The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-10-11
SPEAK AND FEAST,
Republican Candidates for County
Offices Give Banquet in Honor
of Convention Delegates.
COUNTY TICKET is ENDORSED
Toasts and Feasting Continue Until Long
After Midnight and MANY Patriotic
Sentiments Are Expressed.

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given at the Grant House in honor of
the delegates to the County Conven-
ton. The banquet and the attending
| love feast was the most enthusiastic
political meeting held in Keuosha IN
many years. The banquet was simply
for the delegates, but few friends of
| the candidates fell in late in the even
| ing to fill up the chairs left by the alb
sent delegates.
Early in the evening the RepuDl1-
cans gathered in the parlors of the no.
| tel and for several hours they spent
the time in congra tulations and in dis
cussing the political situation. Prof.
Compton and J. Keck Wheeler were on
hand and gave several songs which did
much to enliven the occasion. About
| 10 o'clock the candidates led the way
to the dining room, where the long
tables were set. Covers were laid for
the forty-eight delegates and most of
them were present. After six course
dinner had been served the boys lit
their cigars, pushed back their chairs
from the table and the flow of soul be-
gan. For the next two hours the Re-
pub1icans talked. A long program of
toasts had been arranged and Johnson
Jackson was acting as the toast master
and when the coasters were little
| backward the head man was able to
keep the discussion open.
In introducing the first speaker the
worthy POSTMASTER stated that the Re-
pub1icans had gathered to ratify the
nomination of the best ticket ever
placed in the field in Kenosha county.
He introduced Albert E. Buckmaster,
who toasted ''Our Friends the Dele
gates' Mr.. Buckmaster assured the
delegates of the hearty thanks of every
candidate for their votes in the con-
vention and assured them that their
confidence had not been misplaced.
| He held that in the delegate was the
success of movement for purer cleo
tons and better election laws. He
said he was glad to see that there was
such unanimity of feeling of salts
| faction over the county ticket and that
the entire county was showing its 10y
atty to the grand old party. In clos
that there are no c1iques in politics,
but that it was the duty of every citi-
zen to take some action in the politics
of the nation. With a burden of
thanks to the delegates he urged them
to work together for the success of Re
publicanism in Kenosha county and
Wisconsin,
Superintendent William Griffith
| toasted ''Our Party.'' He said in part:
."Our party; six and forty years ago,
to use the words of distinguished
statesman, there was brought forth a
party conceived in liberty and dedicat-
ed to the principle that all men are
free and equal. 1t was organized to
oppose the national crime of slavery.
It tore the shack1es from hundreds of
| thousands of slaves. 1t changed the
destiny of the republic and is making
it's mark on the civilized world. 1t
gave a new meaning to the Declaration
of independence. It wiped out the
stain of slavery from the starry flag.
The glorious story of its history can
not be told in a brief speech like this.
After it had strangled the twin SER
penis of slavery and secession it had
brought forth a united nation" In his
short talk the speaker mentioned the
names of Seward, of Fremont and Lin
coin, and all were received with ire
mendous applause. In closing Mr..
Griffith said: ''The Republican party
stands for sound theories of finance,
protection Of the rights of labor, open
mills, not open minis, that every chin
ney should smoke, equal rights for all
be he white or black, for the improve
ment of schools, for the freedom of
sister nations. Under it's adn1inistra'
ton the flag has been carried to for
eign continents and the United States
has gained footho1d in the Pacific.
That flag must stay there forever.
So long as liberty has meaning, SO
long as progress is possible. SO long
will the name of the Republican party
be the synonym of liberty and equal
rights"
The speech of Mr.. Griffith was re-
i ceived with prolonged applause.
Sam Newman was then introduced
didates." Mr.. Newman stated that the
ticket was strong one and one that
would add great strength to the nation
al and state tickets. Then followed
short witty shots for all the candidates,
and at the close of the speech Mr..
Newman had placed the convention in
rare good humor. He was received
with applause, and the local hits made
were loudly applauded.
One of the finest speeches of the
evening was made by Alvin Blood,
who spoke on the subject, "Imperial-
ism" Mr.. Blood was one of the men
who made the batt1e-cry of Democracy
possible, and he stood up last night and
gave the lie to Democratic theories and
Democratic fa11acies. In regard to the
Philippines Mr.. Blood stated that there
} would be no government without the
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