Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-16
The Republican Rally.

The republican meetings held here
last Thursday were somewhat of dis
appointment to those having the affair
in charge. There were quite number
present from the surrounding towns,
but the farmers were not interested
enough to attend.
A crowd of about 100 strong from
Dubuque accompanied Speaker Hen
derson and Senator Allison, wearing
badges with the inscription, dubuque
ls Solid for the Republican Ticket" The
Military Band, of Dubuque also accom-
panied the speakers and during the day
discoursed some excellent music.
The reception committee and the X.
o. T. NJ. Band met the speakers at the
depot and escorted them to. the Clar-
ence house.
In the forenoon reception was
held at the Pythisn Castle, where quite
number svailed themselves Of the OPP
portunity Of shaking hands with Iowa's
foremost republicans. r
The afternoon meeting at the Rink at
which Hon, A. B. Cummins, republican
nominee for governor spoke, was not
the most enthusiastic meeting of the
kind ever held here, but rather the re-
verse. In fact go far IS Mr.. Cummins
was concerned there was fearful lack
of enthusiasm on the part of the peo.
pie.
Mr.. Cummins, 1t seems, signally fell
ed to reach the standard as an orator
that had been set for him by even his
lukewarm adherents at this place. The
opening part of his speech was good-a
beautiful tribute to the memory of the
dead president that we all heartily en-
dorsed. The real gist of his attack on
anarchy is the undoubted sentiment
of all loyal Americans. The exag.
Grated style of its delivery we ex-
cuse. The speaker entered into raph
sody of the American flag and extolled
American institutions In general. He
said it was hard to make psrtizsr
speech, though he was q partisan. II
fact, the speech thus far sounded yer.
much like an old-fashioned 4th of Jul!
address, with few phrases such as "al
nen are created free and equal" lief
out.
/ For several reasons, best known t
the speaker, he felt it incumbent upor
himself to tell the audience that he wa
Republican. At one time-we wer
charitable enough to believe it was
lapus lingue-he referred to himsel
and others as eve Democrats" -whe
he noticed the significant looks in the al
dience he corrected to, "The Democrats.
He declared that the democratic part
had labored for generations without an
plums, though many of his own part
l accuse him of helping Mr.. Boies pluc
3 a couple of the best variety grown /
: Iowa. Mr.. Cummins' friends say tbs
8 be did not do himself justice. We d
do not know whether he did or not, ne,
3 er having heard him deliver polite,
r speech before. He made the usut
t claim that Providence helps the &. Oh
, and made use of NEST of the plstitude
+ of republican orators. However, he
a man of fair ability and has done SON
good things in his time. His allusio
:. to the contest in the democratic CONVEX
ton at Des Moines was unhappy, ina
much as it made many think of tt
peculiar demonstrations at Cedar RAJ
ids when some misguided person mo,
ed to make Mr.. Cummins' nominatio
unanimous.
!. At the evening meeting there was
good attendance to listen to the q,
dresses made by Col. Henderson ar
Senator Allison.
,f| Col. Henderson commenced his speed
n with tribute to President McKinle
"a and then devoted most of his time
Z talking on national issues, taking I
d the following subjects: "The Isthma
! Canal, Shipping Interests, Money Que
! ton, the Tariff" then he scored M
Phillips for declaring his intention
/. fight the campaign on state issues, 81
rs further made defense of the repub
n can administration in Iowa; next
A. paid tribute to Mr.. Cummins and tn
" dropped back again to national issut
is trusts and combinations, the Phil
III pines, etc.
I'd This being state election people
l. general would expect to hear somethil
about the issues upon which they We
ID ! to cast their ballots, but for some re