The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-08-18

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with speeches, many of which are
never delivered but appear in the
| congressional record and thousands
of copies are sent out to their con-
stituents, who think their congress
man made a great speech, judging
| from the frequent applause which ap-
pears in the printed copy, and which
| the congressman's clerk marks in at
| suitable places. He told how the
government was being centralized
and the effort being made to confer
the governing powers of this great
nation upon comparatively small
class. He touched on the tariff bill,
and said the senators from this state,
assisted by some others who are call
ed insurgents are really battling for
reforms which the people are de-
manding. 1t was great speech,
| heartily enjoyed by the democrats and
insurgents and even a fair minded
standpatter had to confess that he
knew what he was talking about and
was not afraid to speak out on the
subject.
| Thursday evenings program alone
was we'll worth the price of season
ticket, the Fox sisters orchestra Civ
ing splendid concert, being followed
by hev. Father MacCorrey in "The
story Beautiful" and it was beauti-
full indeed. Father MacCorrey is a
polished and extraordinary pleasing
speaker, his lecture being illustrated
by more than one hundred colored
slides, many of them taken from old
paintings by famous masters, all
beautifully colored. The operator
of the stereopticon was an artist, ev-
cry picture being clear and distinct,
and several unique and puzzling
things were done with the machine,
| such as throwing two complete pic
lures on the canvas at the same time.
They were the best pictures we have
ever seen anywhere. Father Mac
Cory told the story of Jesus life and
sufferings, and the very pleasing and
beautiful manner in which it was
portrayed was an inspiration, and it
seems as if no one could see it with
out being made the better and inf1u-
enced for good. During the lecture
at appropriate places H. Ruthven Nc
Donald, the Canadian baritone, sang
four solos which were fine.
Friday was another great day
The music was by the Music Makers
Quartet. four young men who quickly
found responsive audience, and they
| made both music and fun. There is
a snap and go with their numbers
which was infectious and the audi
| ence was sorry when it came time
| for them to leave the platform. The
speaker OF the afternoon was Judge
Lee Francis Lybarger, of Philadel-
phia, his subject being "The Power
of the Trusts" which he handled in a
| mastery and clear, as we'll as enter
tanning way, and the large audience
seemed to be in full accord with his
views. He demonstrated that the
!, protective tariff was the great scource
OF power OF the trusts, and that with
out a protective tariff the trusts would
in a large measure cease to exist
| He gave practical illustrations as to
how the high tariff affected the or
dinary citizen which placed the mat
ter before the people in a new light,
and in such manner that they
could see how it was levying tribute
upon the wage Garner. Many people
| expressed the opinion that it was the
| best lecture heard during the week,
In the evening the Music Makers
Quartet again delighted the big au-
dience with their splendid music.
They had new songs and their imi-
1 tation of village orchestra was
great. The speaker of the evening
was DR.. Ernest Wray Oneal, the pas
tor of the First M. E. church of Chi
cago, his subject being Popular
Fallacies'. DR.. Oneal is a man with
distinguished personality, and he
told of many of the fallacies of the
american people in highly enter
tanning manner. His lecture was re-
plete with good things.
Saturday was the crowning day of
the whole week. The attraction for
the afternoon was Bohumir KryPs
great band, and everybody went early
to the grounds. But fate was against
them, as freight wreck on the K &
w. delayed the noon passenger train
on which the band was coming to
Leon from Osceola, four long hours,
and there was no other way for the
/ band to reach Leon. Rev. A. G.
Bracket, the superintendent, made
the announcement that the band
would appear just as soon as the train
arrived, and then he lectured for an
| hour, and demonstrated that he is
lecturer as we'll as preacher and
Chautauqua manager. The vast au-
dience was well satisfied to listen to
him, and he will please any audience
with his lecture. rinally the be-
lated train was heard whistling into
the station, and the band was rushed
to the Chautauqua grounds and as
soon as their baggage could be
brought from the depot they made
their appearance on the platform
and for an hour the people heard mu-
sic they never heard before in this
city. Kyrl, with his great head OF
hair is spectacular director and he
has gathered band of artists. He
is a cornetist who ranks with the
best and as director has no equal
The full blooded Sioux indian who
played the tuba was an artist, his
. triple tonguing being remarkable
For seven years this indian played in
the Marine band at Washington.