The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-10-27

a. D. Stewart Speaks for
the Republicans in
Delhi.
While Evans and Clark Take
a Fall Out OF the Fir
In Redwood.

Mr.. Andrew D. Stewart of Redwood
Falls township, up to this year the
leading Populist worker in the county,
but now q member of the Republican
party, made his first Republican
speech of the present campaign at the
hall of the Delhi Cornet band, in Delhi,
last Monday evening. He was greeted
by superb house, old friends, and
heretofore followers of the young
orator.
There we're slight rumblings against
the speaker early in the evening.
Some of the more radical Populists in
town, two or three, we're extremely
bitter and gave vent to their feelings,
while here and there in one or two
places, eggs were limited at and threats
of smearing the speakers coat tails
were made, but the speaker paid no
attention to those threats, if he heard
any of them, and came into the hall at
just 8:15. A few moments later he be-
gan his speech, lasting little over an
hour. 1t was entirely free from abuse,
except an attack on Grover Cleveland
on the bond issue, in which it is.alleged
q big commission was paid.
Mr.. Stewart opened his speech by
saying that he was marching under
the same banner shown in the Chris
tian spirit of forgiveness of the biblical
character wherein the fatted calf was
sacrificed, and he was proud of the
fact, proud of his reception, and of his
ability to assist in the true work of his
new cause. He then spoke of the alb
solute freedom Of the people under
this government, wherein there was
candor, fairness, audience denied no
one, and where man has the right to
speak to the court of final resort-the
multitude, in the decision of which he
must abide.
The people, he insisted, should kill
the public germ of disease, planted by
INSCRIPTIONS politicians, exercise eter-
nal vigilance, and arise from the gen.
eral political apathy which now exists
among them, and the result would be
that political corruption would end
and bossism would be driven from
this union.
"This campaign means more than
man." continued the speaker. "But
two weeks hence the American people
will express their conviction as to the
conduct of the war, and as to the dis
position of the TERRITORY acquired by
that war. Economies and other minor
political problems have passed to the
rear and on Nov. 8th next the Ameri-
can people will decide as to whether
the people of Cuba, Porto Rico and
the PHILIPPINES will enjoy life,
liberty aud happiness we now enjoy,
or be reIegated to the barbaric rule
from which they we're taken when the
United States army and navy defeated
Spain. When Mckinley took the oath
of Office he received a legacy from
President Cleveland in the vexed Gu
ban question. The inhumsnity, bar
baric rule and atrocities of Spain
appealed to his sympathetic heart, and
it was his first problem to solve as to
how to intervene so that the Spanish
hand of oppre ssion might be removed
and war avoided. He did not invite
war. He was opposedto it. He hesi-
tated just as Lincoln hesitated prior
to the civil war, and when Sumter fell
his cry was for war, as was his voice
that of the people, as green sod over
graves in the south testify. When all
arts known to diplomacy failed, after
the Maine was blown up, after the
deLome incident, after Senator Proc
tors report, the President ceased to
advocate peace and was the mouth
piece of war.
"You all know the history of that
war, of the proud battle of Dewey in