The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-11-05
THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES.
Held Forth at the Court
House to a Large
Crowd of People.
They Present the Issues OF the Day
in ar Able Manner and Make an
Excellent Impression

They Present the Issues OF the Day
in an Able Manner and Make an
Excellent Impression
The court room was crowded Satur-
day Eight by citizens who were anx-
iOus to near the candidates who had
beer advertised TO speak for the Re
publican party. And they were in no
way disappointed for they had the
pleasure of listening to several able
speeches. That they were we'll ae-
'ceived was evidenced by the frequent
applause which greeted the speakers.
and the universal opinion s.meng
those who we're present is THAI great
good was don" for the Republican
cause. Wn- Regenhardt, the father
OF the Itepablioan party ia this county.
presided at the meetlng pni intro
duced the speakers. Edward HAYS.
candidate fe' prosecuting attorney.
made the first address.
Mr.. Hays .h0ugh a E1ung man
proved To be /. clear eat, entertaining
and fcrcefpl speaker He possesses
in good mee~ ure those qualities which
make the orator, and he will ye: 3e
heard from as one of Missouri : silrer
tOngUed speakers. The gentleman II
spoke of The labor Of rhe week ii at
he had been engaged in working not
only in the interest OF his own cRadi-
dacy but.fGr the SUCCESS of the eE- ire
ticket ar we'll. He promised if elee ted
to Use his best efforts to mas5 the
county an efficient officer The
speaker gave his rea sons for te5yg a
RepGbli@an and supporting the Re
publican ticket. aud his talk Slong
this line was logical and made .as1l i'm
pressi0s- The money question and
the lais war We're alluded to larietiy
and Mr.. Hays left the platforsH to be
followed by Hon. Gtp- NJ. Milny-
Nr. Niiey is cry pleasant APP
peariEg gentleman and as sOor as he
got NJ and faced hi; audience every
one present knew that something in
teresting was to fellow. And there
was u" disappointment on this score
Mr.. Miley is Enost entertaining
talkeL. and while he is plain and con
vipciEg in his arguments he 1Inder-
stands the art of s9rdwichiug in anec-
dotet just at the right tina. and he
always makes them effective and
drires home some strong p0iIs with
them.
The speaker said he had no i'll will
towa,d the Democrats and world not
willingly say anything to hurt their
feelings, but they had made tReir own
record and it was subject of legiti
malS criticism. 4 man shOulG vote
and select others tR fill office on the
sane principle that he would eElpIOy
men ,p conduct "a &.usineSS foI. him
Mr.. Nliey then UeGt back 70" q few
year and showed from the record
just what each partT had done. He
went into details and proved clearly
to his audience that Judging the two
great parties III pureis business prin- |
ciples, and by what they had accom- |
plishcd that the Republican party vas |
the. one Which deserved the confidence /
and support of th-. people. The /
whole talk of Mr.. Miler was remark /
able for an able and clear prcsenta- /
tiOn of tn salient points at issue be /
tween the two parties There was nu .
effort to hafUddle any one but every
proposition handled was dealt with
in such Il plain, simple way that a
person % the most ordinary intelli-
gence .cOulG have understood HIM
Mr.. Milcy talks to people and not
above them. and in his clearnesS and
simplicity lies the great charm of his
speeches. There is no straining after
dramatic effect. he tries TO present
what he believes to be the truth and
then makes an effort to ram il home.
Mr. Miley said lie would not weary
the people with "A long discussion of
the silver. question. he merely called
attention 10 the fact that the party
that Is now bowling so loudly about ,
free coinage voted down several free !
silver bills in Congress during Mr..
Cleveland : second term. when they
could haze passed them had they .
deemed such legislation advisable.
He mentioned this to show the incon- 7
sistency of the Democrats on this one
point. tt
The speaker liked MIR. Vandiver
thought he wae nice gentleman. but
he was excellent school teacher and
the youth of this section of Missouri nv
needed him in that capacity. The II
speaker could not teach school. but :,
he had learned to write his name and .
would have no trouble receipting for,
his salary promptly if he was elected. hl
Ben +. Davis, candidate for cir n
cult judge made short address. He I
asked the support of his friends of all
parties, and promised if elected TO fill
the position to the best of his ability.