
trodden condition OF labor there and
drew picture OF life in thecountry which
our silver friends want rs to be like.
He referred to the wild cat bank and
said that no matter how cheap necessi-
ties were, it did not help matters IL you
had no money to buy them with-as Lin
colin says, You can fool all OF the people
some OF the time; and you can fool some
OF the people all OF the time; but you can't
TOOL all OF the people all OF the time"
The speaker wound up his address.
much to the regret OF the audience. after
stating several more convincing argu-
ments IN favor OF the gold standard and
the meeting closed with three cheers for
Mckinley and three for Fred Lean.