Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-04-03
4 SUCCESS
The Republican Get-together Meeting
of Last Saturday = Large At
tendance, Enthusiastic Addresses,
Splendid Spirit of Harmony-No
Doubt of Republican Unity in Fulton

Coiu Sype Ine Splendld spirit OF har-
mony which prevailed at the big Re-
publican Rally at Wauseon last Sat
urday and only a small part has
been told when it is said that this
gathering was one of the most en-
chusiastic and harmonius political
meetings. ever held in the county.
Every section of the county was well
represented; fully 700 crowded the
court room and the adjoining jury and
attorneys rooms; according to a
statement of the janitor nearly 300
persons came to the court house and
went away again because they could
aot get into the crowded rooms
There was no doubt left in the minds
of those present that the Republi-
cans OF Fulton county are ready to
stand together for true Republican
principles and against an unecono-
mic and machine building state ad-
ministration. 1t was in fact what
it had been announced and purport-
ed to be, "Get-together Meeting
and there was an utter absence of
any attempt on the part of any one
present to introduce political boom
for any prospective candidate. All
of the addresses were in the inter-
ests of a unified party to stand solid
ly for the principles of that party
and the betterment of the state.
Hon. Fred H. Wolf, chairman OF
the county executive committee call
ed the meeting to order and stated
the object of the meeting after which
he introduced the chairman of tht
meeting, Hon. C. L. Allen, of Fayette
Mr.. Allen was greeted with hearty
round of applause and in his genial
manner stated is as his sincere con-
viction that it was high time for
those Republicans who have been
acting as assistant Democrats to turn
their attention to the demands which
present conditions make on their
own party and devote their atten-
ton to the work that is to be done
for and by their own party. Mr..
Allen introduced as the first speaker
Hon. c. A. Reid, of Washington C. H.,
Republican floor leader in the last
General Assembly. We have been so
fortunate as to secure a copy of Mr..
Reid's speech which we expect to pub
lish in next weeks isue; those who
heard it will enjoy reading it and those
who did not hear it, will find therein an
overshadowing reason for Republican
uniication and as well, some sound
principles of political economy clear
ly set forth. Mr.. Reid was followed
by Hon. Frank B. Willis. Mr.. Willis
spoke eloquently and to the point on
the crisis that confronts the people
of the state, he arraigned the pres
ent state administration at the bar of
the rights of American citizenship
and for its action in concentrating all
power in the executive. He made
a splendid appeal to those present to
let the dead past bury its dead, not
to rake ever the ashes of past dis
cord and hate but to join hands in
restoring to the people of the state
a government by the people, of the
people and for the people, and to re-
scue the state from the domination of
a political machine. Mr.. Willis time
was limited and his address could not
more than touch upon salient points
at issue, he was followed by Hon. E.
C. Turner, of Columbus, prosecuting
attorney for Franklin county, whose
address in full appears on another
page of this issue and will speak for
itself; suffice it to say here that this
address was masterly one and COW
cred the issue before the people OF
the state at the present time.
There is not the vestige of doubt
in regard to the fact that the Repub-
licans of Fulton have "got together
and this county will do its full share
toward scuring sweeping republican
victory in the state next November.