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Maj. Kirk At Home

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
October
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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    The democratic mass meeting at  Ypsilanti last night was the largest and most enthusiastic political meeting that has been held in Washtenaw county this fall and was a manifestation of the high regard ia which Major John P. Kirk, in honor of whose home coming it was arranged, is held by his fellow citizens.

   Daring the afternoon prominent democrats began to gather Ypsilanti from all parts of tho county and long before the hour appointed for the meeting the lobby of the Hawkins house presented an animated scene and the stranger might easily have guessed that a business men's convention or a meeting of the bar association was in progress in tbe city.

     Major Kirk arrived direct from Camp Poland on the Grand Rapids train in the evening. When Mayor Davis called the meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. the opera house was filled to its capacity and delegations of prominent democrats occupied the boxes and the stage, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion.

    Mayor Davis briefly stated the object of the meeting and called on Miss Julia Harlow, who sang the '"Star Spangled Banner" which was received with applause.

    Chas. A. Ward, candidate for state senator, was next introduced and spoke of the sacrifices which Major Kirk and bis command have made for the country and of the hardships and privations which they have undergone. The speaker was in favor not only of equal taxation, to which he pledged his earnest efforts but of lower taxation as well, to be reached by a rigid economy in state affairs.

    Hon. Alfred Lucking, who claims Ypsilanti as bis birth-place, followed and delivered one of the most logical speeches ever heard in the city. He confined his remarks to national questions, his words being principally directed against bond issues and acquisition of recently conquered territory.

    The audience cheered loudest when Maj. John P. Kirk, candidate for reelection to the office of prosecuting attorney, who returned from Knoxville, Tenn., last evening. was introduced. He announced that in the event of his election he would resign from the army.

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      The tenants in Dr. Lum's new Majestic block moved in this week. Fred McOmber, real estate and insurance, occupies one side of the ground floor of the building while Dr. Lum's office is to be found on the other. The entire building above the ground floor will be occupied by the republican campaign committee after Nov. 8.