Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-10-12
FUSION >nni>kA s.H eoAasrsS
spoke te small Audience at the Court
buus. Tuesday Night.

''h9s L dtStsly A.SHt.
here was Il political speech deliv-
cred at the court house TUESDAY eve
ming. Thos. l.. Glenn, fusion candi-
date fer congress WAS the star perform
or. Mr. Glenn was billed 10 speak
here several days prior to his arrival.
but owing to fusion apathy. or some
other good reason. only about C. or 20
men, women and children were pres
eit.
Hon. Edwin MclBee presided. and 10
his Introductory remarks took great
pains tn say that he WAS glad Mr..
Glenn had arrived, Mr.. Glenn drove
over from Occur d'A lene. got lost on
| the prairie and did not reach here I'M
I til about 5 p. IN. as he Was about 10
''inAict" Il speech upon the audience
himself. Me. never has been accused
of being particularly sarcastic in eth
er his private or public uttarance, but
! along about the seventeenth line OF
! Mr.. ttlenn,s speech. the audience GER
! tainly must have accused Melee. 10
| themselves. OF INDUCING in wee Bit
of yelled sarcasm in using the term
''infiict.
Mr.. Glenn is running for congress-
! We beg our readers pardon for men
tioning it, but deem it necessary be-
cause We are sore afraid that very few
OF our people are aware Of tie exist
ence Of such 4 person rs Thus. l..
Glenn
Now Mr.. Glenn no doubt is ii man
OF whom nothing personally may BE-
said against. but as a political speaker
! IA hi t.S.1f In, l,I. ~
| least. a terrible and frightfui disap-
| puintln"Iit to men and women OF flu
sion faith. He is 50 far behind the
times that he does moi rcalize that
greenbackism is not an issue Of 1900:
that it WIS buried beneath the daisies
/ in 1876. nearly 80 years ago. The
curse Of national banks: the millions
upon millions of filthy lucrc made by
the l51ercGfnries out Of the War Of the
/ rebellion: the terrible crime Of p. and
4 the woefnl lack of gold. silver. paper.
nickel and copper money to even lift
the mortgagcd Indebtedness off the
people in New York city. were ennm-
/ Grated as very few of 5ie mortal Sins
I of the lnlquitouS party oi republicans
ism. There was hardly an exploded
theory of anti-republican ddcrine,
which the fusion nominee for congress
/. failed To ''inliict'' on his audience,
who bore it all with Spartan foftitude.
/ The trust proposition did not suffer
much at the speakers hands. Mr..
Glenn's idea Of an ideal government
is kind Of mutual trust PROPOSE.
ton. anyway, and iH must hay. beer!
skcptical as to his ability TO satisfac
torily explain his position upon that
question.
The subject ofeXpansion We'll JUS
ut that point the audience began [,
eXpand-to various points about town
II NOW struck the speaker that IL WI.
proper fora candidate To make a prom
Use or two aS an evidence of gooC
faith, 50 Nr. Glenn promised his aud
fence that If he reached the goal y
his ambition. all they would 1eed I,
do would be to write him ami In
would send them all he garden seed
they wanted. That caught 1ne n
dies. They smiled. We fear they ar,
seriously inclined to vote Tor Glenn
To stay 1t home.
We don't care 10 censure too harsh
" Mr.. Glenn's speech, for fear the III
sion managers may call htm IN gar
den seel ami all and in ttlat cas-
hundreds Of notes would te Isl T.
the republican candidate for congress
John /. Morrison.