The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-07

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While speaking at Hawley. during
the walk out" l soon discovered the
.swalk-outers" were on hand in larg-
9 mar rosoe lust la before efodus time. I
paused and then quietly remarkeo
..Now my friends I am going to make
a request of this audience, Wnlcn -
consider a reasonable one. l am now
reaching that part of my address
where by previous arrangement ana
preconcerted signal a goodly portioa
marches out of the hall. Your editor
Ithe editor was presently already mas
his disgust" editorial in type, set up
f 1S nil the mail. 1 viii not be sorry
to lose your listening ears as they
take up so much room in the hai.
Now as the night is warm L am dr; gI
and while 1 am doing so, if your chief
will give the signal to his hencnme men
and they will arise and depart, 1t VIII
save time and confusion, and serve
your purpose just as well. l made
great show of pouring out glass OF
water and slowly drinking 1t: ana aItST
and that was the end of the walk
Albert Berg, formerly Secretary Of
State, accompanied me greal t ueai
He was wonderful singer ana ae
lighted the audiences by singing bal ai,
lads in both English and SWedish.
gram that Albert Berg would sing
the house was always packed.
He was with me one evening at a
time it was considered essential to
have a platform for the speaker, and
on which all the Republican candl-
dates for state. leglsiattHe ana rop u4uany
Republicans, were always seated. rms
meeting was held in a vacant store
building, and before the he m hieb was a
erected out of boards and. supported
by two skies. Some time during
the day, before the meeting was heId
building and sawed through each one
of these supports leaving only. about
"A quarter of an inch to sustain the
platform. The hall was packed ana ma
on the platform. The chairman, who
was a light weight, opened the meet
ing by stating that the meeting nee wou hd
Albert Berg, (which you will all be
glad to hear" and huge Albert brlskly
Stepped forward and began his song.
ways emphasized the line by vio-
Brought down his 800 pounds of swed-
platform it collapsed like a paper box
stepped upon by an elephant. Flal
formers, including the organist, were
catapulted in the audience Ihe Or
gan fell on the village school teacher,
pinning her to the floor where she lay
screaming that she was killed. Inc
organist landed on her head in the
like signals of distress. Albert Berg
was wedged under a seat ana mad TO
be pulled out before he could get on
his feet sa was pro9efsed Woman 1nro nhe who
gazed on me with a look that seemed
to say, you are very familiar for
man who has not even been miro MIRO
on the platform were scattered around
the hall in attitudes of more or less
picturesqueness
tain Stokes, who had charge OF the
meeting leaping on chair and shout
ing Everything is all right; TINS is a
part of the entertainment. NOBODY Is
when order was restored and the
meeting was resumed, and after Albert
had performed his singing stunt.
fully at the chairman and saying:
captain, am astonished that you ex-
sercised so little vigilance; that you
ulist platform into this Republican
The Crowd roared and the incident
sredounded to our benefit instead OF
ITO our discontinue. a..
while the campaign was at its
speak some artistic cuss drew IIe-
:
Nv the most hideous looking creation
II have ever seen, and the annoying
apart of it was it resembled me quite
Sclosely. Thousands of copies were
ing the legend: THIS, wants to be
selected to Congress.
Speaking at Millerville one after
moon, about the middle of my address,
The doors suddenly opened and about
"a dozen persons entered clad in gar
1nents that closely resembled the reg
ALA of the Klu Klux Khan of today.
Each bore aloft one of these cartoons
zs a penant; underneath was printed
in bold black letters: LOMMEN WILL
GO TO CONGRESS AND EDDY CAN
GO TO HELL" They solemnly waved
the banners over the heads of the
audience. They certainly made a gro
tesque appearance and everybody in
GLIDING myself roared with laughter.
When about half way down the aisle
I halted them by shouting: Hold on,
you fellows! Just minute before you
tell you something. You can't brighten
me by telling me. to go to Hell !
couldn't find any Free Siixeri ties rn ere
audience began to laugh at them in
stead of at me. Thye turned round,
marched out Of the hall and the meet
ing proceeded as If nothing had oc-
AT kennedy a meeting was held in
a hall over a store. Seats had been
improvised by placing. beer kegs in
rows in the center of the hall and
placing planks across them. leaving
a narrow space at each end as aisles.
A group standing in the back part
of the hall egged on half drunken
fellow to interrupt the speaker. He
/ paid no attention, but kept right on
talking Apparently incensed at my
failure to notice him. he shouted:
You are q damned liar and am