The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-11
At Whitewater.

Yesterday was gala day for he
publicans who live in the eastern part
of Wayne county. and all who were
able to get out were at Whitewater
10 attend the all-day rally and pole
raising.
The Hon. J. Frank Hanly, of La
| fayette, candidate for governor on
the Republican ticket; Charles Remy,
of indianapolis, and the Hon. James
Bingham, of Muncie, were the chief
speakers Of the day.
Mr. Hanly and party reached Rich
mond early yesterday morning and
were Immediately driven to White
water. Just as the party arrived at
| the little town an immense 125-foot
flag pole was being put into position
| by a number of the prominent Re-
| publicans of that section of the
county, among whom were c. c. Sax
ton, j. B. Addleman and n. S. Hunt.
For this event people had begun ar
irving in the village early in the
morning and by the time of the rails
ing, Il 30, the streets around the
public square were packed with peo-
pie. Fourteen large farm wagons,
each pulled by four horses and pro-
fusely decorated, loaded with young
men and pretty girls had come in
from the surrounding country. A Re-
publican Club from Middleboro ar
rived on horse back and large num-
Der of Republicans from Darke and
Preble counties in Ohio, and Ran
dolph county, Indiana, were present.
When the crowd caught sight of
Mr.. Hanly and party coming down
the road large shout was set up and
for the time being the exercises in
connection with raising the flag were
at a standstill until everyone had
had a chance to see the next COVER
nor of Indiana. Mr.. Hanly was a
very interested spectator at the flag
raising and when cold Glorg" be-
gun to ascend heavenward he imme-
diately removed his hat and stood at
attention while the stars and stripes
tossed in the breezes. After a good
old country dinner which was served
to the members of the party at the
homes of n S. Hunt and c. c. Sax
ton, the speakers rode to the grove
where the rally was to be held. Coun-
| ty Commissioner c. E. Wiley was
chairman of the meeting and he first
introduced the cold Shady Quar-
tette which is stamping the State
with Mr.. Hanly. This cuartette was
obliged to respond TO three encores,
before the audience was satisfied
with their efforts. Af,er the quar-
tette had finished Colonel Wiley in
troduced the first speaker, the Hon.
James Bingham, of Muncie. Mr..
Bingham explained to the audience
that on Sunday Senator, Lyons tele-
phoned him and asked him to speak
at Whitewater in place of Mr.. Han
lly In words of Mr.. Bingham, 81
told him that there was no man in
the United States that could take
the place of Mr.. Hanly. either on the
stump or in the hearts of the people
of Indiana" Great applause greeted
the mention of Mr.. Hanly's name
And when he mentioned the names
of Roosevelt and Fairbanks the audi
ence nearly went wild. He reviewed
the situation of the county as it was
under the Democratic administration
and as it is today. Mr. Bingham had
not proceeded far with his speech
when the rain began to fall and the
people started for the city hall His
speech was finished at the city hall
He was followed by Charles F. Remy
reporter of the Supreme Court. Mr..
Hanly spoke last and on account of
being hoarse and having to make a
speech last night he did not talk very
long, but his speech short as it was
made very deep impression upon
his hearers. He was interrupted nu-
merous times on account of the pa
triotlc utterances which were made
The Republicans of Franklin town
ship and especially those about Whit
water are to be congratulated upon
the work they did yesterday in con-
nection with the rally. 1t is certain
that larger or more enthusiastic
rally or meeting of any sort will not