Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

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building recently orr down; snakes
galore, and other reptiles. line the
walls. interspersed with'deer antlers
and buffalo horns, etc. All these were
examined serldtin1 and discoursed
about, until time of adjournment ar
rived, when we babe our host good
bye with a promise in due time to re-
spond to his hearty sscome again"
Last Thursday was Dockery Day in
Iron county. At early morn the wealth
er-clerk was not in his ~pleasantest
mood, and not until afternoon did his
visage clear of its frowns. There was
an occasional splitting of rain with
enough promise of downpour to detain
the more timid under the shelter of
the roof-tree. Mr.. Dockery was billed
to speak at Annapolis al one O'Clock,
and at Ironton at 7:30. A delegation
from Ironton, headed by the A. V.
Cornet Band, took the ssfast mail" that
morning at 6:10. and was taken to its
destination on time. and in time for
the hungry to breakfast at the Hotel
Benson. a light rain had fallen at
Annapolis, and Nature seemed in melt
ing mood. This was unfortunate, for
the town is a small one, and the crowd
expected would have to ride for miles
in buggy or horseback. After break
fast the band was called out, and from
that time until loon it played at FREE
quent intervals. The speaker came
up on the 1880 train and was escorted
to the hotel by the sovereigns in
presence. A reception was held in the
parlor, and scores of sturdy citizens
greeted the next Governor of the State.
After that We sat down to dinner, and
a most excellent dinner it was. This
not the first experience of the
at the Hotel Benson; he had
been there before and came away with
pleasing ~recollectious. Then, how
ever, the house was presided over by
the genial landlady, Mrs. Benson, but
this occasion she was far away in
the land of the midnight sun, or there
and I confess that prior to
Ironton / recalled with regret, |
not unmixed with misgiving, the fact
of her absence. 1t was a vain fear;
for to her daughter. Mrs. Bolch. have
descended the genius and the pleasing |
attributes of the mother. Our recep-
were made to feel hat we had been
expected and were welcome. The
house, from cellar to garrett was
placed al our disposal, and comfort
greeted US on every hand. The din
was as fine as any that could be fur
anywhere-was beyond criti-
cism IN Cuisine, and served as il de-
served to be. But why waste words?
Our appetites gave an appreciation to
the viands that cannot be enhanced
or qualified by lingual expression.
The pleasing memory of the fair hos
and her ministrations TO the COM
fort of the wayfarers that day will not
soon pass away. As to the political
proceedings of the day, it is perhaps
to let Mr.. Lubens, who accom-
Mr.. Dockery on his itinerary,
tell of them, and tells truthfully:
''All Iron County was enthusiastic to-
day. Enthusiasm stood out promi-
nently as oon rs the Dockery train
the southern county line. In the
morning, at Des Arc, the train was
stormed by a big body of men carrying
a banner inscribed: The Des Arc
and Stevenson Club, 100 strong;
Dockery for Governor" They were
headed by William Mckee and had
come to attend the meetings at Annap-
oils and Ironton. At Vulcan another
large body of men boarded the train.
At Annapolis, where MIR. Dockerv
spoke in the afternoon, a brass band
of eighteen pieces and a large delega-
of citizens, headed by William K. Ed
gar, of the County Committee, met the
Dockery party and escorted it to the
hotel, where MIR. Dockery held a re-
ception and shook hands with several
hundred who had come to the speaking.
Despite the damp air and the threaten
ing weather, the size of the crowd at
Annapolis compelled the holding of
the meeting out of doors. A pretty
grove of post oaks sheltered the plat
form. 1t was decorated with pictures
of Bryan and Stevenson, and a fiaring
red banner bore the legend in gilt let
tiers: ssHurrah for Dockery." The
size and enthusiasm of the crowd led
Mr.. Dockery to defy the dampness and
the inclemency of the weather and to
speak at length on State affairs, on
trusts and Imperialism. The journey
from Annapolis to Ironton on the Iron
Mountain was a continuous ovation,
and at each stop men en- route to the
speaking at Ironton boarded the train
and greeted Mr.. Dockery. One of
these reported a poll of twenty-five
men at his station, in which twenty
four declared in favor of the Demo-
cratic candidate. Red fire, bunting,
trumpets, horns, lanterns, torches and
a big white band wagon, flags, men on
horseback, men in vehicles and men
on foot, the whole welded into a be-
wildering, ear-splitting ensemble by a
chorus of shouts aud yells from IN
counted human lungs-that was how
Ironton welcomed Alexander Dockery
tonight. 1t was getting dark when
the Dockery train pulled into Ironton
Depot and the grounds surrounding
it were a moving of people,
whose shouts and yells of 'Hurrah for
Dockery.' 'Hurrah for the next Cover
nor,' drowned the whistle of the loco
motive and the rumble of the train.
Back on the hillside road, ear the de-
pot, was a line of horsemen ranged
with the uniformity of troopers, a line
so long that it faded into the distance
and gloom. 1t was only a Democratic
club which had ridden in from the
Beileview Valley to hear DOckery
speak. Ironton is some distance from