The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-10-26

Republican campaigners and speakers
are meeting with splendid receptions
wherever they appear throughout the
county. The hearts of the people are
warmed to the principles the speakers
advocate, and fair to rousing crowds
are the rule. The audiences have not
yet failed to roundly applaud and re-
main with the county campaigners as
long as they have cared to talk.
Monday night splendid meeting was
held at Diamond, addressed by c. ".
Swanson, W. j. Bryant, nominee for
superior Judge; Jno. F, Corner, for
auditor, and s. B. SiIer for assessor.
There was crowd of about so present,
which was considered good when but rs
votes were cast there at the last election.
The audience heartily applauded the
good republican doctrines. and was al
most unanimously in sympathy with
the speakers.
Alter the republicans had concluded
Farmer" Todd, fusion orator who is
| perambulating around the state at the
instance OF the Turner-R0gers machine,
with the expectation that he will be able
to swing the farmers, made a few bar
| angues in loud tone of voice. But he
failed to make any great impression.
Met Again AT EndicOtt.
Again at Endicott, Tuesday night, the
| opposing forces FLASHED at tongues
point. The dates again conficted and
the speakers OF the two parties divided
time.
WI Bryant was the first speaker,
with but ten minutes Of time. Consider
ing this ne made a good speech and a
good impression with his sensible and
manly talk.
L. {. Miles, democratic candidate for
representative came next and talked
fast on freight rates and railway passes.
promising, as all ''reformers" have prom
lsed, only to violate the promise, that he
would never ride on a pass; that if he
didn't have money enough to pay his
fare to Olympia, he would start in
time and walk
Ethan Smith followed in a calm and
sensible little talk, in which he said he
thought the grain growers, OF whom he
| Is one, were entitled to have their wheat
hauled to the seahOard as cheaplv as
the railways could afford to transport it:
| and he thought we are not now getting
that rate.
Assessor Siler talked five minutes re-
gardlng the duties of his office and the
injustice OF the revenue law passed by
the pOpulist Legislature of 1897, which
forces assessment of wheat without al
lowing offsets for debt, while bank stock
con SO escape.
Z. w. Swanson spoke for an hour in q
logical manner upon national, state and
county Issues, from a republican stand
point.
lie was followed by Farmer" Todd.
for Bryan and Governor Rogers. He
mace very good speech if it had been
delivered III the old days of the Farmers
Alliance or the iDcipient days of popul-
ism. tie made more faces, yelled louder,
sweat more cOpiOusly and cut more stage
monkey shines than have been seen or
heard since those days. He denied there
was prosperity, and then denied that the
republican party brought it, laying it to
every other cause on earth.
The audience was a good one, made
up from both parties
Because OF smallpox in the vicinity of
Thornton all dates for republican
speeches there have been cancelled.
New assignments for republican speak
ers are:
A. W. Perley, nominee for representa-
tive ID the Sixth district, and NJ. O.
Reed as follows. All evening meetings:
Endicott, Saturday, October 81.
Pennington, Monday, October %
Oakesdale, Tuesday, October 80.
Z. W. Swanson, as follows. All even
ing meetings.
Eaton school house, Friday, October
&c.
st. John, Saturday, October 81.
Pine City, Monday, October 20.
Sunset, Tuesday, October 30.
Matlock, Thursday, November 1.
Steptoe, Friday, November 2
Hubbard school house, Saturday, No
vember 3.
Prof. English and W. J. Bryant as
follows:
Pampa, Saturday evening, Novem
Der B.
Hermon ". Craven OF Seattle as fol-
lows:
Colfax, Thursday evening, November |.
Mr.. Craven enjoys well earned repu-
tation as standing at the ton-most rung
OF the ladder when it comes to delivery
of republican address.
A. W. Perley speaks October 26. at
BYrne schOO lhOuse, near Garfield.
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