The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-09-21
FOUR OUT Of FIVE.
The Allen County Fair Lasts Five
Days and on Four of Them the
Rain lnterteres.


and there was a driz2le in the morning !
just to get limbered up. Wednesday
it rained so the races had to be de- |
clared off and there was hardly any |
crowd at the grounds. Thursday was
u beautiful day and some 5000 people |
came here and took in the fair. Fri
day it rained in the morning drizzle |
that promised all things. AT moon it |
rained hard enough to stop all racing,
then let up. During the afternoon the
sun shone and the earth dried up so
there was promise of good day
To knock this in the head a
neavy shower that night soaked the
ground. Four rains in five days.
Mark Hanna is to be impeached by
the association.
Friday Ex-Governor John p. Alt
geld, of Illinois, who is often referred
to as anarchist" Altgeld, was billed
to speak and despite the muddy roads
there was a pretty good collection of
rock ribbed Democrats and Populists
in from the country to hear him.
Owing to the condition of the grounds
the speaking was held at the opera
house which was crowded. The ma
jority of the crowd were Democrats
and Populists and they had a love
feast. There were some 400 people
in the hail. one hundred of whom
were probably curious Republicans,
L. |. Purcell introduced the speakers,
and G.. 5. Ritter, j. B. Goshorn and
w. l.. Bartels graced the platform.
Mason S. Peters, the Populist and
fusion nominee for congress from this
district was the first speaker. Mason
is surely a weak sister. He said he
wanted to go to congress because the
fusion convention nominated him.
"Do you know" he said "when l
address a western audience, | am inn
pressed with their intelligence, their
independent thoughtfulness. A Kan
sas audience is the hardest in the
world to entertain" This battered
the crowd, but they refused to be en-
tertained by MIR. Peters.
my opponent, Mr.. Bowersock, is
a rich man, perhaps the wealthiest in
the state. | am a poor man, but
richer than he. have nine children
worth 81 ,000,0 900 each. J. have no
hope save to give them an education
and send them out to fight life's bat
ties. Mr.. Bowersock says the hum
OF the spindles is sweet music to him.
am more interested in the man at
the spindle. hope Allen county will
roll up a big majority for me.
81 b.lieve in manifest destiny but
don't believe in shooting it into peo-
pie. Vote for William j. Bryan and
save the country from everything"
Then John p, Altgeld was intro
duced and his assertion that the ma.
iority of congressman were bought
and corrupted when they reached
Washington brought up clear
vision in the minds of the audience
of Mason 5. Peters standing like a
stone wall against which the fierce
waves of corruption and intimidation
beat fruitlessly. 1t was ready-madC
joke.
j. Mack Love, Kansas Democratic
manager was present as was a.sc
David Leahy, the Official secretary o.
things Democratic
ALTGELD'S SPEECH.
Curiosity to see the man who had
pardoned the Chicago anarchists,
whose crime had shocked the world
together with the natural interest in
hearing what man of acknowledged
ability would have to say ON the
Democratic side of National politics
fairly filled the Opera House in the
afternoon with an audience anXiou,
to see and hear eX-Gov. Altgeld, Of
Illinois.
They saw man of undersize, witt
black hair and beard and an un
calmly bearing, who sat on the plat
form before the meeting began Will
a look of utter WEAKNESS and indif
, ference on his face. They heard {
, man who, in worn out voice ant
with great physical effort, make thu
t most adroit speech that has perhaps
) ever been heard in lola.
The adroitness of the speech con
sisted of the skill with which the com
, monest patriotic platitudes, the mos
self-evident and undenied axioms o
t liberty and good government were 81
presented as to convey the impression
a to the nearer that the Democratic
y party favored these things and tn
; Republican party opposed them. Ant
' it was adroit slso-a good deal NOR
adroit than Democratic---in the fac
e that it did not once name w.
$ Bryan or mention l6 to l, and frankl,
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