Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-23
JOINT DISCU USSION AT
GERMAN THEATRE.
WALLACE AND LANE.
The Republican Cham
piOn Scooped out.


pion Scooped out!
The joint discussion between Capt. Wal
lace and oJas.T. Lane, at the German Thea
tire last evening. Vas we'll attended By the
Democrats. while, judging from the snthu-
siasm. most OF the Republicans had staid
Al homo. thus giving their champion d.
rect thrust, yet they could not we'll b
blamed - they he'd heard his piece when
he talked them al out Of L. Claire Hail.
talked for an hour on rsconstfuction and
then gave them long list Of muddled 6g.
srss for half an hour longer and called il
discussion on anancs, which finance they
esuldn's sss and 90 he wrote il out end he'd
II published in the Gazette - his speech on
nnsncs, and then revised again. Yet o.
though his own party wont do him justice
BY coming out to hear HIM. he 10 nsvsrthe-
less, the best republican stumpsr in this
district, and the beautiful scoopisg out hs
received lest evening. only makes NJ. Wal.
laess victory the greater.
II wasn't his turn 70 speak Arst, YET for
The sake Of letting him make big splusgs
here at hone, Mr.. Wallace yielded the
point, and gave him. the opening ard clss-
| ing.
He set out with glowing colors and spread
the American Eagle oil over the republican
party. blinded the "colored troops" With
glowing rhetoric, and said they shouldn't
marry republicans without their consent
and even went 30 for - to intimate that
white republican was - good - one Of the
| Aforesaid "colorsd troops"
Reconstruction WAS set out % usual and
then came "thsm" finances sgain-bold
assertions without reference Or proof, un-
scsupulous comparisons, and illustrations.
On saxatisn hs misstatsd, end was even
driven 90 - to take up The old worn out
and long discarded cry Of "plishted faith"
integrity Of the nation and sich I
He thea vhsslsd about and tried to prove
that the bonds we're taxed. II didn't seuDd
right. end 90 hs tried to prove that there
wasn't any bonds. What . capital idss-
nice way to dispose Of the darnsd question.
He then said the republicans wanted 10 tax
the bonds. The question was an ugly enc.
and as he had . few minutes more to
make up his hour. the American Eagle WAS
tro.ted out and spread until the time WAS
out Then Judge Eagal introduced
Capt J. II. Wallace, who presents very
hns appearance upon the stage. Tall and
commanding, with . pleasing look about his
features, he creates favorable impression
ct once. nor Is II st all changed - hs speaks.
He was very gsntlsmanlv towards his op-
ponent and considering the great advantage
be had over him in point or argument, let
him of easy before his own friends aud &C.
| quaintaness. II is unnecessary to report
bis speech in full, other than to cay that In
. pleasant good natured way, YET with cut
ting force and exact precision hs answered
his opponents pretended argument, exposed
his false reasoning. and by fercibls and
practical illustrations showed up the radi-
cal party and its partisan legislation. Hs
contrasted the condition Of the bondhslder
and taxpayer, and gave = close review Of
the various acts Of the republican party.
and held it up to the condemnation Of the
people
On the subject Of Reconstruction be CON- 2
| pletely sileneed Mr.. Lane by showing that
Johnson's my Policy" was in fact Lin
coins Policy. That govsrnmsnts had
been formed for the southern states and
that they had ratified or adopted the 18th
amendment to the Constitution, abolishing
slavery and, that when they refused to
adopt the l4.h amsndmsn.. they wsre de-
| clared out Of the Union and their state
governments disrupted. destroyed. Now
if the first act was right how about the
last, and if the last was right how about
slavery. In Mr.. Lanes reply he didn't see
the how Of it. During the hour and . half
allotted TO Mr.. Wallace hs held the sttsn-
ton Of the entire audience and Wa greeted
throughout with cheers and rounds Of
applause showing most unmistakably that
the majority Of those present we're With
him AZ he closed the majority concluded
that il wouldn't pay to listen any longer
and 90 went home % they did in LsClairs
Hall. Mr.. Lane however didn's sss lhs
necessity of stopping and went on with
what was intended for reply to Ar. Wal
lace but which in fsot vas dsnisls without
prosf, assertions without facts. destinations
without justice. bunconbs and blow with .
poor attemp. At Wit.
The meeting closed With three cheers for
che candidates Of each party, given By each
This evening they continue the dissuss-
ion at Muscatins aud Of course, with the
same rssult-discom6tur of the radical
champion.
OoLLlslox OF SfsAHss KElrnsBuRs AND
AuscArrSE Fsaxy, NosrnsRx 1LLlHos.-
We learn from . gentleman from Nueea.
tine, the following particulars Of the collis-
ion ef the Ksithsbure and Northern iii.
nsis, which occurred On Assdsy night
about 10 s'clock, some i've miles abeve
Museatins near Geneva Island. At the
time Of the accident the ferry vas going
down stream, and the Keithsburg coming
up on its way to this city. Both boats we're
running close to the shore Of the Island
and they came crashing together without
the sound Of any warning whistle. The
pilot Of the ferry waited for the Ksithaburg
10 sigeal firss, while the pilot Of the Ksiths-
burg being under the Impression that the
ferry was going up stream. kept silent un-
til within boats lsnsth3of each other when
be signallsd, but too late. beth beats turned
tseards the shore. The boW Of the Keiths-