Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1888 — A Rousing Ratification. [ARTICLE]

A Rousing Ratification.

The meeting at the Court|House last Saturday evening furnished conclusive evidence of the great satisfaction with which the nomination of General Harrison is everywhere received. The court room was crowded to the limit of its seating capacity, and the joy and enthusiasm of the Republican portion of the audience was universal and manifest io all. Short but ringing speeches iyere made by 8. P. Thompson, W- B. Austin, I. B. Washburn, Allred Thompson, Frank Foltz, AV. H. Gwin, Chas. Platt, W. W. Watson E. P. Hammond. Several p atpotic son gs interspersed amon g the speeches, were greatly enjoyed. The meeting lasted until nearly eleven o’clock, and even then the people were almost loth to depart so greatly were they in sympathy with the spirit of the occasion.