The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-08-07
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EnGIAssSI0sns Of Ghe RePabIi-
cans.


publicans at the court room last Sat-
urday afternoon, pursuant to the
call for the Mass Convention. The
house was filed with people soon
after two o'clock. The Independ-
ent convention was in session at
the time and all had chance TO lis
ten to John Dayis, who had been
brought here for the occasion. lie
can thank the Republicans for Civ
ing him q good audience. His
speech was printed and read from q
note book. 1t abounded with the
usual bosh about Grant and the Re-
publican party. There is really q
lamentable state of affairs in this
country now IL IL is half as bad az
painted by Davis aud Kindred spir-
its. The people do not realize the
wrongs they are suffering until they
are pictured by such orators as Da-
Wis. We are glad to notice that the
monotOny Of the argument of these
Reform orators 10 broken and new
matter furnished them by the mar
rage of Nellie Grant. j. Davis.
lashed himself into u proper fury,
and painted an additional cloud
in the HORIZON. caused by the mar
rage Of Mr.. SartOris TO the Presi-
dents daughter. He went for poor
Sartoris roughly. We were little
sorry that AlSernon could not hear
the "beast ofreason and flow of soul.
He probably wOnld never again
have anything to say concerning |
"fast horaes." We wish AlsernOn
wOuld stay away from this coniry |
II he il going to steal our American |
gals, break up our Republican party |
and establish a monarchy here. ri
he comes ANY more we will set j.
Davis after him. After hearing one
Of DaYis' speeches we are of the |
opinion that he would sneak of to |
England and stay there. But seri-
ously, the assertions OF Mr.. Davis
were So absurd as TO carry no
weight with them. ii he was
brought here AZ a "speciman brick
Of the best the Reformers can do |
they had better make their own
speeches. There were twenty men
In the Reform convention of about
forty that could excel him in every
particular. lie left out Hugo's
devil fish this time, aud applied the
same language to what he called the
"tax grabbers."
There are many wrongs existing
which are being set right by the Re-
publican party as fast as possible,
but as Capt. Anthony said in his
address, if affairs are half az bad In
this country as portrayed in Mr..
Davis speech, IL ia time for us to
quit holding meetings and making
speeches, and buckle on our swords
to Eight forthe liberties or the peo-
pie, which have been usurped by
handful of Office holders.
Dayis' speech was go full OF false
hood, violence and foOlishness as to
carry its own antidOte, and we
were glad the good sense OF the
people kept them from applaudlng
him.
At the conclus ion Of Davis effort,
the Rerormers adjourned, and the
convention was called
TO order by Geo. w. Frederick,
Capt. IL. f. Mcmillan, of Agnes,
was elected chairman. The pro- 4
OF the meeting are pub
ished elsewhere, ani we shall not {
here.
Immediately Mr.. Antony took the
stand, end held his audience for q
over an h"ur iu nue OF the Soundesi, b
most logical and most eloquent v
speeches we have ever listened to. C
We were sO interested in listening 4
hat keeping sotes was out of the II
question. lie completely cleared .
away any mist that may have been u
treated over peoples understand v
ngs by the address of Davis, and
;dustu lHt DTlSut SuurhtHC ~ butH Il
% beam through at every step he T
ook. He completely destroyed ma G,
" of the sOphistries oI the ram IL
,ant "Reformers,' and the cause of N
was greatly strength g,
ned by his visit Ee.e. lie got a. re-
way with Mr.. Davis bag and bag re
age" to use hOmely bHI express .,
ve phrase. He showed that while
buses existed which must be- cor
ected there is really no danger to N
ne country said that it be true -
nat our society was now divided =,
Ito two classes, "taX payers and ~
TAX grabbers," as Mr.. Davis had
serted, and that the latter were "a
ampling the liberties OF the peo- %
e under foot, it was time for rebell-
n; showed the iallacy of Davis
sertion that handful of officers fro
ere running the government; pro- pc