Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-10-23
KIRKPATRICK
FOR CONGRESS-.
His Triumphal Tour in Pike
County
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS.


Large Crowds and Great Interest-The
Court House Filled with "A Large Num-
Der of People Many Democrats in
Attendance-Th Milford Re
publican Club Attended in
Body-Cordial Greet
ings Everywhere for
Our Next Con-
gresham.
Our people had the pleasure last
Thursday and Friday of meeting
and hearing Hon. w. S. Kirkpat-
rick and his able lieutenants, Aaron
Goldsmith and Russell G. Stewart,
Esqs., of Easton. The two former
came up from Stroudsburg and held
a meeting at Dingmans on Thurs
day which was largely attended by
the citizens of that place. They
were met by a delegation of repres-
entative Republicans from Milford,
among whom where William Angle,
Chairman of the County Committee,
Hon. William Mitchell, Associate
Judge; E. Warner, William H.
Armstrong, Esq, G. o. Armstrong,
John G. Warner, A. D. Brown,
Charles baltimore, A. S. Dingman
and Hon. E. Pinchot.
In the evening they addressed an
audience in the Court House at Mil
ford the like of which has not been
assembled within that room in its
history of over twenty years. A
large number of ladies, many Demo-
Gratis and an overflowlng crowd of
Republicans greeted the speakers.
The Milford Republican Club was
out in full force bearing a hand
some banner and escorted the
speakers to the building. The meet
ing was organized by electing j. H.
Van Etten chairman, who briefly
introduced the speakers.
Mr.. Goldsmith in careful and
masterly manner elucidated the
money question. His exposition of
the false and delusive promises of
the free silverites was received with
rounds of applause and elected on
all sides the heartiest commenda-
ton. 1t was unanswerable as ar
gument and irresistible as a logical
demonstration of that fallacious and
cowardly doctrine.
He was followed by Judge Kirk
patrick who for an hour held the
listening crowd in rapt attention.
Never before was a subject more
directly and cogently managed as he
in clear language and effective, elo-
quent diction placed before his hear
ers the duty of all patriotic, honest
men in this hour of the nations ex-
tremity to wrest from the grasp of
those who would drag our fair
name and fame through the mire of
anarchy and reputation, the stand
ard of democracy which they seized
at Chicago and have unfurled over
their heads. He pointed out that
the great leaders of the Democratic
party; Thomas jefferson whose
hand traced and whose brain con-
ceived the immortal Declaration of
Independence, Alexander Hamilton
who was the father of its financial
principles, Andrew jackson whose
sturdy sense stood as a wall OF
adamant for its doctrines, Samuel
]. Tilden, Samuel Randall, Grover
: Cleveland, John G.. Carlisle. William
c. Whitney, Governor Flower, Gov
ernor Russell, candidate for Cover
nor Singerly and in fact all the mer
representing the brains and influences
of the party in the past and the pre-
sent, were arrayed against the fre'
silver heresy of the Boy Orato
Bryan and his coadjutors the silve
, mine owners. His speech made al
excellent impression and those VIII
came to hear the truth went ava,
satisfied with the man and his capa
g city to represent this district as sh'
, has never before been represented
z and the few doubling Thomases VIII
came to scoff went home carrying
the impression that here was a
earnest able man presenting fact
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