The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19
From a Staff Correspondent.

From a Staff Correspondent.
LITCHFIELD, Mimi, Oct. 49,
Lttchfield tonight broke a record with
the rousing mass meeting, reception to
L. A. Rosing and the opening of the
Democratic campaign in Meeker coun-
ty. The mass meeting at the opera
house will live long in the annals of
the campaign of 1902. The commodious
hall was filed despite the adverse cir
cunlstanCes always expected to attend
q Saturday meeting and the repeated
Republican charges that the people are
not interested in either the policies or
candidates of the Democrats. The first
floor seating was filed before the stage
party arrived and when the meeting
was called to order the galleries were
comfortably filled and the rear aisles
and lobby jammed to the doors.
A significant fact which develops at
all the Rosing meetings, was painfully
evident to the Republicans tonight.
Congressman Stevens opened the cam
paign In Litchfield for the Republic
ans. The audience which turned out to
cheer for Van SAINT was about one
fourth the size of Mr.. Rosing's audience
tonight. The same thing has been
true ct a ratio of from 8 to 1 to z to
! in the towns where Mr.. Rosing has
followed Senator Clapp. Mr.. Stevens is
personally popular with the Republic
ans throughout the state and Senator
Clapp has been generally recognized
not only as one of the biggest men Of
his own party but as the Republican
enjoying the greatest hold on the votes
Of the Democrats of the state.
Represent Unpopular Candidates.
He has always been very popular at
st. Cloud yet his audience there did
not exceed in Ioint of numbers one
in the rain to shake Mr.. Rosing's hand.
Preceding Mr.. Rosing at Litchfield by
q few days, Mr.. Stevens drew an audi
enca about one-quarter as large as Mr..
Rosing's audience. These Indifferent
meetings cannot be taken as evidence
OF waning popularity. They hold the
same places IN the esteem of the peo-
pie Of the southern portion Of the Sixth
district they have long enjoyed, but
they are supporting an unpopular can
1 didate, and, like their colleagues. are
given receptions which would be
warmer if they came on their own be-
half instead CT for the state admins
tration.
The big audience was in a receptive
mood and it's attention was so close
that 1T would have been oppressive
had 1t not been for the frequent bursts
Of applause.
DR.. Dubois, the Sixth district candi-
date for congress, was given a most
cordial welcome and made a brief
speech on national issues which re-
ceived the closest attention.
Thirty-five hundred citizens of
Meeker county extended a rousing
welcome to Mr.. Rosing this afternoon
at the DaSsel street fair. Two thou
sand of them heard Mr.. Rosing and
DR.. Dubois discuss the issues of the
campaign In the public square. The
last day of The fifth annual street fair
was DemocrGcy's day in the fullest
sense Of the term. Mr. Rosing was the
guest Of honor and he and DR.. Dubois
made addresses distinctly Democratic.
Mr.. RoSing has delivered addresses at
many county end street fairs during
the past summer and present fall, but
has refrained from the discussion of
politics until today.
Governor Couldn't Attend.
The reasons for departure from that
rule today were two-fold. The people
Of Meeker county and the management
of the fair wished the address to be
political in it's nature, and Mr.. RoSing
felt that at this stage Of the campaign
1t would be unfair for both the people
and himself if he did not discuss the
issues presenting themselves to the
citizens of Minnesota and state fairly
his position Oh all the important pend
ing questions. There was an added
reason for the desire Of the manage
ment to have politics talked at it's
street fair.
The genial governor of Minnesota
was also invited to appear at the Das-
sci fair which has become a recog-
nized institution. Had he accepted
both he and Mr.. Rosing would have
been expected to leave the questions
Of state alone The genial governor
has appeared at fairs with Mr.. Ros-
ing, and was not anxious to repeat the
experience. He also thinks that Meek
er county can be held in line by Peter
e. Hanson and the small horde of
Meeker county office holders under the
state and national governments, and
the governor discovered that he could
not be present. His advance agent
suggested that the governor of Min
nesota would be pleased to appear lat
er, week later, but the management
had it's back up. The fair is the pet
institution of that portion of the coun-
ty. and the governors advance man
was told that the governor of Minneso-
ia. need not worry about a later date.
One blowout would be entirely suffi-
cient for the citizens of Dassel and
the surrounding country
Like a Triumphal Entry.
The reception rendered Mr.. Rosing
and DR.. Dubois partook Of the nature
.Gof a triumphal entry to gala attired
Dassel. En- route from ST. Cloud Mr..