Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-09-28
TANNER MEETING
VAS A GRAND SUCCESS.
Immense Audience Listens TO a Mas
terlY Address BY Corporal James
Tanner of Nashington. ID. C.-Ex-
Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hanna
Also Speaks.

Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hanna
Also Speaks
tanding the several at
Fractions elsewhere last night there
..yas an immense audience at the Re
publican headq quarters to hear Cor
spOral James Tanner of Washington,
I'D. c., and ex-Lieutenant Governor
Thomas Hanna The veterans were
lout in full force and enjoyed the
meeting TO the fullest extent. In &C
cOrdance with the special invitation
lot Corpora Tanner. the ladies turned
out remarkably well and were scat
tered here and there in large mum
bers. The attendance was almost as
large as the Shurman meeting. and
was particularly gratifying to those
having the meeting IN charge. Ii
was the soldiers love feast of the
campaign and their effort to make
it grand success was certainly
rewarded in most pronounced
manner The "officer OF the day
was Comrade Benjamin Starr, and
he proved himself fully capable of
fulfilling the task assigned him. As
some one said today, Mr.. Starr would
make splendid campaigner, so well
did he do last night.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Thomas
Hanna was first introduced and gave
brief, stirring speech, directed
particularly TO his old comrades,
urging them to the support of the
grand old party. which has furnished
so many hero Presidents, and filled
so many important offices in this
government.
Chairman Starr, at the conclusion
of Mr.. Hanna ) able remarks, intro
duced Corporal James Tanner, who
opened bis speech by saying he was
a Republican and was proud of the
fact Il am a Republican from the
crown of my head as far down as |
90. daughter The best defense
of the Republican party is its history
in the past years.
The Democratic party IS full OF
predictions and carries every state
in the Union until election day. Mr.
Bryan goes up and down through the
country predicting disaster and ca
lamity He did this in 1896, but has
the disaster come? God knows we
have enough trouble without having
such a man as Bryan reminding US
all the time of further calamity
Bryan showed his imperialist ideas
strongly when he compelled the Dem
ocratic party, against the wishes OF
fully three fourths, to put in the
Kansas City platform the free silver
clause of 10 to l.
, We believe in expansion of all
! kinds. Mr.. Tanner went on and
spoke of the marvellous expansion OF
this country from 1903, when 800,
| 100 900 acres were added by the
Louisiana purchases, add still later
! by the addition of Florida and
other territories. Wherever the
/ glorious flag of this nation now floats
it is there to stay, and no man or ma
tion is now living who can say to us,
thus far and no farther shalt thou
90. (Applause) Mr.. Bryan says
that if be is elected President he will
pull down the flag in the Philippines
and war shall cease Shall he do it?
(CrIes of No No
When Mr. Mark Hanna, in an ad-
dress the other day. said there were
no trusts, he slipped cog and made
a mistake on account of not being
familiar with public speaking. There
are trusts in this country, for in
stance the ice trust in New York
city, run by such men as Boss Gro
ker, Mayor VanWyck and other
prominent Democratic leaders. All
acts of legislation against trusts dur
ing the past few years have been en-
acted by the Republican party, and
the last one vas defeated through
the efforts of the Democratic mem
bers of congress.
In closing Corporal Tanner paid
glowing tribute To the ladies, and
mentioned particularly the name of
Clara Barton, with whom he came in
contact during the civil war His
speech throughout was full of pa
triotic fire, quaint humor and com
mon sense which greatly impressed
his hearers and brought enthusiastic
applause and warm reception.