Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-22
An Eloquent Appeal for More
Currency.
Gen. Strickland Comes to the Res
cue of the Oppressed Indus
trial Glasses.
He Draws a Sad Picture of the
Degeneracy of Modern
Politicians.
What We may Expect if his Pro-
grxmme il Carried Out.

held Friday evening
at the headquarters of the Sons OF
Toll, over Captain Lees saloon.
Capt. Lee, President of the lodge,
filled the chair, and presided with
his usual dignity over the delibera-
tons of the tOIlers. After prayer
by the chaplain and the usual OPEN
ing ceremonies according to the
beautiful ritual of the organization,
some unimpOrtant business was
transacted. Speech-making was
then i'm order. Several of the small
er guns shot off their mouths, when
the monOtony caused by their COM
mon-place remarks was relieved by
a unanimous request, expressed in
vociferous calls, for that 2S0-pOund-
err, General Silas A. Strickland, to
sound his loud bazOo.
s.Strickw "Strick y" "Strick!! !"
"Speech" "Give US a good One!'
Gloom up! for the love of the Co
ops!" "Get up and shout" were the
cries that resOunded from all quar-
tiers of the room, playing a most
agreeable pOtpOurri upon the drum
of Strick's ear. The silver-tOned
Silas could not resist this tempta-
ton, and he yielded, although ap-
pearing reluctant to do so, to the
general request of his industrial
constituents. Deliberately rising
from his seat, he struck an imposing
attitude, resting, as it were, grace
fully upon his pedestal plantations.
His face was radiant with an eX-
preston of satisfaction, which gave
to his cOuntenance a strong resem-
blance to the full moon or a photo
graph of the jolly Punch. The grand
lecturer, who spouts for ten dollars
a days-if he can get twas i'm his
element. He was happy.
His remarks on this proud Occas-
sion, which we with pleasure pub
lish to-day, are said to have been
somewhat rs follows:
Most WoRsHIPPED PRESIDENT,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS: / thank
you for the proud honor you have
conferred upon me in calling upon
me to address you this evening. AT
first l was too full for u%tterance,
which fact explains my little delay
to collect my scattered thoughts, be-
fore answering your invitation. Too
full for utterance, did l say? Nay,
not now. find that l have much
to say to you. Never in my event
full career have / felt more sanguine
of the success of our great cause
than / am to-day. ] feel it in the air
that are shall all hare glory.
Our noble institution is founded
upon eternal principles. When we
reflect that it required a most patri-
otic s::nrifce In men like my horny
listed brothers, Dr. Harrison John
son, our grand national presidt"':
and Judge Dudley, our grand ma
tional secretary, and myself, your
humble servant, to abandon their
industrial avocations Ia voice
"seven-up and sich"] and throw
down the lace of spades, and other
implements of industry (anOther
voice-"the dice-box and lager-beer
glasses1 to devote their entire ener-
gies to the advocacy of this noble
cause of labor, then am l assured of
our success, and the near approach
of the day when zoe shall all hare
When / reflect that men whom /
see around me here to the right
my brothers John Smiley, Justice
J. p. Bartlett and that great eX-
Luther Poland, have de-
their favOrite haunts, the
principal one being the Elysian
Garden, to become members of this
noble Order-I am convinced that
this uprising among the working
men means death to corruption and
political bummerism, and then we
'haN all hare glory.
Again, sisters and brothers, when
I look over to the left, and cast
ny optics on such men a James
N. Pattee, Ijams, - Pratt, H. B.
A. p. Cunningham and dOz-
ms of Others, who have, with me,
abored so earnestly to build up and
Import home Observation-Disclosures
es, breweries and other industrial
nstitutions-I say II must be some
hing extraordinary that will unite
ii these highly respected brothers
f society lovingly together i'm one
on cause, by which pe shall
u hare glory.
Some of the newly initiated broth
rs and sisters, are not probably
lmiliar with the grievances and
sues that have brought us to-
and 1 want to address my
Elf especially to them I'm a few
-Ords. / want them to look back
trough the history of this State,
nd become acquainted with the
and deplorable conduct
T our public men, from constable
. to governor, and from governor
United States Senator. Every
ling reeks with fraud and cOrrup-
on. The air is impregnated with
woods are full of it. Our
eat Legislators have piled up the
xes mountain high to support
rings, and the political
MINERS who train with them.
III governors have endorsed lOtter-
J, and encouraged pardon brok-
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