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oeen prominently identified with any

been prominently identified with any
party.
In a prominent position on the stage
stood large crayon portrait of Robert
A. Smith, draped with an American flag.
The speeches were interspersed with
music by the Twin City Mandolin or
chestra, under the leadership of Fred
Swanson, and Tony Snyder contributed a
vocal number to the programme.
When President John w Owens had
called the meeting to order, William r.
Begg, Of the law firm of Sduires & Begg,
took the platform to explain the method
of voting under the new primary law and
after he had finished Dr. Frank A. Powell
was called upon by the chairman to adj
dress the meeting. DR.. Powell said that
he came totally unprepared 10 make a
speech, having had no intimation or ex-
pectation that he would be called upon
In fact, he was not quite sure of his
ground, for ordinarily in a Robert A
Smith meeting he should feel like a cat
in strange garnet; but On this occasion
he saw around him many men whose
political convictions were the same as his
own and whose interest in Robert A
Smith was not prompted by craftsmanship
but by an earnest desire to see the pres
ent welfare of this city continued by the
reelection of the best mayor it had ever
had.
For r. A. Smith All the Time
DR. Powell said he had fer many years
been a Republican and perhaps some of
those present would be surprised to learn
that he had made his debut into politics
in the wide Awake professions of the
time of the Fremont campaign. He pro-
claimed himself as a Roosevelt Repub-
lican and a Van SAINT Republican, and
said that in fact he intended to vote a
straight Republican ticket right through
at the coming election, except that he
would ovte for Robert A. Smith lie
would also cast his influence as he would
cast hiS~vote and would support Robert
A. Smith in every way in his power.
This he would do regardless of politics
and Us position would be the same
whether Robert A. Smith ran on the Re-
publican, the Democratic. the Peoples
the Prohibition or even an Independent
ticket.
President Owens read a letter from
Henry 5. Sternberg, in which that gen
tleman expressed in strong terms his
sympathy with the purposes of the club
and his regret at not being able to b.
present at the meeting. The letter was
accompanied by a substantial contrlbu-
ton to the expense fund of the club and
a membership list bearing the names of
number of the employees of the firm Of
Sternberg & Gottschall.
At this juncture Robert A. Smith, who
was seated in the audience, was called
to the platform by President Owens. The
mayor said he must beg to be excused
from making formal address, as he
had been unable, owing to official bust
Eess, to make any preparation; but he
could not let this opportunity pass with
cut expressing his profound gratitude to
this club for its interest in his candi-
dacy. He had found particular pleasure
and qualification in the fact that this
club was a non-partisan organiza ton,
and highly appreciated the honor it had
done him in taking his name. He said
that once, many years ago when he
national editorial convention, and ne had
been similarly unprepared, he was told
by a number of the members of the as
ISOLATION afterWard that he had made
quired in what respect the speech had
pleased them, and they replied in its
brevity. He would strive to please his
audience in the same manner on this
DR.. Powell upon his facility of express
sion, and said he had particularly agreed
with the doctor in his remarks upon
Robert A. Smith.
Louis A. Nash arrived late, and was
Immediately called upon. He said he had
not expected to be able to be present,
and had. sent a communication to the
chairman, which he would read, as 1T
embodied his views pretty fully on GER
tain subjects which he had intended to
discuss. The communicaANbn, in part, was
as follows:
1 wish to emphatically indorse the can
didacy of the Hon. R. A. Smith to sue
ceed himself as mayor of this city. The
Carnival of Crime which characterized
the administration of his predecessor has
been almost totally lacking during his
term, thanks to his good judgment IN
the selection of a police board whose eff
cheney IS unquestionably Endorsed by its