Evening journal., 1908-10-20
GOVERNOR GLENN
HAS Big MEETING
Famous Executive Of North
Carolina Addresses Demo-
cratic Rally in Dover

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del. oct Ex-Governor r. b.
Glenn. the celebrated executive Of the
North state" Of North Carolina, who
came prominently into the llmelight ny
4.is advocacy Of states rights in on
forcing the IA cent fare on all rail-
roads. addressed a mass meeting az
the Dover Opera House last night
It was unouestiouahly tho greatest
Democratic meeting held here In "a
generation. not even excepting tho
BRYAN meetings. and as a spellbindeI.
Glenn has many of the Democratic
orators of TODAY in ling with circles
drawn all around them.
His tribute 90 the men Of the South
after the civil War. ana his dcscrip-
ton OF his own property when support
inc n mother left a widow with three
children hv the Battle OF Lookout
Mountain. had practically his entire
audience I'm tears. Then, suddenly
casting Off the gloom. he would tell a
story that would bring q "haw-haw'
from men who haven't laughed before
lIl II NAfNINts W AAAA AAAHAfa' WNAN -"N
ting too sorrowful. he would tell a
story like this:
- fellow down South went TO a
doctor and begged him 10 prescribe for
his mule. I know you're a good man.
doctor; and I know YOU can save my
mule was his sentence Of confidence
The doctor examined the mule ana
said: why your mule has malaria,
30 home and give him twenty-five
grains Of calomel'
But. doctor. how'll J ever got
twenty-five grains Of calomel down
that muleT
We'll I'll tell you. just go home
and get a long reed and blow tho
pith out Of II and then insert your
calomel and blow It down the mules
throat. through the reed
Next dav. the doctor was called 70
visit the man. whom he found writhin3
in great agony.
oh. doctor he gnsped. 7 got tho
reed and blew the pith out and insert
ed the calomel and put the big end in
tho mules mouth and ;he little end in
my mouth and started % blow; but the
mrle blew first
tbs executive here bent over like r.
hunchhack and walked about the stage
TO describe the orth Carolinian's
suffering
Governor Glenn had complete mastery
Of his audience at all times. Before
starting to talk on the tariff he asked
If ANYBODY present had a revolver He
was about TO talk on the dryest sub
iect in the world and the other day "a
man down South started 70 talk
tariff 10 another and he shot him
down and went into court and pleade !
self-dcfense and the court let him OF
He drew object lessons on the tariff
Pointing to a merchant, who had come
with striped fancy shirt, he shouted.
"You think YOU got on a two dollar
shirt. but YOU We're never more mis-
taken in your life. You got on a
dollar shirt and a dollar tax; that's
what you got on" A fellow who had
come with patent feathers was the
next objective mark for the Carolinian,
wlao pointed out to the audience ths
patent feathers and declared:
This fellow thinks he brought here
a $3.50 pair Of shoes: but he's wearins
two dollar shoes and q dollar and a
half Of tax: that's what he's got on.
THE poor girl who is TOO delicate 10
work az the loom or in tie factory gets
an educaticn 90 operate a typewriter
and the typewriter trust charges her
500 for the machine and sells the sams
machine in Canada and France, after
paying the freight thereon, for S6o The
poor sewing mother PAYS SIS for "a
sewing machine. and vet the same
n,archant or manufacturer sells tho
same machine across the ST. Lawrence
river. where he ships IL. for Sli
The governor closed by a tribute TO
the Fathsrhood of God and the brother
hood Of man: declaring that the Md
die west and the Northwest and New
orlS state and the solid South and even
New Jersev. contained millions OF
voters who were rising in their might
and would. bevoni the shadow OF q
doubt. sweep the White House. ths
man who WAS the equal Of Calhoun.
Webster and clay-William Jennings
RrVaQ.