, 1870-11-03
FARWELL'S MEETING.
Small Gathering nj Fhrwoil Hall
Inst Night.
soeech by the Candidate--His Ideas
Of Speaking.
Remarks bY Leonard SWeff.

RcFAsAEAS UF keOuUTA "Na4"
A meeting Was held In FRrTcll Hall lAst eHeo'
Ing to endorse the nomination OF Coa3isA y az
welt for Congress. The ISL Was .uout INV
th!r!s full: Saaa' Bsnd was IN attcoaanc*' eau
tisccu curBed patriotic and opefaac alls ~ iotessA
Tbe honr announced for the opening OF the meet
tnr. O'Clock, arrived. but no one appeared on the
nlstsnrm. md the audience manifested their lu-
rst,cuce by Stamping upon the 1toor. To Kill time.
ihc 1uus,cisGs play ed a melody, embracing great
deal OF opera bouft 1rnsic, and an orgsntss Thited
awRy Ten mlhutea more BY the rendition q
yer! pretty ara Oh the big organ at The rear
ORGANIZATION. ....-.- .-...-.
qaa!ts. after eS'sf ,t1e the Tssoa Msseng aais ~
pa:ed for Chairman. He was elected. aud sad he
should attempt 10 say one or Two connected SEN
tezccs, tor the reputation ol business @ s me3 M 70
locked IA HIM 10 sa. a few words, i be andel-
stopd the ln.rtutons of the government, 1t was
ofiiec. it Wou!d be sad day, indeed, II VIC had
arrived At the tune Wien no one but a speech
making man corld represent them In the Lrgts.
Newspaper men pretended tha' their advantages
for Observation were superior to 1hosc OF hu8a.
ue65 men. Their Offices rtght be higher NJ ~
the a!s, hut they moved among men the saTue as
other men. aud t.ence he could not sec how fneF
had better chances for observation. They had
ntrchan, was asssled it was the duty Of the
oisc: merchants, especially II be be alone, to
sttEd strongly tld nrmty b} hun.
au.snse xefs Se reaessea sa eesn
lighted for FsrWel ald nottty' II taeS did 30 IL
II tbs tsAa ID: &C e:nre M lit Fsrme appeared AMI took
4 asra1 up"ll { PLATFORM. AZ he did SO, he was
xrcl:ed with arpaus~.
III" Chairman tatn introduced, as he hoped, the
representative q. thc ba iaess men Of Cnicago
ic ct"nsrt4s-C6a,les B. earwelL tApp'ause1
Me. Fa.aell then came forward and read inc
Frlu,w Gt7izEse: am here tonight 1t the
r,qusst q s=serM ~ The Sentlcus9M M Tno A. ca,isa nS
mary "t soa have placed your names: Yoa al
na.s :aas a9as @ ue!e e t6ss hst TO % - q
can e','Htapn"A1e any Ideas which I may may
ss, a., oPGa an esss eas4t M NJ sha9 aae
., !nrrcsee upon pn!lsc questions As ycu an
K:uH. | lhre 1ceh euga2ed in thc business OF
n.atassln a c1aiac.er far ur7Iqhtness ID ny deal
irr. n,ui c2pact.s for buslness, and, I believe,
with sGn,r .uc.*ss (Appslnse1
IT, !eAdina qne-1tu@s w1tch must occopr 1he
a.ltI-,ea ri c"tk'. IS Tor years to come are
ualt {. ta11l"e. usirreac5, taxation, both inter-
~: All u!ou mp -, aud 70 these questions ny
yr:e:s /, janse w.esher nv experience has
s.,rN 1Gc The Knowledge 10 act more understand
ht III. tiponclt tn Library Hall, IRst Saturday
ul.:t,. i';if tut tne s'rd upon these questions.
' ps, III" t e uonF+s m ] iona: SIssics, & more % than %
tita!st- u d c'niufs. 1beltcSe understand The
In, '.-i. 1l ths uts1t1cl
rai,eta ailre-L tto+e'het t.y the committees, and
assc 1erer ret earned 'hst capacity for vftuPer:
1':rn a. a t.sLua o.. or the nab!t q a1sacSine
muiv.s atu 1nsinustuR fall ehoods, Is evidence o1
nsas.s 'tr d!-cs.arx!ng Congressional committee
i,ayr naft r1e H. idne.s to accept a nomtr attpu
for Congress. As "ppunent Is q self-const!tntet'
Candidate, snd the ne*spapefs thar sustain him
haSc n,Ade chlTsCfef an issue. Many OF you have
known me for tEaTs in buainess relations a. 9
merchant. and my CONDUCT and habits as man In
rysse hisn ny .rxinss, ana socal relations @ q
nJ opponent Tae riea1est Issue, as presented
by p!ru. Is ss to our respective characters, and
am "iil.aE 70 have that contrast made by any ons
Hho Will look upou my record and the rec0ru O
fhrIe IL another question, gentlemen, that pre-
sents Itself to you directly rs business men Wit
knowledge aud brains, hui without the practice 0
ru<c sfeaklpg q, d without being trained roalti
nno ce has se aosea q
Gauicte for pubic faSor, and whether, If b.
ventures to accept i nontnaron. the nood1;ate
Of reE.oEal nase and abuse shall be allowed t
overflow him g" u'st hfelung oflce holders onl
sn=li lc allowed to secspt puoie positions. (AE
70 tae gentlemen Of Democratic politics wh
iiayc juined with tue Republicans In this call,
caN say tha& ny opnoLcntts not the nominee {
Erttch hc makes 10 political issnes. he ID rul
ming solely upon his retp+ctahlltg, and II ynu vi
examine lis ieca ri shall he content With you
Judgment fAppisas+:l a. J. sn
The Chalrmaus Ar: Nelson, said there Y.
