Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-28
TREMENDOUS
Was the 0utpouring OfCitizeus Fri
day Night to Hear the Truth.

No heraldlng Of q mighty speaking
force coming upon us to favor us with
their oratory ever brought forth great
er results than was realized Friday
night when Hon. George X Nash, Hon.
John A. Caldwell and Senator Bur-
rows visited our city for the purpose
OF proclaiming the truths of Republl-
can doctrine, Tat Republicans might
the better understand, and the Demo-
Gratis undergo conversion.
The city was full of people when
twilight had let her curtain down-an
enthusiastic people, too, giving vent to
their earnestness in this present poll
tlcal undertaking. The country all
about generously poured her people in
upon us-much to our pleasure; and
our sister city, Parkersburg, simply
outdld her enthusiastic self in the del
egation of Republicans from within
her precincts With red lights and
two bands of music her hosts marched
up the street-illumining the welkin
as well as making it ring about right.
At the Auditorium there was such a
lot Of people gathered as tried the ca
pacity of thatroomy place, there being
easily two thousand people in the big
room; and the taking of that throng
off the streets still left the town alive
with people. The crowd was so great
that an overflow meeting was held at
the Court House, and was addressed
by Hon. Mr.. Caldwell.
At the Auditorium Hon. c. c. Mid
dleswart presided very happily, and
the first speaker he introduced was
the Hon. George X. Nash, candidate
for governor of Ohio.
The Judge started into his subject
| by the shortest route and without any
greenhouse verbiage he told the story
of the campaign as he saw it; and
what he told must have carried with it
the seed which in frution time would
be Republcanism. The Judge pic
tured matters as they now are as com
pared with what they were in so, and
he sprang as his first demonstration
the faithful and convincing sheep-his
value then and now; and he reviewed
prosperity in its various forms which
have stepped in on each others heels
| in getting into line since the Mckinley
regime came into being. He thought
it safe policy to let well enough
alone. He told of the money increase
since June, SO, and named the amount
of increase as S4OO,OOO,OO0 up to date.
He asked where might be the farmer
who would now sell as low as he did
Lin SO. Not about here, certainly, nor
anywhere in this broad America He
pointed to the danger of changing a
policy in such a time, which change
would surely be made should the other
party win. The Judge detailed some
what our balance of trade with foreign
countries. He dwelt at some length
on the so-called Imperialism, and
showed how another than our present
policy in the Philippines would be
rank cowardlce and failure to attain
good end for the benighted people
over the seas. He said a big Republi-
can victory would simply be ratihca-
ton of the Spanish war-an endorse
ment by a wise and well-meaning peo-
pie.
Judge Nash covered the ground
pretty thoroughly-from Dan to Bers-
heba-and took his points well, so
that what he said carried with it the
conviction that he was right.
Al,er Judge Nash had finished, the
chairman introduced Hon. John A.
Caldwell, a very happy and impressive
man, who abounds with good ideas
and enjoys the pleasure of being able
to impart them. He started out by
saying thatright here in Marietta was
an early home of the expansion idea.
That out of one territory there had
grown flye states and a great people.
His argument lay largely along the
same lines as did that of his earnest
predecessor in speaking. His speech
was full of fine and practical patriot
ism, and in giving his feelings express
sion he delivered many thrilling pass
ages.
Senator julius C. Burrows was the
dessert to the foregoing dishes, and he
certainly left a very good taste in the
mouth. He was not the frothy kind,
like meringue on floating island and
such things but he was solid nutri-
ment-furnlshing that something
which makes one grow
This gentleman has been heard here
before and he didn't leave a bad repu-
tation behind him, either. He spoke
on the Tariff then, but on this occas-
ion he delivered himself of his feelings
on the matter of expansion-and those
feelings are intense. 1t took the Sen
ator about an hour "a short one to his
hearers) to express his views on the
subject He declared there were no
State issues that Ohio need worry her
self about-that this election was a
National affair in which all were in
teresJed. Success in Ohio for the Re-
publicans pointed to the most speedy
downfall of the people in the Philip
pines who were following Aguinaldo
and his will-o-the- wisp. He uttered