Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-11-02
The master speech of the campaign.

Ine master speech of the campaign
THE COUNTY GOOD FOR GREE
LEY.
The torepart of last week Hare, the
Granite, sent to town his flaming
hand bills announcing that he would
address the citizens of Polk County on
Saturday the 26th, ON the political
issues Of the day, and inviting Judge
Shattuck to join him. The day be-
fore the great mass meeting was to
come off, Judge Shattack communica.
ted to us the fact of Hare's intention to
revolutionize the county on Saturday,
aud requested us to keep an eye out;
aud also, that If Mr.. Hare was really
spiling for row, the Judge requested
that we should take bis place aud
receive the stripea. The time came,
and Mr.. Hare drove into town about
twelve O'Clock, in great style. The
town seemed to be filling up rapidly.
Proud horses upon whom sat anxious
GRANTEES, prauced into town. The
rattling of buggy wheels; the rum
bling of heavy wagons. and the squeal-
| ing of China pigs made high muse; /;
and all seemed merry, as hummine
bird upon honcysuckle.
With trembling hand aud tiinid
heart, VIC handed the judges note to a
| friend whom we chose as our second
aud requested Litp to present it TO Mr.
| Hare, and inform him that if nothing
else would satisfy him bu, the presence
Of an antagonist, We would present OR
selves before him as substitute for
the Judge, as he could not be present
on the occasion, owing to pressing bus )
ine<s 1t Portland. Time rolled on,
and no mcctin. was called The peo-
| pie began 10 return 10 their homes
wondering Why, and at gun down il was
announced that lie meeting would
come off in the evening at early cardle,
light. At half past seven, or gerhap>
near eight o'clock, We put on our over
coat, stove pipe hat, and cane in hand,
We started for the Court House, when
at the gate which opens into the street
in front of our domicil, We were
brought to sudden halt by the we'll
known voice of our better half, enjoin,
ing upon us, to be careful aud not get
shot We proceeded with fsm step, de-
| liberately intending that If Hare
should charge Grant with doing one
good thing as civilian, We would
prove him q liar. As we entered
Main Street, We discovered the Odd
Fellows and Good Tempar's Halls
we're lighted up to unusual brightness;
the business houses were all in run
ming order with no one missing Near
to our right stood the NJ. l.. Church
in which some Granite orator ws4 ex-
horting the people to discountenance
intemperance and come up to higher
standard of norals. just to our leit
stood the Court House, the place where
earthly judges administer human JUS
tice, and where we expected to sec
Hare in very few minutes devour
Horace Greeley without oil. We pro-
proceeded to the head Of the stairs aud
was surprised to behold that tho i'm
mense audience was composed of one
Granite from town, one from the
country, and third whom we took to
be Hare. The trio were seated quietly
by the stove, all engaged in reading
what we surmised to be O'Meara's
Bulletin and as it seemed to us that
they were about through reading O.
Meara $ wall over the Abandonment of
the Kentucky resolutions of '98 and 8
and that they were about to rise, sing
the doxology and be dismissed, we
quietly retired.
p. s. No others were present.
Grantisp has no standing in Polk.
SHARP PRACTICE. MALLORY moved