The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-31
SWEDISH REPUBLICAN CLUB.
Rally Last Night In Harmonic Hall
Address by Hon. N. ID. sperry.


Address by Hon. N. ID. sperry.
The American Swedish Republican
club held rally last night in Harmonic
! hall.
/ The Gold legion of New Haven turned
out with red fire and band, and es-
corted Congressman Sperry= from his
residence to the place of meeting. The
Gold legion will continue acting as Mr..
Sperrys escort through the rest of the
campaign. After leaving Harmonic hall
they continued down Elm street to
Grand avenue, to Olive street, to Greene
street, to Academy to Chapel. to the
, Polo rink, where the company was dis
missed. Thursday night they will &C to
New Britain on special train, at the
invitation of the chairman of the New
Britain town committee. Special rates
and honorary badges will be accorded
all who desire to accompany them. The
meeting at Harmonic hall was opened
by Fred Carlson, president of the Swed-
ish Republican club, and deputy resitrar
for the Eighth ward. Mr.. Carlson in-
troduced the chairman of the meeting,
Perry Walmo.
After Swedish song by the Glee
club Hon N. D. Sperry delivered a
short and Inspiring address. Mr. Sterry
reverted to the condition OF this coun-
try now as compared with it's state in
1896, to President McKinley's successful
term in office, and followed this up with
an exhortation not to give up the sub
stance and grasp the shadow, like the
viii ha of ,1lyt In, itI1, n
after his mirror in the water. He dis
cussed the silver issue. declaring that
it is the real issue of this campaign, and
that the irredeemable Bryan dollar
still threatens this country in the event
Of Mr.. Bryan's election. He showed
conclusively that the republican party
by introducing the constitutional
amendment to regulate the trusts,
thereby cleared itself of the charges
made subsequently by the democratic
party who defeated the amendment,
George e. Hall, nominee for represen-
tative, and Hon. Livingston w. Cleave-
land followed with brief speeches, the
latter especially complimentng the
Swedish club for the thoughtful, stall
wart consideration of political issues
that is consistent with the Swedish
character. The clear respectful tone of
the meeting and the efforts of the tIlee
club received their due share of praise.
The principal address of the evening
was delivered by Charles +. Merrill of
Middletown II was a vigorous, clear
cut handling of the differences which
distinguished the followers of Organism
and of Mckinley government He re-
viewed the successive acquisitions of
territory by the government from Jeff
erson to Mckinley, and showed that the
FiHpinos, in that they are allowed a
choice as to their citizenship in the
United States, are. so much the better
off than the inhabitants of our former
acquisitions who We're compelled into
In illustrating the silver
issue MIR. Merrill referred to that min |
lister of the Swedish government, Gus |
taVus Adolphus, who stamped a copper
thaler with the imperial seal and was
hanged for his pains when the thaIer
was found to be not negotiable with for |
eign countries. In the light of this il
lustration the fate Of Mr. Bryan on cleo
ton should not be difficult to determine. |
Joseph Sunden of Cromwell was the |
last speaker, who addressed his coun-
trymen in their native tongue.
After this speech the assembly retired
to the basement of the hall where the
partook of refreshments.