Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-20
JOINT DISCUSSION.
lefisgwsll and Snyth Before The
People.
Complete Discontinue of
the ''loll" Champion BY
Judge lemngNoll.


Judge lemngWell.
The RAIDS are Mournful
and Refuse to be
COmfOrtcd.
The snost Euehuslaselc yQeea1n.
ever held In the City.
The announcement that, Hon. Vim. f.
Lefingwsll, and Col VIM. Smyth. res.
pectively the Democratic. and Republican
candidates, for member Of Congress from
this District, would meet in joint discus
sion on the political Issues Of the day .,
the German Theatre last night. drew
thither . large audience. Long before the
hour appoisted for the commencement ei
the discussion. the body Of the house Vas
we'll filled and before the speaking COM
msncsd, the galleries we're tillsd with Ia
dies and gentlemen. Tho assembly we're
evidently there With the express intsstion
of deciding for themselves, whether Judge
Lefiingwell was able to answer the pro-
found % arguments ofths doughty ::ehsm-
pion Of radicalism, and verify they ar.
rived ct definite coueluSion before the
evening Vas over; others had come for the
purpose Of hearing Smyth receive enc ei
these .tsrrible castigsticns when Judge
Istfingwsll knows 90 we'll how to bestow,
and they were not disappointed.
A few minutes past eight o'clock, and
the two gentlemen made their appearance
on the stage. accompanied by Judgs
Eagal, who acted % moderator for
Judge Lst'ngws'I. and Col. T. J. Saunders,
who appeared in the same capacity for Col.
Smyth. Both gentlemen were received
with hearty round Of applause by the au-
dience. Quiet being restored, Col. Saun-
dsrs advanced to the front Of the stage and
stated that the discussion would bs opsnsd
BY Col. SOyth in speech Of an hour's Q
length. He would Be followed BY Judge
Ls1ingwsll, to whom was allotted an hour
and half for reply (spply suficsnt), and
then Col. Smyth should close in 30 min
utss' speseo. He then introduced Col.
Smyth, who met with rather chilly recsp.
ton from the black and. tan element in the
congrega' ion. There cxn be no reason a..
signed fos this. He was their champion,
ard they soould have welcomed him heart
ilv. Perhaps one reason that dampened
their "en.huss" was the s;eht ofa rather
slightly built gentleman with clear cut fsa-
lures, Arm mouth and chin, who at few
feet in his rear, apparently IN uneoncerned
spectator ofIhs precesdings. Possibly the
sight of this keen grey man did not
stir up in their hearts that feeling Of hope
in tbs success Of their champion which
thev had anticipated. Col. Smyth 10 .
sto"tly built gentleman, slightly bald, with
full black beard, and good representative
Of the class to which he belongs, that Of
the boodholdsrs and dealers in government
stocks; he has the appearance Of . respsc-
table American citizen, but, speak it gent
y, he 10 not st present the coming man,
nor the one in the future, that will ever be
able to meet WIN. +. Lstfingwell on the
public rostrum.
Col. Snyth began his peroration BY .
SQUIRE jump right into tue middle Of the
subject which lay next his heart. namely,
the National Banks. After he had been
speaking for five minutes il seemed a. if
he had been standing there for intermin-
able space Of time and grinding out
with the regularity Of . hand organ the
old tune which he had learned BY rote.-
And here We wish 10 do . simple act Of
justice, "honor 70 whom honor is due" al
ways. Tho scintlllations from the Intel
lect Of our friend, james T. Lane on the
finance question were reproduced with
parrot-like exsctness bysSmyth last night.
We have an abiding fsith 10 he superiority
Of Davenport intellect and are glad to nsts
that i. received more attention at the hands
o. Smyth than did his own less ponderous
thoughts.
The position Of Smyth on the national
bank question is one not easily solvsd-he
has heard several speakers on the subject
and has GOT their different ideas very much
muddled it is the old, old story over again,
delivered in the Wheel barrow tone which
made his auditors wish to bs de- ''vsred
from this "damnable iteration Of words"
II the banks we're deposcd il would surely
paraly - the commercial interests Of the
countrys He did not state how this Was 10
be effected. but the terrible fact was held
up to view as an awful calamity in the
future. Imitation Of the currency troubled
him much. Ifthc above proposition Vas
carried out the country would b flooded
with shin plaster currency, and this
wasn't what he wanted to zee.
It were useless 70 follew this gentleman
through to The end Of his hours psrsasion,
he kept rsiigiously in The beaten track Of
his set speech, backed up BY sundry extra
ordinary sditisus Of congressional reports
and abstracts from the treasury depart.
mont. TO which hs from time to time referred,
seemingly taking great delight therein, ~
il saved him tae trouble Of one Of bic futile
attempts to express himself He was about
to make some rsmaks on the rscenstsuction
acts when the modsrators informed him
that his time VAS up. He resumed bis seat
and was undoubtedly an interested spssta-
tor Of the next hour and halls proceed
ings. Everybody fslt relieved.
Upon the conclusion Of Col. Snyth's
speech, Judge Ls6aswsll srsss, and cast
ing aside his svsreoat, advanced 70 The
STAND, with Judge Eagal u his side. A per-
feet torasdo sf applause fairly shsok the
building -ehssr after cheer rent the cir,
and Undesirable snthusiasm prevailed.
Judge Esgal at last gained . moments
hearing, and said: Fslllow citissns, the
Hon. W. Z. LsiIogwsll will now sddrsss
you, and - yea we'll ksow. be needs ne
introduction b you iteo ms." Thsndefa
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