Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-08-07
MCKINLEY AND hobart REPUBLICAN
CLUB.
The Fret One Organized * Gra,iot

The Fret One Organized y Granot.
y Republican Club WAS raganlzeC
IS. Friday evening. JW. SIS; II int
'hIagr hall IA this piac-. - t.. KnOwi
AS The Mckinley ard Up;ta.t Repub.
hchn Club ot liAiea. At 40 TIM has
any club been "Iganzed uu0er no Z
promising circumstances. me repub-
leans OF Ithaca are alive "a lie issues
u Tie day, and Tie best of feeling aud
=, 'arge amount OF enthusiasm prevailed
throughout the rntif- s"ss.o..
Toe meeting vas called to Oldrr by
J y McCa!I, VITO stated HE object
ana cad the constitution, Which Nii!
g0}eIn the cub. More lban ote bun-
Gced signatures were OU alutd, aud ~
| notion Mr Mccall wts elect, i chair,
man Ipr he evening, and julrs IS
hlrhy secretary after which The folio ~
ihg officers were elected Tor The year:
President. James q Kress: Vice
PRESIDENT, L. f Oyertou; Secretary.
julius 3. kirby; Treasurer, IL Chauncy
! BirslON.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
j. Lee Potts. Kelly :. Seal, James G.
| hress aud julius IS klTo,.
ORGANIZATION AND DRILLING COMMITTEE.
Captain, Prof. A. Z Cook; lsJ Leu
tenant, n. L. Lane.
MUSIC COMMITTEE
+ J. Monet, II c. Bars.ow. A. T..
Lane and J. NJ EyeTden.
| DELEGATES
! TO the State League Of Republican
! G abs TO be heid at Grand Rapids Aug.
(, 1886: !. Lee Potts. James e. Kress.
julia Il. Kirby, }. y. Mccall, AID T.
W Wolher
After Tie ectiOn of ofdcvr5 speech
rs were listened 10 from those WHO had
| sIOWu gray IL the service OF The pan u,
AID among those We're ". H. BeasIeS
al " III. }. tniilps, perhaps better
Known as Uncle BIZ Philips" Mt.
! Beasley ID his remarks llsened the pres
ent agitation and the " cUutending
| parties, TO the engdgeme! at Nashville
Comparing the democrat party to
! Hood : Army, at that time. anu the Re
publican 10 the Boys IN Blue" lie
said that just before the FL gagemeut
the officers and leaders OF Hood army
| rode Ny aud down tie Tauks Of men
encouraging them with The idea that
| be victory was 10 be an easy one, as
hey Only had III front OF them line Of
blue through which 1t would be easy TO
! cut their way, and as soon as they were
| through. the victory was theirs. The
| men mus encouraged, and relying upon
her leaders, went forth 10 battle, Only
! 20 be led to slaughter. They saw Their
! readers fall, and were soon in the MICS
IF a retreat, They found the hLe OF
! blue lmpTegnable and that they had
| been missed. 50, III the coming cam
| palgn, The leaders OF the democrat parry
dIe misleading As they always have
! done their followers. and after the BAL
lot III November, they Will see their
| leaders fallen, and themselves in r. 70
treat. lie confederate arm, found tn
tie Boys III B.ue were lighting Tor a
pITl o,e, that the glory ana honor NJ the
country depended upon their etfllts,
! that they fought TO Wild aud 10 main
tain thelr lag, and 10 Iepulse them was
no easy task, and so, III the coming en-
gagement The Boys in Blue R-pub
mean True Blue with the flag OF then
! country above them, and The banner OF
Protection, Reciprocity and Prosperity
IN front OF them, VIII fght 10 win, al Il
| they HH win.
Mr.. Phnnps was then called for, and
With trembling limbs, but with stIung
and lOya heart, recalled the days when
| ne had been active III his party. That
ne was as loyal to the cause or right and
The principles OF the republican party.
no one within the sound OF his voice
would for moment doubt. He SAID
4 2 h., a Of ~ y nd ma
nation of all the Others was Ike "a mat
he knew when in his Youth, by the
name OF Ami. This man Ami was n
| great drlrktT, and on one occasion.
after having been all day at the tavern
drinking, did not leave until be
was showed odt and the doors locked
ON his way home tell into the dltcl
along the roadside. About the time
Ami was crawling out Mr.. Phillips hap
pened aiong and saw the plight he was
IN. Ami would Try TO crawl out bu,
would slip back, aud IL was not with
cut much difficulty he got out at all.
and when he ana he was the most de-
uoraDe looking object he had evri
seen. Mr.. Phillips said, there TT
stood with the mud and slime dripping
from his halr, his clothes and from the
ends OF his fingers, too utterly mlsera.
DE for anything, Ami looking up ana
seeing Mr.. Phillips, said, Am | Am
II am not Ami: Ii | am not Am
who the d am - Mr.. Phillips
nd, th It is the way with the demo =
Gratis, they don't know where they AT
at, they don't know whether they art
Ami or not Ami
After the speeches the meeting al.
| luuruPd and stems will ne lIumeuldtpl
taken to forma'y open the campaign II
this county.