The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-17
COL. SpOONER.
Distinguished Ex-senator Speaks
in Behalf OF National, State,
Congressional and AS
scmbly Tickets.
PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM IN
THIS MEETING.

The largest political gathering of the
year assembled in the Fair building
Wednesday evening TO greet one of the
greatest orators of the United States.
Every body seemed happy. Col. Spoon
er has been doing considerable speech
making himself the past few weeks, but
he did not wear the worried, care worn,
anxious expression of Candidate Bryan.
Mr.. Charles l.. Catlin presided, and in
presenting the speaker TO the audience
referred to the ratio of Bryan enthus-
iasm in our city the night before COM
pared to the crowd as about Lotto l. Mr.
Catlin's remarks were loudly applauded
from time to time. In closing his intro
duction Mr.. Catlin said, Superior has
always had warm friend in Colonel
Spooner, and when he was in the SEN
ate Superior had friend at court, and
her cause was his chief care, and when
the assembly meets in joint session
next winter Superior will record three
votes for John {. Spooner for Senator
The people are not here to satisfy their
curiosity; we have all seen and heard
Mr.. Spooner before, and that is the
reason We are here tonight"
No better reading could we furnish
our readers than the entire speech of
Col. Spooner, but we are obliged TO
condeRse it, but we give as much Of it
as time and space will permit.
Mr.. SDooner said
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:
This assemblage eclipses in enthusiasm
and almost in numbers any gathering it
has been my pleasure to address. If
the visit of the Democratic candidate
has such an effect for honest money, |
wish he would come here and camp
daughter and appiause).
If Il full heart can send to my lips
phrases fit to express my gratitude Tor
this splendid welcome, Will be above
all things happy. Since men came to
do kindly things to one another. the
vocabulary has been searched for words
Of thanks, and when | express my most
grateful appreciation, | say, | thank
you from the bottom of my heart,
! come here to talk in favor of two
MISREPRESENTATION Mckinley of Ohio, the
next president of the United States,
and Major Scotield, the next governor
of Wisconsin," The names of Nckin-
ley and ScoGeld respectively, were both
loudly chcercd by the audience. He
continued, Both Of these men at the
threshold of their manhood answered
the call of Abraham Lincoln, turned
their backs upon their home, the on
pOrtunlty for an education in the halls
of colleges and the friends they loved
n 4 4i,.,, Z ! a.
Both won laGreis as devoted soldiers
and both Of them won laurels in the
victories OF peace.
Both belonged to the infantry and
so did Bryan belong to the infantry.
they to the infantry under arms, and
he to the infantry in arms lApplausel
Il started to say to You that Young a.
he was, inexperienced as he Is, he
knows more about finance than Hamil-
ton and Jefferson ana more about prot
cCtiOn than Mckinley. This is a strange
campaign, | am a republican. lapplause}
have ALWAYS been a republican, love
the republican party, love It's splen-
did past. | love its splendid policies
| love Its fidelity to principle. | love it
because 1t was the party of Lincoln
sherman, Grant. | love it because |
believe in it and if obliged for any rea-
platform, and call on patriotic citizens
. to defeat its candidates. it would almost
break my heart. And yet in this cam
palgu,
10000 MEN
who belonged to the democratic party,
followed It's fortunes, led it again and
again 10 certain defeat, men who love
II as we love our party, turn their back
on 1t, repudiate It's platform and call
upon patriots to vote against the candi-
dates
4 voice: Villas is one of them.
Col. Spooner: Yes Villas is one Of
them and honor him for it as | hon
ored hlm when he fought in the trench
es at Nlchsburg. Gen. Ed. NJ. Bragg is
one of those men. Gen. Dan Sickles Is
another OF them. These are sound
money democrats whose patriotism
can't be impeached. The party has
gone back on them and l honor them
Tor giving US a lesson in patriotism.
Mr.. Bryan must have an exalted idea
Of these sound money democrats, be-
cause he said IN his speech here last
/ night, that every democrat who bolted
left room for Is republicans. 1t takes
a mighty big democrat to leave room for
. 10 republicans. But it won't help
Bryan 70 have the room he won't get
them. ,applauscl.
In your community some Of YOUR
foremost democrats aid Us either direct
~ or indirectly. Why does Dan S.ckles
with his body shot all to pieces, the
hero of Tettysuur-. with his seventy
years OF age, drag his shattered body
from one end Of the country to the
. other? Why does Corporal Tanner