Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-26

The citizens Of LeClsire assembled =.
Dayenports Hall last evening in accordance
with call for a meeting to discuss the prin-
ciples aad issues presented BY the Peoples
Party At the coming election. The speakers.
Messrs. Peters, Gallagher and Murphy, ex>
pec,ed to meet souc heavy arguments that
.ere to be presented by the Republican
speakers At . meeting that was 10 haze
come off on the Monday evening previous,
but in this they we're disappointed. The
people OF LsClaire knew nothing about
any such meeting. The sseakere did not
.ppesr, neither did the faithful asse ubls,
and much eIoqusnce slumbered, The only
trace We could find of the leaders in Israel
was that Mr., would be legislator, A ppelga.e
accompanied BY Judge Lindsrmsn, colpor>
Ter like, with bundle Of tn 9 Claussen pam,
pallets under his arm had privateiv can
vsssed the town. Having only . few hours
sdvisement Of the meeting the people ss
senbed 10 sufficient numbers to give the
speakers good reception, Mr.. Gallagher
made the opening speech, keeping the IN
d vided attention Of the audience for about
an hour daring which time he gave . close
review Of the action and position Of the swo
parties. placing the subjects Of
tariff and taxation before the pep.
pie in its most forcible light
and that too, 10 a da.nsging light to the
Radical party. Mr. Bleik Peters followed
With few remarks in English and German
closing with the assertion that he fs.t con-
ident that the Germans Of LeClaire would
unite with tho,s of the rest Of the county
in protecting their own rights and giving
she Radicals an ignoble defeat.
Mr. Murphy followed in closing speech
which We will not attempt to report, as he
was particularly sweet on Mr.. Applegste,
Mr. kelly's opponent, some of his remarks
Citing that gentleman in such . particular
manner as to call forth the continued ap-
p!ause Of the entire audience. The Hon
speaker said that IRE difference between the
two candidates IN the license question vac
not OF tho most tangible nature. The only
difference he could see was that Kelly took
his whisky straight and his opponent oh
tained his forty rods from druggists on
the pretext that it was for sacramentsl pur-
poses and then shot himself of behind wood
pile. Some suggested that the speaker had
been 70 LeCiare before. His remarks
on the equalization Of taxes, government
bonds, national banks, rrohibi,ory liquor
'aw and equal rights were we'll made, per
unent, and indorscd BY oil who heard them.
iiis rich sallies Of wit and close humor kept
the suience p,eased and interested until
late in the evening.
Before closing we have word for the lt-
tie game Mr.. Applegate istrying to play
lie argues that in Des Moines he will 20 in
to Republican caucus, where oil thu POWER
lays, md advocate the license aw and thus
have moro influence than Mr.. Kelly can
have in minority caucus. Mr. Applesate
will be in the minority in such caucus and
hence will have no chance Of doing anything
that he promises; or what is more probable,
would not eTen attempt il in opposition to
his whole party, If he had chance-as was
the case with the delegates TO their State
Convention. who went to Des Moines with
alicenss resolution in their br, echcs pockets.
and-kept it there.
With Mr.. Kelly the case is different. lie
will be in caucus united on the license
question, and one from which must come .
license law when il does come and that
time will be when the people make j. sufliS.
iently powerful to accomplish the desired
end. Mr.Applegate also advises those whom
he thinks can't be taken 10 by his first
game. to vote for him and Mr.: Kelly. and
scratch Mr.. Rohlfs or Davis, or the ground
that he and Kelly are both good fellows
His first game is simply absurd, and this
last almost equals the Claussen pamphlet,
written by one II. r. c., 10 chow that Mr..
II. X. Claussen's election will save the eoun>
Try and impeach the President.
A DErEcrIvE vIcnxzsp. = Detectives
are pretty shrewd and hard to beat, but
they sometimes meet their match. About
A week ago there arrived in this city and
put up at the Burtis House an indiyidull