Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-11-04
A SPEECH BY DOM PLATT.
ms POPULARITY ON THE SUCCESS OF his
BRoTHER-IN-LAw.

HIS JOIilAhlI1 uN lnt SlNttSS VI hlh
BRoTHER-lN-LAw.
General Banning, the successful Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress against
job Stenson, Republican, in the Second
Ohio, district, is brother-in-law of
Dom Piatt, and was serenaded at his
home in Cincinnati. Banning owes
his election as much to the efforts Of
his brother-in-aw, Piatt, as to any thing
else, and of course the latter was pres
ent to share in the serenade. Dom
was called on for a speech, and said
Ny fellow-citizens and gentlemen of
the brass band, / thank you for the
compliment of this call as | thank you
for the inestimable privilege of free
speech. You know that for some
weeks past ! have been sadly afflicted;
/ have been suffering from the com
bined attacks of rheumatism and broth
er-in-law. [Laughter.] hardly know
which was worse. The first deprived
me ofmotion, the last ofspeech Mydoc-
rsaid ! must abstain from liquor and
my friends assured me thatmy only hope
of recovery was in entire quiet and no
talk. Think of a poor fellow being de-
prived of both wind and whiskey
(laughter) for days and daysl / Ian
guished to such an extent that began
to doubt the existence Of an over-rul-
ing Providence, and added to this came
the cruel taunts and ieers of wicked
men who edit newspapers. Day after
day, in the solitude of my chamber, ]
was panied to read these cruel filings
at brother editor and although an
nointing my aching shoulder and arm
with healing ointmcnts, | had no balm
for my wounded spirit other than that
which comes Of an innocent mind void
of offense. Job had his boils, and, al
though taunted by his mother-in-law,
refused to boil over. Laughter,] But
he never. was afflicted by the Cincin-
natl Commercial, and the Times, that
mighty organ of the reading idiots. !
firmly believe that had Job been afllict-
ed with rheumatism in the left arm
and a brothcr-in-law all over, and forced
to read those wicked papers, he wonld
have incontinently risen up, cursed God
and died.
NV fellow citizens and gentlemen Of
the brass band, in this refer to the
realJob-[laughter] mean that pa
tient old bondholder of the land Of
now, really, have to confess to you
that / have suffered so from my com
bined disorders that forgot the nation
atty of that truly good and patient
man. A friend at my elbow suggests
the land of Uz, which means, | sup
pose, Dick & Me- Excuse me, gentle
men, if decline availing myself of that
information. receive with much eau
ton and some distrust any Biblical
knowledge coming from the Demo
cratic party. [Laughter] If you
have anything TO say concerning Gen.
eral Jackson or the resolution Of '9S, /
am with you, But for scriptural in
formation give me a Christian states
man.
But to return to the real job am
sure his land was not ireland, nor the
Fatherland, and ! can make affidavit
that he was not an American citizen
of African descent. lrcfer, however, TO
the real Job-thep patient old dpatriarchal
Granger, [laughter] and not to the imi-
tation Job, the bad man who has gone
up and down the land advocating q
nickel resumption, and heaping abuse
on poor men and my brother-in-law.
He wanted a joint discussion. My fel-
low-citizens and gentlemen of the brass
band, | have suffered so from pain in
my joints that anything referring to
that locality really makes me shrink.
[baughter.1 was weak, ] allow, but
] told my brother-in-law that anything
on the joint would prove my DEATH and
he being kind hearted man, fought il
off, for which he has my thanks.
Then, what does this wicked man do
this mistaken Job, son of Stephen
He writes n letter for the dcpraved
Cincinnati Commercial, asking me for
my views. ! have my views, my fel-
lowcitizens and gentlemen Of the toot
horns. ] may say that | have an as
sortment of views to meet customers
and at their request | wrote out few
was in great pain, and, i suppose
weak and delirious, for ! spoke the bad
man kindly, and said (the Lord forgive
mel that he (this cruel NAM was O
gentleman and n friend of mine. Then
Immediately he went forth in the night
time yea, even unto Brighton, where
cattle pens scent the circumambicni
air [laughtcr,] and from an elevated
structure of plan<s, termed STUMP
because il is not stump, reviled me
He did abuse me most foully. He said
| was brother-in-law. [Laughter.]
NV fcllow-citizens and gentlemen o
the musical instruments, since the Gle
vation of General Grant to the Presi
dency, or rather since the depression
of the Presidency to General Gran
loud applause], to call a man a broth
er-in-law is slandcr-to print II is libel
1t means the sum total Of all villainy
A man had better indulge in "mutua
friend" or "wish he were dead" thai
to be open to the charge of a brother
lin-law.
This charge OF job, son Of Stephen
filed me with anguish, not only be
cause of its severity, but because Of IL
source. Here il was from man hat
befriendcd, when, through his poeti'
fancy and powerful lungs, he cxcitct
the dreadful jealousy Of the House an,
Mr.. Speaker Blaine, who Is one thirt
Parliamentary law and two-thirds gavcl
knocked over my oratorical friend
hastencd TO him, picked him up ten
derly and poured into his wounds tn
balm of praise and sympnthy. and thi