The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-12-06

bany Brass Band, quite respectable
squad 0n numbers) of men and boys,
inspersed with slight sprinkling of
Albany's fair ladies, attended the Re-
publican "ratify" at the Court House
last Tuesday night. Our distinguished
fellow-citizen, David Froman, presided
with his usual dignity, and introduced
the several speakers of the evening
with that native majesty for which he
has long been which 1t Is Pc
culiarly his own style.
The only speech of the evening
which deserves special mention was
that of Baron Josephus Lycurgus Han
non, the newly elected Recorder, who
was literally carried to the speakers
stand upon the waves Of tumultuous
applause which poured from the en-
thusiastic audience. We give below q
verbatim report of his speech, that flu
ture generations may have 1t as guide
to perfct oratory:
MIR. PRESIDENT, Ladies and Gentle
men, Fettosc Cose'trymen: Lend me
your ears. A voice: "You jackass
you, what do you want with more
ears ?n1 am here ferries of "hear
hearw to make Rome howl. a boy
up in the gallery: "Let 'er squawk."l
When Cincinnatus, of Dutch Guiana,
left his harrow to harrow up war and
turmoil lapplause1 there was u sound
of revelry by night ferries of emusic by
the band and no pitch hot. And the
mighty coharts who wandered forth TO
meet the flee-ers from Paradise in
tense applausel Were not more numer-
ousers (prolonged eheers,] and when
Greek meets Greek then let 'er flicker.
A voice: ''Go OH, you galoot.l My
deluded fellow countrymen and ladies
i mean fellow ladies and country
men--the beatific joy that permerates
my soul Isensation,l is only known
ing bosom. lCheers and cries OF "let
her heave.n] Who, ask in the rhap-
sotfic,l language of Joan de Acher,
who am I: Boy hiding in the gal
lery: "derned if l knowwl Am l
Cicero, am | a Phythagoras, am / q
Lycurgas, am n Hudibras, or am Il
Michaelmas echo answers from the
gallery: ASSN Who says that
have not greatness showed upon me
this here day, and who so base rs to
say that am not deserving of it p
"fCries of ''put him out" mingled
with Kisses and checrs.) My devoted
countrymen, when Agememnon mar
shaled the mighty men of Gilead and
crossed the River Sticks (tumultu-
Gus chcering1 for the purpose of driv-
ing the Trojan vandals from the sacred
soil of PattnUs, Ia voice from the stow
away in the gallery: "Patmos is good
go on Josephus."l then it was that
mighty deeds of valor made the mighty
army of Erastus CULVER, and the blood,
hair, etc, upon that day had no par
allelogram. y cry of horror here es-
capped the lips of many of the audience
ut the vivid picture, and hands invol-
UNFAIRLY went up to faces that had new
or blanched before. Van, from his
''Joe, for Gods sake don't! You're pill
in it on to thick. The dear peeps won't
stand much more; say somethin' good
about me and then cut 'cr short" y
My long suffering fellow citizens, /
come here tonight to ratify-to extoi
my soul that ! have been elevated to-
the most lucrative posish within the
gift OF your luminous generosity, (cries
of .'not for Joe,r and "kiek him out,"l
aud if / forgive you tits human, for to
err is divine. When remember that
ambition once scared aloft snd tipped
the Handicapped s;iu1mits of perennial
greatness, then | know that | have
mounted the topnlost round OF fame's
ladder, and to-day stand poised with
one foot upon Mount Parnassus la
voice from the gallery: "Heavins, Joe,
COME down or you'll drapr'j and the
other stretched afar to reach the sky
towering heights of the Egyptian Pyr-
amids IAN Irishman's voice: "Tbin
yees nd make divil or pair ov tougs,
wouldn't yees. .JOe?") and thus you
thus might behold ut one glance my
greatness and agility. Immense ap-
plause.) Why this thing is thus you
all do know tcries OF ''choae him OFF,
and / now shall scorn the frequent in
terruptions of this base rabble and
maiesficaIIy subside. When Romulus
and Refiius first viewed the future
greatness (cries of "for heavens sake,
give us rest, Joe"') Ny fellow sim
ners through this vale of woe, IA voice:
"Let up, Josephus.''j then ! know that
my efforts to rejuvenate this sin-blast-
ed constituency will be remembered
with tears Of blood and groans Of hu-
/ initiation Wan, from the gallery:
"Joe, now connip, you've tetosally
stopped over.") My hugely disguised
fellow countrymen, ut the pressing re-
/ quest of him who contributed the mu-
: nificent sum of35t cents for this salubri
Gus blowout which the same person il
whom / represent and speak for to.
night, most humby, quietly and rev.
erently connip. But / will say once
more that when great Hector saw
| BeelZebub there cheers, groans and
Kisses drowned the speakers voice
and amid the tumult Marshal Cart
wright bore him from the stand IN al
exstatic swoon.)
After short and brilliant addresses
from Messrs. Mealey, Cartwright, Ell
kins and Settlemier, the audience
couldn't stand it any longer, and, pick
ing up their hats rushed out into th'
night air and sped away, anywhere t.
get away from that most miserable
failure of meeting. For the sake o
the good name of our city may W.
never see it again.
THE latest market report from Sal
| Francisco gives the following quota
ton:
Flour-Quiet at S5@5 25 for extra.
Wheat-A decline of Sd in Liverpoo
has tendency to check further inn
proyement. For present shipping par
GELS alongside, 81 So.
Barley-Coast, 81 3o@1 35; bay, 81 4
al so.
Oats-S1 9O@2 10, jobbing.
Hay-S15@22.
PotatoesIRed remain at Sf@,1 45.
Dairy products-Remain stiffened II