Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-10-24
ABE TALKS POLITICS
BUT TALKS THROUGH HIS HAT
He Attends Meeting of 10000 of the
Unterrified Democracy and Makes
Speech.

have just returned from rousing
rally, and after Hill, Croaker, Corko-
ran and other big guns had fired their
wads and the meeting was about to
adjourn friend who is one of the pro-
minent lawyers in the state called for
the Hon. Abe Jones, of Iowa, and
"Jones, JONES'" was yelled and
screeched, and as had never addressed
an audience so large by some 1880 1
mounted the platform with teeth
chattering and knees trembling and
said, "Mr. Chairman, ladies and
gentlemen, latter my ague chill had
somewhat subsidized / noticed there
were no ladies present. The demo-
cratic party needs no encomnium at
my hands; it always has been and is
now the party of the people and it
"lives, moves and has its being" under
the principles of the constitution of
the United States and the Declaration
of Independence, and no human being
has greater reverence for those prin-
ciples than members of the democratic
party. The question is often asked
from President Mckinley down to
lesser lights, "Who will haul down
the fiag? answer that the Ameri-
can flag is the emblem of Freedom to
all the world, and when it floats over
an army causing the death of thousands
of young men whose veins are filled
with patriotic blood and tears and sor-
row in thousands of homes where
parents and friends are mourning for
absent ones who will never return, and
millions upon millions of dollars of the
peoples hard earned money is spent,
and this army fighting a people who
were our allies in war and whose only
crime is wanting their liberty and in
dependence; under these circumstances
1 say it is the duty of every patriot to
assist in hauling down the grand old
flag and the sooner the better. The
democratic party is running the CAM
paign somewhat different from the
other side. We are not running can
'sdfdate for president whose manager
travels from city to city to 'fry the
fat" out of trusts and monopolies, to
procure i'll gotten gains for campaign
purposes, and who has already secured
fifty millions. We are not running a
candidate who has no sympathy for
the little South African republic who
are fighting for their existence. We
are not running candidate for vice
president who poses as star actor in
wild west show. / said we were the
party of the people, and to prove it
let me inquire how many of the trusts,
syndicates, railroads and great banks
are run by democrats? Who fries the
Eat out of these monopolies to grease
the wheels of the campaign? Is it
democrats or republicans" Some one
called out, "What about the money
mat,ers?" / said there was but one
issue before the people of any conse-
quence and that was monarchy or
republic and that all who desired
monarchy should vote for Mckinley,
and all who wanted this republic-the
wonder and admiration of the world =
to continue in all its glory and grand
eur should vote for that distinguished
statesman and orator and over and
above all an absolutely honest man,
VIM. j. Bryan.
The meeting then adjourned and my
enthusiastic admirers lifted me upon
their shoulders and amidst deafening
cheers carried me out of the hall and
in spite of my vigorous protest landed
me in the finest restaurant in the city
and ordered CLAIMS and cider. My
lawyer friend from Iowa went along
but did not take any cider.
ABE JONES.