The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-16
Hon. Frank Pllmley
Addressed a Monster
Gathering of Re-
publicans.
At the Armory Last Evening.
A Popular Play. "Uncle Toms Cabin, {,
VIII Be Here Next Week.-Mrs..
esting Metropolitan Laconics-


II the rally held Tuesday evening under
the auspices of the Mckinley and Hobart
club was success, the one held last
evening under the auspices OF the same
organization was doubly such. In point
oil numbers the parade was more OF a
success than tuesday evenings demon.
stration and in point OF enthusiasm il
was decidedly more so. The procession
was diyid' d into twelve companies. each
headed by a militiaman, and the whole
headed by the Fifth Regiment band. As
the parade passed through Fifth street il
numbered $50 men, without the bands,
although many of them were young men
and not OF voting age. Young America
was also out for sound money and a
crowd OF youngsters with couple OF
lanterns and fish horns preceded the
main body OF the parade.
The large Armory ball was comforta-
bly, well filed before the procession was
over and every available seat was occu-
pied when the speaking commenced. On
the platform were seated Messrs John \.
Dymock, John Duncan, A. W. Kerr, Fred
Lean, Charles Smith, Charles Briggs, p. Z.
Roehm, W. II. Hosking, W. Z. Gray and
the speaker OF the evening, ex.Congress-
man Frank Plumley, of Vermont
After an overture by the Fifth Regi-
ment band Glee club, composed OF Will
King, F. W. Cooley, Frank Kohlhaas and
X. b. Vincent, sang campaign song.
which enthused the audience, SO that
they had to respond to an encore and
sang the last verse oyer again.
President Hosking, on behalf OF the
club, then introduced Mr.. Plumley with
a few happy remarks, calling attention
particularly to the money question. Mr..
Plumley was greeted with burst OF ap-
plause and was applauded very frequent.
~ during his speech. He praised the
democrats who were patriotic enough to
stand by the country's flag when it was
In peril and who could not now he forced
to stand on such a platform al was
adopted at Chicago. The platform
adopted there was not that OF regular
convention, for the Michigan and Nebras-
ka delegations were not regular. Candi-
date Bryan himself was populist IN
1892 and 10 still, for the Chicago conyen-
ton was nothing more than a populistic |
affair. He congratulated the populists
on their cleyerness IN capturing the dem
ocratic party, but said that all true dem
ocrats were released from party iealty |
and would vote as they have always
voted. for sound money. The speaker |
then spoke of Cleveland and someone
started applause, but it did not amount
to anything. He praised Senator d. b. |
Hill, whose favorite expression il, 81 am
a democrat" and who said that he was
a democrat still, very still, the speaker |
said. He then spoke OF AItgeld and the
states rights plank Of the Chicago plat.
form, saying that this question had been |
buried deep at the end OF the rebellion |
and that Ben Tillman's idea OF sectional |
ism must be crushed
Mr.. Plumley next directed his attention |
to the silver question.
The meeting closed with a rousinp
cheer for the whole republican ticket.