Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1898-10-28
THE REPUBLICAN MASS
MEETING.

printed 10 modest old type
in the English and Spanish Ian
guage proclaimed that 1t would be
held at the Court House on Tues
day evening, Oct. 25th, 1898
The speakers named we'll, the
aonorables Fl O Bursnm. II y,
Barnes, Pablo rrujillo, David "
Nedbury, Silas Alexander, and
Wm. E. Martin rhis wps ahoal
all the 3x4 handhills, printed III
modest old type, proclaimed, and
yet no Presidents proclamation,
even in war times, created more
interest. A Republican mass
mertlugl You head it every
where, turn where you would
Hopewell, the grand chancellor OF
the democrats, was gong down on
the river before be saw il, aud
quickly embarrassed and remained
Tom Murphy, the chief of the Pop
ulists, announced his Intention OF
closing up earl y aud seeing every
bit OF 1t Others confessed their
curiosity and arranged 10 attend.
Even the women, they desired to
60 and made hurried preparations
for early supper A Republican
mass meeting beats Halloween
because in the first place it doesn't
come once a year, and secondly il
is regarded as the occasion for
taking down and putting up more
signs.
Now, if it was a republican rally
that bad been proclaimed, bnsluess
might not have mIssed n cog in it's
revolutions, but republican nlnes
meeting well, we live IN a high
altitude and are nervous, exclta-
ble people.
This republican mass meeting
was called for 8 O'Clock shhrr, aud
when We arrived at tne coGft, room
at that hour with our wife and sew
ptal lady friends the place was
filled Some gentlemen kindly
Offered the IadIe- their seats, wrIch
indeed were quite readily accepted,
aud we stood leaning against the
wall near the doorway There was
some whiSprriup between The pre-
siding officer, Nj Preis-er. and
several gentlemen. and then Mr. |
Blu sum. candidate for the leQiaa
tive roun ciI from Socorro and Sierra I
rUuniie was a,tnout ccd. He il a v"ry /
fine lookirg @ ntcman, a candid speak
er ami the poss"-sOr nt increasing tlCts +
and litures rciauug 10 what the Rcpuh.
licau administration has done for his
county IN aid Of gold and lead mining, I
cattle and sheep raising, indeed evcrv-
thing but SILVER pruduclug which list
II ay ~ s-ihly hav,. hren an oversight on
his part, AT least, ab Le 10 ked hon 81
ana brave enough TO hr-h rvcu tie silver
dollar in the lace ~ purity After
making g vi conscientious speech, IN
teresting everybody a. q no donht max
in4 for his ctndidH'y many lrleuds aud
support ~ Mr. -hut we should say
Sh rt Bursum Of Socorro, for he fills
that responsible office acreptiblv and
we'll gave way To the next speaker,
Hon Richald T. Barnes Of Silver CITY.
This geut man bears ttr ki ( re
senblanc TO tdu nal SAM son, and too
arpeas 20 thiek that hc has the demo
ctatlc party bottled up somewhere on The
Rio Crande and una le 10 escape Tie ~
a candidate for the leg!sl .turr from the
county Of Grant and the fact thai he con-
santti to make a political speech IL this
county may cause the democrats over
there 81 keep close watch on the hug
slon ual dag or tWo before election
He hrgpn With the puZ2liny ass rtiou
that hr was pr ud he Was rrpnbllcan
and imme ia civ Vent on 70 discuss the
LANDING Of the Pilgrim Father on the
Nayhnwer and their progress up to the
present, and althou Ii the Rtunt, hnDgfy
aprafitiou Of Silver haVrred near Rnd all
ur, urd hm, tr. Barnes never once
called Ter hy rnn0 The only reason
we can conjecture for this berausp be j
upderstoO Mr. Barnes is a hghly
popular gentleman an prominent law
er II 4 silver Cuunty-the o. ~ retsOn
W. can r.njrcturc ior it "" pe,t -
hat tie Pilgrim Fathers is one thing
~ = free silver i another
Following MIR Baru,s the Hon Pablo
+ jllo ca idltat, for representative to
he lei at ne from thl- an s 'corr
.uus,i. s. as-egd.d the tGm The .
i Pablo wears \ par II sp-ct clrs
III way down 81 np-e aud books 4 u hr
va nlWay4 going to take shuf 5
y ith ihr aid 81 az inter
,tetec tie Hon Pail minis ere toihr
itH1lcfatir U.rl, twenty or tttr' = GOOD