Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-23
SPOONER'S SPEECH
Brilliant Statesman Addresses Great
Crowd Here Monday.

Senator John G.. Spooner in a re-
markable address before nearly L.
800 at Hyde's big machinery hall
Monday evening clinched every nail
tight in the Republican party in
this locality and leaders say it was
the most successful political meet
ing and the best speech ever held in
Lancaster-a and that is saying a
great deal, for there have been a
number.
The Herald would be more than
pleased to reproduce the address in
full. The Republican state commit
tee would act wisely if they had
so, 900 copies of it printed and dis
tributed over the country. 1t would
insure Republican triumph. Orig
inal in it's expressions, seasoned with
strong logic, broad and comprehen-
sive, it dealt with every issue of the
campaign Many Of his hearers had
had the pleasure of listening to Sen
ator Spooner before, but they state
without hesitancy that this eclipsed
any of his previous efforts. Though
trife hoarse in opening, his en-
& thusiasm soon wore off the NAL
ao and no one present experienced
any difficulty in hearing the sound
argument advanced by the great
statesman in language seductive,
beautiful and impressive.
Senator Spooner arrived on the
evening passenger. A reception
committee, composed of Messrs.
John G. Clark, R. Meyer, Jr., r. B.
Showalter, John Schreiner, Alex
Ivey, Jos. Book and G. w. Ryland,
met him at Montfort A large crowd
with the band cheered the honorable
gentleman upon his arrival and car
riages conveyed the party to the
Wright house, where an informal
reception was held until7:3 p. m.
Long before the hour announced
the big hall was crowded to the
doors and before the meeting opened
hundreds who came were turned
away. Senator Spooner's appear
ance brought forth cheer after
cheer. On the stage with him were
the following well known Republi-
cans
Capt. G. Fl. Vaughn, Senator E.
E. Burns, j. M. Harcleroad, B. F.
Webster, w. III. Oettiker, John
Chase, Platteville; Assemblyman
S. E. Smalley, Cuba City; Assem-
blyman j. P Chandler, Hon. J. B.
johnson, Montfort; Lou B. Ruka,
Amos Devoe, w. E. Howe, Bosco-
bel; O. J. Arnold, Mt. Ida; Hon.
jaime Jeffrey, Georgetown; Hon. D.
B. Brunson, Fennimore; E. A. Berge,
Potosi; III. Bergheger, T. B. Sher-
man, Dr. Battle, Sam Richie, Slit
yer; L. Philipson, Bloomington; Col.
Clark, R. Meyer, Jr., Geo. w. Ry-
land, John Schreiner, Senator Bax-
ter, Alex. Ivey, Herman Buchner,
Frank Schreiner, j. G. Churchill, j
HI. Reed, Jos. Book, r. B. Showal-
ter, Geo. Baxter, John Henkel, all
of Lancaster.
Col. Clark introduced the speaker
and while unprepared, his remarks
were well made. Col. Clark, by the
way, was colonel of the regiment in
which the senator served during the
war and Messrs. A. Devoe of Bosco-
bel and w. I'll. Oettiker of Platte
vile, two other members of the
same regiment, were also present.
For two hours the vast audience
listened intently to the admirable
presentation of campaign issues and
applauded at every opportunity.
The fore part of the address was
given over to national issues and
before concluding the speaker adj
monished every Republican to vote
the ticket straight through from
Gov. LaFollette down. The speech
struck home to the voters in man
ner that will reap big harvest at
the polls.
Senator Spooner remained here
over night, going to GAINESVILLE Tues
day.
The sad news was received here
last Thursday morning announcing
tho death of Mrs Nancy White of