The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-18
fremont VOTERS
'RALLY|NG HERE
u..tlno Of Those Who Voted
:, First Republican Candidate
,or President Are Here
Today.
HANKS ARE THINNING
|,.a.,u This Afternoon Included an
address By William Peters Hep
burn, Former Con-
gresham.

Mo aged survivors from the first
Congressional district OF Iowa who
I.sst their votes in 1856 for John Ere
NON the first republican candidate
:, nrasident, are holding their an
s,,aI meeting here today in their sew
I'm ANIMAL rally. The first session
wos held this morning at the Unitar-
~ church. Fourth and High streets,
rhere the members of the organiza-
|tjon met and after registering, spent
ne balance Of the morning in a social
vav and in attending to several bust
noss matters, including the election OF
peBcers and the place and date Oh
holding the next meeting.
Those who registered this morning.
which included list Of twenty-five
members, were as follows:
IN crutchfield and w. S. Kremer,
wauelo, Iowa. G. w. Gage, J. NJ.
stimson, John Harper, John Mclean
and I NJ. Shaffer, Fairfield, Iowa; +.
R Rankin, N. S. Young, John Moore.
Samuel Peabody and Isaac Prugh,
burlington; John sterrett, Morning
Sun. Iowa Aaron Boges. Middleton
iowa. j. H. Dill, Mt. Hamill, Iowa;
John Ware, Hillsboro, Iowa; j. G.,
Hurley and NJ. Reeves, Montrose,
iowa; S. W. Wakefield, w B. Ray,
and Daniel H. Annable, Keokuk. It
was thought today that there would
be a number of others here before
the meeting is concluded.
Owing to the rapid thinning of the
ranks of the organization by Father
Time, the attendance at the meetings
Is growing less and less each year
and number of letters were received
from relatives of members to whom
invitations lad been sent, bringing
messages Of death. Others sent w,rd
thatAthey would be unable to attend
on account of old age or sickness, inc
Btill others expressed themselves .tc
day as realizing that this would bt
the last meeting for many of them
None OF those who registered this
morning were less than seveuty-se r.r
years Of age, while John H. Dill. o
Mt. Hamill, age Sc, this state. was tn,
Oldest, so relative idea of the aver
age ages of the members of the or
ganization may be gained from thos
figures.
At the social session TINS morning
R number of interesting "Reminiscences
o. the campaign of 1856 were related
a communication from G. H.. Curti:
pt Montrose, contained two verses c
campaign songs used In the campaig
hg Fremont supporters. The vocs
enthusiasm OF those stirring time
according to those verses. was e.
pressed In the communication froI
ar Curtis as follows:
Jimmie leads a bachelors life,
for he never got wife,
Because he seemed to think he hadn
otter
ana the gallant Fremont, John,
tut partner was bent on,
% ne ran off with the old colonel
daughter
A verse from another campais
song runs as follows:
For John c. Fremont is the man <
want
And Dayton, too, will work
traces,
4nen cast your votes boys and p
hlm in the chair
Which Pierce SO woefully d
graces.''
communication from ]. H. Alb
s tumble Of Aledo. H., shows that /
~ .isahs In those days were will
: uacK their favorites, just as mu
w. ~ 'ouay- Mr.. Abercrombie stated
No =, communication that he voted a
s',eu lor Fremont at Fairfield, 10y
ssu mat SO certain was he on
sAoice Tor president that he lost
"s'cn and what money he had.
keokuk Gets Next Meeting.
. heokuk was unanimously selec
w. me place of holding the next me
,s VS., me meeting will be held
UNI, m,rd Wednesday in September, ,
WIS city was chosen because
FINDERS T. of the organization wisl
return here to see the dam whel
The ', election of officers resulted
), . shaffer of this city, being eli
wa president; w. D. Ray, of KeoF
via nominated for the office,
unareW, and Mr. Shaffer was
p ss.ed President for a year, and
u was elected vice president
a.. = Annable, of Keokuk, was ele,
t,S ,a and treasurer. The ex,
fo, s committee is composed of
c a,aowing: 7. ]. Allen, washins
ua.y' ] NJ. stimson, Fairfield
p,emer, Wapello; Scmuel Peab,
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