Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-02
A Lady and Others
Make Republican Speeches
at the Armory.
Hon. Frank Davey, Hon. claud Catch
and Gen. Geo. II. Williams
Among the Spellbinders.

In view of the persistent obstinacy
Of Chairman Bob to dig up or to do
anything for the Republican cause In
Salem, the various and sundry Repub-
lican clubs Of the city and vaclnity
engineered another grand rally
through at the Armory last night.
The town was literally papered with
dodgers stating that Gov. Lord and
Gen. IdIeman would speak, and al
though this had the desired effect of
causing several hundred people to as
semble at the armory, these gentle
men were conspicuous by their
absence.
SIDE BY SIDE.
The II. A. G. hand began to play at
1850 O'Clock 10 front OF the Willamette
hotel, aud 80 or 70 of.the faithful
gathered there and marched In mill.
tary rank to the place of rendezvous.
When the procession reached State
street, the Salvation Army was there,
also headed by an orchestra, and these
two bands of great reformers went
marching down side by side, the one
trying to save the souls of the nation,
the other looking after the offices.
About 400 people all told were at the
armory, the crowd not being so large
as the one which laughed at Adam
Bede's jokes. Most Of the spectators
hovered around the door, so as to be
able to escape when necessary, and the
amen corners were entirely vacant.
A triumvirate preslded-Jndge
Henry, the chairman, ex Mayor Claud
Catch land Hon. Frank Davey with
his newly acquired title conferred
since he began to work on the Senti-
nell was in fact the principal speaker
Of the evening with the exception of
Mrs. Wands, lady.
HE WITH THE MUSTACHIoS.
The handsome Knight of the Mus.
tachlos. Hon. Claud Catch, opened the
festivities in his usual graceful style.
tie said: "Ir the midst of life we
are in DEATH" 1t was a pretty senti.
ment and not altogether inappropri-
ate. He then jumped into the middle
of the war with Spain, and stayed
there until he took up tile subject OF
tariff On tin plates, a subject so neal
and dear to the hearts of Oregonians
which he handled with delicacy and
tinesse. He lauded the battle ship
Oregon and her journey through six
zones, and gave way to the. Nc Kinley
quartete which sang "The bulldogs
on the bank, the bullfrog's In the
pool"
WITH A MAGIC WAND.
Mrs. Wands, loyal lady, came
next and made real pretty talk
She is the lady who saved the state
for Mckinley in 1896, by speech she
made In the opera house the night be-
fore the battle mother. She referred
often to this previous effort. Just as
the lady had exclaimed, "God elected
William Mckinley" Gen. Williams
interrupted the proceedings, but sh'
went on and told how she first saw
Theodore Thurston Geer circulating
around the red lemonade stand at tn
, state fair, and knew then he would b.
governor.
MAN WITH A NEW TITLE.
The Hon. Frank Davey then
had his inning. He was introduces
as a cyclone, and indeed he was in tina
tone of voice. He roared like Mum
idian lion that hadn't tasted flesh TO
s and 40 hours. His voice was like {
calliope. In the language Of StepheI
CranehH pa man could beat a carpet will
that voice" He pledged the Republi-
can party to woman's rights and gay,
way to
THE ORACLE,
Gen. Geo. FL. Williams of Portland.
Time was when the name of General
Williams was word to conjure with,
but Of late he has been hobnobing
with ffth-rate ward heelers until the
enamel has crumbled off his reputa.
tion In large splotches, cansing his
political integrity to present a pie
bald appearance, a striking realiza-
tion of the truth Of the story of pool
dog Tray. The sun o: his fame has
passed its noon, and the evening
shadows have heightened.
The burden of his song was uphold
Mckinley" He intimated that b, =
cause Dewey, Fighting Bob Evan,
Fitzhugh Lee, General Joe Wheel,
and so many Of the great war leaders
were Democrats, that the Democrats
in Oregon ought to 90 into a kind of
reciprocity and vote for Geer. He
said prosperity had come, and quoted
poetry touchingly:
"Let the wide world wiggle as she
will,
Wen be gay and happy STILL"
THEY NEEDED REST,
He cried, what we need is rest"
The audience evidently thought SO
too, and many Of them left and went
home. 1t was too cold to go to sleep in
the armOry and they had to leave.
The general kept on talking and
gave lengthy dissertation or Mexi-
ican dollars, which many of the audi
ence remained and listened to.