Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-11
BIG RALLY
AT BUNCH.
Governor Leslie M. Shaw and
Major John F. Lacey
the Speakers.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
Hundreds of Davis County Voters Lis.
tened AttentiveIy to the Logical Ar.
guments Presented-Facts VS.. Fic.
tion-The Address.
From Wednesdays Daily.

The republican meeting held at
Bunch, in Davis county, yesterday
afternoon was success in every par
ticular. The weather was perfect,
the crowd was large, there was not a
hitch in the program as planned, and
the whole affair passed off in the
most satisfactory manner imaginable.
The distinguished speakers, Con-
gresham Lacey and Gov Shaw, ar
rived on the Rock Island train just be-
fore noon and were met at the depot
by the mounted clubs of Rough Riders
from Bloomfield and Mark. Preceded
by the Bloomfield band they were
escorted to beautiful grove where a
stand had been erected, and seats for
a thousand people provided. Here a
picnic dinner was served, and at 1880
the meeting was called to order by
Hon. Ellsworth Rominger, of Bloom
field. At this hour all of the 1000
seats were occupied, and fully 500 PEG.
pie were standing up, so THAI not less
than 1,500 people paid the closest and
most interested attention to the adj
dresses that occupied the next two
hours. All the arrangements for the
meeting were made by w. J. Shuck,
township chairman, and w. S. McFar-
land, eX-member of the republican
county central committee, to whom the
credit of the great success of the
meeting is largely due
The Bloomfield Rough Rider club
comprised fifty uniformed and mount
ed men in command of T. D. Doke and
Jas. Regan. The Rough Rider club
from Mark was also uniformed and
was in command of Capt. John Elliott
In addition to the regular Bloomfield
band there was an excellent martial
band Sam Barnett. of Mark, enter
famed the audience with music on the
harp and guitar, and glee club of
young ladies and gentlemen furnished
some excellent vocal music. Previous
to the dinner hour MI Rominger adj
dressed the crowd with one of his al
ways interesting and thoughtful adj
dresses.
Major Lacey Talks.
Major Lacey spoke first and held the
an hour. He, stated that during his
entire political career he had never
known of a more pleasant occasion
than the present one for political adj
dress. An after dinner speech to an
appreciative Davis county audience,
among the trees thru which glistened
the sun of a glorious afternoon of an
Iowa October day, was an ideal oc.
11esfrN tot I,
talked this year wherever he had been
to the best fed, most prosperous, con
tented and happy looking people that
he had ever seen in his life. Every
thing was peaceful, orderly, with nc
excitement and for that reason many
4 felt that there was little enthusiasm
IN the campaign. For his part he fell
that the enthusiasm existed in the
very contentment and prosperous con
dftion Of the people, and while they
were not saying a great deal or vast
ing much time or breath in talking
about the matter, the people knew
where their prosperity came from
and it would be very hard for oul
opponents to induce them to vote sc
as to change these conditions. The
general prosperity existing here in
Davis county and in the State of Iowa
I extends generally turnout the nation
1T is the result of conditions brought
about by reason of the establishment
of protection, reciprocity and a sound
financial system. These are all republi
can measures and to them can be trac
y ed to a very large extent the causes
4 for the existing happy conditions.
Democrats Mistaken.
The major was glad to say that he
believed those who affiliated with the
Democratic party, loved this country
and fits institutions and sought the
welfare of the people just as mucf
as the republicans do, but our demo
cratic friends have been mistaken il