present d,st1xqtsne3 a, law{cF Tao , BAD been
gresham coLsss.td-the hon. Leonard SWet
whom he introduced
Sit. SWEET SAID he understood thBt the meenu
H1t not rai.t meetlne, but one for eyeI1bod
CLler tins tmpt, sstt,ll. he had consented TO con
AMI MAKE 8 Epe' ch. The call stated It was to
ara,etilS of the meu who contributed to the e
septials Of lIe-,o meet together to expire:
taci5 di5app,, bssioa ot The detreeaona l. MAJ
{applau4cl. 81 d hAh dHne 70 fue fifteen yearH,
mad urt l.cen q /. sidel,t Of Chicago long, al
Kew LothiuR Hf l:r pt'tlrs or rings For near
ten !FaTs he hu1 1t Aienhed political party
never made q sl'evcn uren q e11cuy party quo
nua- Thl! kluR lie Could come and say what
pleased, abuse nh m he pie9sed, and praise who
he pleased. he Ian e'.lne He mad lived II t
coautr, foi twrnty Years. and not in the city. ]
had kLosn Mr. Farxel! az very respectful
man; had head = him ns 4 prominent political
and E,tut:ilstnl III dniag everything which b
made Chicago what i is; and he was fool
enough t. think that he vas one Of chlcags
seass " memxr ' Of one me Of Of IL he ia 1a1r2 r.
business h"us in cnlcago--an ho1es
gpr,si,. COOL. c.n,mese etal Citizen: IApplaust
That, tllr speaker t'ou*tt, Has q respectable ca
lbg. Within the ust niteen days he had be-
eboclcti ''y 1t a1ing t'ei, instead Of being an q
ed to
The thought then Ucrur I'd TO him, could q m
bea cci.'i'iatt f,s or11ce without being subject
quvsuot,tI ' hlS hunof @ ana Integrity it was i
men quests nitk the credit Of their wives. I
metstants enc a. han not GOT up q s!ander 70 !, !
n1st the speaker ev+t hesrd of 1t was III Tug CT
cAGo TklBcSE lAppIausel That papcr was Fl
Ell Ss vstn s ID e ns ID sm as9@sa sae,
e' e - :, s'ss = xssess III
bow .uw', ~ II. ati saisap % It Is sao e Hiodoo n
his idol! Tn. TKIErxE hod q candidate. ant
trls;Ml ran. ID tt-Mr Me,iiIl lapglausel 9 q
chatet~i Ills uu,ts veil For some reason, he
no: T.t ronlnatest, and, the day betere the no'
natins eenyenth i, 1hs batteries et TIE TRls1
Eonrstsa htn Tae primaries and esesy'h
see xhy they should SaIs + Called Sour. a Ne1t cs
the convention, and Mr.. Farwel was nomna,
were open, d. Mr. Farwell vas III: FarWelL
w5s thu same n6w az before the convention,
e tsase fstga "a ats T. see
to BLACK, OF blue to yellow.
Mr.. Swett theu went t1t1 lengthy aud dull
Wentworth, rast- present, and intufe, after vi
he proceeded to prove that It " s not necess
thar conGressu an should be at'le to uak
SPEECH. The m. st usele.s talent in the world
commended. was Fourth OF Ju1F talent In
nr5t place, 1t Nas not an evidence OF talent
WAS merely habit OF thinking on ones legs,
1t turned ont, as Litco!n said, less to the :,
than anything he knew Of. Mr. Farwtlt c
make jusr as COED speech as anE man wno
not rEariised In speaking. Could not banks
manufacturer be member Of the Legfslatt
We're merchants tote Aeb2Fyed from going t
On this acccunt7 There were certain posino1
life where speech-rnaktnR was emlnently as
In ISL and 81, when the s1aye-poTef WAS spf
i3e itself over the country, there was nece
for men in Congress Tho could raise their Vt
9E8fnHf tflf
uEetul al read 1her speeches. and thous'
hour Of 2wsksn!ns; hut that time had gont
any ms es aose 1s saa exss
leen tine Of actsun. When Grant won rle
hy action. did they Feaa speech Of I menab
coneErss TO know now II wasdonc! Since TIL
closed, the poll ic~ Of the country had been
tpg no't tnsn question: Of housekeeping.
az no, Wish M 70 say n tnvldtous tainE, but h
lca12ea an51hing, By fcaIlng A!. Weutws
speeches. The perch-n,akers Of this cou
Oh @ Of iLe,n naa it ros feen I ior speech-ua 1
rhtre nrter w.u'd lave lreen war, aud mi
OF treasure wuut.i no. nave been spent The
growth. Has it nos ut Tor Chicago, !
was al eomns'er,. to send bus
psy.t m, ~ 70 tosr:. oHh .es Ct,
Was !; itrces. .uahe, then. for the citizcDs
ltt& tuth tte' 1AA1s AHH he1A H4lA "
nrschs1.s III colgres>7 II Congress we
r!'itd into ten paris, and Charley FarWel
seat tl:r.... he would be 10 the arat, In res
hL!tt aun luuucuce. He had no doubt th
E1t!c:,aysts would rot submit to his being TIA
hccau>e he was candljatc. The attack n
upnti Mr. Ears ell alone. bus upon all the
chsuts- Thtre EeFe a class OF men In bot
tics "ho Ett out and 10, and In and ont, I
thry t!rr:.-l Congressman from the q
cIaEsts. they would save money and give r
liability 10 Tie E,vern s.nt-
OTTER %I'EAEEKS
After sung by the Glce Clun which car
Efla;d-al u mt utnent, li"n- J. y. Ward =
l.s.:Cc: Il :Eu assal!eh the record Of Mr.
w"sta. caarr,nr him with having been alwa,