Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-01

M. PACE AND rBs EiGnr HoUa LEAoUR,
-Pnce was in town on Friday. On Fri
day no was busy laying plans to sntrap the
Eight Hour League organization. He
wanted 10 make speech to the League,
and in order 70 az il oil rig i 20 that in ~
eye Of the people 1t would sesm be had
nothing TO do with calling the meeting, Be
used his craitiest schemes. Frst, then, b
sought IN interview At Mayer Davies plan
ing mill with one Of the officers Of tbs
League. there telling him what he wanted
He wanted meeting Of the League called
for Saturday evening, aud have It n,anipu
lated in such way that only the .Rspubli'
can members thereof would be pressnt-as
he said he wished to explain 70 has Repub>
lican friends in the Leage. how be voted q
he did in Congress last winter on the DIS
trict Of Columbia S-hour bill. Mr. Price
stated that the expenses Of the meeting
should be cared for By himself, and that
the printing Of the posters would b done
g'sts BY gentlewan there present, wao
sgresd TO the arrangement
The officer demurrej. Hs told Mr.. Psics
very frankly hat IL hs would call . n.st-
ing himself for Saturday evening, that he
for one wosld 10 to hear him, snd prssum
ID the sis ht hour men generally would d.
Likewise, but - to calling meeting Of the
League for the purpose Of hearing him
price, make . speech. he could not con-
sent. The League Was not . political or
Han',ation, and must rot BE-; that ne,,hsr
Mr.. Price nor MIR. Cook-should he, also.
ask il. could be accommodated in that why.
Nothing dAunt.L, Mr.. Price vent to
another officer Of the league, whom he
found more ttac;able. and as desired, = no
sicc calling = meeting Of the League on
saturday evening, appeared in the 0azett,
of the morning Of the same day.
Now Hiram had made his plans to appear
IN the neighborhood Of the meeting ~ il
acc. .dcntally, and then he called out To make
. speech, even in like manner ~ he ar.
ranged to address the Fcnians some few
weeks ago. But the other members of ,hs
League couldn't see it that way. They
wanted no political speaking. and "a they
we're largely in the majority they deter
mined there should be none.
On bn - -.
mann's Hall, in good numbers. The MON,
bcrs had no business to transact, % they sai
around, talking, and came 70 no osganixa-
ton. A, "carly can ile-light" Hiram acci
dentally appeared on the sidewalk n front o|
the hall, that be might be accidentally ,nvi-
ted thereto, and possibly be accidentally
forced into making speech. On the side
walk between Lahrmann's saloon and Lang
feldt 4 Thodes' Wholesale liquor house laid
(sccidentally) . whisky barrel, or . barre
Of whisky; and here Brother Price waited
for the above named accident to happen. -
His pose VAS, one foot upon the pavement
(emblenatical Of the Maine Law while the
other WAS elevated upon the whisky barrel or
barrel Of whisky. (smblematical Of the Anti
Maine Law and in this position upon the
emblems Of HE Do Witt and his Scott Coun.
ty Plato ms, stood the King, for one hour
and forty-i five minutes. by the watch, persis
tently waiting to be accidentally decoyed in
to the Laborer's League, to tho end that be
might 10 seduced into making an accidental
speech Patience without parallel! Pat
rioaism, excessive loyalty, towering states
manship-poli,ical innocence, and congress
-ional modesty-all represented in that MAJ
jrs'ic, living statue one foot Of which rested
upon the solid pavement, aud the other up.
On the upturned bung Of . revitable ,rhisky
barrel! Ie gods, what a study for an ar
eln'
One hour and forty. five minutes stood be
lhsre-now anxiously inquiring whom the
League was about to organize ~ hen the
lccifsnt looked for was to happen now on j..
treating. now expostulating, now remonstra>
ling, nov telling how many houses he had
built in Davenport and how much he had
lone that mechanics might thrive; now be-
my seased with inopportune questions. now
badsered VII h unwelcome remarks there
for o..e hour and forty .five minutes stood
King Hiram. watching and waiting in al his
majesty, TO be accidentally invited TO make .
speech
MrdJie! Does hissory-No' history has
no counterpart to furnish. Search in vain
there nothing but . we'll designed circus
cut can express it on paper.
Ono hour end forty five minutes fled-ths
accident not having happened-the Leagu.r.
having retired. 30 did the statue undo itself
and proceed medta,ively h hmeward! Add
this is the way King Hiram didn't address
the eight (s) hour IN echanics Of Davenport
Pity 'us 'tis true, that 90 pure, 80 guile
less, 50 meek, SO innocent politician should
thus escape 30 coveted an accident. "Ac-
cidents &c happen" they say, but on Sat>
friday night they scouldn's
LACE and embroidered curtains Just re-.
ceivcd at Wadwo or,h's.
Mr.. PR,Cs mas SoMs CoSvERs Arrox.-O