Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1882 — DEMOTTE AT ROSE LAWN. [ARTICLE]

DEMOTTE AT ROSE LAWN.

ff Editor Republican.— The Hon. Mark L. DeMotte spoke here, to•day, to quite a good gathering of people. He had for one of his hearers the Hon. J. N. Moore, his Greenback opponent. The language of M. DeMotte was piain, and right to the point. He did not wave the “bloody shirt” but did wave a woolen one; when he came to show the absurdity of tjpp opposition upon the knit goods bill he said: “The opposition both/ democratic aud greenback, say that I voted for a bill which has caused wool knit goods to be increased 85 cts per pound in price; but I tell you it is not true. I did vote for A bill that corrected an error, and left the knit goods with just the same duty upon them that had been paid for the last 15 years/* He then took from the table a knit, Wool shirt, and A wool jfokst, and

ssid: “To show the absurdity of arguments, I have here a knit wool shirt, that weighs one pound and two ounces, you see the duty upon this would be, 85 cts but yonr merchant here, of whom I borrowed these goods, will sell this shirt, that weighs one pound and two ounces, for 65 cts.” He then showed on the jacket which weighed one pound and nine ounces, the duty would be about 5L.75, the retail price was 75 cts. The whole speech was the utterance of a wise man> and the telling shots he sent into the Democratic and Greenback camps cannot fail of good results for the republican party. Rose Lawn may feel proud that Mr. DeMotte, came there, and the people who heard him, we know will say, if they are honest, that he spoke only words of truth, and said nothing harsh about any one, but represented his opponents as gentlemen. The meeting was large and enthusiastic. Too much praise cannot be given to the admirabl chairman, Mr. R. W. Marshall who introduced the speaker in a neat little speech, chuck full of true Republicanism, ’Twas good’ and the table set out for “Ye Baud’» by Mr. White was especially fine. Long may it wave, and let us be there to see it.— Special Reporter for Republican.