Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-14

The rsdicas have held but two meet.
in.s in this city during the present can.
paisn -ons some time ago. addressed by
Cen. L.aks, (whoss speech was : missr-
able faiIore). and one lest evening, ID
dressed By Mr.. Stiles. Supreme Court r.
porter, and Henry O'Conner. Atty. Gen.
ere, Of Iowa. The meeting last evening
VA, not 80 largely attended, nor 90 enthu-
ai.stic. a. was the Dem ooratic meeting ad.
dressed by that nsbls champion Of liberty.
truth and right, Mr. Bennett some time
ago.
The meeting last evening vas called to
order by the Radical leader in Ls Claire,
G. G. Applegate, who said "1.ades and
gentlemen, IT is my duty as we'll ss my
pleasure to introduee to you hr. S!lles."
Mr.. Stiles then then took the platform and
made-a very poor speech. lie spoke Of
The position OF the two parties Of the day.
II the Democrats get into power. the coun.
try will bs aimed, and ~ will have anoth.
ar war. Read from the platforms of thu
two parties on reconstruction. Said th'
reconstruction plank was put into the
Democratic platform BY Wade Hampton
The whole sum and substance Of fsscoastruc
ton 10 in the l4th amendment. Gen. Blaii
got the nomination because Of his letter
to Broadhsad, which letters the South r..
eardsd q . declaration Of war. Said there
was nothing unreasonable in tho rscsn'
construction acts Of Congress, because thu
the rebels tried for five yesrs to destroy
the eessrnmsnt, and new ws wish them
to give Us some security that they VII mol
make another attempt. We conquered ths
rebels, hence ws have the right to demand
security Of them. He spoke Of the South.
srn bells, but Was not honest enough to tell
his audience that Jo. Brown established
tho Andersonvillo hell. as he called it.
On the subject Of taxation he did not die
suss tie issuss Of the day, but said that
Iswa 10 out Of debt, which assertion hai
lately been fouad out to BE- radical false
hood. Where, said the speaker. 10 thers
State ia bsstse condition than Iowa
[Alvoics in the audience, 1T had bssa bss
tor il for Gov. Stens.l" The speaker r.
piled, Yes, or any other Governor" Stilsa
reply Is rather rough on Iowa Governors.
Mr. Stiles could mot sst his audience u
snthuss'' until he eommsneed closing
his speech with . "piecs" he had commit
ted from some one Of the big guns.
o'coExER's sPsrcR.
The oiy.tongusd Henry O'Connsr, mis-
called the "sloqucnt Irish crater Of th,
West," commenced his speech By telling
three or four little stories and ono mon
strous big story, the former to please ths
drunken radicals present, and the latter te
deceive the greater portion Of h;s audience
The big story was such wheppsr that th'
Davenpsrt Gazetts. with its superior ability
At stretching things, could not equal Il
namely, that James I. Brady had left the
democratic party, and had t1ksu ten thou
sand democrats with him.
he then tried to soft-seap the Irish by
saying that oil Irishmen were taught, ID
their native land. to bs abolitionists.- =
Another lie Of the polished divil," (as {
man on the street VAS heard TO call him,
was that every man 10 and around Andsr
sonvils aud the other prison pens Of th,
South, would vote tho Democratic ticket
Hs said that the democratic party WAS or.
ganizsd twelve years ago, since which TINT
tho doughfaced, officiating Yankee demo
Gratis and their democratic sister, Mrs. Ma
~ Surratt, and the man who disgraces tht
White House, have committed unnumberst
acts Of meanness and treason. "why,'
said he, "the poor. officiating snsaks ir
Iowa who hurrah for Seymour and Blail
and JEFF Davis, cannot 60 South and live
the rebels have moro contempt for suct
than they would have for me-
At this stage Of the performance it wal
necessary to arouse some Of bis sleepy su
dtors, who had taken too much Grant and
Colfax bitters, SO he told them Of the boy
cyphering the frog ints hell, and for tha
reason he could not trust the democrat,
for four years.
In accidentally stumbling upon the word
Union. voice in the audience vas heard
THAT'S it +: Union, give ~ Unisn, whore
open about twenty RAIDS shouted, "put him
out, put him out" UConnor said. "Yes
put him out I've shot better men than hs
is" Thus ended tho grand exhibition oi
OCennor and Stiles.
ARApicAL FiGar.
Yesterday afternoon . rsftsman and one
Of our loyal citizens got into fight, which
resulted 10 sending Mr.. raftsman to Daven.
pert jail for fifteen days. The parties were
both Grant men, and both pretty drunk
After the raftmau's arrest the prosscutins
witness said to fellow radical, "Bsjsbbers,
I've got him; told him I was Grant
man, and hs bit ne . clip On the eye, the
dam'nd rsbei." Going little further dewn
the street, hs met . Dsnserat, TO whom hs
said. "Bsjabbsrs, I've gst him now I told
him | vss Seymsur man, cad b struck
ne il The sys.'' -
''Lsa % sAvs PaAcs."
Tor nssd have no msrs gray hairs II yeu
will use the AlismA. Il este chasoioely
on gray haired peop's. and 10 splendid
hair dressing fer oil, keeping the hair ssfi