The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-27
CAMPAIGN WARNS UP
FUSION FORCES IN SOUTH DAKOTA
SATISFIED WITH THE PROG
REsS THEY ARE MAKING
CONGRESSMAN LElTz'S TOUR
THE OHIO MAN WILL MAKE A
NUMBER OF ADDRESSES, BE-
GINNING SEPT.
DENBY LEAVES HIS PARTY
One of McKinIey's Philippine Com
missioners Writes a Letter Which
the Republican Committee
Gives to the Public.

SIOUX FALLS S. D., Aug. 26-
Special.)-The campaign for the cleo
ton of the congressional and state
ticket nominated by the Democrats
and Populists of South Dakota
is now well under way, and the
fusion campaign managers express great
satisfaction with the interest displayed
this early in the campaign by the voters,
and the good attendance that has stead
lily greeted the speakers now travelling
through the state in aid of the fusion
cause.
Particularly is this true of the meet
ings addressed by Hon. T. P. Gore, a
blind orator from Texas, who for the
past ten days or two weeks has been
visiting the eastern part of the state.
He has not yet had a poor meeting. He
has had meetings in places where the
people would never before turn out in
any great number to listen to a PopuIist
or Democratic speaker. AT Parkston the
other night he had an overfiowing house.
A gentleman writing to Chairman Mad
bury, of the Populist state committee,
from Parkston in relation to the meeting
said:
You may understand the surprise of
the people of that town when they saw
the crowd. The house was full, the door
was full, the sidewalk in front was full;
there were men at the side looking In at
the window, and mad men walking
around biting their lips because the sides
OF the building were not all glass Cit
liens of the town tell me that 1t was
the largest crowd ever assembled in that
place to attend a political meeting Even
the republican party, which largely pre-
dominates In Parkston, never thought of
haVlng more than half that number in
attendance at political meeting"
Reports from the KimbaII and Cham
perlain meetings say that at both places
the house was literally packed and from
each meeting comes the assurance that
Gore Is not only fine speaker, but a
vote-getter as well.
CONGRESSMAN LENTZ's TOUR.
The state committee has about COM
pleted arrangements for the speaking tour
In South Dakota OF Congressman John T.
Lentz, of Ohio, and is satisfied that he
will be greeted by good crowds wherever
ne goes. Webster Davis is also to make
~ne or two speeches in the state In be
half of the fusionists. CongreBsrnan
Lentz will speak at Beresford, Sept g.
Yankton, Sept. 4; Watertown, Sept. s:
Mitchell, Sept. 6; Salem, Sept 7. at
o'clock p. M; Huron Sept. 7, at night;
Lennox, Sept. 8, afternoon; Sioux Falls,
Sept. 8, at night
Much good for the fusion cause Is con-
f1dently expected to result from these
meetings. South Dakota has a large
number Of Germans, Russians and other
foreign-born citizens to whom the cry of
Imperialism and militarism especially ap-
peals. These men have been largely
Republicans heretofore, but the fusion
managers expect to win the support Of
thousands of them
Two attempts have been made to or
ganize a Middle-of- the-Road Populist
party in the state, but both attempts
have failed. In the spring John r.
Lowe, one of the organizers of the oil
Populst party, held meetings through
the state for the purpose of working up
Middle-o the-Road sentiment, but the
interest in his meetings was slight More
recently a Minneapolis man has renewed
the attempts, but has also met with poor
success.
Bryan and Stevenson clubs are being
organized in all parts of the state with
good memberships. A club of this kind
will be organized at Millbank on the even
ing of Sept. l, at the conclusion of the
address of Hon. T. P. Gore, who speaks
at that place on the evening stated.
Senator Pettigrew has actively entered
the campaign for reelection to the United
States senate. He has addressed meet
ingS at various points in Charles Mix
and Douglas counties, and at Richland,
Harrisburg and other places. Much in
terest was manifested by the people in
each of the meetings.