Daily camera., 1900-10-08
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CHARLEY TONNES DAY.
The Great Siiye. Republican Leader
Speaks to Thousands in BOul der

The Great Siiye. Republican Leader
Speaks to Thousands in Boulder
When Hon. Charles A. Towne, oil
Minnesota, arrived at the station at 1882
here today, his ears were cheered by
the sounds of music. On the platform
were the Boulder brass band and the
Boulder Drum Corps, new but very
effective organization. Mr. Towne was
a ccompanied from Denver by ex State
Senator Oscar Reuter- and Mr. Samuel B..
Belford, son of the "Red Headed Roost.
er of the Rockies" After shaking
hands with local enthusiasts, Mr. TO oVne
was driven to the Bowen h1tel, behiad
the band, which played lively march
In the carriage were Mrs Sue NJ Gala
han, Populist county chairman, Mr. Gus
Mr. Towne and Senator Reuter- Ar
rived at the hotel they dined together.
Mr. Towne said he never felr better,
though his voice troubled him consider
ably. He was evidently quite hoarse.
Mr. Towne's voice is like Bryan's, musical,
sonorous and having great carrying
capacity. His tour Of tue west, with
rapid changes of climate and altitude,
had proved too much for it, however
At tI:3o the band and drum corps be
gan playing on court house square and
the crowds began 10 gather. The ev Mt
had not been extensively advertised out
OF town and i great crowd was not ex
pected. MIR Towne, though possessed
of remarkable personality and great
popularity, is not candidate Tor Office,
SO there was no curiosity to see him.
He had resigned from the Populst and
Silver Republican tickets as their noml-
nee for vice pres Ient, so as to make Mr.
Bryan's election sure, and came TO Boul-
der only as private citizen, aibelt one
of the grandest men en- the American
hus,ings today.
The speaking did not begin until
about 2:3o. Meantime the band played
from the Dand stand and a vast crowd
had gathered. When Hon. James P.
Maxwell called the meeting to Older, he
faced not less than 5000 people. UNI
and Prep boys were there and cheered
Mr.. Maxwell, Mr. Towne and Senator
Reuter-. The last spoke first and forcl-
bly, for about five minutes, Captain L.
P. MCGwire, accompanied by Bob Hub
bard on the guitar, sang several original
campaign songs, which pleased immense
ly. II felicitcus terms, Senator Maxwell
intro tuced Hon. Charles A. Town.. The
Uni and Prep boys then shouted: He :
all right. Who's all right? Towne!
And there was general laugh and ap-
piause.
Mr. Towne spoke with voice that WAS
hoarse .and yet which carried so that
people lining the court house windows
IN the county court room could easily
h ear him. His address was punctured
with applause as he assailed the Repub
lcan party for its Inconsistencies, its
criminal aggression in the Philippines
and treatment of the Porto Ricans, and
its attempt to juggle with words while it
"renews its devotion to the gold stand.
ard" principle, he declared, it never
proclaimed before.
He exposed Mckinley S hypocrisy in
proclaimlng that to mold Cub, would be
"crimnal aggression" while he was at
tempting the same thing in the Philip
pines and changed the term to 'benevo-
lent ass mllation.' He made an elo.
quent appeal to Republicans to forget
the party name and vote for principle.
"Not one of you," he declared, "can look
me IN the eye when we are alone and
tell me you like the policy of your party
in the Philippines or Porto Rico. You
simply say God did it and hurrah for the
G. O, p. anyway"