The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-24
REPUBLICANS ENTHUSE.
A Big Turnout Listens to Sledee
Hammer Facts.

ing slow about it when it arrived.
It began with the formation of a
torchlight procession early last
Thursday evening, on Third street,
led by the Morgan band. A squad
of uniformed mounted rough riders
from Beaver Falls. bearing torches,
lent animation to the long line Of
torch bearers in the marching line,
and the drum corps kept up the
music whenever the Morgan musi-
clans paused to get their wind. c.
G. Johnson made very capable
marshal, and different committees
Of the local Republican League had
seen to all necessary arrangements
in advance of the meeting.
At the opera house, at the conclu-
sion of the parade, the seats soon
filled up, and a large number were
compelled to stand up through the
meeting The glee club. composed
of Messrs. Engeman, Tompkins, c.
V. Everett, C. G.. johnson and S. G.
Peterson. with Mrs. Johnson as ac-
companist, put the crowd in jolly
humor with their lively songs, after
which Chairman King introduced a
commercial traveller named Lennon,
who gave very positive testimony
against the claim made by certain
Bryanites, that the travelling men
were all going to vote against Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Lennon asserted that
his fellow Travellers were going for
Mckinley about nine to one, fer the
substantial reason that they had a
painful recollection of the scanty
employment to be had in the last
Cleveland regime.
Judge Emery of Minneapolis
opened his address with the state
ment that he had been sent out from
state headquarters to stir up enthu-
siasm in various towns, but here he
had had the tables turned upon him
Redwood Falls Republicans had
enthusiasm enough to inspire a /
who came within her borders. He
had seen no better evidences Of er-
thusiasm for Republicapism any
where on his travels than here.
| Judge Emery S method of stating
his case is lawyer-like in its orderly
statement of known facts in support
Of each position taken in the course
of his argument He was first re-
minded of a mother-in-law story. to
the effect that a certain man who
had left home and gone to 9e Las in
order to make life pleasant for his
mother-in- law. in the course of time,
received a telegram advising him Of
the death of his esteemed relative.
and asking him whether he wished
to have the body embalmed. crema-
ted or burned. The exile promptly
wired back: ''Embalm, cremate and
bury. Take no chances. That
was what the voters of this country
were going to do next month with
Bryanism-take no chances of an
other resurrection.
Judge Emery had an adjunct to
enforce his arguments, 10 the shape
of an easel Of large size, on which
were hung cartoons and illustrations
bearingon national and state issues.
Perhaps the most forcible were
those relating to the state admins
tration. Without applying epithets
or abuse to our present state execu-
tive. the speaker showed conclu-
sively that as reformer Gov. Lind
had been a failure. Great stress
had been laid upon wheat inspection
1.-TWO years ago, yet the people had
paid more than $4,000 more for
poor inspection the past two years
than for real inspection the two
years Immediately preceding, under
Clough, though the number of BUSH
els inspected was decidedly smaller.
/ Again, state institutions had cost
the people over 6per cent more per
inmate, under Lind s management,
than for the corresponding period
before. AS to the state civil SER
vice, never before had political
party made systematic tax upon
state employees for graduated share
of their salary, as had been done by
the Lind political machine during
the past two years, Office holders
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