, 1874-09-30
POLITICS..


tunnftnued from. tho Eirst Pngr.,
rnoutiou Of local cant1ascs, and tlayotiug him.
sof cutroly to tlo confederation Of tha national
questions upon viEicll tho Opposition party was
National Government for its Violation Of por.
nona rights aud Constitutional privileges hi its
treatment ol tue Louisiana Disturbance. and hls
viows mot with Tho appreciation OF tia audience.
which up to thia ttme Nna fairly orderly. 1Iav..
Ing made lia point, 1Ir. McUturo wisely Will.
dgow, oyldently foreHee'ng a row.
NR. CU.tIaKEy,
Con1sKoy8 trinhGs illon raiBcd calt for TINT
Individual. to which ho responded. lie begnu
" eulogizsng tho Peoples party for what 1t Ind
cial acts compared fayornbly WITH tLoso Of ita
prodecoHaor. AZ long al ho ndhored to this limo
OF Argument, ho mot With bono attention, Dut
, wnen no began to abuse tho Now York Ta,ntna-
nyitea Tor .hoir unbdaliing robbery Of tho public
came oor |is honrcra. Tiny loSSlod witt! raso,
ana onc fearless but somewhat intoxicated expo
nent Of their viowh jumped upon counter mud
9Gt.ompted to o.. guy notnolhlng in reply to
GGolnlsieY. Tho mani. naino was Pat
commonly known Is " Champion" Though Lis
logic waH dim and lis accent tl.ich sufficient wlla
g1oanod from thu horrible attompt ut a spoeuh
which flo n,ado TO mako 1t known that ho dcHirod
Con,lskey to adhere to Chicago, aud lot Now
York pottics md politicians tako caro- of tl,om-
solVos. Hta remarks had blaspleMous and ob-
acone conclusion, and with so1no difficulty hts
friouts induced him to dislnount from his high
poRition md take ao1no beor. Great IL Ito
powor OF bcor wnou judlciouB!y administered.
Conligkoy then procoodcd with l1iH address,
though IL tau.or mood 1Io couaideratclly
dropped New York. aH II it wera al exceedingly
hot potato, and ,oonflnoa hilnsei I to
!ntt3sk1ipg !.1 3sl1g tho - pollco Department and
tho willy Jacob waa In loag1s with thiorcs, gum
bicra, and other dihreputabfo cLarnctors, asltl
that Ito allowed thou to prov upon honest work-
insn,en will, inpunity. Tho Police Department.
was tho only branch Of tho City Government
That Was mlalnanaged by tho Peoples Party, and
to reorgnnizo It. Ho had been informed on good
authority. anl fearlcssly proclaimed what he be-
loved to 10 tho fact. that, Oil tho occasion of a
recent raid Oh the ganbllng-houdes. Rolm pot-
Bonalty informed tlem That le WIS cunning, aud
that through his information t1oy Baved flon.
seIyeH.
II he had kept on III this stratn to tho close,
over Keeping before his hear0rs tho donlueorng
charactor Of the ordinary policemen. ho woul
cortaluly hayo 1nado a nucccAAful speech. Tie
majority Of t1oso who confronted lin ca,ne.
ltko himself from country whero tito
"peolor" llas mover met with tito annl1oat
degree Of popular favor and uothin. pleased
thom better than to listen TO lliB remarks against
alas for him, bis mind was freishteu with lot
OF portions htuff about New York politics, mud
lle drltted unconBcfously iuto further dis
custom Of tint theme.
"cMAMr,ox" 1unSs
WAS Ion to him" however, na tho slang phraso
crowd md mounted tho platform side by aldo
with hinl. He denounced him ~ conniytng
pedagoguo, moaning loubtloaa q domagosuo,
swore at him ii, y must blasphonous way, nd
called him tho v,lcst nnusca that be could lay his
pr.set!ced tongue to. Lie wound up by pulling
that thora wns uu --ln tie bouso who
could put him out. THIS poiut being coucodod
BY silence. .--nearly all plcsont boine tho
"Champtons friends. he allowed hin1eelf ouco
more to be inrolgled into imbibinE gomc beor.
Amid deafeninG roars, Comisacy attempted to
make himself heard again, but ho only succoed-
Cd in Announcing that ho was candidate for
tho Office Of Sheriff, nud If elected. woutd per-
form tlno duties faithfully, The storcotyped ro-
JoIu a: last concluded thut Ia waa not liz maa @
for tho Eighteenth. So no quietly with.lrsw
without tue ycry tricn1ly goodnight which tho
consideralo politician Invariably tenders to lis
applauding friends, and maao 4 hasty exit vim
a side dopr, with loud crieB for moro fayorite
speakers ringing in his ears.
It nas al open question whether tho mootiug
desired to hear
McCaffroy, or ODonuelI, but tho former thought
he would takc tho risk anyhow. Foolish mln !
didato for tho houors Of Alderman than
=, delicate voice in tho cro.d informed
him that ho- was id liar, and
also inquired who in h-ll would vota for
id fool like him 7 Considerable r4bald laugh
ter greeted this aumirabto saly. and as Alr. Wat
sou waa not prepared to nnswcr tho propou,4dod
quoty, ho wlthdrow. Ho IL really respectable
and Intelligent young mau, and was ccrtainly ell