Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1922-11-03
LARGEST CROWD YET
HEARS TWO SPEAKERS
W. l. Nolan and Mrs. Wetmore Ad-
dress People At Armory Tues
day-Morris Band Attracts


Probably the largest crowd of the
political season in Morris was pres
ent at the armory Tuesday to hear
Hon. W. I. Nolan and Mrs. Wetmore
discuss the issues before the voters
this fall. Although the night was
dismal and wet, the Morris band
served to lift the gloom and their
snappy music attracted the crowd
early on the street and they came
early to the armory, where the band
gave few selections.
An unofficial count of the crowd
would indicate that over half Of
them were women, they no doubt be-
ing attracted by the fact that lady
was to talk that night. Judge G..
w. Beise presided and introduced
Mrs. Wetmore first. She made dis
tinctly favorable impression on the
audience and gave clear cut talk on
the various phases of politics of to-
day.
Mrs. Wetmore briefly reviewed the
history Incidental to the accession OF
the Republican party and said that
the party came before the people
this fall for vote of confidence,
standing squarely on it's record. She
believed that there was no popular
or easy way of righting taxes, that
the war had to be paid for, and there
was only one way to do it-levy
taxes. Mrs. Wetmore defended the
governments record with the ex-ser-
vice man, saying that it had spent
81 500 100000 to help the disabled
and had established the War Veter-
ans Service Bureau to handle all
claims and make investigations.
She also defended the tariff by say
ing that 1t was necessary to keep up
the standard of living. In woman
like fashion, she explained how
ladies' gloves which we're landed in
America at Sc cents a pair were later
sold at $500, and gloves that cost
$1.40 at the docks grew to be worth
$500. She gave final appeal to re-
turn the Republican party at the
elections for two major reasons, that
they were active in initiation of for
ward legislation and second that it
was party for America first.
w. L. Colyer a Civil War veteran
was called to the platform by Judge
Beise for a few words. Mr.. Colyer
was easily the best received one OF
the evening and made numerous hits
with local references and digs at local
conditions. He said that he was
neither Cicero nor Socrates but he
had voted the Republican ticket for
the past fifty years, that fifty years
ago he cast his vote for Lincoln and
he was then 10 years old. He la
mented the tendency of some "to
drift away from the party and wor-
ship new. and strange gods" He
paid tribute to Senator Cliff, Senator
Kellogg, Representative Dorweiler
and Congressman Volstead by saying
they were good, tried, truthful men.
Mr.. Nolan was then introduced and
! began by addressing his audience as
Fellow Republicans and Fellow
Americans" saying the terms were
synonymous. Mr.. Nolan gave a re-
view of parties and warned against
the political agitator and radical,
saying some used high sounding
phrases to conceal dangerous policies.
Some he said, were adopting sabotage
to handicap and hamper private in
dustry. There we're really only two
! political parties now he said, the
Republican and the radical party.
The Non-partfsan offered state owned
enterprises which fell down miser-
ably, while the Republicans intro
duced the idea of cooperative market
ing and were responsible for the law
allowing these. Now they sell po-
tatoes, livestock, market butter, etc.,
through cooperation of the farmers,
to the profit Of everyone. He said
that Minnesota had, through the Re-
publican party, given the most gen.
| erous soldier bonus of any state.
that they had borrowed $23,000i00O
for period of IL years to adjust
their compensation. He finished by
recommending the state and local
tickets.