Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-26
THE RALLY LAST NIGHT
Speeehes By Hon. n. N.
Martin assd Judge y.
II. .1Nv7Shy.
4 Rousing Meeting I

A large crosd gathered IN the Court
House last night 10 listen to ths'spssches
Of Msssrs. Martin and Murphy. The room
WAS full and many,wers obliged to 60 away,
there no. being room inside Cor them. The
audience was composed ofths men to whom
more than any others, come with tsnfold
powss the great and vital issres Of the day,
namely, the labor,ng clsssss-ths men who
the "late" Judge Hubbard characterized
o. no, equal in mental intelligence . the
negro. They gave earnest attention to
Judge Murphy's stirring address, and their
frequent aud hearty approval OF the prin-
eipies enunciated by the speaker, ausured
but very little Of cheer for the RAIDS in this
section Of country.
The regular business Of the meeting
being disposed Of, reports Of committees
received, &c., E. E. Cook. Esq. President
Of the Club, introduced Judge J. Il. hur-
ply, who proceeded to give one OF the most
brilliantly bitter. and scathing rsvis~s Of
the past record Of The party in power and
Of the trash that was served up iulsush m.
limited quantities At LsOlaire Hall on Mon
day night. Judgs Hubbard was handled
without gloves utter faliacy Of his
Arguments shown up-and the ineonsistsn-
ciss and by poesisy Of the principles advo-
Gated by him were fully proved. In pre-
sentiug The financial aspect Of affairs to
thS censidsrasisn Of the audience, Judge
Murphy made IN eloquent appeal TO them.
He pictured with great beauty and force
the way in which the laboring classes Of
this country are forced to pay taxes for
sbs support Of the bondholder, and the in
dignitiss which are heaped upon our Ger
man and Irish fellow citizens by these rad
ical speakers, who do not consider them
ct to bs the associate Of The negro
He would ask them whether they wished
| the present state OF affairs to continue, and
by 20 Doing mets out for themselves and
their postsrity condition almost on par
WIN wv oclIe VI AsubSis VI buO PcVPiV "
ether countries who have the iron heel oi
. nOnarchy on their nscks7 Judge Mur.
phys exposition Of the finances Was clear
fercible and compact, and went with con.
vincing power to the minds of his hearers.
Upon tao conclusion Of Judge Murphy 4
remarks Hon. H. N. Martin came forward
and spoke for few minutes. Owing tc
the lateness Of the hour he did not wish tc
dstain them long, bu. should give them I
few extracts from Judge Hubbard's perora
tion which was correctly reported by tn,
0syetse. He wound up that gentleman I
sophistry in short order, and then read ths
0a.ette's remarks on uoratio Seymour. and
afterwards from the same remarkable jour.
nal, Eiwin NJ. Stanton's letter 10 Sey.
mour, commenting him for his fidelity ia
the Government. Mr.. Martin spoke but Z
short time. making, however, very adj,
speech, and was greeted with hearty ap.
plauss, as was also Judge Murphy through
ost his remarks.
During the evening over 2j new name,
were added t. the sccre.ary's list. Th'
organization is now we'll up in numbers
aai ~ it is compo.ei Of live men. We shat
expect it to do much gsoi in the coming
campaign. Tho meeting was a rousini
Que, such as We like to see, and hope v,
shall nave mo.c Il them often
Tas FiEsr SHEEP IN ,DAvsNPoPr.-Th,
wool trade and woolen manufacturing
which has become no small item Of com
mercc, had rather queer beginning in thi
locslity. 1t seems that abou. thirty-thrc,
or four years ngo-that primitive dat,
date when about the only habita.ion OF
Davenport soil was the residence Of An
tome LeC'aire, certain Lord Somebody
whose nam. We have forgotten, but VIII
had considerable sheep on the brain, con
oeived tho iisa OF taking Aock of sheer
from the Canadas away up into the sslkirl
settlement, soms four or fivs hundred mile
north Of 81. Paul, for the benefit Of th
Hudson Bay Fur Company. The d,ok-
over fifteen hundred in number, crossed th
Aississippi at this point on Mr.. LsClairs'
ast-boat about the middle OF juno. Th
weather had become too hot, aud th
6sscss too hs,vy 10 admit proceeding far
ther before shearing. The proprietor call
Cd the attention Of Mr.. LsClairc to this fac
and proposed that If hs would turn in an,
help him shear he should have the ensir
clip. Mr.. LsCiairs assentsd 10 tho arrange
msnt, and the aock MAS shorn. and il NOV
Cd on. The f.sess were laying thick al
ever Davenport wherever they happened I,
be taken of, and soon began to emit an un
pleasant smell This was something n,
LsClsirs had not calculated upon. Th
wool WAS Of no use 10 him-it being lon
Journey to any market, 20 be directed hi
linen 70 rake il up into piles, and havin
done that, he Get the pile oftwo Or three ton
weight on Gre, and that's what became o
the 6rst wool crop Of this locality.