A Monster Meeting

Straws show which way the wind blows and the several actious of partisans of the repnblioan party show that all kinds of nnfair meane are being taken to try and down the deiuocratio silverites. The aotion of a gang of republicau students at laat night's meeting in the opera house is no exception to the general run of things. Vioe president Stevenson arrived in Ann Arbor at uoou Thursday and was at once takeu charge of by the democratie coinmittee and driven to Ypsilanti where he addressed 2,500 people in the afternoon. After returning to Ann Arbor the vice president and Thos. E. Barkworth, the silver candidate for oongress, were enteraiued at dinner by the Phi Delta Theta society, after which a roception was tendered the gentlemen at the Cook House. The U. of M. Bimatallic Club formad in a body at the law building and hended by the Light Infautry band, marobed to the Cook House, where they were presented to Mr. Stevensou aad Mr. Barkworth. A crowd of the rowdy element of the University students, in accordauoe with prearranged plans, followed the silver clubs, houting for MoKinley , and trouble was in the air. These rowdies mouopolized the parquet aud aisles in the opera house and when the silver club marebed in au attempt was made to seoure its handsome Bryan bauner. Por a moment a general row seemed imminent, but alittle jndicious anti musoular sluggiug couled the ardor of tbe gold bug rowdies and the banner wos carried to a place of safety on the stage. Tbe most disgracefal scènes occurred however at the Anu Arbor depot, wlien Mr. Stevenson was drivcn to meet his j train. Nearly 1,000 students,, mosiiy tbe sous of rich men, who have been shouting abont patriot ism, national honor, etc., for paat three mouths, followed his oarriage to the depot aud witb the trae spirit of intolerant i dies nrfered rapeated insr.lts to the vios president of the United States. It was an occurrence which oug"ht to put to blusb every honest man. The excuse of young blood aud bnoyant spirits will not go. These young men came from the ranks of life that have been deuouncing Mr. Bryan aud bis followers as the radical and daugerous elemeuts of the community. They are presnmed to have been instructed in the ordinary ccurtesies of social intercourse which are necessary to tbe preservatiou of auy society. Yet the conduct of the educated rowdies last night was an outrageous demonRtration agaiust all tbe laws of decency and respectable condnct. Oatside of these occurreuoes the meeting was a grand success. Not more than a third of the vast crowd of people could secure standing room in the opera house, aud while V"ice President Steveuson was speakiug there, Thos E. Barkworth addressed tbe overflow from the steps of the court house. T. E. Whitney, a silver republican, from St. Louis, Mioh., presided at the opera house meeting. Mr. Steveuson was followed by Col. C. G. Bradshaw, of Kentucky, a unión veteian and a silver republican, who made a most stirring appeal to the patriotism of the people and for the cause of the masses led by William .lennings Bryan. The opera house had been decorated in national colors by Walter C. Maok, and the spirit of the silver part of tbe audieuce should be a rebuke to those who imagine that all feeling of patriotism and national pride is confined to goldite breasts.