and who was he talking about?
…a doofus non sequitur in a heavy overcoat, gesturing toward the west.
The answer. And it does kinda provide a nice lead-in to our Best Of Humboldt issue, hittin’ the street tomorrow.
This article appears in Broken Glass Houses.

Don’t know the orator, but the subject is surely good ole Bill McKinley himself, gesticulating from the Arcata Plaza.
Who was erudite enough to concoct this quote?
Of course, Kevin Hoover. Who else??