Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-11-04
VERY MELODRAMATIC.
The Hons Chas. S. Hampton and Dewitt yought
appeared before small audience WedneS-
day night

udy nlsnt
Although the Demo popo- -silverites
had advertised quite extensively gath
ering of the faithful at the opera house
on Wednesday evening last to be ad-
dressed by the Hon. Chas. S. Hampton,
the aurora borealis of Petoskey, the
crowd was lacking, and the weather
was in their favor too. Not over half of
those present were voters.
W. A. Bahlke acted as chairman and
first introduced Dewitt Vought who for
about ten minutes tried in his own in
imitable manner TO tell those present his
position on the Atkinson bill two years
ago and how good a Pingree man he
was at that time. If he had stopped at
this point it would have been better for
him and his party. But instead he COM
menced to enumerate the inconsistencies,
as he called them, of Gov. Pingree. In
one statement he made, however, he
got somewhat mixed. He stated that
he and the silver forces in the legisla'
ture stood shoulder to shoulder with the
Pingree men against the Anti -Pingree-
ties on the Atkinson bill, and then he
said that if Pingree was elected again
he never could hope to pass his equal
taxation measures as the Republicans
would not have the majority in the leg
islature of two years ago. Now just
whether or no Dewitt wished his hearers
to understand that the free silverites
would elect their candidates this fall
and that they would vote against any
equal taxation laws which Gov. Pingree
might wish to pass, we are unable tc
tell from his utterances. 1t seems that
Mr.. Vought in charging inconsistency
to Gov. Pingree had absorbed some OF
the same element. The rest OF his re-
marks were on par with his utterance'
made on our streets everyday.
When Mr.. Bahlke introduced Mr.
Hampton he did it in such glowint
words that the audience was led to be
lieve new Saviour had arisen and
would deliver an appeal to save the
souls of people.
Mr.. Hampton is a very good talker
but much better actor. AS the heav.
william in third-rate melodrama h'
would be star His portrayal of th'
!, hard times CD of 1897 would almos
bring tears to the eyes Of potato, bu
the people know only too well the de
crease of suffering in all Of the larg
cities of our nation which has steadll.
followed the advent of the Republican
into office. Mr.. Hampton would lik
the people to believe that there neve
were any starving people until the yea
of 1897. He neglected to state how tn
party whose principles he has advocate
all his life had increased by more thaI
two-fold the suffering in this land c
free and plenty.
His remarks about the Spanish Amer
lean war were only TRADE against tn
administration, claiming that all of tn
victories were won by men only becaus
they were Democrats, and that all tn
mistakes were made by Republicans an
soley because they were Republican,
Now we all know that it made no diffel
= ence to us as people whether victoriC
). were won by men who were Republican
: or Democrats, they were Americans an
/. we were proud of that fact. Mr.. Haml
tons remarks were so much on the "Ye
low order" that he disgusted his aud
It ence and several left the hall. Next
II took up Gov. Pingree and commence
). to rave even worse than Vought.
il was too disgusting to even notice. NJ
Hampton is even worse trader thi
our own Dewitt but he clothes his LAM
uage in such brilliant colors, it appea
Ii more refined. Before the meeting WI
l. adjourned Mr.. Bahlke asked for thr'
ir cheers for the county ticket but it can
y very family and was disappointment
h the chairman. We are sorry that Il
combination will not have an opport
y. nifty for another such meeting b
fore election as it would surely ma
Republican votes