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Show ONE ON JOG, Effect of a Commercial Man's Political Speech m Glenwood. Salina Ptim: The (toys are telling a good story on Joe Yates, the jolly traveling travel-ing representative of iho Western Hardware Hard-ware Company ofUalt Lake City. A Week or ten days before the Inst election Joo fonnd himself ono evening In the little town of Glenwood, in this county. Jo is nn aggrewivo Republican nnd never feels troll nnlees engaged in an altercation with some wor lonesome licmocrAt. .While nt (Herniate ho happened hap-pened to hear that fow political speakers had visited tbe town nnd that the pcoplo pco-plo nere actually anrioiis lo hear a good political address Jo Imdtiften talked to large congregations in tlieSunday school, and on one occasion delivered n rattling eecli at a big poultry show. The thought occurred to him Hint hero was nn oppertunlty to try his bund on a political speech. Glenwood wasetrongly republican anyway, and If nny Democrats Demo-crats happened to be present thoy ivould not Interrupt him. lie psidn small boy a dollar to ring a liell through the streets and lo yell: "Oh, yes. Oh, yes, Joe Yalos speak? lure to-night," nnd tho result was that lie had a rousing uudience The next day he returned to Salt hake City, and on the train ho met a unrulier of commercial (rnvelcrfi, with whom he liecamo very communicative. "You K'llowswlllbe surprised when you hear from lilonwood," snidJoe carefully measuring his words. "Anybody sick in Glenwood ?" asked Orson lingers. "Sick h lit I made n speech thcro last night." Joe exclaimed. "Glenwood" a dandy Republican town, but I'll bet she shows her full strength next election day. I'll bet he gives 40 llepubllcun majority." And then the drummers took ooim-thing out of a long black bottle -something thai looked liUo Holland Hol-land din The returns ennio in from UlciiHtHxJ last eok. They wcro not very Inttering. Glenwood is one of the few tiiniip In fevier county that rolled up a majority lor tho Democratic ticket. 7'iiV me. |