The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-11-04
HOT SHOT IS THROWN !.
ABOUT At A MEETING
from Saturdays Daily.

from Saturdays Daily.
Echoes of that exciting political
meeting, held in Ceresco, last Monday
evening, are still heard throughout the
county. From all accounts, it must
have been the peice de resistance of
he present campaign, and served to
,tir up Old General Apathy until he
.ook notice and then some more. Some
zeal warm remarks were hurled about
the town hall and the air in that
building is still sizzling. Ceresco is the
home town of Frank Kelly, who as a
10Y recited temperance poems for the
". c. +. L. at their meetings, and
assisted in making the society's enter
tainments enjoyable and worth while
TO attend. That's how Frank got his
reputation as an orator, and now un-
Ter the tutelage of Tom Rooney he is
.rying to develop into politician.
Kelly is one of the democratic candi-
lates for the legislature. He has for
gotten his boyhood poems and is now
running on an anti-county option plat
form. He is mild hammered young
man and wouldn't scuttle brewery.
Meeting Was Lively.
The political meeting in Ceresco will
go down into history as one of the
iveliest that ever was held A. j.
Schobey of st. Paul was the headlin6r,
md he spoke to large audience. The
,larm had been sounded and people
from far and near were on hand. So
were Works, Kelly, Tom Rooney and
all the boys. Schobey discussed coun-
y option, and incidentally he paid his
compliments to Works. AS wind-up
Schobey said he would be glad to an
iwer any questions put to him. This
was fine for Works, who was not slow
20 take advantage of the opportunity
thus presented. But Works did not
have the courage to ask the questions
himself, doing it by proxy. His man
Kelly, so the story goes, was the me-
dunn through which the queries were
propounded to Schobey. Works would
pen the questions on slips of paper,
pass them over to Kelly who would
20 the rest. Works held himself in
the background until later when he
delivered a few remarks, in which he
made the statement that he had
never seen the inside of saloon in
Mankato." This brought out the re-
tort from man in the audience:
''You are limiting your territory, Amt
vou?"
John Lennon Spoke Also
John Lennon. member of the leg
islature from Minneapolis, was in the
audience. John possesses voice like
foghorn and it is as hard for him
to control it as it is for a woman
to keep her bonnet under cover on
Easter Sunday. lie must talk-wise
Or otherwise. John is the man who
is reported to have made the remark
on "a recent occasion that Slim Gray
was talking county option in the hope
that some of the democrats could keep
sober long enough to vote on election
lay" The democrats are mad at Len
non and why should you blame them
His remark was ungentlemanly and
rather uncalled for. However, Lennon
made himself conspicuous at the
Ceresco gathering. He declared himself
against county option, and said that
he had not INDUCED in a drink of
liquor for years, having taken the
| cure. "You had better take it again,
shouted an unfeeling fellow in the
rOwd. Lennon thought this remark
emanated from the chairman of the
meeting, H. o. Thompson, one of the
most respected residents of Blue Earth
county, and he hurled hot -shot at
| he presiding officer. Mr.. Thompson,
| however, was not the author of the re.
| mark. Lennon, it is said, had been
imported into the county to talk for
| Works.
Kelly Said Some Things.
| The meeting did not quite resemble
quilting bee. Some things were said
| hat caused the crowd to get busy
with their feet and hands, and the
noise made would remind one of all
encore at "a gay morning glory" per.
formance. Frank Kelly could not LEI
he opportunity pass by without ad
lressing 'his fellow citizens" He made
savage attack OH II. O. Thompson
Striking an attitude that would make
| Ajax look like Willie boy at pinh
tea, and pointing his finger at Mr.
Thompson, this Demosthenes of Ceresct
Exclaimed dramatically: "There il
Thompson. He is fighting me. Fl,
sucked the teat of democracy. until h,
got all the sugar out of it and theI
turned it over to Schobey to chew
the rag"
i Guess that will hold 'em a while
unused the boy orator.
!. Take the meeting all round, it wal
(, sort of square mans session." a
the printers would say. Those who ar
now boys will in later years relate t,
their grandchildren the story of TIN
, political meeting held in Ceresco il
the year 1910.
Schobey Writes of Meeting.
Mr.. Schobey wrote the following &C
count of the meeting to The st. Pau
Pioneer Press:
Lennon took the floor and spoke TO
an hour, telling them what good mel
Kelly and Works were and how wei
they had represented the county, ant
asked them to pay no more attention
to the reports they had heard iron
me, but to vote for them Works an
, kelly) He evidently forgot that h