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Capt. Allen Interviewd

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
November
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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Capt. E. P. AUen, n wheel horse of repubr.canásm, nested hls ampie proportlone upon ome of the pedestals by tli ■ Marton house desk yesterday. mei nwhi; -■ toylnft with a scrap óf pap ■:■ upon the tiliiiK with the disengnged foot. Hls weight -was türown ii])(}ii lile clliow, which rested upon tlue i-imt r, and lus gaze was riveted apon ilie kaleidoecopic coloring of the rotunda skylight. Over lus eyes was drawn a broad-brimmed sjouch bat, and over nis conseiousn ss ili ■ sp 11 of profound revery. He was revolvlng in hls raind a bolt of Inexorable logic, to hurl into the consternated ranks of the democraey and ip.ithe-r demoüsh them or drive thera to the repnbldcan woods. He winked liis phllosophlc ive, bit fiercely at the ois;ar wit'.ün his teeth and heaved n eigh of satisfactlon and complacency. TIh'u li" threw ubout hLm a ftagacions gkinoe to find if any man had watched and read his message from aboye, and turned to aak the cl'rk a question. Before him stood i reporter for the Democrat, and. as the lattar made hia office known, the hero o: the Held and forum extended hLs right hand, smiled audibly and sald: "The democratie party is a ary cvil. I doubt if we shall be througb witli it bsfore the niilliennial noliday. lts members stand like buoys aloog a rocky i-oast- a warnIng to the navigator. TlK'y have just strengtli enough to make politleal apathy a dangerous pollcy, and thus they stimvilate a healthful study of politica] propositlons. Ys, I have just been down in Ohio- all over it. In fact, and I ara satisfled McKinlej lias tlie 'BBCkeyee' by 15,000 easy 1 am a i ranger to tlie eonditions obtaining in thi.s district, but you have jusi Mii-ii a district as should ïoll np a Brong repitblican majority. I spend the balance ol the campaign

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier