Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
Gymnastic Oratory of Sam S.
Wright, Of Upton.
SPOKE At THE GRAND LAST NIGHT.
criticIzes Senator Delivers Style
Uses Strong Language-Dwels Long
on periaIism-Ridcules Mark
Hanna.
IFrom Saturdays Daily.l

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Yesterday was big day for the de-
mocracy of Wapello county, and it fell
as fiat as a toy balloon full of pin holes
Sam S. Wright, of Upton, great states
man and orator, but, as he says in the
beginning of his speech, not politi
clan, was the drawing card, but for
some reason or other he failed to
draw; in fact, he didn't succeed in
holding until the completion of his
talk, some of the members of the slim
audience he had in the start. He is
mighty man, lat least in the opinion of q
certain resident of Upton, whose mi
tials are S. S. W., and makes the char
acteristic good" democratic address in
which he makes frequent use of sever
al bad" words, and in a way that be-
speaks a long and studious use of
them. He dubs Mark Hanna Marcus
Aurelius Aurora Borealis," and for
that reason every one should vote for
Bryan.
Mr.. Wright is very forcible speak
er; that is, the fact is very forcibly i'm
pressed upon the nearer that he seems
to be trying to make other people be-
lieve what he really doesn't have any
idea is true. He has the most origin
al gestures; and right there is one fun
ny thing about Mr.. Wright. In max
ing his points clear (?) to his audi
ence, he doubles himself almost into a
bow knot. has arms, heads and pro-
family flying out in every direction,
and In two parts of his Grafton calls
attention to the gestures toward the
center of the earth" he says, of Sen
ator Dolliver, acknowledged TO be one
of the greatest takers in this country
today. In point of startling gymnas-
tic gesticulatlons he has Mr.. Dolliver
bested about 16 to l.
Mr.. Wright An Original Orator.
One who heard Mr.. Wright last ev-
ening hit the nail on the head in say
ing that the gentleman should be ad-
mirable as barker" for side show,
where he could use his matchless ges-
lures and oratory in making it clear
to the open-eyed populace that they
should see the two-headed woman or
the dog-faced boy, but that it seemed
impossible for him to have the making
of an able campaign speaker in him.
Mr.. Wright, having by his criticism
of Mr.. Dolliyer, laid himself liable to
criticism, other things might be men
toned about him that are interesting.
He has pretty little way, when Just
ty, Of running his fingers thru his lux
uriant locks, and gazing lovingly at
the chairman. The audience, especi-
ally those on the stage who had canes,
learned this characteristic very early
in the speech last evening, and when
ever Mr.. Wright's hand went into his
curly black hair, they took the cue and
made the stage resound with the en-
thuSiaStlc WhackS of their walking
sticks. If thy were at any time lit
tie dilatory in this particular, Mr..
Wright would turn and smile benign
antly upon the cane-men on the stage,
and the cane-whackers would imme-
diately commence.
Capt. Evans Opens the Meeting.
Capt. S. B. Evans was chairman of
the meeting last evening, and at a lit
tie after 8 o'clock, after an audience of
few hundred was well distributed
over the first and second floors of the
mouse, he made very short speech in
troductory of the distinguished speak,
er of the evening. After about twenty.
five minutes, when the deafening ap.
plause had partly subsidized, and the
cane whacks coulu be heard no more
the distinguished speaker walked bold.
ly to the footlights and, regarding the
audience with benign smile, as much
as to say you ought to be glad that
/ came here" ne began his speech
with the declaration that he is no poll
tician. This was the most sensible
thing he said during the evening
From that on his remarks lost more
and more value until at the end, in de
fining the positions of the two parties
he surpassed his previous records, and
demonstrated that he has very fer
tile Imagination, an Imagination, in
fact, worthy of the historian of the i'm
mortal Nick Carter. Following are
The parts of his speech:
Bemoans Changed Conditions.
Hitherto this country has been con
graduated on the fact that it was al
in one hemisphere, practically in one
zone, and nearly all together;
that one of the greatest documents
was from the pen of the immorta
Abraham Lincoln, God bless him, anc
that another was framed by one o
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