Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
The Reunion.

The great reunion for which Hatch
inson has been straining herself In pre-
pairing for all the latter part Of the
summer is now over Last week we
RETAINED out of courtesy 10 our guests
from making any statements concern
Ing the real nature OF the gathering, or
that might be construed into an un-
complimentary notice, From a busi-
ness point of view IL was a good thing
for most Of our merchants, 1t WAS
also supposed to be of great benefit to
the push Of republican heelers who
carry elections In this county. II was
for these two reasons much more than
any real, dlsinterested love for the old
bows that theV took 80 much interest
10 the matter.
From beginning to close II took on
the appearance Of a republican rally.
The issues of the campaign were ar
gued from II republican stand point by
almost every speaker, and some Of
them decended to the depths of abuse
and torrents of blllingsgate that would
ordinarily disgust crowd assembled
for the purpose of hearing political!
harranRue, The worst Of these was
the speech Of Col Dunsmore which was
so ribald aud rabid that 1t disgusted
most Of the republicans, and several
have asked us to lift some Of his epi-
dermls without care as 10 the use OF the
knife. But as they are doing the job
very nicely we prefer to leave 1t to
them. 1t Ii sufficient to say that this
speech in particular was retroactive
In its effect and set some young men
that we have known of to talking In
favor of the men he was. denouncing.
We believe that on the whole the re-
union will have good effect for US
politically II 1t has any at all. II has
disgusted and made mad every popr
list and dem ocrat who attended, es
pecially the old soldiers, and will set
them to work, whereas before they
might not have taken much interest.
Long and Stanley we're saved for the
last day, the biggest day, the day also
when the young soldiers were TO have
their inning, They made their regu-
lation campaign harangues which we're
scarcely disguised at all, Ofcourse ore
cannot very much blame the campaign
managers for IL is seldom that they get
an opportunity to campaign to such a
fine audience.
Col. Ed. Little was about the only
speaker who made an address entirely
devoid Of politics and Thoroughly APP
to the occasion, He was not
on the program for that time but
private Trembly who swan the Rio
Grande and pulled Funston over on a
raft was present and on being called
out to make speech said he couldn't
make speech himself but that he had
come there for the purpose Of introduce
ing Col. Little who after some hesitation
came forward and made his speech in
which he stated that he understood
that not to be the place to talk of
the matter of the disposal of the Phil
ippine Islands as that was matter of
politics. So he devoted himself to
some observations concerning the pc
culiaritles of the islands and then
'''ade some hits in telling amusing in
Ss&ienis of bis Philippine campaigning.
~ GAS plain that with most of the old
eGidieis this was the kind Of q speech
they wanted. We heard of one old
soldier who said that this was the last
Of his attending reunions unless they
were conducted differently. He was
A republican but he said "the idea of
inviting lot Of men here to be in
suited, They have opinions and are
as honest and as patriotic as we, and
should have their opinions re-
specied as much"
The weather was almost as bad as
1t could be through most Of the re-
union. Itrained and drizzlsd and was
cold, Many an old soldier has no
ioubt gone home with his death sick
less.
Lost.