The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-23
DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION.
The Great LumiHaFy from Padacah
Oratetb and Nearly Empties
the Court House.

zen they naa done. the cF0Wd
followed it to the Court room,
where, after more music, <. G. Van
Ripper called the meeting to order
and nominated Captain f. ?. Carson
fer chairman. The crowd cheered,
and Captain Carson took the chair.
He called on Mr.. Mann to explain
the objects of the meeting. which Mr.
Mann proceeded to do in grandilo-
quent style. In his speech, the
patent-leather phrases Of progressive
men, liberal ideas, magnificent pros
poets, were strung together withoutr re
gard to their relation to each other.
He said. Il cannot speak Of the
past, let others do that" at
this he got a round Of applause.
u cannot tell what is needed, but we
are to ratify the nomination made last
night. You know the mea but I
don't, yet l doubt not they are a de-
cent, respectable lot. | mean work,
and I'll take off my coat, roll up my
sleeves and split my shirt up the
back" This elegant conclusion elic-
tied hearty applause. Mr.. Mann, is
understood to be a Boston man.
Mr.. Patrick Burke nominated the
reporters of the Courier and Denaokrat
Secretaries, and they were elected.
The band then discoursed more sweet
music, during which Mr.. Burke whis-
pered to the Chairman, Capt. Acker
whispered 10 Mr.. Burke, Mr.. Burke
to Mr.. Mann, and Mr.. Mann to the
President.
When the music ceased, Mr. Burke
said that being a family party, the
meeting. he knew, wanted to hear
from Captain Rudd-calls for Rudd.
Capt. Rudd responded by saying
that he always liked to cheer droop.
ing spirits and revive a dropping
heart. He eulogized the candidates,
touching SO lightly when he reached
the Fifth Ward as not to name the
candidate, lest the vision of Mr.. Car
penter's last ghost of a meeting IN
the same room should rise. He
dwelt on the fact of the Seventh
Ward candidate being-a tanner. Said
Billy Rahm would give Hcilman
the d-dest tightest squeeze he ever
got. In the Ninth Is the one-armed
man that all hell couldn't beat"
[Rousing cheersl This is a free
love feast, that takes everybody In,
and the convention on Saturday will
be SO mixed that we will lick them
all up clean"
The Captain concluded by calling
on Mr.. Connolly. of the Paducah
Kent@cLian. Connolly came. Con-
nelly spoke. lie had a bad cold, and
he would illus rate By e little story of
an old Dutehman down ia Pennsyl-
vania.
Here Doctor acknowledgements
glared at him for making fun of the
Germans.
Connolly told the story, developing
the fact that be was a miserable story
teller. This was a large and %intelli-
gent audience, [aI plausel. and he
wanted to make a plea f)r the South.
Mr.. Bippus got up and went out.
He wanted to takes retrospect of the
past. Went back to 1881; dug up
several antideluvian abclitionists;
compared John Brown to Murrell,
the land pirate; uttered several bril-
liant Nasbyisms; then scattered a
little sheer at the party. who asked
for the recognition of the Deity in the
constitution.
Here a Democrat knocked the
ashes from his pipe and the crowd
taking that for a signal. applauded.
Speaker analysed the underground
railroad, but omitted Moses inter
marine slave exodus. lie quoted the
Bible but said the quotation wouldn't
do in practical life.
Captain Travis went out.
He spoke of a poem of Whittier's,
which he had forgotten; said there
were one hundred and ninety old
Abolitionists in Jail in the South at
one time.
A Deputy Sheriff went out. Con-
nelly let go for a better hold, and com
mencing again, said the great FIRE
Of Saint Louis was caused by Adolf
tionist't setting fire to stores. ct
commenced on the steamer White
Cloud and six steamers were on
f2e before a house caught at ALL
ED
Having said this, he plunged into a
kaleidoscope confusion of statements
that Abolitionists would steal. Geo.
Tompson was q preaching, praying
Abolitionist. Mixed up Cobb's Zu-
ayes with Ellsworth's Zuaves, Ten
nessee Union soldiers, B~loodgood
and Foote, and somebody on horse
back that said he kept his collar up
and advised some one else to keep his
shirt-tail down-probably Mr.. Mann.
By this time a small meeting Of Dem
ocrats in the lobby began to call out
" Musicl" Mr.. Burke whispered to
DR.. acknowledgements, and tried to
look interested.
Connolly went on; Confederate
cotton, Taylor and Shell of Chicago,
Mr.. Bowles' speeches, being the bur
den of his song. He pulled his hair
down into his eyes. and gave an at
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