The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-10-18
RALLY is A RIDICULOUS FlzzLE.

RALLY is A RIDICULOUS FIZZLE.
The Republicans of the Fifth Con
gressional district held Il rally fo]
Loren Fletcher at the Exposition build
ing last Saturday night, and they ar,
now sorry that they did. 10 use F;
common collOuuialSln, the meeting wa.
Il perfect tizzle. For Il week i'm atlvanc,
1T was advertised that Senator Fair
banks of Indiana would be the princi
pal speaker and that his elouuenct
would elcctrify the audience. Ever,
effort Oh the part of the campaign
managers to get out the Republicans
was Il complete failure.
In point of numbers and enthusiasm
the meeting did not come up to ex.
pectatiOns Tie Times and Journal
estimated the number present ut about
1000, the Tribune made it 1900 and
the Pioneer Press reporter, who has !,
vivid imagination, said there were
present about 3,OOO-practically the
same number that turned out to hear
John Lind make his very adroit speech
ut the same place IL few nights before.
The truth is that there were less
than 1000 present, and it was less than
llalf the size of the meeting that
greeted John Lind. Had the Uni
versity students, the Flambcau Club,
the boys in "khaki" and the candi-
dates for office remained away, it
would have been IL very slim and
solemn assemblage and nobody rec
ognized the fact more than "Uncle
Loren,' who wore Il skull cap during
the proceedings and felt chilly to the
marrow of his bones.
The program gotten up for the occa-
sion was il unique affair. We have no
hesitation in calling it IL curiosity of
campaign literature On one side were
printed the names of the members of
the Republican Executive Committee
III Hennepin county, the League Of
Republican Club officers in the differ
cnt wards of the city, and then under
the heading of the "Rcpublc;ln Meal
Ticket" appeared the names of all g.
o. p. candidates on state, county, city,
aldermanic, and Legislative tickets.
The name of Loren Fletcher for con-
gress stood by itself. The program
was Il very clumsy affair which reflect
Ell no credit Oh the printers art, and
the "Republican Meal Ticket" had no
attraction for the horny handed sons of
toll with their dinner pals filled with
trust edibles that have risen 40 Der
cent since the last presidential cam
paign.
Before coming to Minneapolis Sena-
tor Fairbanks made Il speech in Mil
Waukee. in which he referred to presi-
dent Roosevelt in il somewhat uncom-
plimentary way. The Journal made an
attempt to interview him on his obser-
vations but failed to draw him out.
The Holsters speech in this city was
more for Mckinley than for Roosevelt,
according to the Journal, and hence it
fell fiat and evoked no applause. Like
Fletcher, he does not want to tanner
with the tariff: he wants to let we'll
enough alone. He lauded the Republic
can party to the skies and eulogized
| Uncle Loren,' who modestly blushed
like peony. He said Of him, among
other things:
lit is of the highest concern to every
section Of the country that you should
! return to congress, by an overwhelming
majority, Loren Fletcher. He has beer
tested in the public service. He stands
for those policies under which we have
been making such splendid progress
He has been II level-heatled, wise, ,ln
firing representative. He has beer
loyal to your interests. His hands arr
=, clean, his record spotless. Defeat
would mean little to him. The sting OF
,defeat would soon fade away But II
/ would mean much to you. The cleo
(tion Of Mr.. Fletcher means that the
president will have one who will faith
fully uphold Republican policies anG
support him in the arduOus task which
is before him."
Everybody who listened to the full
some tiattery of Uncle Loren' knew
very we'll that he did not sustain Presi
dent Roosevelt in the last Congress
Eugene Hay and Jim Peterson demon
strated that fact in the primary cam
paign, and III their speeches ut the
Exposition they made 10 reference t.
their successful opponent. They knew
he was an 'insurgent" who failed tt
support Roosevelt in any of his recon-
mendations to Congress. No section OF
the United States will suffer by keep
Ing Uncle Loren ut home. He has
made no great reputation for himself
during his ten years ut Washington, as
Mr.. Peterson shows in his interesting
pamphlet. Congressman Hit, Of Hi
nois, who has been in Congress- fol
twenty years, told NIinneapolital
that he does not know "Uncle Loren.'
John Lind, when he gets there. will
he we'll known from one end of the