The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-29
News About Town
Mckinley and Hobart
Club Meeting Last
Evening.
More About That Lost Boy.
The Matter L. Now In the Hands OF
sheriff Dunn, Who VIII Thor
oughiy Inyestigate-Notes.

The Mckinley and Hobart club fired
the second gun in this years politica
campaign at the Opera House last even
ing and il apparently had good effect
The speakers OF the evening were County
Clerk Robert II. Shields and Prosecuting
Attorney A. T. Streeter, both candidates
for reelection on the republican ticket.
The Filth Regiment band paraded the
streets before the meeting and rendered
several selections at the Opera House
corner before the meeting and afterwards
in the hall, where they played a medley
OF popular airs. Ga the platform were
seated President W. II. Hosking and
Secretary Angus W. Kerr OF the club
Vice Presidents W. +. Parnall, John
Duncan and A. T. Streeter, besides Mr..
Shields.
After preliminary business had been
disposed Of, the president introduced the
first speaker, Mr.. Streeter, who was
greeted with applause. The speaker re-
ferred to the glorious record the re-
publican party had made in years gone
by, ever standing for what was right
and honest. This year, he SAID, new
lines were drawn and the grand old party
faces the enemy. The republican party
on its platform has always stood Tor
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none" He said nine out OF ten demo
cratic leaders had refused TO stand on
the Chicago platform and that an the
democrats did not care TO make the
issue on free trade and protection, they
must spring something else. He went on
at considerable length and reputed sew
eral OF the arguments made by Mr.. Whit
ing in his speech here. referring TO the
"crime OF '73," as a mysterious some
thing that nobody knows anything
about and TO right this great crime
the people must vote to have thefree and
unlimited coinage OF silver, az an ergu-
ment OF the poorest sort. He said the
republican party In 1868 and again in
1872, pledged itself TO make every dollar
IA good as gold and they intended to
keep il so. II silver would rise to 1920
within ten days after Bryan's election,
whom would it benefit? The laborer or
the silver mine owner? He read exten.
siyely from several of Garfield's speeches
in congress, delivered years ago, on this
self same question. Before he closed
Fred Lean. candidate for sheriff entered
the hall and went TO the platform. he
was greeted with storms OF applause and
calls for speech.
Mr.. Streeter shortly aiterward closed
his speech and Robert II. Shields was in
PRODUCED. Mr.. Shields devoted CONSIDER
able time to the democratic party, scor
ing il for not meeting the real issue
This was year when the people were
speaking. They had forced the nomina
ton OF Mckinley, Pingree and Lean and
he hoped they would phil the rest Of the
ticket through. tie said Bryan was &c
democrat. lie discussed the silver ques
ton at considerable length and wound
up by proposing the name Bryan for the
80 cent dollar il such a calamity should
befall us.
Both the addresses were well received
and the speakers we're frequently inter
rupted with applause. Fred Lean was
called upon, but referred to Mr.. Hosking
who closed the meeting with few re
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