Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-10-28
REPUBLICAN MEETING
MAJOR JOHN ?. LACEY AND COL. DAVID J..
PALMER ADDRESS PEOPLE Of DEBORAH.
Iowa's Distinguished Soldier Statesman. Re.
publican Candidate for u. S. Senator
and Col. D. J. Palmer Greeted By
Enthusiastic Audience on Mon.
day Night.

The opening republican rally for
DEBORAH at the Grand opera house on
Monday evening was an unqualified
success in every way. In the face of
the steady rain all day, which follow
ed several days of the same kind of
weather and made the county roads
almost impossible, there was large
audience present, and they were enter
tanned by two hours of straight repub-
lican truths, uttered by men whose
republication has never been question
ed. and whose names are synonyms for
integrity and sincerity.
Major Lacey and Col. Palmer ar
rived on the Rock Island at one
O'Clock and the afternoon was spent in
renewing acquaintance Of former
years and meeting new friends.
For an honr previous to the evening
meeting the Merchants Band sere-
naded the gentlemen in the lob
by of the WiRneshiek and played
in front of the opera house.
The opera house had been beautiful
ly decorated with bunting potted
plants. etc. and when the speakers
appeared upon the platform escorted
by County Chairman H. Engbretson,
Mayor ,Daubney and @. o. Maltby
they were heartily applauded.
Col. Palmer was the first speaker of
the evening. and as is his usual style,
had the audience with him in a NOM
ent by telling good story. He spoke
! only for few moments, eulogizing
the party that provides job for every
man who wants to work. and estab.
| fishes policies that at all times have
proven the best for the people.
Major Lacey was then introduced
and was received with round of ap.
plause. In opening he made pathet.
ic and touching reference to his first
associations with Decorahians, with
the late Capts. Weiser and Willett and
with Lieut.. Anderson in army. Then
after telling some good stories he made
careful analysis of tariff Legislation
and its results, down to the recent
Iowa state convention, when he was
chairman of the resolutions committee
and formulated and presented the
plank on tariff revision before tI,t
/
Gle rfeestfht1ons eon7hfftrae 6ffe thhes lat
ional convention last June adopt
ed the tariff revision plank with his
full approval and support
! His address was an eloquent aud
foroeful presentation of the politica
situation. He did not mention il
anyway his own candidacy for u. s
Senator, but spoke for the whole re
friends in DEBORAH bv his fair, NASTY
way of presenting argument, is Ger
tain. He was in congress when Ali
son and Bryan secured the passage Of
the Wilson tariff law, and they have
both been out of congress ever since
In 1896 Bryan took Bland's free sill
yer idea, but Mckinley said "oper
the mills instead of tie minis, ano
it was done. and prosperity followed
Bryan has always been a man of fal.
lacies. Next came his government
ownership of railroads, ec. PROPOSE.
tion. which soon fell fiat, and now he
is talking for the guarantee of bank
deposits. The Major soon showed the
fallacy Of this proposition. how the
dishonest banks would pay the highest
interest and get the deposits, then fail
purposely, the honest bankers would
be taxed to pay for their dishonesty.
and the whole banking system would
totter and fall
His speech was concluded with a
tribute TO Roosevelt, and praise for
the whole Republican ticket from top
TO bottom 1t was one of the most
straightforward, conclusive political
arguments ever heard III DEBORAH. 1t
was presentation OF republican doc
trine that no one could question 1t
was the unfolding Of the mind of one
of the greatest citizens of the greatest
state in the union, an address that
was listened to and appreciated by
every one who heard it.